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Aurora Public Schools Roll of Honor – 1882

Rolls of honor of the Aurora Public Schools in Dearborn County, Indiana from 1882 appeared in:

Aurora Dearborn Independent – 16 Feb 1882 – Page 2, Column 3

Honor Roll of the Aurora Public Schools for the Month Ending Feb. 3, 1882.
Only those are placed upon the Roll of Honor whose average percent, in daily recitations, attendance and deportment is 90 percent or over.

DISTRICT No. 1.

Room No. 10—George Fisk, Julius Severin, Robert Squibb, Simon Siemantel, Thomas Squibb, John Backman, Nettie Taylor, Belle Stapp, Ella Hubbardt, Nina Pattison, Ella Squibb, Jesse Hopping, John Stier, Jay Smith, Gray Pattison, Maggie Mitchell, Nina Shutts, Maggie Kessler.

Room No. 9—Frank Fisk, Emma Ruese, Lena Oester, Carrie Goldsmith, Iva Van Houten, Hulda Severin, Agnes Kastner, Johnny Herdegan, Ellie Coulter, Louie Kassebaum, Nettie Moore, May Boyd, Bertha Merkel, Rosa Goenawein, Flora Siemantel.

Room No. 8—Edith Conwell, Emma Siemantel, Tillie Oester, John Hopping, Nannie Kassebaum, Vina Ruese, Frank Hurlburt, Jessie Smith, Callie Kasebaum, Frank Rectanus, Lula Siemantel, Libbie Trester, Louis Severin, Carrie [no surname].

Room No. 7—No honor roll this month.

Room No. 6—Sylvia McCreary, Mamie Kassebaum, Charley Shattuck, Ella Ruese, John Maloney, Minta Kriete, Julia Spaeth, Edith Grandy, Harry McKain, Emma Mueller.

Room No. 5—Ella Huxsoll, Katie Miller, Sallie Vail, Ruth Webber, Carrie Pfeister, Hayes Buffington, Harry Clark.

Room No. 4—Ida Backdoll, Willie Vail, Henry Wilhelm, Rowena Smith, Sarah Webber, Mary Collins, Iva Rea, Katie Stephens, John Schipper, Josie Smith, Nellie Smith, Lula Bailey, Wallace Smith, Chris Scholle, Willie Sterling, Dannie Sterling, Laura Aldred, Harry Teaney, John Swift, Maggie Seidler, Lida Ruese, Leonard Puchta, Ida Klingeleoffer, John Braunagel.

Room No. 3—No honor roll this month.

Room No. 2—Albert Siemantel, Arthur Zimmer, Clara Feustel, May Bolander, Annie Gooderson, Walter Moran, Johnnie Theaboldt.

The following named pupils have neither been absent nor tardy during the school month ending February 3, 1882:

Room No. 1—Herman Abeles, Bennie Bowler, Frank Felker, Louie Houck, Willie Kleaver, Walter Knowles, Henry Maloney, Henry Marsh, Charlie McClellan, Connie Meyer, George Miller, Martin Mueller, George Stahl, Adam Theabold, Willie Thomas, Philip Webber, Clara Bernhardt, Jessie Burk, Lily Grant, Lucy Hahn, Pearl Groves, Lizzie Maloney, Mollie Smith.

DISTRICT No. 2.

Room No. 8—Cassius McMullen, Mary Denton, Eliza Billingsley, Jennie Lukens, Carra Blake, Mary Billingsley, Mamie Bush, Fannie Foulk.

Room No. 6—Maud Powers, Anna Harwood, Eddy Coutant, Alex. Squibb, Alice Platt, Henry Fisk, Bird Hill, Horace Kelley.

Room No. 5—Aggie Griffith, August Stoll, Lounie Glass, Stanley Cobb, Geo. VanHouren, Anne Stagewald, Emma Blake, Everett Miller.

Room No. 4—Hattie Block, Mary Cook, Helen Draper, Nellie Denton, Aggie Downton, Herbert Emrie, Kate Fisk, Clara Gregory, Mame Sweet, Iora Taylor, Mamie Beresford.

Room No. 3—Josephine Haynes, Grace Stedman, Stanley McMullen, Annie Stoll, Ruth Wood, Grace McGuire, Daisy Wildridge, James Billingsley, Inez Twentyman, Nellie Gregory, Mary Emrie, Florence Squibb.

Room No. 2—Daisy Blake, Maggie Klingelhoffer, Grace Cobb, Albert Miller, Eddie Lukens, Laura Tanner, Ollie Glass, Nelly Beresford, Emma Billingsley, Johnnie Whiteford, Jessie Klingelhoffer, Cogley Marshall, Eddie Evans, Rena Caldwell, Willie Acra, Charlie Fisk, Willie Tyrell, Della Murdoch, Everett Fox, Zeph. Dunn.

