Previously on this blog, I've marveled at names from several Franklin High School yearbooks circa 1936-1937 and 1938-1939. But! Unbeknownst to the people of Franklin, just eight miles away, Jefferson High School was blithely educating its own set of fantastically-monikered teenagers at the same time!
The 1930s may have been the era of the Great Depression, but there's nothing depressing about these names!
Kitty Ritter ('34)
Sophie Economus ('36)
Ward Sigafoos ('34)
Esther Erna Arnas ('36)
Elmer L. Hamm ('36)
Selma Zitzer ('34)
Joyce Aurelia Wilkes ('37)
Salola Roach ('35)
Celestia Hise Livermore ('37)
Virginia Marlea Mitts ('37)
Velda May Curry ('37)
Janness Judith Jewell ('37)
Zenetta Britt ('37)
Shirley B. Lash ('37)
Jenelle L. Long ('37)
Sophy Povovich ('37)
Fritzi Helen Ditt Brenner ('37)
Dell Rundle Hayes ('37)
Elmer Harold Helenius ('37)
Mason V. Carlson ('37)
Jack Wade Pattee ('37)
Violet Bender ('37)
Jack E. Gleeson ('34)
Jack Lothrop Bellah ('37)
John Fred Facer ('32)
Doxine A. Fix ('32)
Lloyd Lister ('36)
Homer Douglas Rambo ('36)
Marjorie Ora Stout ('36)
Brunette Berselle ('37)
Hortense A. Karp ('36)
Leonard Ward DeYoung ('34)
Inos Rainwater ('34)
Marciabelle Swina ('34)
Clark Van Vlert ('34)
Thelma Trout ('34)
Wilma W. Wynkoop ('37)
Delbert D. Delzer ('37)
Forrest Woodward Landeen ('35)
David Gustar O'Ehme ('35)
Margaret Passarge ('36)
Bettylou Swartout ('36)
Rollo Stowaser ('36)
Edrow Virginia Look ('34)
Eileen Engeldinger ('34)
Sylvester Lindekugel ('34)
Orville Gentry ('36)
Myrtle Spanke ('36)
Esther Metzler ('36)
Vurl Virginia Mallory ('36)
Tura Claudia Millet ('34)
Eleanor Irene Dalrymple ('34)
Lavelle Kelly ('34)
Charles Virgil Darby ('37)
Vinson Victor Sly ('37)
May Rae Rolph ('37)
John Beresford Delapoer ('34)
Wanda Cozette Swett ('37)
And finally, my Top 10 Fantastic Names from 1930s Jefferson High School are:
10. Shirley Ardita Struble ('37)
9. Ruby Victory Winterburn ('36)
8. Lovell DeVere Rousseau ('37)
7. Kaliope Varkados ('34)
6. Jewell Irene Goble ('35)
5. Waive Flues ('34)
4. Iris Cordelia Pease ('32)
3. Delight Brockmeier ('36)
2. Elwood Gerald Bizeau ('37)
and
1. Worthy Horsman ('32)
