La Junta High School 1917 Yearbook

The following information was obtained from the 1917 La Junta High School yearbook located at the Otero Museum in La Junta. The list includes which subject each faculty member taught and the college from which each person graduated with the year if listed. The (M) and (F) following the name indicates male or female.

1917 La Junta High School Faculty

• McClintock, R.D. – Principal (M) Geneva College 1908
• Ballard, Mrs. Gertrude – Shorthand and Typewriting – Gem City Business College
• Bell, R.W. – Football Coach, Mathematics, and Biology (M) – William Jewell College 1916
• Boswell, Miss Fannie J. – English - University of Colorado
• Calfee, Miss Mary G. – Supervisor of Art – Howard Payne College 1908
• Greenen, Miss Carmen Rose – German - University of Colorado 1913
• Hough, Miss Gladys – History and Latin, Debate Coach – University of Colorado
• Preston, Miss Valentine – Supervisor of Music – Music Department, Howard Payne College 1908
• Reelhorn, A.R. – Bookkeeping, Penmanship and Commercial Law (M) – Manchester College 1910
• Sims, V.J. – Supervisor Physical Culture, Commercial Arithmetic (M) – William Jewell Collage 1916
• Smith, Miss Vera Louise – English – University of Wisconsin 1914
• Taylor, M.E. – Girls’ Basketball Coach, Chemistry, Physics, Physiography (M) – Colorado College
• Trueblood, R.O. – Manual Training (M) – Purdue University 1908

• Austin, Olga Jessie – F
• Baker, Isla Pearl – F
• Beerbohm, Frederick Mason – M
• Bosley, Ina Frances – F
• Bradish, Ruth Margarete – F
• Brown, Flora Alice – F
• Chase, Alice Frances – F
• Cook, Theodora June – F
• Crawford, Thelma E. – F
• Derringer, Dewitt Clinton – M
• Dimick, Lloyd E. – M
• Edwards, Carl Walter – M
• Edwards, Gard Vaughan - M
• Ellis, Carolyn Margaret – F
• Ellison, Lyle Merrick – M
• Fertig, Wendell Welby – M
• Greene, Doris S. – F
• Harrison, Velma Urselea – F
• Hyatt, Julia Catherine – F
• Irelan, Harry Reed – M
• Jaynes, Vara Mae – F
• Kasten, Madge Elizabeth – F

• Kearns, William – M
• Klein, Henry George – M
• Lantz, Lucretia Bell – F
• Leucht, Amelia Bertha – F
• Lewis, Ione – F
• Miller, Frances Catherine – F
• Moore, Ivan Carrol – M
• Moore, Ursey Adeline – F
• Mountjoy, Ruth Linnell – F
• O'Neil, Esther Theresa – F
• Ojena, Abraham – M
• Pearson, Amelia Magdelena – F
• Reynolds, Ruth Eleanor – F
• Rife, Nona Frances – F
• Sapp, Gladys Bell – F
• Shell, Arloene – F
• Sherman, Newell Sylvester – M
• Spalding, Irene Florence – F
• Stone, Ruby Meryl – F
• White, Hope Margarette – F
• Witt, Charles Mawyo – M
• Wyrick, Rufus Murphy – M