Room No. 1—Walter Curtis, Harry Held, Guy Burton, Lucy Baker, Plume Stepp, Anna Jucker, Jessie Stage, George Bodock.

Aurora Dearborn Independent – 16 Mar 1882 – Page 3, Column 5

Honor Roll of the Aurora Public Schools.
For the month ending March 3, 1882. Those only are placed upon the roll of honor whose average is ninety percent or over in attendance, deportment and scholarship.

DISTRICT No. 1.

Room No. 10—A Class—Gray Pattison, Nina Shutts, Maggie Kessler, Maggie Mitchell. B Class—Nettie Taylor, Robert Squibb, Ella Hubbardt, Belle Stapp. C Class—Jay Smith, John Stier, Jessie Hopping, Ella Squibb, Nina Pattison, Frank Wildridge.

Room No. 9—Nettie Hopping, Emma Ruese, Bertha Markel, Nettie Moore, Frank Fisk, Ira Van Houten, Louie Kassebaum, Carrie Goldsmith, Lena Oester.

Room No. 8—Tillie Oester, Nannie Kassebaum, Edith Conwell, Abbie Holman, Emma Siemantel, Vina Ruese, John Hopping, Lula Siemantel, Jessie Smith, Callie Kassebaum, Harry Wheeler.

Room No. 7—Clara Chisman, Mamie Evans, Lucy Haring, Allie Moore, Anna Miller, Emma Oester, Carrie Reichart, Minnie Richt, Emma Stamm, Annie Somerfield, Emma Smith, Iva Siemantel, John Black, Frank Duchemin, Alva Fisk, Waldemar Mueller, Charley Niebaum, Will Pattison, Will Stier, Elbridge McConnell, Hannah Goldsmith.

Room No. 6—Harry McKinzie, John Maloney, Mamie Kassebaum, Harry McKain, Ella Ruese, Chas. Shattuck, Minta Kriete, Edith Grandy, Sylvia McCreary, Chas. Shaeffer.

Room No. 5—No roll of honor this month.

Room No. 4—Lulu Bailey, May Collins, Ida Blackdoll, Ida Horr, Ida Klingelhoeffer, Guy McKain, Willie Mayer, Lyda Ruese, Iva Rea, Rowena Smith, John Schipper, Wallace Smith, Ida Teaney, Sarah Webber, Katie Stephens, Jacob Meier, Dannie Sterling, Willie Sterling, Josie Smith, Nellie Smith.

Room No. 3—Frank Maltby, John Scholle, Anna Siegmundt, Willie Dennerline, Thomas Riley, John Willman, Caul Reichert, Vie Berkshire, George Riley, Benny Faulkner, Tony Hauck, Joseph Reiche, Lizzie Willman, Anna Deorr, Julius Hauck, Louie Letcher, Nellie Clark, Aggie Denner, Addie Stedman, Charlie Roberts, Mamie McClellan.

Room No. 2—Arthur Zimmer, Kirby Parnell, Eddie Gay, Clara Feustel, May Bolander, Annie Gooderson, Walter Morand, Herman Hartman, Lizzie Hahn, Charley Maltby, Albert Siemantel.

Room No. 1—The following named pupils have neither been absent nor tardy during the month ending March 3, 1882:

Herman Abeles, Herman Bartels, Victor Rocklett, Bennie Bauer, John Bolander, John Cooker, Louie Hauck, Waldemar Horr, Wolter Knowles, Henry Maloney, Henry Marsh, Charlie McClellan, John McGraw, Jere Melson, Connie Meyer, Chris Moreling, Martie Miller, John Oester, Wm. Renner, Jessie Roberts, Gussie Schipper, Henry Sokamp, Eddie Stahl, George Stahl, Adam Theabold, Albert Thomas, Willie Thomas, Carrie Bloom, Libbie Brison, Jessie Burk, Ella Bakin, Carrie Gooderson, Lily Grant, Pearl Groyes, Lucy Hahn, Grace Hathaway, Viola Lewis, Lizzie Maloney, Mattie Maybin, Anna Miller, Lily Oester, Emma Reichart, Mary Ritter, Emma Schvale, Mollie Smith, Edna Kenner.

DISTRICT No. 2.

Room No. 8—Abbie Worcester, Fannie Foulk, Mamie Bush, Carra Blake, Mary Billingsley, Ella Cadwell, Lucy Williams.

Room No. 6—Maude Powers, Bird Hill, Eddy Coutant.

Room No. 5—Aggie Griffith, August Stoll, Everett Miller, Lonnie Glass.

Room No. 4—Hattie Block, Mary Cook, Helen Draper, Aggie Downton, Nora Griffith, Clara Gregory, Hattie Helmic, Mamie Beresford.

