Class of 1928, Glencoe High School, McLeod Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormatted by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Laurie Keller ========================================================================= Going through my mother's papers I found a large bundle dealing with Glencoe High School, primarily the class of 1928. This file contains: Class lists at the time (1928) Newspaper cuttings about the class and its reunions Papers from the reunion They name about 28 people but follow them through from 1928 to 1978. Laurie Keller Glencoe MN [Macleod Co.] High School Class of 1928 (also football team from 1926) * * * Graduation Program * * * The Glencoe High School announces The Commencement Exercises of the Class of nineteen hundred twenty-eight Firday evening, June the first at eight o'clock The Community Auditorium Admission by ticket Allen, Howard W. Barnum, Charles C. Bednar, Rose Marie Beneke, Ernst Boylan, Winifred E. Clayton, Earl W. Dolan, Raymond P. Dvorak, Helen F. Enerson, Amy D. Penske, Ella E. Holmes, Janet A. Kuhnau, Clara H. Marsh, Verda F. Moehring, Henry Petrich, Ronald Picha, Alice M. Raiber, Helen Sylvia Richardson, Dorothy June Schmidt, Robert Schmidt, Susan Sturdeman, Irene H. Tifft, Elizabeth H. Tucholke, Evelyn M. Vacek, Anna M. Class Colors: purple and silver Class Motto: "Life is like a picture, so paint it well" Class flower: violet * * * 1928 Girls Basketball Squad * * * Bednar, Rose Boylan, Winifred Gray, Mary[?] (Coach) Holmes, Janet Kuhnau, Clara (Captain) Schmidt, Susan Southworth, Hattie Tifft, Betty Tucholke, Sylvia Von Eschen, [first name not known] * * * Class of 1928 Twenty-fifth anniversary (Stevens Seminary) Glencoe Minnesota, Saturday, July 11, 1953 * * * Howard Allen: married Florence Johnson, two children Anita and Lloyd, died Aug. 16, 1951 Charles Barnum married Delma Glander, three children, Le Roy 15, Shirley 9, Mary Lynn 7 Rose Bednar married Joseph Kadlec, farmer in Hutchinson, MN, three children, Jerome 16, Joanne 13, Kenneth 10 Ernst Beneke, died Dec. 15, 1950, married Erna Radtke, two children, John 18, Jerome 16 Winifred Boylan died 1932 Earl Clayton married Lily Buss (McLeod Co. Telephone Co.) four children Robert 18, Arlene 17, Sally 14, Susan 9 Raymond Dolan died July 12, 1934 married one child Helen Dvorak married Henry Henkelmann (farmer, Glencoe) Two children, Delores ann 13, Henry Harold 8 Amy Enerson married Carl Anderson (Firestone Tire & Rubber) Two children Verlen 10, Alan 6 Ella Fenske married Ralph Soeffker (building contreactor) Four children Janet Holmes died 1946 married Lee Nahin (deceased) One daughter Barbara married P. H. McKenna Clara Kuhnau married Courtland Smith (Asst. General Mgr Los Angeles International Airport) two children, Laurie 7, Randall 4 Verda Marsh married Elmer Swenson (manager Glencoe Produce) three children Betty 21, Donald 17, Roger 9 Henry Moehring married (physician, Duluth MN) four children, Donald 14, Judy 12, Lynn 9, Brian 8 Ronald Petrich married Ruth Dibb (Ownder Independent Direct Service Station) Two children, Patti 12, karen 8 Alice Picha married Francis Bebo (owner and operator chemical plant) Two children Loren 19, Janis, 7 Helen Raiber married Ray Gagnon (machinist, N. P. Railway) three children, James 10, Thomas 6, Jon 4 Dorothy Richardson married Carroll Heath (administrative officer for civil aeronautics, Washington DC), three children Nancy 9, Dorothy Joan 10, Bob 12 Robert Schmidt (thoracic surgeon) married, three children Jan, Robert, Jeffrey Susan Schmidt married Calvin Russel (Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.) Three chidlren, two girls, one boy Irene Stuedemann died April 1948 married Paul Menke - one son Betty Tifft married James Lytle (Cargill Inc.) three