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 Graduation
and Commencement Announcements
Graduation Announcement to Mr. D. S. Ferguson,
Willow Springs, Mo, May 3 1927
Class of 1927, Graduation Exercises
Commercement Exercises
Willow Springs High School
on Wednesday Evening
May the eighteenth
at eight o'clock
High School Auditorium
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PROGRAM
Salutatory..................Isaac Watson (see*)
Vocal Solo.................Mary Anna Kilpatric
First Citizen Oration...Louise Ferguson
Pianologue................Nedra Bible
Class History..............Opal Lee
Quartette...Mary Anna Kilpatric, Ella Smith,
Dora Clingan, Marthalee Sullenger
Class Prophecy...........Meda Martin
Reading......................Helen Shipley
Valedictory.................Naida Protiva
Presentation of Dipolmas.. Dr. J. C. B. Davis
*Meda Martin and Isaac Watson tied for
Salutatorian Honors
Honorable Mention
Iva Sutton Robert Dudley
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CLASS ROLL
Ethel Emily Modrale
Dorys Louise Ferguson
Meda Elizabeth Martin
Naida Frank Protiva
Martha Lee Sullenger
Thomas Howard Farquharson
Thelma Janice Richmon
Isaac DeWitt Watson
Mary Anna Kilpatric
Iva Lyorraine Sutton
Sylvia Irene Boone
Marguerite Viola Brown
Dora Agnes Clingan
Opal Patricia Lee
Blanch May Ledbetter
Wendell Phillips Chapin
Ross Reynold Lyon
Stanley Maurice Triplett
High Campbell Chapin
Blanche Roe Robertson
Ella Margaret Smith
Nedra Elizabeth Bible
Orville Patrick Mahaffey
Ruby Elizabeth Wilkinson
Helen Frances Shipley
Robert Lee Dudley
Stephen Daniel Forrester
Mary Louise Ward
Thomas Adam Batton
Announcement received from Naida Frank Protiva, a
grand-daughter of David S Ferguson.
Another grand-daughter is in the same class, Louise
Ferguson
Notices from Grandchildren of David S. and
Belle Ferguson - Children of
Charles S. and Saphrona Ferguson:
Ted Ferguson - Louise Ferguson - Lorene Ferguson
Willow Springs High School, Willow Springs, Howell
County, Missouri
COMMENCEMENT
May 13 1925
Salutatory Lillian Summers
Class Prophecy Myrtle Wilhoit
First Citizen Oration Orel L. Rosier
Honor Student in School Citizenship
Solo "De Hoot Owl" Elvin Lovan
Class Will Lavona Glick
Address:
Penny Practice or Pin Philosophy
Rev. J. E. Johnston
Valedictory Ted Ferguson
Presentation of Diplomas Dr. J. C. B. Davis
School Song.
Class of 1925 Members:
Ada Arledge, John Benton, J. Fent Chapin, Jr., Ted
Ferguson, Roland Hansen, Francis Henry, Gladys Ottinger,
Oral Lewis Rosier, Mildred Schureman, Myrtle Wilhoit,
William Arledge, Alegra Bass, Thelma Clingan, Lovena
Glick, Elvin Lovan, Dorwin Martin, Rosamond Protiva,
Nellie Sample, Lillian Smith, Garford Wilkerson, Ethel
Arnold, Clifford Calhoun, H. Clinton Davis, Oran Hubbs,
Gertrude Lovan, Helen Murrell, Valeeny Richmon, Elsa
Wilson, Jesse Wilkerson.
A partial newspaper report saved with the announcement
reports the exercises were held in the auditorium of the
high school, and advises, "The class this year was
composed of 29 young men and young women, the largest
graduating class in the history of the school."
The Eighth Grade Class of
WILLOW SPRINGS SCHOOLS
announces
Commencement Exercises
Friday Evening, May Fifteenth
Nineteen Hundred Twenty Five
Eight o'clock
High School Auditorium
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Class Motto: Gradatim
Class Flower: Sweet Peas
Class Colors: Pink and Green
A newspaper article reports:
Splendid Program by Eight Grade
Thirty-six Receive Diplomas of Admission to High Schools
The graduation exercises of the eight grade were held in
the high school auditorium last Friday evening when the
following progrm was given:
"With Quaking Hearts We Welcome You", sung by
Lee Livingston, Raymond Lovan and class.
Salutatory...............Asa Rosier
"The Flowers that Bloom in the
Spring"........Girls' Chorus
Recitation.................Eugene Armstong
"The Whistling Boy"...............Helen Payne
A Reading................Mary Ruth Sullenger
Vocal Solo - "Dear Little Goose".......Freda
Wilfong
Class History, written by Bobby Gooch and Donald Atkinson
Monologue......Quintella Chapin
Valedictory..............Lorene Ferguson
Presentation of Diplomas...Mrs. Elizabeth Gooch
Class Song.
The two students who won the highest honors in the class
were Lorene Ferguson and
Asa Rosier. Mrs. W. C. Early was teacher of the class.
The members of the class who received diplomas are: Helen
Viola Anglin, Eugene Armstrong, Donald Francis Atkinson,
Bernice Arnold, Lee Norman Beals, Elmer Lee Benton, Ralph
William Brown, Quintella Chapin, Mildred Drymon, Mary
Lydia Farquaharson, James Ferguson, Ruth Lorene Ferguson,
Robert Rodney Gooch, Johnny Anthony Horak, Fred Carson
Johnson, Gladys Juanita Lovan, Lee Ray Lyon, Harold
Meusch, Melva Nevels, John Floyd Ottinger, Raymond Ottis
Lovan, Homer Spence, Asa Royal Rosier, Grace Mildred
Smith, Mary Ruth Sullenger, Elmer Sells, Christine Allene
Raby, Helen Audrey Stuart, Mable Fannie Pottle, Ernest
Raymond Stanton, Lee Livingston, Burchell Patterson,
Bertina Wright, Freda Viola Wilfong, Helen Elizabeth
Payne, _____Hall, ________Watson.
Graduation Announcement from Ruth Lorene Ferguson:
Willow Springs High School
announces its
Commencement Exercises
May 15th, 1929
Star Theater
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PROGRAM
Commencement Exercises
Star Threatre
Wednesday Night, May 15, 1929
Salutatory........................................................Maye
Turner
First Citizen
Oration..................................Lorene Ferguson
Class
History........................................................Asa
Rosier
First Citizen
Oration.....................................Pearl
Shotsman
Address.................................................Charles
E. Sullenger
Clarinet Solo "To A WildRose"
McDowell.............Bob Gooch
Class
Will.........................................................Thelma
Moffitt
Vocal Solo "When Song Is Sweet" San
Souci..Freda Wilfong
Class
Prophecy......................................................Lena
Snow
Valedictory....................................................Quintella
Chapin
Presentation of
Diplomas...............................Dr. J. C. B. Davis
Quartette "For Auld Lang
Syne"....................Harmony Hounds
Lee Livingston, Bob Gooch
Jimmy Ferguson, Eugene Armstrong
High School Report to Parents
Record of Lorene Ferguson School Year 1928-1929
Name of School: Willow Springs Class Senior
(Printed) Note: This card shows grades for entire classs.
Group circled in ink to indicate grade of pupil whose
name appears above.
Subjects named: Ed. III
English IV
Reviews
Phys. Ed.
Gen. Sc.
Signed by W. C. Grimes
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