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From Geneva Advertiser Gazette 5 April 1906

The senior class of the High school has chosen Bruce Bronson, James Loman, Pauline Vail and Margaret Donohue to represent that class in the annual contest between the senior and junior class. The junior class will be represented by Paul Watson, Harold Rigby, Ethel Dilman and Mabel Vance.

From Geneva Daily Times 19 June 1906

The personnel of the graduating class of the High School was definitely made out today. Some delay in announcing the names of the graduates was caused as the teachers were unable to mark all of the papers before. The class this year is the largest in the history of the school. It numbers thirty-eight in all, twenty-four girls and fourteen boys. Following is the list of graduates:

Girls

Mary Catherine Blodgett
Marion Helen Bradley
Lulu Bertha Dilman
Edith Mary Dobbin
Margaret Louise Donahue
Anna Clara Doran
Harriet Elizabeth Dorman
Florence Winifred Foster
Mary Elizabeth Hofmann
Josie May Johnson
Louise May McDill
Mildred VanDusen McKay
Anna Mae Maloney
Mary Helen Pavlak
Anna Christine Primps
Anna Henderson Reid
Willhelmina Isadore Roenke
Lena May Schroeder
Florence Rachel Spence
Jessie Amelia Sperry
Marjorie Ray Stahl
Pauline Vail
Helen Elizabeth Van Nortwick
Mae Jennie Constance Wiggin

Boys

Elmer Bruce Brunson
Frank Karl Frolich
James C. Loman
Thomas J. Maney
John DeWolf Northrop
George Frederick Pierce
Merritt Cole Rogers
Hugh Duncan Rose
Alexander Wilson Skinner
Leon Ryder Smith
Frederick Calkins Torrance
Whitney Allen Wagner
John Henry Wallace
Samuel George Weir

From Geneva Daily Times 25 June 1906

The closing exercises at St. Francis de Sales parochial school took place at the school house this afternoon. The exercises consisted of songs and recitations, the presentation of the class by Rev. Edward Dwyer and the awarding of prizes and the presentation of diplomas by Very Rev. W. A. McDonald. The salutatory was delivered by Loretta Higgins and the address by Francis T. McGrain. The members of the graduating class were:

James A. Chartres, Thomas K. Fahy, Patrick E. Hennessy, Albert J. Kane, Robert E. Kellow, Charles A. Long, Lester J. Malone, Francis T. McGrain, Vincent J. Mulvey, Thomas L. O'Brien, John E. O'Malley, Monica M. Brislan, Florence I. Claffey, Mary M. Coleman, Mary E. Durnin, Margaret E. Fleming, Elizabeth E. Guinan, Helen M. Guinan, Loretta A. Higgins, Catherine H. Jordan, Loretta M. Kane, Mildred A. Malone, Margaret C. McCherry, Florence F. McGuirl, Susan H. Moore, Helen I. O'Malley, Dorothy E. Oulehan, Mary E. Oulehan, Helen A. Preston, Mary F. Quinn, Mary M. Rogers, Margaret S. Rogers, Florence A. Toole, Catherine A. Taney.

From Geneva Daily Times 9 August 1906

Rushville, N. Y. - On Wednesday, at the Union School building, in this village, the classes of '69, '70, '71, and '72 held their third biennial reunion. The occasion was one long to be remembered. Those present from out-of-town were: Rev. E. H. Latimer and wife, Mt. Morris; Rev. A. W. Taylor and wife, Seneca Falls; Elliott Sutphen and wife, Mrs. John Sutphen, Mrs. C. Ellston, of Cleveland, O.; Mrs. John Hamlin, East Bloomfield; H. Frank Howell, Bath; E. C. Dintruff and wife, Syracuse; Mrs. Marion Chapman, Penn Yan; Mrs. Ella Goodwin, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Mrs. Arch McClure and daughter, Mabel, Middlesex; T. M. Chadwick and wife, Lakemont; James Warren and wife, Canandaigua; Mrs. Charles Hoyt, Ypsilanti, Mich.; Mrs. Dan Winagle, Gorham; William Young and wife, Elmira; Mrs. Marcenus Jones and Jas. Wiseweel of Rochester; F. G. Lyon, Naples; Wilson Reed and wife, Oaks Corners; Mrs. William Simmons, Chicago; Dr. E. B. Sayre and wife, Allen's Hill.

