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McCracken Grade School

BR Miss Helen Irvin, Donna Leonhart, Scotty Weesner, Bev Moses, Calvin Wilson, Dean Groves, Dorothy Mullenix

MR Edith Moses, Christine Pivonka, Maxine Moses, Rita Moran, Jerome Funk, Alice Weesner, Joan Brenner, William Spomer,

FR Julius Unrein, Billy Joe Moran, Charles Sweeney, Wayne Irvin, Bob Thompson

Rural School Picture - Thistle Grove - 1928 Miss Queenie Klee, Teacher
1st Row: Bill McCormick, Frances McCormick, Beverly Irvin, Adam Conrad, Violet Crawford, Rita McGaughey, Alvin Schrader, Billy Grate
2nd Row: John McCormick, Harley Janke, Alvin Janke, Harry Janke, Bill McGaughey, Katherine Higgins, Genevieve Conrad, Helen Irvin, Nick Higgins
3rd Row: Sylvester Conrad, Carl Higgins, Naomi Schrader, Harry Schrader, Dean Irvin, Lavon Casey, Winifred Crawford, Luella Schrader, Dorothy Grate
4th Row: Bernita Klee, Miss Queenie Klee, Madeline McGaughey, Rose McCormick, Florence Janke, Lester Janke, Lucy Higgins, Josephine McGaughey, Marie McCormick, Andrew Higgins


BR: ?, Zella Doerr, Bernetta Marak, Virginia Wahl, Marjorie Norlin, ? Lorene Schutte FR: 41?, 32?. Lucille Elmore, Helen Irvin, Fay Elmore


1937 co-captains Lucille Elmore - Helen Irvin


McCracken School Girls Peggy Shiney, Betty Jo Twiselton, Lillian Dugan, Jackie Juvenal, Wilda Anderson

Lillian Dugan, Peggy Shiney, Jackie Juvenal

McCracken school girls Marie Brenner, Rosalie Sweeney, Neva McCormick, Emma Rose Showalter, Margaret Bloomquist, Lillian Dugan, Jackie Juvenal, Donna Hinman, Adelaide Klee, LoRuth Anderson


1948 McCracken High School Tennis: Marlene Pfannenstiel, Velma Rogers, Caroline Klee, Alberta Moses, Elaine Pfannenstiel, Betty Koerner, Pat Walker, Lynnette Pearson, Glenna McDougle

1942 McCracken Grade Basketball: Ervin Koerner, John Elmore, Billy Foster, Donald Greenway, Bennie Thompson, Lester Unrein, Glenn Conner, Thomas Birdsong, Kenneth Thompson, Wilfred Bieker.

1951 McCracken Grade School Basketball
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"Angels" in the operetta "Hansel & Gretel" at Alexander Grade School, November 1972. BR: Helena Showalter, Cathy Rues, Kelly McKinney, Trina Zinn, Lori Brown; MR: Sharon Wells, Sandra Taylor, Janet Conner, Alaura Scheuerman, Annette Davis; FR: Rhonda Conrad, Joy Mills, Connie Wittman, Brenda Barnes, Kayla Higgins. The "Gingerbread Boys" in the operetta not pictured were Neal Jacobs, Doug Elias, Mike Stull, Kevin Casey, Chris Petz, Kirk Rixon, Chris Jones, Tony Rues, Carl Dome, Richard Frick and Chad Herdman.
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Locust Grove School, teacher Ruth Gunder. Front row the tallest girl is Lucille Elias, next on the left is Norma Jean Fear. Does anyone know the rest of the students? Please e-mail us.		 upe113
1935 McCracken Grade School boys and girls basketball teams. The girls won the title!! BR: Claude Irvin, Adrian Doerr, David Hunt, Raymond Mills, 3R: Dean Birdsong, Leslie Kueffer, Orville Durand, Wesley Irvin, Beverly Irvin, Vincent Higgins, Kenneth Showalter 2R: Fay Elmore, Zella Mae Doerr, Bernetta Marak, Lorene Schutte, Coach Prowant, Virginia Wahl, Pearl McGaughey, Winifred McKittrick FR: Lena Lee Peer, Dorothy Hammond, Hazel Earl, Freda Irvin, Naomi Kueffer		 upe10D
1939 MHS Football Team BR: Cecil Mills, Marion'Fetchit' Foster, Oliver Herdman, Dean Birdsong, Coach Homer Martz, Albert Donecker, Kenneth Showalter, Leonard Mills, Lyle Dugan MR: Warren Thompson, Roy Temple, Leonard Sweeney, Francis Klee, Glen Gordon Jr., Leslie Kueffer, Raymond 'Hammer' Mills, Frank Marak, FR: Vincent Higgins, Wesley Irvin, David Hunt, Freddie Foster, Bev Irvin, Willard 'Poss' Mills

