Chippewa High School was begun in l9l4. It was located on Indiana 15 about two miles north of Wabash. It was consolidated with Linlawn High School in l952. The following records were taken from the Metropolitan School District files and from the l952 Linlawn yearbook Treasure. The Chippewa Alumni Directory updated in 1984 by Berniece Hayden and Louise Maggart was also used. (*) indicates deceased and () indicates married name when known. Transcribed by Ron Woodward.
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Class of 1914 Muriel Custer (Keith) * Georgia Emery * Roy Gamble * Gladys McCowen (Jack) * Allen Wilson * Class of 1915 Grace LaSelle (Rothe) * Lawrence Murphy * Frances Vincent * Ira Wilson * Ruth Wilson * Class of 1916 Hale Hettmansperger * Muriel Lavengood (Hammond) * Helen Likens * Dorothy Oswalt * Charles Vincent * Class of 1917 Mildred Barnette (Meyer) * Georgia Emery * Ruth Garvin (Wexlin) * Dolas Johnson (Vandegrift) * Martha Petery * Gilbert Talmage * Grace Wolfe (Roser) * Bryon Wilson * Class of 1918 Earl Bolinger * Opal Custer (Brodbeck) * Mildred DeArmond (Coverdale) * John Garven * Margaret Peters (Gruener) * Martha Petry (Baker) * Lois Sloop (Ranck) * Daniel Talmage * Raymond Trisler * Class of 1919 Bessie Blake (Talmage) * Enola Custer (Wilson) * Blanche Huddleston (Wood) * Thelma Storey (Sorrow) * Class of 1920 Vaughn Beal * Pearl Bolinger (Rife) * Josephine Cory (Shambaugh) * Dorothy DeArmond * Merle Engleman * Nova Ewing * Phillip Hettmansperger * Dorothy Oswalt (Engleman) * Class of 1921 Madge Barnett (LaSalle) Isabella Binkerd (Schiman) Hazel Johnson (Dyer) Margaret Kennedy (Jeffries) * Viona Scott (Rishling) Frances Wilson (Unger) * Class of 1922 Russell Alber * Imogene Barnet (Armstrong) * Mabel Beal (Miller) * Beulah Beamer * Mabel Blake (Carr) * Elbert Carr Kenneth Carr Olive Custer (Boytes) * Robert Hetzler * Wilbur LaSalle * Edna Niccum (Moody) * Class of 1923 Robert Kinerk * Theodore Linsey Vera Story Mildred Thrush (Landrus) Philip Walker * Helen Wilson (Freed) Class of 1924 Emerson Allman Paul Bone * William Custer Ruby Dillman (Yarian) Ann Houlihan * Leona Johnson (Tillett) * Lucile Niccum * Mildred Odum (Deck) Claude A. Powell Marian Walker (Myers) * Owen Wilson Vera Wilson (Overly) Class of 1925 Eldon Carlin Josephine B. Carr (Sullivan) *died 1998 Floy E. Carver (Antrim) * Irene Lilves (Jones) Esther McLeod (Miller) * Keith Mohr Cecil Oswalt * Pauline Pratt (Roberts) Huldah Renbarger (Harnish) Marion Watson * CLASS OF 1926 Robert Burnsworth * Hazel Carlin (Donaldson) Florence Craft (Hallam) * Robert Hiner * Benjamin Lilves * Mary Niccum Homer Thrush * Oscar Wilson Class of 1927 Carl Alexander * Class of 1928 Homer Bausman * Margaret B. Beamer (Metzger) Deo Carlin * Mable Craft (Sharp) James Ewing Charles Irelan * Charles Lilvies * Lucile Keaffaber * George Mohr Glenn Oswalt Mary P. Pratt (Roberts) *died 1999 Robert E. Renbarger *died 2000 