From Geneva Daily Times 17 September 1906

This week will witness the opening of many of the schools and colleges of the country and will be a busy one for the young people of the city who intend to continue their education this year. The following list includes those (Genevans) who will continue their higher education together with those who will enter college for the first time:

University of Michigan - Donald D. VanSlyke, Robert Monagle, Claude Smith, Allen Olmstead

Syracuse University - James Allen, Winifred Barnes, Louise McDill, John Northrop, Marjorie Farwell, Louise Means, Florence Foster

Princeton University - Francis Hardison

Cornell University - Hudson Henion, Mildred McKay

Hamilton College - Robert Scoon

Trinity College - William Licht

University of California - Herman Clark

Leland Stanford University - Cecil McKay

Elmira - Edna Taylor, Mable Ansley, Bessie Allen, Caroline Forden

Wells College - Fannie Licht, Anna L. Herendeen

Northwestern College - Lena Schroeder

Geneseo Norman - Eva Ripley, Nellie Donahue, Anna Primps, Elizabeth Hofmann

Cortland Normal - Myra Wader, Leah Fowle, Mable Sperry

Brockport Normal - Mable Weeks, Diana Porter, Ethel Morris, Robert Gilliland

Buffalo Normal - Cora Sweeney, Mary Pavlak, Helen Van Norwick, Margaret Donahue

Albany Normal - Margaret Cass

Mechanics Institute, Rochester - Lucy Rupert, Helen Meigs

Pratt Institute - Louise Cook

Hobart College - Floyd and James Rippey, William Cass, Fred Cass, Henry Roenke, Earl Butts, James Lowman, Walter Durfee, Whitney Wagner, Ray Callister, Alexander Skinner, Merritt Rogers, Lawrence P. VanSlyke

From Geneva Daily Times 20 October 1906

The Class of 1907 of Phelps High School has elected these officers: President, Lay Palmer; vice-president, Paul Ryan; secretary, Francis Fitzgerald; treasurer, Sarah French.

From Geneva Daily Times 26 April 1907

Phelps, N. Y. - The Phelps High school base ball team has organized with the following players: Francis Riley, catcher; William Kreglow, pitcher; Seeley Parrish, 1st base; Ted Warner, 2d base; George Mulcahy, s. s.; Harold Vandusen, 3d base; Raymond Sabin, l. f.; Harry White, c. f.; William Manning, r. f. The team has named Harry White manager and Harold Vandusen captain.

From Geneva Daily Times 8 June 1907

Phelps, N. Y. - Regents examinations will be held at the Phelps High School during the week of June 17th. The commencement exercises will be held in Gibson Hall Thursday evening, June 27th. There are four members of the graduating class this year, the Misses Lula Adams, Francis Fitzgerald, Sarah French and Lay Palmer.

From Geneva Daily Times 24 June 1907

Graduating exercises were held at St. Francis de Sales and St. Stephen's churches last evening for the classes of 1907 of the respective parochial schools. The members of the graduating class of St. Francis de Sales were: John J. Hayes, Leo F. Lake, William P. Lynch, Leon S. Madden, Francis J. Murphy, John F. Neary, William L. O'Connor, Edward M. O'Hora, William P. O'Malley, George W. O'Malley, Thomas J. Rogers, William A. Sullivan, Nicholas A. Sauerborn, Thomas D. Guinan, Helen M. Burger, Helen A. Cleary, Ella T. Corcoran, Mary B. Caughlin, Susan T. Dinan, Margaret J. Durnin, Grace V. Hennesey, Anna C. Holleran, Gertrude A. Knight, Sara M. Moylan, Anna E. McCarthy, Julia A. McDonald, Ella T. McNicholas, and Sarah A. Taney.

This year there were awarded for the first time the Thomas H. Sweeney gold medals for the highest standing in Christian doctrine. The medals will be present annually hereafter. They were established in honor of Mr. Sweeney by members of the family. The medals for highest averages in the graduating class were presented to Margaret J. Durnin, average 95 percent. The prize for regular attendance was awarded to William L. O'Connor and for application to Ella T. Corcoran.

