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Morning Star, June 6, 2025, pg. 5 The class of 1925 consisted of 72 members; 37 were girls, and 35 were boys. The class motto was, "We Finish to Begin." The class colors were green and white. The class valedictorian was Margaret Sleight; the salutatorian was Dorothy Wilson. The class officers were: President, Hoadley Gillette; Vice-President, Carleton Knack; Secretary, Dorothy Wilke; Treasurer, Luna Bachelor. The Breeze Annual yearbook for 1925 cost $1.00 each. Eugene Houck was the editor, and Carleton Knack the business manager. The commencement activities were held the evening of June 19, 1925, at the local Methodist Church on E. Erie St., customary of those times. Speaker for the event was Rev. Carleton Brooks Miller, pastor of the Congregational Church of Battle Creek. The diplomas were given to the graduates by superintendent Donald Harrington. The class memorial was presented to the board of education by class vice-president Carlton Knack. It was a painting entitled "The Oath of Knight" from Abby's Holy Grail Series. In looking through the list of graduates of the Class of 1925, a few of them stood out to me, and those all lived into their ‘90s. Rita Juckett (1908-2007) was supervisor of nurses in the maternity ward at Sheldon Memorial Hospital 1945-1970. Gerald Davis (1908-2001) was a union official at Service Caster for 28 years, then a partner in the Alfab Company for 20 years. He was also an active member of the Albion Stamp Club. Carlton Knack (1907-1997) worked for many years as secretary for the Vaughn-Ragsdale Company, a clothing chain headquartered in Albion. Here is the list of graduates of the Class of 1925: Luna D. Bachelor, Charles W. Baldwin, Edith Barratt, Margaret Bascom, Grant Beilfuss, Ford Bramble, Doris Brigham, Gordon Chapman, Katherine Church, Gerald Clark, Harold Collmenter, Howard Creps, Worth Culver, Gerald Davis, Rachel Davis, Marie Daus, Florence Dean, Floyd Dopp, R. G. Ellis, Ellen Farley, George Farley, Frances Fillmore, George Ferguson, Gertrude Gilbert, Hoadley Gillett, Leonard Hagerman, Frank Hammond, Ruth Hammond, Clarence Hartung, Eugene Houck, Arthur Hoaglin, Rosa Jewell, Rita Juckett, Richard Kinney, Clifton Knack, Lloyd Kusch. Ruth Lawler, Emma Lee, Alice Lemons, Harold Loder, Marjorie Ludlow, Anthony Mollica, Elaine Nutt, Elizabeth Pahl, Daniel Parker, William Parsons, Marjorie Pennell, Henry Post, Kathleen Quinn, Frederick Radee, Marie Radtke, Hazel Richardson, William Richardson, W. Edna Schneider, Bertha Siefert, Ruth Schultz, Margaret Sleight, Kathleen Slusser, Truman Smith, Elwynn Snyder, Bernece Taylor, Nita Tichenor, W. George Townsend, Walter Townsend, John Wholihan, Ernora Williams, Dorothy Wilkie, Dorothy Wilson, Clarice Winfield, Donald Wolcott, Esther Young, Vernita Zimmerman. From our Historical Notebook this week we present a photo showing a photograph of the AHS principal William C. Harton, taken from the 1925 yearbook. How many of our readers remember anyone from the Albion High School Class of 1925?  1925 Albion High School principal William C. Harton
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