Clarence Russell George Russell Minnie Schaaf * Class of 1929 Florence Craft Elizabeth Felton (Wilson) Gillen Johnson Lucille Keaffaber (Renbarger) William Oswalt * Lucile Parson (Smith) * Junior Wilson Class of 1930 Dorothy Ball (Lilves) * Claude Brewer Dorothy Carlin (Donaldson) Robert Coburn * Bonnie Foster (Bradley) * Hubert Oswalt * Russell Whitesel *l Class of 1931 Nondus Brubaker (Dearmond) Wayne Carr Ned Craft * Joseph Duffey Annabelle Flora Pauline Ford (Morgan) Maxine Gamble Florence Goehler Marveleen Jack (Snapp) John Keaffaber Paul McDaniels Cecil Pegan Robert Pettit * Mildred Powell (Alspach) Gertrude Ross Frederick Thrush * Robert Weesner Class of 1932 Donald Alexander * Bernice Baer * Marjorie Bicke (Weiss) *l Weimer Deal * Donnelle Irelan (Flood) Glen Keaffaber *died 2002 Pauline Pegan (Oswalt) Robert Pyle * Delmer Ross * Walter Russell * John Summerland Marie Whitesel (Speicher) Class of 1933 Ruth Alger (Whitesell) Helen Ball (Dyson) * Homer Baxter Glen Craft Emery Eltzroth Marvin Hiner * Ethel Keafaber * Cecil Pegan Elvin Richardson Lowell Robbins * Helen Titus (Eckerly) Ruth Warner (Oswalt) Ruth Wilson (Miller) Class of 1934 Berniece L. Ball (Hayden) *died 2005 Wayne Butt Virgil Carlen John Devine Paul H. Eppley Mary E. Fearnow (Bishop) Mabel Haas * Lois Jack (Utter) Dale Keaffaber * Robert Oswalt James Pegan * Louise Rebholz (Maggart) Arleava M. Snapp (Johnson) *died 2006 Harry Teague Charles Thrush * Ronald Thrush Jack Walker John Wilson Class of 1935 Mylin F. Carr *died 1999 Helen Coburn (Pallus) Paul Dluzak * Frances Fearnow (Tracy) Henrietta Ford (Hilgedag) John Gamble * Doris H. Grimm (Drook) Ella Haas (Hoover) Roscoe Kirtlan * Vera Lilves (Leach) Mildred Pottenger (Jobe) * Lamoine Russell Charles Summerland * Madeline Thompson (Keel) Charles Vrooman Betty J. Warner (Jones) *died 2006 Eldon Watson Class of 1936 Louis Bidwell Crectythnell Chamness (Williamson) Paul Deal Edward Drerup Russell Eaton * Oliver Goodlander Katherine Milam (Carr) Fern Pegan (Zimpleman) * Harold Renbarger Marguerite Shambaugh (Baker) Marguerite Thrush (Robbins) Robert Unger * Ward Vandegrift * M. Eileen Wilson (Deal) *died 1995 Phoebe Wilson (Bannard) Wendell Wilson Marion R. Wright Emma C. Yager (Schlemmer) James Zimmerman Lawrence Zimmerman Glen Zook Class of 1937 Edna Ball (Cremer) * Charles A. Dluzak * Ellen Fearnow Helen Hollingshead Lorin Irelan (Rouch) Edna Leonhard James Randall Howard Shambaugh * Harold E. Showalter *died 2003 Charles Simpson Roy Trisler Herbert O. Tomson *died 2002 Class of 1938 Kenneth Coburn * Charles Copeland * Harold Eppley Howard Gamble Millie Haas (Fisher) Janet Hollingshead (Lambert) Martha Hutchens (Purdy) Esther Keith (Alexander) Beulah McKillip (Lilves) Charles Oswalt Raymon Smith Rex H. Snapp Wilma J. Vandegrift (Pendery) Roma G. Wilson (Hendman) Melvin Yocum Class of 1939 Hilda Bowman * Mahala Chamness * Ida C. Connelly (Thrush) Marjorie Danner