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McCracken High School 1921 Football team 1st game of the season - - -52-0 over LaCrosse BR: Cleo Akers, Harold 'Bob' Robertson, Leslie Hunt, Glenn Miller FR: Orland Edgington, Jim Lovitt, 'Mizz' Connor, Ed Murray, Wayne Brackney, Oliver Lawson and Bob Lovitt		 upe1A0
McCracken High School 1921 Baseball Team Orland Edgington, Cleo Akers, Aubry Grumbein, Glenn Lincoln, Virgil Haas, Bob Robertson, Curly VanWinkle, Clair Haas, Wayne Brackney, James Lovitt, Ed Murray, Bob Lovitt and Leo Edgington.		 upeE5
1939 - 1940
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Locust Grove School #39 Billy Frank Foster, Miss Enid Baldwin, Joyce Saunders, Alice Foster, Jean Hardwick, Bobby Fear, Joann Hardwick and Peggy Foster in from of Jean. After 1940		 upeF0
McCracken Grade School Girls. Teacher Margaret Lovitt, custodian Lander Davenport. 'Possibly' 6th, 7th & 8th grades in 1946?		 upeF4
McCracken 1964 first grade students BR: Philena Baus, teacher, Sally Irvin, Marsha Healy, Lynnette Legleiter, Gail Sloan, Donna Greenway, Mark McCormick, Jimmy Casey. FR: David Harms, Diane McFarren, Mike Conner, Robin Schuckman, Chuck Higgins, Tim Rues, Benny Pfaff, Jeanne Augustine.
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Thistlegrove School 1938-39
Grade School 1948 8th Grade Basketball team Clarence Deutscher, teacher-coach.  Players Curly Juvenal, Allan Thompson, Jimmy Swartz, Richard Gordon, Charlie Jacobs.
Grade School 1948
8th grade Basketball Team
Grade School 1951-1952 1st & 2nd Grades 2nd row:  Gary Turner, Betty Jane Pfaff, Mary Ann Zeller, Johnny Spomer, Kenny McCormick, Sharon McCaskey, Romelda Pfannenstiel, Mrs. Edith Pearson, teacher.   1st row:  Jane Graf, Bobby Muller, Sheila Wierman, Reggie Irvin, Terry Herdman, Wanda Faye Harp, Danny Rein, Marilyn Conrad.
Grade School 1951-1952
1st & 2nd grades
Grade School 1951-1952 1st & 2nd Grades 3rd row:  Roy Jones, Dwight Eisenhour, Arlyn North, Carol Ann Davis, Linda Gaschler, Judy Gaschler, Wendell Conrad, Harold Dixon, Norman Anderson, Mrs. Katharen Rodeman, teacher.   2nd row: Vicky Irvin, Dennis Walker, Kyle Rodeman, Larry McCormick, Tena Vogle, Michael Cain, Pauletta Schuckman, Paul Ohlemeier, Glenda Herdman.   1st row:  Lanny Pauley, Norma Jean Schuckman, Marilyn Higgins, Sheryl Rein, Claudine Rein, David Norlin.
Grade School 1951-1952
1st & 2nd grades 		Grade School 1951-1952 3rd, 4th, & 5th Grades 2nd row:  Allen Showalter, Harold Herdman, Janice Myers, Gerald Barnes, Dorothy Thompson, Melissa House, Bobby Peters, Haroldine Unrein, Leon Pfaff, Miss Marguerite Holmes, teacher. 1st row:  Dwayne McCormick, Bennie McCaskey, David Dixon, Gary Kraisinger, Jeanette Davenport, Judy Whitis, Robert Rein, Jolene North, Kathleen O'Loughlin, Rosella Unrein.  3rd and 4th grade  1951-1952 McCracken Grade School.
