Graduates of the Millstadt High School, Millstadt, IL, 1914

Graduates of the Millstadt High School, Millstadt, IL, 1914 – 1943

[revised March 14, 2008]

compiled by Robert G. Buecher, 5400 Pernod Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri 63139

The following is an alphabetical list of students who graduated from the two-year high school at Millstadt, Illinois. The first public graduation exercises were held in June 1914. The two-year high school ended in September 1943 due to an enrollment of only 8 students and because one of the high school instructors, Vincent Meinkoth, was inducted into the Army.

The names of the graduates were found in issues of the Millstadt Enterprise, the weekly newspaper of Millstadt, Illinois. Graduates from the years of 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, and 1933 were not published in the Enterprise and thus are not found in the following list.

Microfilm copies of this newspaper may be found at the the Belleville Public Library, 121 East Washington, Belleville, IL 62220 and at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library (formerly the Illinois State Historical Library), 112 North Sixth Street, Springfield, IL 62701.

Web links to additional information and history of Millstadt, Illinois, will be found on the web site below:

http://hometown.aol.com/rgb5400/links.html

1914 - this class had 2 graduates and the list was published in the Enterprise issue of June 19, 1914, page 1

1915 - this class had 2 graduates and the list was published in the Enterprise issue of June 4, 1915, page 1. The class motto was: “Grit Wins”; the class colors were green and white; and the class flower was the white carnation.

1921 - this class had 7 graduates and the list was published in the Enterprise issue of May 20, 1921, page 1

1922 - this class had 7 graduates and the list was published in the Enterprise issue of May 19, 1922, page 1. The class flower was the rose and the class colors were blue and gold.

1923 - this class had 6 graduates and the list was published in the Enterprise issue of May 25, 1923, page 1

1924 - this class had 5 graduates and the list was published in the Enterprise issue of June 6, 1924, page 1

1925 - this class had 9 graduates and the list was published in the Enterprise issue of May 22, 1925, page 1

1926 - this class had 10 graduates and the list was published in the Enterprise issue of May 21, 1926, page 1

1927 - this class had 11 graduates and the list was published in the Enterprise issue of May 20, 1927, page 1

1928 - this class had 12 graduates and the list was published in the Enterprise issue of May 25, 1928, page 1. The class motto was “Climb Though the Rocks be Rugged”; the class colors were gold and blue; and the class flower was the rose.

1929 - this class had 10 graduates and the list was published in the Enterprise issue of May 30, 1929, page 1. The class motto was “Always Lead, Never Follow”; the class flower was the tea rose; and the class colors were Old Rose and Silver

1930 - this class had 6 graduates and the list was published in the Enterprise issue of May 30, 1930, page 1. The class colors were pink and gold; the class flower was the pink carnation.

1931 - this class had 13 graduates and the list was published in the Enterprise issue of May 22, 1931, page 1. The class motto was “The Road Called Toil Leads to the City Called Success”; the class colors were pink and nile green; the class flower was the rose.

1932 - this class had 7 graduates and the list was published in the Enterprise issue of May 26, 1932, page 1. The class motto was “Dig”; the class flower was the tea rose; and the class colors were light blue and old rose.

1933 - only a partial list of 4 graduates was published in the Enterprise issue of May 25, 1933, page 1. They were: LaVerne Hoover, Francis Merkel, Raymond Schmidt, and Virginia Baltz.

1934 - this class had 11 graduates and the list was published in the Enterprise issue of May 24, 1934, page 1. The class motto was “Honor Lies at Labor’s Gate’; the class colors were blue and gold; and the class flower was the yellow rose.

1935- this class had 6 graduates and the list was published in the Enterprise issue of June 6, 1935, page 1.

1936 - this class had 9 graduates and the list was published in the Enterprise issue of May 28, 1936, page 1. The class colors were blue and gold; and the class flower was the yellow rose.

1937 - this class had 10 graduates and the list was published in the Enterprise issue of May 27, 1937, page 1.

1938 - this class had 10 graduates and the list was published in the Enterprise issue of May 26, 1938, page 1. The class motto was “Success Comes in Cans”; the class colors were green and gold; and the class flower was the pink carnation.

1939 - this class had 9 graduates and the list was published in the Enterprise issue of May 25, 1939, page 1. The Class motto was “The Door of Success is Labeled Push”; the class colors were old rose & gold; and the class flower was the pink carnation.

1940 - this class had 11 graduates and the list was published in the Enterprise issue of May 23, 1940, page 1. The class motto was “United We Stand, Divided We Fall”; the class colors were turquoise & pink; and the class flower was the pink carnation.

1941 - this class had 7 graduates and the list was published in the Enterprise issue of May 29, 1941, page 1.