Room No. 3—Flossie Squibb, James Billingsley, Annie Stoll, Mary Emrie, Guy Tyrrell, Grace Stedman, Grace McGuire, Lina Wheeler, Maggie Harwood, Daisy Wildridge, Frank Mattox, Inez Twentyman, Arthur Curtis.

Room No. 2—Albert Miller, Daisy Blake, Maggie Callahan, John Worcester, Eddie Lukens, Emma Billingsley, Rena Calwell, Ollie Glass, Cogley Marshall, Della Murdock, Willie Tyrrell, Willie Acra, Nellie Beresford, Katie Clark, Grace Cobb, Eddie Evans, Charlie Fisk, Maggie Klingelhoffer, Thomas Lamkins, Minnie Lamkins.

Room No. 1—George Bodock, Matie Stoll, Julia Murdock, Jessie Stage, Plume Stapp, Walter Curtis.

Aurora Dearborn Independent – 6 Apr 1882 – Page 3, Column 5

Honor Roll of the Aurora Public Schools
For the month ending March 31, 1882. Those only are placed upon the roll of honor whose average is ninety percent or over in attendance, deportment and scholarship:

DISTRICT No. 1.

Room No. 10—A Class—Gray Pattison, Nina Shutts, Maggie Kessler, Maggie Mitchell. B Class—Nettie Taylor, Belle Stapp, Robert Squibb, Simon Siemantel, Thomas Squibb. C Class—Nina Pattison, J. Smith, Ella Squibb, Jesse Hopping.

Room No. 9—Nettie Hopping, Emma Ruese, Nettie Moore, Louie Kassebaum, Lina Oester, Hulda Severin, May Boyd, Carrie Goldsmith, Ira Van Houten, Carrie Rectanus, Flora Siemantel, Johnnie Herdegen.

Room No. 8—Emma Siemantel, John Hopping, Tillie Oester, Edith Conwell, Nannie Kassebaum, Vina Ruese, Abbie Holman, Lulie Siemantel, Jessie Smith, Harry Wheeler.

Room No. 6—Ella Huxsoll, Mamie Kassebaum, Ella Ruese, Edith Grandy, Minta Kriete, Julia Spaeth, John Maloney, Maggie Teany, Harry McKain, Emma Mueller, Harry McKinzie.

Room No. 5—Maggie Burk, Agnes Christie, Gusta Kleaver, Carrie Kirsch, Katie Miller, Maud Sibley, Nora Steele, Lina Schmidt, Sallie Vaile, Ruth Webber, Pauline Wymond, Pearl Lozier, Harry Clark, Dannie Jones, Eddie Hopping, Willie Nagle, George Smith, Frank Brewington.

Room No. 4—Rowena Smith, Ida Klingelhoffer, Iva Rea, Wallace Smith, Lyda Ruese, Sarah Webber, Katie Stephens, Josie Smith, Nellie Smith, Guy McKain, Maggie Seidler, Clara Sassaman, Mary Collins, Willie Mayer, John Schipper, Ida Horr.

Room No. 3—John Willman, Frank Maltby, Anna Siegmundt, Anna Dorr, Nellie Clark, Bennie Falkner, Paul Reichart, Vie Berkshire, Vie Cadwell, Bennie Beinkamp, Frank Godert, Tony Hauck, Aggie Dennerlein.

Room No. 2—Arthur Zimmer, May Bolander, Kirby Parnell, Minnie Shepherd, Vicky Robinson, Louie Bloom, Albert Siemantel, Clara Feustel, Annie Gooderson, Charlie Maltby, Walter Moran, Eddie Goddart, Lizzie Hahn.

Room No. 1—The following named pupils have neither been absent nor tardy during the month ending March 31, 1882: Herman Abeles, Herman Bartels, Victor Rocklett, Frank Foelker, Walter Knowles, Henry Maloney, Henry Marsh, Charlie McClellan, John McGraw, Jessie Melson, Connie Meyer, Oscar Pohl, Jesse Roberts, Eddie Stahl, George Stahl, Adam Theabold, Albert Thomas, Willie Thomas, Rachel Author, Libbie Brison, Jessie Burk, Carrie Gordenman, Louisa Grossols, Lizzie Maloney, Viola Lewis.

DISTRICT No. 2.

Room No. 8—Abbie Worcester, Jennie Lukens, Mamie Bush, Lucy Williams, Ella Cadwell, Cassius McMullen, Charlie McHenry, Eliza Billingsley, Carra Blake.

Room No. 6—Maud Powers, Bird Hill, Anna Harwood, Lilla Tanner, Edward Contant, Harry Fisk.

Room No. 5—Aggie Griffith, Ella Wood, August Stoll, Emma Blake, Everett Miller, