1968 Sutton Football Program vs Superior

Your 1968 Sutton High Mustangs on Oct. 4

You may have noticed that Randy Boals was the only kid over 182 pounds on the Sutton team. 5'10" and 160, plus or minus a little caught most of that team.

On the other hand, many of these fellows definitely could hold down their end of the teeter-totter. 

Class of 1941 - Commencement & 50 Yr Pic

Sutton High Class of 1941

We have the photograph of the 50 Year Reunion of the Class of 1941 in 1991 and the Commencement Program from their class graduation.

Top Row: Dr. James Barbee, Kathleen (Gemar) Flowers, Wayne Erickson, Robert Hunzeker, Hallis Barnell, Cleo Stevens, and Art Ehly.

Center Row: Gloria (Boline) Hallack, Louise (Firme) Hertel, Ruthella (Steiger) Dedrickson, Florence (Harwig) Goesch, Eunice (Serr) Gray, and Marion (Heinz) Baumann.

Front Row: Betty Jean (Gregory) Fryrear, Mary (Carl) Miller, Betty (Willey) Perrella, Betty (McLaughlin) Sheridan, and Suzanne (Pope) Lindahl

The Commencement Service program had a date issue - blame it on the printers, I guess, or maybe the class was in a hurry and moved up the date....

Thanks to Betty (McLaughlin) Sheridan for the program by way of Beth (Sheridan) Bartell who continues to sort through her mother's stuff, occasionally dropping off tidbits for the Sutton Museum, where the hard copy will make it into the files - likely a pile for a while, but these items get better circulation in this venue...

1944 School Directory - Clay County

Clay County Schools - 75 Years Ago

The County Superintendent annually published the Educational Directory for Public Schools. This is the 1944 edition of that publication by County Superintendent Mary Ward Rippeteau.

The primary information included data about each teacher in the county and the list of school board members for every school. 

August 17, 1917 County Draft List

The first draft for World War I was held on June 5, 1917, with men from age 21 to 30 eligible. The list below is dated August 17, 1917, and lists the Clay County men identified in that draft. There were 1237 men drafted in Clay County from #1, Frank M. Korgan of Inland, to Geo. B. Krug of Harvard, #1237. 

A second draft on June 5, 1918, and its supplement on August 24, 1918, picked up men who turned 21 since the prior drafts. The third draft was held on September 12, 1918, with eligible ages expanded to 18 to 45. Armistice Day came two months later.

The men were called up in sequence as levies were placed on the county. The men then appeared at the induction center, on date certain, for physicals and other evaluations to determine their fitness for service. 

Each man's serial number is on the left, the Order of Drawing on the right. The Order of Drawing became the sequence that they were called. The list is not alphabetical so it is a challenge to find Grandpa.

Harvard Newspaper Ads in 1894

We stumbled upon The Harvard Courier newspaper from 1894 while working on our weekly column. We used an image of some of these ads for our photo of the week in the column and promised a more robust presentation here on the Sutton Museum blog. So, here you are: