Ilion High School - Class of 1942

The Ilion Sentinel - June 18, 1942

Salom Rizk to Address Ilion Grads Tues. Night

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Salmon Rizk, Syrian Yankee, will address the Ilion High School graduating class of 109 members, Tuesday night at the commencement ceremonies in the Capital Theater, Earl P. Watkin, superintendent of schools has announced. The topic will be the "The American Way."

Rizk was born in Syria, the son of naturalized parents and never knew he was a citizen of the United States until told by a school teacher when he was 13 years old. He was no more thatn 17 when he came to this country.

His first talk was to his class school at the request of the ... This made such an impression that he was asked to speak to other grades. That was the beginning of his career as a lecturer. Since then he has been speaking in colleges, schools and various organizations in nearly every state in the union.

One of the many comments on ..., made by educators following his appearance before the ... County Public Schools, Pennsylvania A. P. Ackely, Superintendent said, "A thrilling story and told in a dramatic manner. No one can hear Salom Rizk without having a deeper appreciation of America."

The valedictory address, "Education for Peace" will be given by Frank E. Soules and the salutatory, "Education for War" by Richard VanWiggeren.

Frank Soules will make the valedictory address, "Education for Peace." The salutatory, by Richard Van Wiggeren, will deal with the related topic, "Education for War."

The Rev. Earnest C. Love, pastor of the Methodist Church, will give invocation and benediction.

The invocation and benediction will be pronounced by the Rev. Earnest C. Love, pastor of the First Methodist church. The presentation of diplomas will be made by Grover W. Radley, president of the Board of Education, and presentation of awards by Earl P. Watkin, superintendent.

The High School Band, directed F. Fay Swift will play, "March of the Peers" by Sir Arthur Sullivan and "Sir Galahad Overture" by Hildreth. The Varsity Choir will sing "Dark Waters" by Will James.

Joseph Francis Bates,
Suzanne Betzinger,
Robert Bluett,
Betty Jane Brower,
Raymond Howard Bullis
Maynard L. Chapin,
Louise A. Chittenden,
Gladys M. Cline,
Ward A. Cole,
Robert Edward Davis,
Marion L. Day,
Kenneth William Edgett Jr.,
Madelyn Jane Edick,
Neil R. Etson,
James Edward Fenwick,
Shirley J. Ferguson,
Katherine Barbara Finnegan,
Richard O. Griffith,
Shirley Hoeschele,
Iris Jane Hoffman,
Nancy M. Ingro,
George Lawrence Johnson,
William J. Kamp,
Lawrence J. Kelly,
Arthur J. Kerber,
Paula Avis Lauer,
Eleanor Jane LeClair,
Gertrude Mackin,
Lawrence Michael Manion,
John Francis Markley,
Frank R. Marsden,
Margaret H. Miller,
Barbara M. Murray,
Robert J. Nelson,
Raymond A. Pettengil,
Virginia H. Pollock,
Richard K. Powers,
Richard Pugh,
Martha Laura Salvaggio,
Herbert C. Senn,
Louise E. Sheffield,
Gerald A. Singleton,
George Dewey Sporer,
Anne Strong,
Margaret Marie Suhanchak,
Ralph H. Sutherland Jr.,
Robert Tarnocy,
Verna Irene Taylor,
Robert L. Thomson,
Frederick Thune,
Rachel J. Torrey,
George Lawrence Trapp,
Esther S. VanAlstyne,
William G. Venema,
Thomas L. Walters,
Ernest F. Wardle,
William P. Wilcox,
Robert Cole Younglove,
Dorothy Zeh

Nancy E. Allen,
Donald R. Alverson, Jr.,
Robert M. Baker,
Marjorie Eileen Bullis,
Mabelle Virginia Burke,
George Orr Clifford, Jr.,
Theron M. Cook,
Martha Davala,
Ray Donohue, Jr.,
George Faga,
Joseph T. Hamlin,
Priscilla Helen Innes,
Charles Arthur Jarvis,
Helen Mae Lynch,
Mary Elizabeth McCall,
Doris Jeanette McCorn,
Harold Paul Mogenson,
Paul Edward Momberger,
Bernard Murray,
Katherine J. Panarites,
Robert Parsons,
Helen C. Paulus,
Mary Powers,
Geraldine Reese,
Raymond H. Russell,
Helen Marie Scott,
Thomas F. Scott,
Frank E. Soules,
Betty Supplee,
Kathleen Sweeney,
Richard H. VanWiggeren,
Paul Wagner,
Edwin Charles Watson,
Donald Leroy Whitcomb,
Ann Louise Williams

Charles Frank Allen,
Richard Allan Bly,
Lynn Dunworth,
Anne T. Fitzgibbons,
Catherine Harris,
Roger William Harris,
Elizabeth Jane Madigan,
Charlotte Louise McCoy,
Mary Elizabeth Miller,
Lois Ramsey,
Douglas I. Rice,
Hilda M. Smithson,
John R. Stephenson,
Lloyd Tanner,
Stanley Ford VanAlstyne