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INTER NOS.
Palestine High School, Palestine, Crawford Co., IL.
Alumni as of the 1920 Yearbook.
Compiled by Sue Jones.

Graduating Class of 1889

  1. Lida Emmons, Mrs. H. K. Alexander - Palestine, IL
  2. Mollie Steel, Mrs. W. G. Voliva - Deceased
  3. Laura Caley - Bloomington, IN

Graduating Class of 1891

  1. Eva Steal, Mrs. Arthur Voliva - ST. Louis, MO
  2. Sallie Haskett, Mrs. J. T. Johnson - Kent, OH
  3. Ruth Horning, Mrs. E. E. Pifer - Palestine, IL

Graduating Class of 1892

  1. James Griffin, Marble Engraver - Robinson, IL
  2. W. H. Alexander - deceased
  3. A. K. Steel, at home - Palestine, IL
  4. John Garrard - Peoria, IL
  5. Ola Olwin, Mrs. Boehinger - Cleveland, OH
  6. W. B. Freeman, Reporter - Chicago, IL
  7. Harlan Hasket - Deceased
  8. Orville Mills - Deceased
  9. Olive Davis, Mrs. Musgrave - Hutsonville, IL
  10. Plymel Mills, Postman - Palestine, IL

Graduating Class of 1893

  1. Virgil Walker, Farmer - Palestine, IL
  2. Ed Miller, Farmer - Palestine, IL
  3. Edgar Swain, Telegrapher - Michigan
  4. Maud Overholser, Mrs. Worley - Dayton, OH
  5. June Steel, Mrs. H. O. Smith - Palestine, IL
  6. Ola Kitchell, Mrs. O. G. Taylor Palestine, IL
  7. Blanche Emmons, Teacher - Robinson, IL
  8. Pearl Hawkins, Mrs. C. Horning - Robinson, IL
  9. Belle Wesner, Mrs. V. Walker - Palestine, IL

Graduating Class of 1895

  1. J. C Richey, Cashier - Palestine, IL
  2. H. W. Miesenholder, Banker - Chicago, IL
  3. C. C. Mills, Farmer - Peabody, KS
  4. Cora Wheat, Mrs. J. C. Richey - Palestine, IL
  5. J. E. Decker, Farmer - Arkansas
  6. Jess Walker, Real Estate Agent - Palestine, IL
  7. Vola Mills, Mrs. Spragg - Lansing, MI
  8. P. Z. Green, Painter - Robinson, IL
  9. Harry Hulse, Locomotive Engineer - Bloomington, IN
  10. Anna Kitchell, Mrs. W. Hamilton - Bangor, MI

Graduating Class of 1896

  1. Mabel Fox, Mrs. P. Goodwin - Palestine, IL
  2. Cliff Crews, Farmer - Palestine, IL
  3. Frank Thompson - Deceased
  4. Oro Poe, Mrs. Sager - LaFayette, IN
  5. Mame Ambrose, Mrs. Brashears - Logan, OH
  6. Ida Crawford, at home - Palestine, IL
  7. Edith Hughes, Mrs. Schultz - Chicago, IL
  8. Verda Bishop, at home - Palestine, IL

Graduating Class of 1898

  1. George Martin, clerk - Robinson, IL
  2. Cleo Overholser, Mrs. Whitted - Terre Haute, IN
  3. Eva Martin, Mrs. H. Gogin - Riverside, CA
  4. Frank Shaw, Farmer - Hutsonville, IL
  5. Cliff Alexander, Marshall Field's - Chicago, IL
  6. Ina Bone, Stenographer - Palestine, IL
  7. Lida Martin, Mrs. J. G. Harris - Palestine, IL
  8. Z. J. Cawood, Farmer - Palestine, IL

Graduating Class of 1899

  1. Marion Garrard, Minister - Battle Creek, MI

Graduating Class of 1900

  1. Elva Bishop, Mrs. C. Peck - Detroit, MI
  2. Fred Richey, Farmer - Palestine, IL
  3. Lulu Gogin, Teacher - Los Angeles, CA

