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Hanlontown High School ~ Hanlontown, Iowa

(Hanlontown Graduation Classes for 1920-1959 are available at Iowachools.com. Hanlontown merged with Manly and Plymouth [in Cerro Gordo County] to become North Central High School in 1959, located in Manly, Iowa]

Hanlontown High School, 1923

Begining at the left:

Top row: Thelma Myli, Hannah Bratrud, George Goodell, Elsworth Kisner, Miles Osborn, Irvin Lee, Stanley Phillips, Kermit Myli, Cora Rye, Ruth Strombom and Melvin Gudvangen.

Second row down: Supt. Frank P. Butler, Veron Kisner, Gladys Gudvangen, Blanche Brunsvold, Frances Johnson, Ethel Strandquist, Ora Dokken, Hazel Knutson, Alma Gudvangen, Myrtle Brunsvold, Leona Gesme, Palma Grove and Frances Rafferty.

Third row down: Mary Weichert, Geneva Nagel, Stella Hall, Luella Escherich, Clara Chase, Irene Domholt, Gena Skar and Helen Shields.

Bottom row: Leonard Wilson, Ernest Brunsvold, Racil "Pat" Chase, Reuben Hall, Halvor Bratrud and William Kostka.

Additional Information: The picture was taken in September, 1923. All the students were present that day. Fifty years later, only four of these people still lived in the Hanlontown area. They were: Ruth Strombom (Mrs. Norval McMullin), Leona Gesme (Mrs. M. O. Hall), Blanche Brunsvold (Mrs. Morris Anderson), and Ellsworth Kisner. At least six had died and three were "whereabouts unknown."

Source: The Northwood Anchor, Thursday, November 22, 1973.

Contibuted by Gordon Felland, August 17, 2010.


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