children, Ruth 15, Jimmy 12, Jean 11 Evelyn Tucholke married Lyle Montgomery (West Publishing Co.) Two children, Joan 10, Judith 5 Ann Vacek married Edward Reed (game warden, Silver Lake MN) Five children Edward Jr. 21, Robert 17, Cora Ann 15, Sharon 5, Carmen 3 * * * Article from Glencoe Enterprise on 50th Reunion of Class of 1928 Glencoe High [Aug/ 1978] * * * Eleven members of the Class of 1928 with their husbands and wives met at the County Fare Friday evening, Aug. 11, at six o'clock for a reunion. Those attending were Rose Bednar Kadlec, Hutchinson; Amy Enerson Anderson, Talmoon, MN; Ella Fenske Soeffker, Arlington; Clara Kuhnau Smith, Gardena, California; Verda Marsh Swenson, Glencoe; Henry Moehring, M.D., Borrego Springs, California, Helen Raiber Gagnon, Marysville, Washington; Dorothy Richardson Heath, Coeur d' Alene, Idaho; Robert Schmidt, M. D., Minneapolis; Evelyn Tucholke Mongombery, Bella Vista, Arkansas and Ann Vacek Reed of Silver Lake. Unable to attend were Susan Schmidt Russell, Branchport, New York; Betty Tifft Lytle, Largo, Florida and Helen Dvorak Henkelmann, Glencoe. Deceased are Joward Allen, Charles Barnum, Ernest Beneke, Winifred Boyland, Earl Clayton, Janet Holmes Nahin, Ronald Petrich, Alice Picah, Bebo Hlavacek and Irene Stuedemann Menke. * * * List, titled "Class Directory 1978" *** Howard Allan deceased 1951 Charles Barnum deceased 1975 Rose Bednar Mrs. Rose Kadlec Ernest Beneke deceased 1950 Winifred Boylan deceased 1932 Earl Clayton deceased 1970 Raymond Dolan deceased 1934 Helen Dvorak Mrs. Henry Henkelmann Amy Enerson Mrs. Carl O. Anderson Ella Fenske Mrs. Ralph Soeffker Janet Holmes deceased 1946 Clara Kuhnau Mrs. Clara K. Smith Verda Marsh Mrs. Elmer Swenson Henry Moehring Ronald Petrich deceased 1966 Alice Picha deceased 1974 Helen Raiber Mrs. Ray Gagnon Dorothy Richardson Mrs. Carroll D. Heath Robert Schmidt W. Robert Schmidt, M. D. Susan Schmidt Mrs. Susal Russell Irene Stuedemann deceased 1948 Betty Tifft Mrs. James Lytle Evelyn Tucholke Mrs. Lyle Mongomery Ann Vacek Mrs. Edward Reed * * * Names from Glencoe in a letter to Mrs. Clara K[uhnau] Smith dated May 4, 1978 * * * Orlando Wuethrich (class of 1925?) Esther Michaletz (nee Oelfke) class of 1942 Julie Rath Solem (class of 1927) Lois Butler Bruckschen (class of 1927) * * * extract from obituary of Verda Swenson (nee Marsh) Glencoe newspaper, Thursday Dec 7 1978 * * * Mrs. Elmer Swenson (Verda Florence Marsh) passed away at the Glencoe Municipal Hospital of a heart condition Friday afternoon, Dec., 1, 1978 at 3:25 o'clock. ... Born October 19, 1910 at Glencoe, she was the daughter of John Marsh and his wife, Bertena Sandman. ... Her marriage to Elmer Swenson was solemnized May 29, 1931 in Minneapolis. ... Two sons and a daughter survive, namely: Donald Swenson, West St. Paul; Mrs. Richard (Betty) Hullsiek, Bloomington and Roger Swenson, Glencoe. There are eight grandchildren: Ted, Jim Any Hullsiek, Sharon, David, Eric Swenson and Charles and Molly Swenson. Mrs. Wm. (Leora) (Odie) Dibb and Herbert Marsh of Glencoe, sister and brother, also survive ... Preceding her to the grave were her hhusband and brothers and sister, Albert Marsh, Mrs. Dan (Carrie) Mackenzie and Spenser Marsh. * * * Glencoe Enterprise Thursday September 27, 1979 * * * Glencoe High School Football Team 1926 (photo and article) Barnum, Charles Barnun, Glenn Beneke, E. Brinkman, H. Clayton Harold (Hap) Class of 1929 Clayton, Earl Dolan R. Durken, Francis Fjelstad, [no first name given] Asst. Coach Harpel, W. J. Johnson, L Linder, Geroge Michaelson, Arlington Petrich, Ronald Pulkrabek, Harold (Captain) Reed Edward Schmidt, G. Schmidt, Robert Southworth, Henry Steriett, Jack (Coach 1926-31, mathematics teacher) Teply, Louis Thoeny Matt Zich, Elmer Allen, Howard (Captain elect)