The honors in the other grades in the school have been awarded as follows: Eighth grade, regular attendance, Mary A. Bradley; application, Helen M. Burger; average standing, Julia B. Stapleton. Seventh grade, Christian doctrine, Frances Hennesey; average standing, Agnes Walsh; application, Rose Hayes; honor certificates, Agnes Walsh, Frances Hennesey, Rose Hayes, Wilhelmina Nolan, Roger Hogan, Daniel Quinlan, Martin McCarthy, Anthony Olsowsky. Sixth grade, Christian doctrine, Redmond Welsh; average standing, William Hogan; attendance, Frances Murphy; application, Mary Coursey, Zenique LeBrun, Joseph O'Malley and Helen Toole had equal standing for the prize. Fifth grade: Christian doctrine, Mary Mahoney; average standing, Isabel Creedon; application, Thomas Toole; attendance, Alice O'Malley; honor certificates, Thomas Tooke, Charles McCarthy, Ellen Noonan, Elizabeth Cleary, Gertrude O'Malley, Alice Toole, Lillian Sapprow, Mary Dunn, Anna Mox. Fourth grade: Christian doctrine, Margaret Gannon; average standing, Catherine Brennan, Mary Hanlon; application, Ruth Timms; attendance, Rosario LeBrun; honor certificates, Catherine Durnin, Catherine McDonald, Ruth Timms. Third grade: Catechism, Theresa McCusker; average standing, Francis Beatty; attendance, Thomas Neary, John O'Connor, Amelia Schrouder; honor certificates: Francis Beatty, Amelia Schrouder; application, Lucy Cleary.

From Geneva Daily Times 25 June 1907

Last evening the class of 1902 of the Clifton Springs High School held a reunion with Mrs. John R. Hayden of Waltham, Mass., who is visiting her mother, Mrs. Georgia Carpenter, on Taft avenue. The members of the class are Miss Jennie McGinnis, Stanley Short, Floyd C. Stephens and Myron Walters, of Clifton Springs; Mrs. Harry H. Farmer, of Syracuse; Mrs. Hayden, of Waltham, Mass., and Miss Grace Gillett, of Auburn.

From Geneva Daily Times 27 June 1907

Naples, N. Y. - The town is much interested in the various events of the High School commencement week, each of which is largely attended. It had an inspiring opening in the church service, in which Rev. C. C. MacLean preached to the graduates, ten in number, on "The Enlargement of Living," based on the text "Not as thought I had already attained." Class day exercises were held Tuesday night in Academy Hall. The class is made up of one man and nine women: Lawrence S. Tellier, Mary Esther Tozer, Vinnie A. Lyon, Margaret Barrett, Mary C. Cleveland, Harriette A. Potter, Gertrude Harietta Graffe, Bessie MacElwell, Maude E. Edson and Alice B. Fribolin.

From Geneva Daily Times 28 June 1907

Under propitious conditions the class of 1907 was graduated today from the Geneva High School. The commencement exercises, which were the seventeenth in the history of the school, were held at 10 o'clock this morning in Smith Opera House, and owing to the ideal June weather, the theater was filled with friends of the graduates and of the school. After a selection by the orchestra, Superintendent Truesdale announced the award of honors and prizes.

First year, High School, 10th grade - Annie Lucy Bevier, Genevieve Minnie Black, Florence Ruby Goodelle, Helen Mayhew Haslett, Carrie Morrison, Lottie Vosburgh.

Second year, High School, 11th grade - Anna Rosalia Buckley, Alice Louise Knapp, Francis Adelaide Murphy, Isabelle C. Newton, Albie D. H. Reed.

Third year, High School, Junior Class - Charles Lake Foreman, Elsie Merdesa Mead, Carl Edwin Newlander.

Fourth year, High School, Senior Class - Leona Delle Race.

Honor Diploma, June '06 - Florence Rachel Spence.

The members of the class of 1907: Herbert L. Beales; Ethel E. Dilman, Florence A. Foreman, Ida B. Gasper; Mildred A. Goetchius; Irene E. Nester; Leah E. Primps; Leona Delia Race; Irving S. Ritter; Warren E. Rouse; Frank E. Rupert; Frank H. Snyder; Juliet C. Travis; Marguerite S. Wagner; Honor E. Williams; Pearl Yerkes.

