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BUCHTEL — Buchtel - York High School graduated its larg est class of seniors last Tuesday evening. Forty - one students were granted diplomas. The event, which was attend ed by an overflow audience, was the last activity of its kind to be held in the old school gymnasium. Next year, com mencement exercises will take place in the auditorium of the new high school building, now nearing completion. Speaker was Dr. Arthur C. LaFollette, who spoke on the subject ‘‘Flight 60.”” The speak er, introduced by Clyde Byers, high school principal, stressed the need for moral integrity, honesty and religious convic tions. The program opened with the processional ‘‘War March of the Priests,’ and included the invo cation, pronounced by Martha Dearing; ‘“May You Always,” sung by the Senior Choir; the salutatory address given by Belva Thompson, the valedic tory presented by Linda Loud ner and ‘Graduation Day,” sung by the Senior Choir. George Christman, superin tendent of Athens County Schools, introduced by Superin tendent Charles Christman, pre sented the diplomas and also gave special shop certificates to Fred Adams, Ray Tennehill, Howard Easterling and David Klinebrie!. Members of the senior class are Fred Adams, Jimmy Bar ber, Marjorie Bentley, Sonja Blake, John Burchfield, Linda Cagg, Nancy Calvert, Dale Carr, JoEllen Conner, Martha Dearing, Judy Devol, Eddie Dunnington, Howard Easterling, Gilbert Hall, Alka Holbrook, Keith Hutchinson, David Kline briel, Ellen Klinebriel, Mar jorie Lehman, Donna LeMay, Larry Levering, John Linton, Shirley Linton, Linda Loudner, Sylvia Marstiller, Larry Mc Donald, Floyd McGrath, Bever ly Mourn, Karen North, Sharon Rife, Charles Russell, Pat Sayre, Beverly Smathers, Nancy Sorrell, Juanita Tanner, Ray Tennehill, Belva Thompson, Ron Townsend, Mary Wetzel, Don Wolfe and Larry Wyckoff.
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Athens Sunday Messenger
Athens, Ohio, US
Sun, May 22, 1960
Page 8
Full Page
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