Alice Dluzak (Barnett) Idell Foster (Hyatt) Frank Hollingshead Richard Keaffaber Harold E. Roser *died 2005 Pauline Shambaugh * Wilbur thrush Dale Wilson Class of 1940 Jeanne M. Coburn (Sellers) Kathryn Fearnow Carl Frank Arol C. Frantz *died 2005 Max Frantz Tommy Keith James Moore * Mary Murphy * Abner Parson Benny Simpson Robert Sparling Class of 1941 Betty J. Baer * Fern Baxter (Stouffer) Ralph Bowen * Charles Copp * Dorothy Frantz Betty A. Long (Miller) *died 2005 Edward McCafferty Mary McPherson (Balance) Bruce Stoffer Hilda Summerland (Camp) Hoyte Summerland * Devon Wilson Class of 1942 Eileen Carr (Gurtner) Max Coburn Howard Coldiron Marion Hoppes Frank McCafferty Jean McKillip (Bowan) Wanda Mason (Romer) Marjorie Rosenthal (Stoffer) Richard Shambaugh Catherine Sundheimer (Goff) Class of 1943 Maxine Baxter (McCafferty Edwin Dawes Betty Gressley (Treska) Eleanor Hanna Richard Long James McKillip Charlet Norton Morris Rivir Phyllis Simpson (Shaffer) Richard Sparling Mozelle Weiss (Corn) Doris Wilcox (Scott) Dean Wilson Van Wilson * Class of 1944 Betty Beamer (Gerkin) Junior Coburn * Rex Durham Donald Eppley Martha Farr (Helm) Margie Hyatt Doris Launder (Roser) Richard Morrett Betty Niccum (Matter) Margaret Rogers (Hoot) Max Sailors Patricia Thomas Lois Tomson (McKillip) Gloria Wilson (Harmon) Martha J. Wilson (Gentry) Pauline Wilson Class of 1945 Bernice Alber (Frank) Alice Bickel (Yocum) Jerry Goff Robert McKillip Emogene Moore (Drudge) *died 1998 Betty J. Roser (McKillip) Dale Stoffer Laura Wildoner Charles Yocum Ross Yocum Class of 1946 Dale Alber Eugene R. Brown Martelle Crandall (Purdy) Dick Engleman Donald Goff Dorothea Martin (Blackburn) Mary E. Niccum (Yocum) *died 2004 Richard Widmeyer Class of 1947 Bill Coburn Doris Hollingshead (Carroll) Majorie Launder (Eiler) Jack Morrett * Georgia Rife (Busch) Phoebe Roser (Ridenour) Dorothy A. Wildoner (Fitzpatrick) *died 2005 Marilyn G. Wiley (Brill) Wilma Wilson (Vandyke) Class of 1948 Ben Deeter Beth Eppley Marjorie Hendry (Crick) Lloyd Hoppes Jack McKillip Donald Petit * Jack Rife * Joan Rogers (Mays) Ernest Shellenberger Wilma Yocum Class of 1949 Robert Baer Patty Bradley (Wahling) Catherine Corn (Gudas) Donald Roser Helen Roser (Hoppes) Robert Wallace Mary A. Watson (Spangle) Marjorie E. Wiley Patty Wilson (Ahlfield) Class of 1950 James Ahlfeld Mary Coburn (Keppel) Lela M. Donaldson (Donaldson) Maurice L. Goff Carolyn Poage (Kramer) Robert Niccum * Peggy A. Roser (Riggs) Wilma Stout (Smith) Class of 1951 Mary L. Baer (Ford) Max Carr Hubert DuBois Melba Dyson (Milliner) Martha A. Harvey (Whitaker) John Kisner Doris Leming (Bemif) Dorothy Shepherd Martha Tait (Titus) Esther Wilson (Smith) Joanne Wilson (Winters) Ralph Yocum Class of 1952 George Barlow Kenneth Donaldson Lois I. Hendry (Goff) *died 2002 Duane Rife Mary L. Shellenbarger (Titus) Carolyn R. Shepard (Hill) William A. Shepherd Kay Whitesel * Shirley Wilson (Greene)