Reasons for the superiority of the Geneva High School formed the central idea which ran through several of the important toasts delivered last evening at the sixth annual dinner of the High School Alumni Association. . . . Among those present were the following:

W. H. Truesdale, Mrs. W. H. Truesdale, Mrs. T. E. Truesdale, A. H. Mellen, Milton Haight Turk, Mrs. Milton H. Turk, Henry A. Wheat, Louis M. Sweet, Wm. J. Hunt, Florence J. Parker, 1881; Charles Horace Annan, 1882; Everett Jacob Beers, E. M. Evans, A. L. Sweet, Rose W. P. Nester, Elizabeth H. Allen, Jay F. Goodman, Theodore J. Rupert, Caroline M. Forden, Hattie E. Williams, 1897; C. E. Williams, Seth Lewis, 1899; Albert B. Smith, Mary T. Sweeney, 1904; Mary M. Pavlak, 1896; Helen E. Van Nortwick, 1906; Cora G. Sweeney, 1905; Irving S. Ritter, Leona D. Race, Juliet C. Travis, Frank H. Snyder, Irene E. Nester, Warren E. Rouse, Ethel E. Dilman, M. Elizabeth Hoffman, Pearl Yerkes, 1907; Margaret Desmond, 1900; Julia F. Murphy, 1897; M. Emeline Smith, Emmeline W. Thomas, Mrs. F. R. Furber, Mildred A. Goetchius, Ida B. Gasper, 1907; Edna A. Gasper, 1905; Marjorie Farwell, Frederick C. Torrance, 1906; Mead Rupert, 1896; Louise MacDill, E. Bruce Brunson, 1906; Martha G. McCready, Charles J. McCready, 1904; Arthur J. Hammond, 1887; Frank F. Potter, S. Maude Potter, Lucy D. Albertson, Jessie C. Hillick, 1888; Carrie E. Springstead, 1889; Charles A. Springstead, 1901; Thos. A. McKelvie, 1884; Elizabeth C. McKelvie, 1885; Edna M. Smith, 1903; Ruth Coleman, 1902; Genevieve D. Howland, 1896; Grace Willard, 1895; Edith M. Dobbin, 1906; A. Mable Hutchinson, Eva Hemiup, Ethel Regena Lerch, 1905; Anna C. Brooks, 1897; Edna Dean Lerch, 1904; Vrooman Ottley, Mary C. Smelzer, 1899; Florence H. Parrott, P. J. Parrott, Mrs. Pomeroy H. Hubbard, P. B. Hubbard, Ella K. Truesdale, 1900; Edith Young, 1901; W. H. Rolfe, 1903; Rubie T. Weyburn, 1896; Elsie M. Weyburn, 1902; Curtis M. Rolph, 1903; K. Louise Hodgkiss, H. E. Hodkiss, Florence Eggleston, 1902; F. D. Whitwell, 1894; Elijah R. Williams, 1902; Marjorie L. Guilford, 1904; Whitney Allen Wagner, 1906; J. Byington Covert, 1894; J. A. Spengler, 1890; Wm. M. Fink, 1891; Chas. V. R. Johnston, Olive Wilson, William D. Schell, Carrie McB. Coon, Charles Young, Florence Wilcox, Claude Smith, 1902; Ella Potter, Carrie R. Harmon, Cassandra B. Harmon, Harriet H. Dennison, Lois M. Bennett, Herman Schnirel, Belle Spragon, Jessie M. King, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Gracey, Emma Sears, Harry T. King, Gertrude Robinson.

From Geneva Daily Times 1 July 1907

Manchester, N. Y. - Miss Harriet VanArsdale, daughter of Supervisor and Mrs. John C. VanArsdale, who was a member of the graduating class of 1907 of the Brockport Normal School, is spending her summer vacation at her home west of this village.

From Geneva Daily Times 5 July 1907

Naples, N. Y. - Seymour H. Sutton, a student of this village, won the Ontario county Cornell scholarship over many competitors and has also passed with his entrance examination to that college. Mr. Sutton is a graduate of Naples High School and was also a student in the Ithaca Preparatory School.

From Geneva Daily Times 14 August 1907

Stanley, N. Y. - The following standings were attained in the last regents' examination by the pupils of the Stanley school:

Elementary English - Alta M. Ward; 90
Arithmetic - Agnes R. Roehe, 79; Mabel E. Van Eps, 85; Esther D. Moran, 88; Carl Nelson, 86;
Spelling - Mabel E. Van Eps, 90; Ina M. Hutchinson, 88; M. Faye Alexander, 81; Julia H. Connors, 86; Leah F. Davie, 82; Carl Nelson, 82; Jno. W. Wheadon, 78; Fred D. Moran, 80; Grover C. Preston, 80; Seth R. Grant, 81;
Reading - Ina M. Hutchinson, 85; Julia H. Connors, 75;
Writing - Alta M. Ward, 96;
Geography - Esther D. Moran, 76.

