PROGRAM - COMMENCEMENT CLAY CENTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS 1909 Submitted by Sandra Lassen, slassen@infoave.net April 23, 1997 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: The copyright holder of this material has given USGenWeb Archives exclusive rights of electronic distribution for this file. In keeping with the USGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Teachers and the Graduating Class of the Clay Center Public Schools request your presence at their Commencement Exercises Friday evening, May 28, 1909, Bonham Opera House, Clay Center, Kansas Class Motto: "Climb Though the Path Be Rugged" Class Colors: Lavender and White Class Flower: Carnation Officers: Henrietta Jones, President Lawton Hanna, Secretary and Treasurer May Tempero, Principal Flora M. Bilss, Musical Supervisor Emil Kratochivil, Superintendent Invocation: Rev. J. C. Berger Guitar Solo, "Brigade March," by Burke: Cecil Banta Cantata, "Ye Little Olde Folks' Concert": Members of the Class Chinese Fan and Parasol Drill: Twelve Girls Piano Solo, "Scarf Dance," by Chaminade: Irene Held Presentation of Diplomas: Mrs. Arria Neal Graduating Class: Avery, John H. Alquist, Myrtle Bacher, Clarence Floyd Banta, Cecil Buchmann, Rose Ruth Cavin, Elizabeth Estella Chapman, Ralph Cowell, Vera Anna Deetjen, Jennie Marie Eaton, Rill Ensign, William Arthur Forsgren, Esther Louise Grainger, Isabelle Agnes Geer, Emma Elizabeth Hanna, Lawton Morrison Hartwell, Edna Helen Hawley, Iva Blanche Held, Irene Lucile Jones, Henrietta Langston Keener, Marie Kincaid, Wilson B. Kraettli, Lydia Emma Kurz, Louie Lind, Julia Marie Marshall, Perry P. Marshall, Emil George Moses, Agnes Marie Musselman, Ray Walter Myers, Buenta Ora Nasman, Emma Marie Newton, Jason W. Olney, Fredrick Bronson Palmateer, Lorena Witta Peterson, Fred Priest, Ida Strong Royall, James Floyd Simmons, Mable Clare Tempero, Edith Alnora VonTungeln, Minnie Walsh, Frances J. Woods, Jonnie Windred Note from compiler: I have an original of this charming commencement program. The two graduates, Jason W. Newton and Ida Strong Priest, were my paternal grandparents. Jason and Ida were childhood sweethearts in Clay Center. Her family objected to their romance and the young couple eloped to Concordia, Cloud Co., Kansas and married on 5 November 1915. In spite of familial objections, Jason and Ida shared 50 and one-half years of marriage until Ida's death in 1966! I would be happy to exchange info on this couple. Sandra Newton Lassen, 1499 Lakeside Drive, West Jefferson, NC 28694; internet: slassen@infoave.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: The copyright holder of this material has given USGenWeb Archives exclusive rights of electronic distribution for this file. In keeping with the USGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. -----------------------------------------------------------------------