Graduating Class of 1901

  1. Maud Higgins, Mrs. W. B. Pickens - Joplin, MO
  2. Harriet Patton, Mrs. M. E. Cox - Robinson, IL
  3. Pearl White, Mrs. H. G. Rowe - Merom, IN
  4. Frank Alexander - Kansas City, MO
  5. Bess Kitchell, Mrs. Fred Richey - Palestine, IL
  6. Birdie Allen, Mrs. P. Stiles - Robinson, IL
  7. Lulu Martin, Teacher - Palestine, IL

Graduating Class of 1902

  1. Ida Ransom, Teacher - Palestine, IL
  2. Fairy Martin, Mrs. C. Persinger
  3. Chester Mills, Employee I. C. R. R Palestine, IL
  4. Edith Postlewaite, Mrs. E. Richards - Palestine, IL
  5. Minnie Cawood, Teacher - Palestine, IL

Graduating Class of 1903

  1. Ernest Hawkins, Machinist - Palestine, IL
  2. Harry Miesenhelder, Traveling Salesman - Palestine, IL
  3. Sam Markee, Traveling Salesman - Palestine, IL
  4. Kack Richey, Garage Sierre Madre, CA
  5. Vernon Haskett, Dentist Bloomington, IN
  6. Hervey Cawood, Contractor - Mt. Vernon, IL
  7. Frank Miesenhelder, Miller - Palestine, IL
  8. Guy Mills
  9. Clessie Hendrickson, R. R. Employee - East Chicago, IN
  10. Bess Alexander - Deceased
  11. Joy Dietz, Mrs. Sam Markee - Palestine, IL

Graduating Class of 1905

  1. Ruth Patton, Mrs. C. Phillips - Knoxville, TN
  2. Laota Wright, Mrs. Noble Brown - Palestine, IL
  3. Robert Busard, Physician - Muskegon, MI
  4. Viola Shipman, Mrs. Mall - Oklahoma City, OK
  5. Nell Batey, Mrs. J. Haurahan - Palestine, IL
  6. Clara Hotchkiss, Mrs. J. M. Waters - Vernoa, WI
  7. Kate Thompson - Berkely, CA
  8. Mable Todd, Mrs. L. Morrison - Chicago, IL
  9. Edna Richards, Mrs. V. Haskett - Bloomington, IN

Graduating Class of 1906

  1. Oral McCoy, Mrs. C. Curry - Palestine, IL
  2. Lizzie Dickinson - Deceased
  3. Julia Highsmith, Postmistress - Palestine, IL
  4. Nell Batey, Mrs. H. Hanrahan - Palestine, IL
  5. Lyle Burridge, Pharmacist - Newton, IL
  6. Lawrence Haskett, Dentist - Indianapolis, IN
  7. Chase Condrey, Teacher - Canyon, TX
  8. Ray Alexander, Clerk - Fairfax, OK

Graduating Class of 1907

  1. Irl Ransom, Carpenter - Palestine, IL
  2. Myrl Erfft, Mrs. E. McCormick - Palestine, IL
  3. Flora, Stout, Mrs. Burroughs -
  4. Kizzie Robiason, Clerk - Palestine, IL
  5. Carrie Lackey, Mrs. John Berry - Indianapolis, IN
  6. Ercell Newland, Mrs. L. Root - Robinson, IL
  7. Elizabeth Miesenhelder - deceased

Graduating Class of 1908

  1. Alva Dimmit, I. C. R. R. Employee - Palestine, IL
  2. Roscie Climber, Agent - Palestine, IL
  3. Ed McCormick, Prop, of Billiard Hall - Palestine, IL
  4. June McGahey, Mrs. R. Adams - Wert, OK
  5. Clara Fox, Mrs. C. Rivers - Indianapolis, IN
  6. Emma Dickinson, Mrs. Arthur Dorsett - Palestine, IL

