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The
following list of Chester High School graduates is from the Manual of
the Public Schools of the City of Chester, PA, available at the Delaware
County Historical Society Research Library.
| Last
Name |
First
Name |
Middle
Name |
Deceased |
Married
Name |
Course |
Notes/Additional
Info |
Armstrong |
Kate |
Morris |
|
|
n |
|
| Delaney |
Nellie |
Carter |
|
|
n |
|
| Welsh |
Marguerite |
Eulalia |
|
|
n |
|
| Bagshaw |
Leon |
Turner |
|
|
r |
|
| Baker |
Jane |
Knox |
|
|
r |
|
| Barker |
Katie |
Evans |
|
|
r |
|
| Battle |
Joseph |
Patrick |
|
|
r |
|
| Benjamin |
George |
Norman |
|
|
r |
|
| Bottomley |
Florence |
Marlor |
|
|
r |
|
| Bough |
Minnie |
Ellen |
|
|
r |
|
| Bowen |
Georgiana |
Washington |
|
r |
|
| Boyd |
Albert |
Verlenden |
|
|
r |
|
| Bray |
Mary |
Madelene |
|
|
r |
|
| Buchlein |
Miriam |
Wood |
|
|
r |
|
| Calhoun |
Mary |
|
|
|
r |
|
| Chamberlain |
Muriel |
Eloa |
|
|
r |
|
| Clinger |
Helen |
|
|
|
r |
|
| Crenshaw, Jr. |
Edmund |
Massey |
|
|
r |
|
| Crowther |
Paul |
Carr |
|
|
r |
|
| Daley |
James |
Francis |
|
|
r |
|
| Davidson |
Elizabeth |
Mallison |
|
|
r |
|
| Davis |
Arthur |
Augustus |
|
|
r |
|
| Durborrow |
Helen |
Maude |
|
|
r |
|
| Eggleston |
Elizabeth |
Dare |
|
|
r |
|
| Eggleston |
Miriam |
Lovett |
|
|
r |
|
| Ellery |
Anna |
Loise |
|
|
r |
|
| Entwisle |
Esther |
Wells |
|
|
r |
|
| Garton |
Howard |
LeRoy |
|
|
r |
|
| Goeltz |
Robert |
Lindsay |
|
|
r |
|
| Goff |
Harry |
Louis |
|
|
r |
|
| Grant |
Sarah |
Adams |
|
|
r |
|
| Hagerty |
Mary |
Allen |
|
|
r |
|
| Hall |
Frances |
Elizabeth |
|
|
r |
|
| Hamilton |
Irvin |
Howard |
|
|
r |
|
| Hamilton |
James |
Wayne |
|
|
r |
|
| Hamilton |
Mildred |
Grace |
|
|
r |
|
| Hanley |
Marie |
Gertrude |
|
|
r |
|
| Harper |
Carolyn |
Eleanor |
|
|
r |
|
| Hay |
John |
Barnitz |
|
|
r |
|
| Henderson |
Elizabeth |
Rankin |
|
|
r |
|
| High |
John |
MacInnes |
|
|
r |
|
| Holden |
James |
Minshall |
|
|
r |
|
| Hood |
Wesley |
Russell |
|
|
r |
|
| Howard |
Elizabeth |
Myra |
|
|
r |
|
| Irwin, Jr. |
William |
Yates |
|
|
r |
|
| Jackson |
Horace |
Hamilton |
|
|
r |
|
| James |
Sarah |
|
|
|
r |
|
| Kahlert |
Albertine |
Ruth |
|
|
r |
|
| Knox |
Emma |
|
|
|
r |
|
| Lebidine |
Morris |
|
|
|
r |
|
| Lee |
Charles |
Herbert |
|
|
r |
|
| Leeder |
George |
Brown |
|
|
r |
|
| Logan |
Henrietta |
Whittington |
|
r |
|
| McClure |
Anna |
Mellor |
|
|
r |
|
| Melville |
Mary |
Charlotte |
|
|
r |
|
| Minnick |
Austin |
Robert |
|
|
r |
|
| Musselman |
Jeanne |
Mildred |
|
|
r |
|
| Pike |
Edwin |
Frederic |
|
|
r |
|
| Price |
William |
Alrich |
|
|
r |
|
| Price |
Martha |
Eyre |
|
|
r |
|
| Pritchard |
Norton |
Anderson |
|
|
r |
|
| Prosser |
Mary |
Madelene |
|
|
r |
|
| Rogers |
Marjorie |
Washabaugh |
|
r |
|
| Ross |
Alexander |
Wilson |
|
|
r |
|
| Rutter |
Anna |
Davies |
|
|
r |
|
| Sanderson |
Jessie |
Oaks |
|
|
r |
|
| Savitsky |
Frank |
|
|
|
r |
|
| Schabacker |
Pearl |
Leona |
|
|
r |
|
| Shepherd |
Ruth |
Anna
Greenwood |
|
r |
|
| Sidwell |
Samuel |
Lawrence |
|
|
r |
|
| Smedley |
Clarence |
Grant |
|
|
r |
|
| Smith |
Gladys |
Craigie |
|
|
r |
|
| Smith |
Katharine |
Furman |
|
|
r |
|
| Steptoe |
Herbert |
Knowles |
|
|
r |
|
| Taylor |
James |
Irvin
Charles |
|
r |
|
| Taylor |
Margaret |
Dunbar |
|
|
r |
|
| Thompson |
Helen |
|
|
|
r |
|
| Thorpe |
Oliver |
Everett |
|
|
r |
|
| Tongue |
John |
Watson |
|
|
r |
|
| Turner |
Ethel |
Jane |
|
|
r |
|
| Valentine |
Doris |
Plumley |
|
|
r |
|
| Vogel |
Elsie |
Mae |
|
|
r |
|
| Voshell |
Frances |
Rebecca |
|
|
r |
|
| Wilcox |
Mary |
Irene |
|
|
r |
|
| Wiley |
Frederick |
Evans |
|
|
r |
|
| Winn |
Smauel |
Lawrence |
