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

1917 Senior Class of La Junta High School Name and Gender Name and Gender

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