Graduating Class of 1909

  1. Ralph Hawkins, Dratsman - Fort Wayne, IN
  2. Orvie Burress, Merchant - Palestine, IL
  3. Lala Pifer, Mrs. C. L. Elston - Terre Haute, IN
  4. Bertha Evans, Mrs. B. Burge - Palestine, IL
  5. Ella Climer, Teacher - Palestine, IL
  6. Maude Hotchkiss, Mrs. R. Taylor - Palestine, IL
  7. Dawn Horning - Palestine, IL

Graduating Class of 1910

  1. Dessa Martin, Stenographer - Chicago, Il
  2. Kate Sweet, Clerk - Palestine, IL
  3. Claude Loughery, I. C. R. R. Employee - Palestine, IL
  4. Hoyt Templeton

Graduating Class of 1911

  1. Ben Misenhelder, Miller - Palestine, IL
  2. Gertrude West, at home - Tulsa, OK
  3. May Nelson, Mrs. West - Tulsa, OK
  4. Milo Kitchell, Merchant - Palestine, IL

Graduating Class of 1912

  1. Harry Thomas
  2. Kathryn Misenhelder, Mrs. Lester Magill - Palestine, IL
  3. Clara Turner, Mrs. Dave Roy - Palestine, IL
  4. Lois Creswell, Clerk - Palestine, IL
  5. Achash Little, Mrs. T. McPheeters - Charleston, IL
  6. Dale Climer, Teacher - Palestine, IL
  7. Florence Martin, Mrs. L. Maddox - Palestine, IL
  8. Esther Alexander, Mrs. V. Hughes - Palestine, IL
  9. Rebecca Dickison, Mrs. L. Buchanan - Palestine, IL

Graduating Class of 1913 and 1914

  1. Minnie Rousch, Teacher - French Lick Springs, IN
  2. Carrie Espy, Teacher - Oblong, IL
  3. Flossie Horning, at home - Palestine, IL
  4. Nellie Ransom, Prop. of Royal Theatre - Palestine, IL
  5. Lola Hawkins, Mrs. S. Miesenhelder - Palestine, IL
  6. Ethel Adams, Mrs. N. H. Moss - Pensacola, FL
  7. Paul Richards, dentist - Hammond, IN
  8. Mark Wakefield, Teacher - IN
  9. Paul Beachamp, Bookkeeper - Linton, IN
  10. Ronald Ross, Student of W. R. M.C. - Linton, IN
  11. Harold Loughery, Student of U. of I. M. C. - Chicago, IL
  12. Brooks Horning -
  13. Leo Hawkins, Teacher - Palestine, IL
  14. Fay Mills, at home - Palestine, IL
  15. Charles Morrison, at home - Palestine, IL
  16. Earl Shimer, Liberty Starter Co. - Detroit, MI
  17. Dessie Richey, Teacher - Palestine, IL
  18. Margaret Richards
  19. Clara Climer, Teacher - Palestine, IL
  20. Joseph Martin, Pharmacist - Chicago, IL
  21. Arthur Hotchkiss, Farmer - Palestine, IL

Graduating Class of 1915

  1. Hazel Mills, at home - Palestine, IL
  2. Helen Bone, Teacher - CA
  3. Lloyd Maddox, farmer - Palestine, IL
  4. Grace Wilkerson, Clerk - Palestine, IL
  5. Wilma Richard, teacher - Newman, IL
  6. Samuel Bussard, student - East Lansing, MI
  7. Margaret West, Mrs. E. Bradford - Chicago, IL
  8. Gerald Goodman
  9. Myrtle Rowe, Bookkeeper - Terre Haute, IN
  10. William Dickison, mail carrier - Palestine, IL

Graduating Class of 1916

  1. Neva Horning, teacher - Palestine, IL
  2. Golda Climer, Mrs. C. Brashears - Palestine, IL
  3. Lois Richey, at home - Palestine, IL
  4. Mary Shoup - KS
  5. Kathryn Cobb, at home - Palestine, IL
  6. Lela McCoy, Mrs. Brown - Palestine, IL
  7. Tura Kincaid, at home - Palestine, IL
  8. Lester Lawrence, Navy - New York