From Geneva Daily Times 29 November 1907

Clifton Springs, N. Y. - The graduating class of the Clifton Springs High School has elected the following officers for the annual commencement exercises, and also class committees: President, Sherman E. Masler; vice-president, Miss Mae Driscoll; secretary, Harold Bannerman; treasurer, Miss Breta Stevens. The president appointed color and motto committees as follows: Color committee, Miss Breta Stevens, Miss Kate Sullivan and Miss Clara Gannett; motto committee, Miss May Driscoll, Miss Mary Wheaton and Reginald Bundy.

From Geneva Daily Times 18 January 1908

The senior class of the High School gave a most enjoyable and successful dance last evening in the Assembly Hall. There were about forty couples there. A four-piece orchestra rendered an exceptionally fine program of music. The hall decorations were in light blue and gold, the senior colors. Superintendent and Mrs. W. K. Truesdale received. Those present were Misses Margaret Spendlove, Aileen Hayes, Laura Castler, Merle Chamberlain, Gladys Millard, Elizabeth Licht, Arlean McDougall, Christine Ford, Elizabeth Giddings, Harriet Childs, Ethel Juliet Travis, Ethel Dilman, Mable Vance, Honor Williams, Erminie Yerkes, Ruth Young, Barbara Klopfer, Miss Caughn, Margaret Skinner, Marjorie Stahl, Flossie Goodman, Carrie Rice, Harriet Van Tassel, Florence Wilcox, Carrie Coon, Marjorie Guilford, Edith Kent of New York, Vida and Edith Newton of Buffalo, Bertha Burcham and Miss Marsden of Waterloo; Messrs. Harold Rigby, Jay Goodman, Edward Donahue, Chester Reynolds, Mr. Kinne, Paul Henry, Floyd Rippey, Willard McKay, Lawrence Tyndall, John Farwell, Everett Rupert, Theodore Rupert, C. A. Miller, Elroy Humphrey, William D. Sebell, Claude Smith, Charles Van Tassel, Robert Cook, Charles Young, Claire Bennett, Lynn Hayes, John Emig, Robert Gardner, William Allen, Edmund Wirtz, Frank Lockwood, William Hawkins, William Skinner, William Kane, Frank Snyder, Harold Frost, Edwin Schumann, James Moore, Richard O'Hora, Hiram Henderson, Claude Andrews, and Mr. Tobey of Waterloo.

From Geneva Daily Times 24 February 1908

Phelps, N. Y. - There are nine members in the graduating class at the Phelps High School this year. The class has chosen the following officers: President, Theodore Warner; vice-president, Miss Olive Stryker; secretary, Miss Edna Kraglow; treasurer, John Needham.

From Geneva Daily Times 25 May 1908

Manchester, N. Y. - The junior class of the Manchester High School at a meeting Saturday night elected officers and chose maroon and white for the class colors. The class is composed of Mabel Herendeen, Ainsworth Bennett, Marie Ryan, Cherrie Randall, Henry Jones, Edward Smith and Sidney Rogers. The officers elected are: President, Ainsworth Bennett; vice-president, Henry E. Jones; secretary, Mabel Herendeen; treasurer, Marie Ryan.

From Geneva Daily Times 12 June 1908

Phelps, N. Y. - The Phelps High School commencement exercises will be held in Gibson Hall Friday evening, June 26th. The graduating class is composed of the following students: Theodore Warner, president; Olive E. Stryker, vice-president; Edna E. Kreglow, secretary; John F. Needham, treasurer; Ethel M. Donnelly, valedictorian; Aureil A. Harvey, poet; Edgar C. Wilbur, presentation orator; Lena M. Benton, musician; Iva O. Mulcahy, junior roaster.

