MUSCATINE COUNTY IOWA HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI |
The Wilton High School observed its 61st annual commencement last Friday evening when a class of 27 young men and women received their diplomas.
Dr. Emil Frye, pastor of the First Methodist church of Madison, Wis., delivered the commencement address using as his subject "The Mantle of the Unfinished Past."
The commencement program was as follows:
Processional "Pomp and Chivalry"--High School Orchestra. Invocation--Rev. R. J. Egan. Musical Selection "Summer Time"--Girls' Chorus. Address--Gertrude Grunder, class representative. Musical Selection "Swanee River"--Mixed Chorus. Introduction of Speaker--Harry Einfeldt, Jr., class president. Address--Dr. Emil Frye. Musical Selection "Passing By"--Boys' Quintet. Presentation of Class--Supt. A. C. Baumgartner. Presentation of Diplomas--H. R. Maurer, Jr., President, Board of Education. Benediction--Rev. J. M. Newgard. Recessional--High School Orchestra. CLASS ROLL OF 1940 Mary Jane Atkinson Helen Bacon Kenneth L. Barkalow Thelma Jean Bowman Ethelyn C. Covell Arlene June Darting Marjorie L. Dickinson Harry E. Einfeldt, Jr. Doris Evelyn Ford Leonard K. Gleaves Gertrude M. Grunder Doris Jeanette Keller Elda Mae Latchaw Clarice L. Laucamp Miriam Jean Lauser Lois M. Lenker Ruby Frances Lincoln Howard L. Maurer Robert B. McClean Dorothy Arlene Owens Kenneth F. Pasvogel Nellie Mae Rorick Glenn C. Sanford James B. Sheetz Elizabeth Jean Smith Janet L. Smith Gertrude M. Stoll The list of Honor Students is as follows: Helen Bacon, Harry Einfeldt, Jr., Doris Ford, Gertrude Grunder, Elda Mae Latchaw, Glen Sanford and Gertrude Stoll.