Ilion High School - Class of 1889

Ilion Citizen - April 5, 1889

School Notes

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School Notes

The honors and officers of our academic class of 1889: Honors - Libbie Lewis, valedictorian; Willis Loomis, salutatorian; Inez Baker, poet, Ada Cox, prophet; Belle Jennings; historian. Officers - Harry VanAlstine, president; Florence Myers, vice-president; Kate Barse, secretary; Charles Rasbach, treasurer; Frank Golden, Fred Smith, Mattie Green, Lola Briggs and Kittie Steel, executive committee.

The highest honor is given to Libbie Lewis, the daughter of J. G. Lewis of Frankfort. By her excellent scholarship she has fairly won the prize and in every way gives promise of filling the role of valedictorian in a manner that will do honor to herself and to the institution from which she is about to be graduated.

The struggle for salutatorian was between Willis Loomis and Ada Cox, and the former gained the honor by a very small fraction.

The class officers are well chosen and the coming commencement, which will occur on June 21, we are confident, will be one of the most brilliant in the history of the Ilion Academy.

The executive committee of the Alumni Association are at work preparing their program and their annual meeting which occurs in June will no doubt be a most delightful occasion.

The following list shows the rank of pupils in the Junior department, who stood highest in the March examination:

C. Senior Class

1 Bessie Jones; 2 Florence Doty; 3 Stella Leach; 4 Harry Fake; 5 Emily Petigrove; 6 George Wilfert; 7 Edith Bliss; 8 George Rix; 9 Gertie Cristman; 10 Fanny Steele; 10 Harry Lewis.

A. Junior Class.

1 Frank Farmer; 2 Ida Schesch; 3 Mary Stoeffler; 4 Anna Buel; 5 Grace Flanders; 6 Daisy Baker; 7 Lilian Fesel; 8 Kittie VanGumster; 9 George Buddy; 10 Coral VanAlstyne.

B. Junior Class.

1 George Burkhardt; 2 Ada Grimshaw; 3 Leroy Brown; 4 Kate Spollen; 5 Dillie Gibbins; 6 Chas. Heiland; 7 Jennie Ryan; 8 Ella McCann; 9 Bennie O'Brien; 10 Ida Tefft.

C. Junior Class.

1 Paul Jones; 2 Carrie Baker; 3 Maud Phillips; 4 Ava Flahavan; 5 Albert Russell; 6 Dora Dollar; 7 Herman Bruder; 8 Eugene McGuinnes; 9 Jennie Smith; 9 Jessie Skinner.