Graduating Class of 1917

  1. Arthur Richey, merchant - Palestine, IL
  2. Mable Hulse, student at U. of IN - Bloomington, IN
  3. George Rowe, stenographer - Indianapolis, IN
  4. Esther Higgins, stenographer - Indianapolis, IN
  5. Opal Maddox, nurses' school - Chicago, IL
  6. Harry Cobb, I. C. R. R. employee - Palestine, IL
  7. Lisle Switzer, student U. of I. - Urbana, IL
  8. Edith McNary, Mrs. N. Nelson - Palestine, IL
  9. Clifton Bone, stenographer - Indianapolis, IN
  10. Paul Hulse, student of U. of Ind. - Bloomington, IN
  11. Leo Gullett, clerk - Palestine, IL
  12. Don Mayhue, student of U. of I. - Urbana, IL
  13. Homer Richey, farmer - Palestine, IL
  14. Richard Hotchkiss, farmer - Palestine, IL
  15. Sam Slater, I. C. R. R. Employee - Palestine, IL
  16. Jean Taylor, at home - Palestine, IL
  17. Glenn McGahey, physical training school - Chicago, IL
  18. Glen Brock, student of U. of I - Urbana, IL
  19. Aubrey Buchanan, farmer - Palestine, IL

Graduating Class of 1918

  1. Harold Fife, student of U. of I. - Urbana, Il
  2. Steele Smith, student - Washington, D. C.
  3. Madge Miller, at home - Palestine, IL
  4. Claude Buchanan, teacher - Palestine, IL
  5. Owen Forte - Tulsa, OK
  6. Rebecca Morrison, at home - Palestine, IL
  7. Dorothy Armstrong, student - Indianapolis, IN
  8. Jean Pifer, teacher - Palestine, IL
  9. Mary Mail, teacher - Palestine, IL
  10. Ruth McCoy, teacher - Palestine, IL
  11. Paul Climer, farmer
  12. Otto Shimer, Liberty starter Co - Detroit, MI
  13. Roy Maddox, farmer - Palestine, IL
  14. Glen Schlifer farmer - Palestine, IL
  15. Guy Richey, teacher

Graduating Class of 1919

  1. Tura Allen, at home - Palestine, IL
  2. Luther Barrick, farmer - Palestine, IL
  3. Mary Anne Barker, clerk - Palestine, IL
  4. Mary Bussard, Nurses' school - Muskegon, MI
  5. Miles Conrad, farmer - Palestine, IL
  6. Genieve Crawford, teacher - Palestine, IL
  7. Charles Eidson, merchant - Palestine, IL
  8. Maggie Garrard, Mrs. Earl Richards - Palestine, IL
  9. Ralph Espy, student U. of I - Urbana, IL
  10. Mary Houser, Mrs. W. K. Gettinger - CO
  11. Audrey Jordan, student of Merom College - Merom, IN
  12. Lloyd Fox, farmer Palestine, IL
  13. Edith McGahey, Mrs. Conrad - Palestine, IL
  14. Marceline Mayhue, student U. of I. - Urbana, IL
  15. Francis Lockhart, farmer - Palestine, IL
  16. Ruby Martin, at home - Palestine, IL
  17. Paul Lockhart, student U. of I. - Urbana, IL
  18. Lester McGahey, post graduate student - P.T.H.S.
  19. Wrenzy Pifer, stenographer bookkeeper - Memphis, TN
  20. Juanita Richey, student U. of I. Urbana, IL
  21. Laura Rowe, bookkeeper - Palestine, IL
  22. Mark Templeton, student U. of I. - Palestine, IL
  23. Dorothy Mildred Richards, teacher - Palestine, IL
  24. Dorothy Schifler, post graduate student - P. T. H. S.
  25. Lois Welsh, clerk - Palestine, IL
  26. Glen Welsh, student U. of I. - Urbana, IL
  27. Nellie Walker, file clerk - Indianapolis, IN
  28. Mable Wesner, at home - Palestine, IL
  29. Jacob Johnston - Indianapolis, IN