From Geneva Daily Times 22 June 1908

The marking of the papers in the Regents' examinations which were held at the High School last week were finished this morning as far as the members of the senior class are concerned and Superintendent William H. Truesdale was able to announce that every one of the members of the class will be graduated from the school on Friday morning. . . . The class this year, which contains 26 girls and 15 boys, is as follows:

Anna Rosalie Buckley, Florence May Caughn, Hatty Sherwood Childs, Mary Ellen Cullinan, Jennie Cummings, Gertrude Mary Devitt, Frances Belle Eddy, Mary Elizabeth Giddings, Elizabeth Florence Kelleheer, Anna Barbara Klopfer, Lillian Beatrice Klopfer, Alice Louise Knapp, Mary Alicia McDonald, Mary Elizabeth McDonald, Pearl Lucy Manktelow, Elsie Merdessa Mead, Esther Allen O'Hanlon, Faythe Emilie Olmstead, Mildred Ellen Ottley, Ethel Elizabeth Tyndall, Mildred Van Deren, Rhoda Erminie Yerkes, Ruth Arnot Young; William Alexander Allen, Claire Clement Bennett, Wilford Melville Bowen, Jay Coryell, John Seely Dorman, Charles Luke Foreman, William Anthony Kane, Stewart Elmer McConnell, Carl Edwin Newlander, Richard Francis O'Hora, Jesse Petteys, Chester Wesley Reynolds, James Fletcher Reynolds, Charles Jackson Van Tassel.

From Geneva Daily Times 25 June 1908

The graduating class at St. Francis de Sales parochial school this year numbers 25. The class will receive their diplomas at the graduating exercises which will be held at the school hall tonight. The members of this year's class at the school are as follows:

George Edward Boisvert, Alphonsus Patrick Chapman, Coleman Thomas Connolly, William Thomas Drumm, Francis Hogan, Arthur William Lydon, Charles Henry Manley, Daniel Joseph Quinlan, Charles Albert Roark, Cornelius Francis Taney, Francis John Toole, Mary Anna Bradley, Esther May Ferris, *Onor Elizabeth Graney, Rose Ella Hayes, Francis Rose Hennessy, Anna Gertrude Jordan, Mary Teresa Knight, Catherine Hubertine McDonald, Catherine Agnes McNamara, Margaret Louise Murphy, Kathleen Francis O'Malley, Hannah Theresa Rogers, Julia Benedict Stapleton, Agnes Mary Walsh. *Scholarship medals.

From Geneva Daily Times 26 June 1908

Naples, N. Y. - Academy Hall was filled last night for graduation exercises of the three members of the High School, and the six members of its training class, all of whom received diplomas from Principal Weatherlow. The members of the classes are: High School: Miss Louisa Eichenberger, Charles L. Linton and Walter Herrington; training class: Bessie M. Woodard, Hazel J. Clute, Frances G. Cleveland, Earle E. Hatch, Laurence S. Tellier and Walter Herrington.