1942 - this class had 14 graduates and the list was published in the Enterprise issue of May 28, 1942, page 1.

1943 - this class had 14 graduates and the list was published in the Enterprise issue of May 27, 1943, page 1. [This was the last class to graduate from the two-year Millstadt High School.]

Graduate's Name	Year
Ahrens, Aurelia	1921
Ahrens, Felicia	1926
Alberter, Earl H.	1929
Arnold, Fred	1932
Baltz, Florence	1922
Baltz, Virginia	1933
Baltz, Virginia	1935
Bereitschaft, Fred	1921
Besse, Edna	1928
Besse, Esther	1930
Besse, Henry	1932
Besse, Regina	1926
Boeker, Norman E.	1931
Boeker, Orville E. (Salutatorian)	1931
Boemer, Eugene	1921
Boemer, Mathilda	1926
Bohley, Alvin (Salutatorian)	1922
Bohley, Harvey	1921
Bratzel, Irma	1938
Brickey, Lawrence	1926
Bruehl, Adeline	1942
Bruehl, Beatrice	1940
Buecher, Edward	1925
Buecher, Howard	1934
Buecher, Irma H.	1927
Buecher, Lucille	1941
Buecher, Vera H.	1927
Buecher, Vernon	1925
Butler, Robert	1937
Clare, Ethel Mae	1936
Corvey, Verna	1943
Corvey, Virginia	1939
Dahmer, Ella	1930
Dahmer, Leona A.	1931
Dehn, Frederick (Salutatorian & Legion award)	1936
Diesel, Albert R.	1929
Diesel, Dolores	1935
Diesel, Louise	1943
Diesel, Virginia	1925
Dillenberger, Wallace	1934
Eckert, Earl	1943
Eckert, Lee (Valedictorian & Legion award)	1939
Eckert, Lester (won Legion award)	1942
Eckert, Roy	1941
Eckert, Warren	1936
Etling, Helma	1937
Etling, Lester G.	1927
Etling, Theodore	1924
Fischer, Virginia	1942
Franke, Clifford	1939
Franke, Mary Louise (Salutatorian & Legion award)	1937
Fritzinger, Dorothy	1940
German, Elmer A.	1931
Germann, Florine	1938
Girard, Adeline	1924
Grossman, Armin	1923
Grossmann, Jean	1942
Gruenewald, Alice	1942
Gutherz, Hilda (Salutatorian)	1926
Haas, Otto	1938
Hankammer, Dorothy	1942
Hankammer, Ethel	1937
Hankammer, Floyd	1932
Hankammer, Lester	1940
Hankammer, Viola	1940
Hatter, Fae	1932
Hatter, Fern (Valedictorian)	1922
Hatter, Floyd J.	1928
Herrling, Bernice	1937
Herrling, Velma (Salutatorian)	1934
Hettenhausen, Marie (Valedictorian)	1940
Hettenhausen, Melba	1943
Hettenhausen, Melvin	1943
Hettenhausen, Wilma (award for 10 years of perfect attendance)	1936
Hildebrand, Harvey	1914
Hoepfinger, Hazel	1941
Hoepfinger, Lester	1926
Hoeser, Irma A. C.	1929
Hoffman, Frieda	1922
Hoover, LaVerne	1933
Huwer, Vernon	1938
Jacobus, Delwin	1921
Jehling, Viola	1943
Kaemper, Armin	1937
Kalbfleisch, Arthena W.	1927
Kalbfleisch, Monroe	1941
Keller, Elmira I. C.	1931
Keller, Harold H.	1931
Keller, Luetta L. A.	1927
Keller, Viola	1928
Kempf, Corine	1939
Kern, Luella	1923
Kern, Martha L.	1929
Klotz, Albert L.	1928
Klotz, Clieda	1923
Koerber, Orville	1940
Krick, Frederick	1940
Krupp, Emil	1943
Kunze, Ruth	1942
Leingang, Vernetta	1940
Luepker, Royal	1934
Luetzelschwab, Edgar	1928
Marxer, Priscilla M.	1927
Mayer, Leon	1942
McBride, James	1927
McBride, Ralph	1925
Mehrtens, Dorothy	1942
Merkel, Francis	1933
Mertz, Leonard	1926
Meyer, Frances	1939
Meyer, Pearl	1928
Mollman, Margaret	1921
Mueller, Mabel M.	1929
Muskopf, Almira	1941
Muskopf, Florence	1943
Muskopf, Geneva	1941
Muskopf, Harold A.	1929
Muskopf, Loren	1934
Muskopf, Marie	1934
Noerper, Albert	1942
Noerper, Alberta