BENTON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, 1919-1958

1919: Zetha GERMAN, Beatrice LANDES, Earl MICHAEL, Lewis RYCHNOVSKY, Esther WALLACE, Madge WALLACE

1920: Bertha FERTIG, Perry VAUGHN

1921: Howard CORNELISON, GRACE DILLE, Wilma DILLENBURG, Vera GAINS, Jennie GERMAN, Ezra GROVES, Mae GROVES, Louise LANDES, Orville MILLER, Ernest RYCHANOVSKY

1922: Vona GERMAN, Myrtle HELMS, Geiger LONG, Paul MICHAEL

1923: Maude GROVES, Roy LONG, Minnie McCANN, Lela VAUGHN

1924: Clyde BENDER, Don CORNELISON, Mildred DENHART, Ruth UGLOW, Roscoe WERTS

1925: Albert BENDER, Dorothy BENDER, Maude CAMPBELL, Bessie HARRIS, Elsie HARRIS, Ethel NICKLES, Donald PARKHURST, Ruth SCHLAPIA, Nola STAHL

1926: Roy BEAL, Ivan CROSS, Paul DINKLE, Edith NICKLES, Paul RYCHNOVSKY, Leona STAHL

1927: Lawrence BARKER, Lola BLUNCK, Mildred CAMPBELL, Mary DILLE, Juanita FERTIG, Oral GERMAN, Harold PAGE, Ethel VAUGHN, Orlo VAUGHN, Alma WEST, Eva WORNSTAFF

1928: Hazel CROSS, Everett PINE, Jessie PINE, Ruth SCOTT, Rita SMITH, Iona STACY, Helen SULLIVAN

1929: Lee BEAL, Bernice BLUNCK, James FERTIG, Arthur PINE, Pearl RHODEN, Hugh SCHLAPIA, LeROY SCHLAPIA, Jesse STACY

1930: Alice COMER, Leo FERTIG, Rose RYCHNOVSKY, Bernice VAUGHN

1931: Clarence BARKER, Milton BYERLY, Madelyn CANNY, Ames CROSS, Beatrice GUNTER, Bill SCHARDEIN, Wanda SCHLAPIA, Donald STRANGE, Lewis SULLIVAN, Viona VAUGHN

1932: Lorene BEAL, Tom CANNY, Loren FERTIG, Charles FLETCHALL, Dale SCHLAPIA

1933: Raymond BARKER, Elmer BOLINGER, Mary CANNY, Elvis COMER, Veronica HANNON, Walter STRANGE, Lola TONEY

1934: Donald BARKER, Ralph GUNTER, Audrey HUFFSTUTTER, Doris JONES

1935: Marvel BYERLY, Robert CAMPBELL, Darrell COLE, George HALEY, James HALEY, Beryl HARRIS, Laveta SCHLAPIA, Merle VAUGHN

1936: Charles BUTLER, Forrest COLE, Robert FERTIG, Lloyd GAULE, Marjorie SCHLAPIA, Albert Mobley Van WINKLE

1937: Esther BEAL, Cleta BURCH, Richard CAMPBELL, Elbert HALEY, John HURWITZ, Glee SMITH

1938: Marshall BARKER, Marvin BUTLER, Dorothy DALTON, Earle GAULE, Robert KEMMERLING, Marion LANE, J. B. MILLER, Robert NOVAK, Iona PALMER, Wayne TURNBULL

1939: Robert COLE, Marjorie FISHER, Dale GROVES, Clifford SMITH, Majel STEPHEN, Robert WATTS

1940: Eugene CROSS, Don DILLENBURG, Eldon DILLENBURG, Dorothy LANE, Doris SCHLAPIA, Darlene TURNBULL, Vergene WARDRIP, Maxine WATTS

1941: Lillian ADAMS, Merle BUTLER, Robert MOTSINGER, Iris SCHLAPIA, Dorothy SOBOTKA, Marvin SOBOTKA, Vera WARDRIP

1942: Annie BOWEN, Keith COLE, Herb DILLENBURG, Lavern NOVAK, Alice REYNOLDS, Vesta WARDRIP, Dudley WATTS

1943: Joe DALTON, Lucille DILLENBURG, BOb FISHER, Viola HALL, Helen LINCOLN, Bob TURNBULL

1944: Lloyd CAMPBELL, John HALL, George NOVAK, Doris REYNOLDS, Dean SCHLAPIA, Lowell SCHLAPIA, Phyllis WATTS

1945: Marilyn BUTLER, Eldon TRIGGS, Evelyn TURNBULL

1946: Ruth COLE, Alberta HALL, Eloise HALL, Eileen SCHLAPIA

1947: Bill ANDREWS, Bob ANDREWS, Jean BEAL, Marilyn VINER

1948: Kathleen BOWEN, LeRoy "Bud" BUCY, Leona BUCY, Don BURCH, Jerry CAMPBELL, Maxine GROVES, Delores HERRINGTON, Leo LANE, Rena WALTERS, Lonnie WATTS

1949: Alice BOWEN, Jean DILLENBURG, Louise GROVES, Charlotte MAIN, Shirley MANN, Delores SCHLAPIA

1950: Mildred BOWEN, Oveda HALL, Kenneth PARMAN, Bill SMITH

1951: no graduating class

1952: Kenneth ANDREWS, Marvin CAMPBELL, Melvin CAMPBELL, Charles GRAHAM, Jim HERRINGTON, Richard MOTSINGER, Bob SMITH

1953: Doyle ADAMS, Duane CAMPBELL, Tom GROVES, Lavena HALL

1954: Delbert ADAMS, Robert BLUNCK

1955: Darrell TURNBULL

1956: Raymond BANNER, Virginia BLUNCK, Richard GRAHAM, Glenda HALL, David HERRINGTON, Richard WILSON

1957: Clyde CAMPBELL, William TRIDLE, Keith WALTERS

1958: Larry BLUNCK, Shirley GRAHAM, Mary Ann HERRINGTON, Anna WILSON, Daisy WILSON

Photographs from 1897 - Benton Centennial - 1997, courtesy of Mount Ayr Public Library

Transcription & submission by Sharon R. Becker

Benton High School