From Geneva Daily Times 27 June 1908

Reminiscences of school days in Geneva long before formal commencement exercises were held and before an alumni association was even thought of provided the most striking feature of the seventh annual dinner of the High School Alumni Association, which was held last evening in the High School Assembly Hall. Among those present at the dinner were the following: W. H. Truesdale, Mrs. W. H. Truesdale, David H. Craver, Mrs. David H. Craver, M. S. Sandford, W. O. Hanlon, William R. Brooks, Anna C. Brooks, '97, William J. Hunt, Arthur J. Hammond, '87, John B. Hubbs, Florence J. Parker, Frederick S. Bronson, Julia H. Bronson, Amos Fleming, Edgar Parker, Bessie M. Stevenson, Vrooman Ottley, Ethel Dilman, '07, Irene Nester, '07, La Vina Mullie, Lucy D. Albertson, Genevieve D. Howland, '96, Carrie E. Springstead, '89, Alice DeVoll, '94. Clarabelle Goodale, '96, Bertha Clough, Cassandra Harmon, '93, Beatrice L. Canfield, '94, Gertrude M. Robinson, '89, Mary F. Phillips, '89, Jessie C. Hillick, '89, Fannie Licht, '91, Margaret Mawell, 99, Elizabeth Rippey, '00, E. M. Evans, Mary C. Smelzer, '99, Janet Maxwell, '01, Anna M. Stubbs, '03, Mary A. Maxwell, '97, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Anderson, Mildred Van Dusen McKay, '06, J. H. Wallace, '06, James W. Wilson, '00, George D. Whedon, '03, R. S. Ripley, '04, Lawrence P. Van Slyke, '05, F. C. Torrance, '06, Lu Dilman, '06, Harriet E. Dorman, '06, Ella K. Truesdale, '00, Edith F. Wagner, '04, Hester M. Babcock, '04, William M. Fink, '91, Zella J. Fink, H. E. Hodgkiss, Louise Knight Hodgkiss, '02, Fred T. Nester, '84, Mrs. F. T. Nester, Hattie H. Dennison, '88, Charles Wheeler, '86, Carrie R. Harmon, '86, Mary J. Franklin, Mrs. Florence A. Lewis, Mrs. T. B. Ottley, Seth Lewis, '99, Mrs. Sue Seymour Young Hopkins, '91, William W. Hopkins, '89, Mrs. Gertrude A. Ely, Miss Emmeline W. Thomas, W. E. Wardlaw, Marjorie L. Guilford, '04, Jessie M. King, '93, Belle Spraggon, '94, H. L. King, '97, P. B. Hubbard, Mrs. P. B. Hubbard, J. E. Hale, Paul Folger, '02, Claude B. Smith, '02, Florence L. Wilcox, '02, William D. Schell, '02, Florence L. Eggleston, '02, Fred W. Herendeen, '02, Edith Young, '01, Frank H. Snyder, '07, Charles S. Young, Carrie M. Coon, '02, Olive Wilson, '01, Harriet L. Van Tassel, '04, Jane Skinner, '06, A. S. Kinne, H. Pearl Yerkes, '07, Ida Gasper, '07, Edna Gasper, '05, Nellie Donahue, '05, Mabel Hutchinson, '05, Marjorie Farwell, '05, Miriam Canfield, '05.

From Geneva Daily Times 29 June 1908

The annual graduating exercises of St. Stephen's parochial school were held at the school hall yesterday. A class of six received their full diplomas. The exercises for the closing of the school year consisted of a number of musical selections given by Margaret Mary Loman, Mary Elizabeth Welch, Norine Helen Manley and Alice Gertrude McPartland, Francis Michael McDonough, Clarence Augustine Joyce, Agnes Marie Millerd and Helen Howe Moore, after which luncheon was served.

From Geneva Daily Times 21 August 1908

Rushville, N. Y. - The fourth biennial reunion of the classes of '69, '70, '71 and '72 of the Rushville Union School was held at Memorial Hall in Rushville, Wednesday. Though not as largely attended as in previous years, it was an enjoyable occasion to all present, bringing to the village many strangers. The meeting was called to order by W. H. Savage, president of the association. The following officers were elected for the terms of 1909-10: President, James H. Wisewell of Rochester; vice-president, Miss Carrie Blodgett; recording secretary, Mrs. Linwood R. Bates; corresponding secretary, Mrs. George Blodgett; treasurer, Mrs. Charles Harkness.

From Geneva Daily Times 8 September 1908

Gorham, N. Y. - Among the Gorham young people who left today for the various schools which they are to attend the coming year were: the Misses Helen Pybus and Iva Kindelberger and Lloyd Allen for the Geneva High School; the Misses Eva Nelson and Ida Watkins to enter the training class of Penn Yan Academy; Leo Lacy to attend the Union School in Canandaigua.

From Geneva Daily Times 14 September 1908

Flint, N. Y. - The following students have begun their year's work in various schools: Messrs. Carlton and William Webster, Sherman and Roscoe Kean and Alfred Johnson at Geneva High School; Harry Burgess at Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima; Miss Minnie Mosey, Albion High School; Miss Harriet Burgess, Canandaigua Academy; Miss Christine Squier at Mrs. Sattler's private school in Geneva.

From Geneva Daily Times 18 September 1908

Clifton Springs, N. Y. - The class of 1909 has been organized and is composed of the following members: Misses Jessie Mallory, Kate Lindner and Mildred Brown. Of the members of the graduating class of 1908, Sherman Mosher expects to enter college one year from now; Miss Mary Wheaton will enter the training school for nurses at the City Hospital in Rochester; Reginald Bundy will enter Cornell University this fall; Miss Clara Gannett has entered Geneseo Normal; Miss May Driscoll has entered Brockport Normal; Miss Kate Sulivan is pursuing a business course in the Geneva Business College; and Miss Breta Stevens is teaching in the public school at Gypsum.

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