Grade School 1951-1952
3rd, 4th, & 5th grades
Grade School 1951-1952 3rd, 4th, & 5th Grades 2nd row:  Jane Gaschler, Marian Barnes, Sarah Beth Cain, Kenneth Grumbein, Vickie Zeller, Elaine Eisenhour, Aletha Pfannenstiel, Carolyn Higgins, Mrs. Barnes, teacher. 1st row:  Lavona Lou Peters, Shirley Pfannenstiel, Phyllis Gerritzen, Terry Wierman, Roy Pfaff, Shirley Stremel, Leroy Herdman, Bennett Lee Grate, Carol Kay Huxol, Ellen Bible.  3rd, 4th and 5th graders, McCracken Grade School.
Grade School 1951-1952
3rd, 4th, & 5th grades 		Grade School 1951-1952 Grades 6th, 7th, & 8th 2nd row:  Bill Wierman, Walter Pfaff, Perry J. Irvin, Gary Walker, James Hanson, Geraldine McCaskey, Furlen Irvin, Carla Rodeman, Miss Lorraine Lacey, teacher, Norman Pfannenstiel.   1st row:  Alberta Anderson, Marlene Wilson, Louise Gerritzen, Joyce Showalter, Arlene Wilson, Karen Walker, Peggy Harper, Patty Graf.
Grade School 1951-1952
6th, 7th, & 8th grades
Grade School 1951-1952 Grades 6th, 7th, & 8th 3rd row:  Roy Conrad, Bobby Higgins, Augustine Thompson, Gary Moses, John Hanson, Linus Schlitter, Larry Eisenhour, Bobby Cain, Mr. Alvin Maddy, teacher.   2nd row:  Gerald Crotinger, Ona Ruth Dixon, Diana Walker, Jodene Dawson, Pat Ryan, Patricia Thompson, Clara Mae Grumbein.   1st row:  Eddie Schuckman, Carol Faye Bible, Verna Mae Dixon, Marjean Jones, Hazel Pfaff, Mary Ann Graf, Reva Rodeman.
Grade School 1951-1952
6th, 7th, & 8th grades		 Grade School 1961 1st & 2nd grades
Grade School 1961
1st & 2nd grades
Grade School 1961 3rd & 4th Grades
Grade School 1961
3rd & 4th grades		 Grade School 1961 5th & 6th grades
Grade School 1961
5th & 6th grades
Grade School 1961 7th & 8th grades
Grade School 1961
7th & 8th grades		 These did not graduate, but were in the 1951 Junior Class.Lu Anne Scheideman, LeRoy Gilbert, Benny Anderson, Gladys Thompson.   If you can eliminate Catherine Cain as she did graduate in 1952.
1951 Junior Class
Juniors in 1953 Those who didn't graduate were Maurice Higgins and Joe Jennings.  Violet Meats was a teacher.
Juniors in 1953		 Sophmores 1953 Those not graduating were Gail Conner, Reba Davenport & Marlene Doyle
Sophmores in 1953
Sophmores 1954 Those not graduating were Augustine Thompson, Gary Moses.
Sophmores in 1954		 Sophmores 1955 Those not graduating, Reva Rodeman,  Gerald Crotinger, Marian Graf
Sophmores in 1955
Sophomores 1956 Gary Sam Oller, Perry J. Irvin, Billy Wierman, Carla Rodeman did not graduate
Sophomores in 1956		 Carl Smith - Freshman 1956
Carl Smith
Freshman in 1956
David Dixon freshman 1957
David Dixon
Freshman in 1957		 Freshmen 1957 Not graduating:  Shirley Pfannenstiel
Freshmen in 1957
Pauletta Schuckman Sophomore in 1960
Pauletta Schuckman
Sophomore in 1960



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