|
|
r |
|
| Wood |
Mary |
Ellen |
|
|
r |
|
| Bell |
Eva |
Marie |
|
|
co |
|
| Gillespie |
Maryl |
Cecelia |
|
|
co |
|
| Mahoney |
Isabella |
Hammell |
|
|
co |
|
| Morgan |
Catherine |
Louise
Mary |
|
co |
|
| Taylor |
Dorothy |
Catherine |
|
|
co |
|
| Tazewell |
Hannah |
Noblit |
|
|
co |
|
| Cruthers |
Eva |
Imogene |
|
|
s |
|
| Cummins |
Hilyard |
Furness |
|
|
s |
|
| Dougherty |
Mae |
Agnes |
|
|
s |
|
| Ford |
Belinda |
Veronica |
|
|
s |
|
| Foster |
Helen |
Gertrude |
|
|
s |
|
| Fowler |
Anna |
Ray |
|
|
s |
|
| Gaskill |
Mary |
Adelaide |
|
|
s |
|
| Harrison |
Ethel |
May |
|
|
s |
|
| Jameson |
Helen |
Virginia |
|
|
s |
|
| Kane |
Mary |
Elizabeth
Philomena |
|
s |
|
| Kelly |
Marcella |
Margaret |
|
|
s |
|
| Pierce |
Mildred |
Geneva |
|
|
s |
|
| Reid |
Agnes |
May |
|
|
s |
|
| Roan |
Brandling |
Gertrude |
|
|
s |
|
| Rosenberg |
Sarah |
Sylvia |
|
|
s |
|
| Taylor |
Bessie |
Belle |
|
|
s |
|
| Trosino |
Mollie |
Nellie |
|
|
s |
|
| Trout |
Alice |
Katherine |
|
|
s |
|
| Vollmer |
Joel |
Baily |
|
|
s |
|
| Webster |
Leroy |
Sutluff |
|
|
s |
|
| Whittaker |
Margaret |
|
|
|
s |
|
| Wood |
Bessie |
Cartar |
|
|
s |
|
| Worrall |
Mary |
Williamson |
|
s |
|
| Farnan |
Lawrence |
Aloysius
John |
|
b |
|
| Hamilton |
Robert |
Francis |
|
|
b |
|
| McLaughlin |
Mary |
Margaret |
|
|
b |
|
| Sweatman |
Marian |
White |
|
|
b |
|
Course:
a = "Academic"
b = "Bookkeeping Course" (certificate)
c = "Classical"
co = "Commercial Department - Complete Course" (Diplomas)
g = "General Course"
n = "Normal Course"
r = "Regular High School Courses"
s = "Stenography Course" (certificate)
sc = "Scientific Course"
Many thanks to Janet
Andrews Moulder of Wilmington, DE for allowing us to borrow her
Mother's collection of Annuals (1915-1918) and to Caroline for
spending the time to key in the Faculty lists and share them with us!
CHS 1916 FACULTY
Joseph G. E. Smedley. A. B. (Dickinson)
Principal
Evalina D. Caldwell
Plane Trigonometry, Plane Geometry, Solid Geometry, Advanced Arithmetic, Advanced Algebra
Florence Williams
English, Sociology, Economics
Martha Doyle
Public Speaking, English
Alice Birtwell
German
J. Homer Rennie A. B. (U. of P.)
English, Latin
Mary L. Morrow
English, History of Commerce, Commercial Geography, Theory of Geography
Victor H. Boell. Ph. B (Dickinson)
English History, Ancient History
Laura Lamb, B. S. (U. of P.)
Chemistry, Biology, Algebra
M. Lillian Ross
Vocal Music
Howard C. Wallaston
Arithmetic, Bookkeeping, Spelling
Elizabeth T. Doherty
Bookkeeping, Penmanship, Commercial Arithmetic, Rapid Calculation
Caroline Jackson
United States History, Mediaeval and Modern History, Civics, School Management
George W. Pedlow, Ph. B. (Dickinson)
Algebra, Arithmetic, Spelling and Business forms
Grace F. Lee, A. B. (Swarthmore)
English, Free Hand Drawing
Bertha B. Hepworth, A. B. (Swarthmore); M.A. (U. of P.)
German, French, Spanish
William F. Drehs, A. B. (Muhlenburg)
German, General Science, Biology
Bertha Deakyne
Domestic Art
G. Roy Hosler
Mechanical Drawing, Manual Training
Harvey A. Smith, A. B. (F. & M.)
Latin, German
Lester E. Bacon, B. A. (Dartmouth)
French, Spanish, German
Albert J. Dorn, B. S. (U. of P.)
English, History
Ella W. Rennie
Penmanship, Shorthand, Spelling
Horace L. Custer A. B. (Ursinus) A. M. (Columbia)
Biology, Geometry, Physiography, General Science, Methods in Arithmetic
Willis E. Seiders, B. S. (U. of P.)
English, Algebra
Margaret C. Stetser
Arithmetic, English, Penmanship
Marguerite Poronto
Shorthand, Typewriting, Spelling, Office Training
Jessie Sharp
Business forms, Spelling, Penmanship, Typewriting
Mary A. Manwaring
Bookkeeping
Bertha Helms
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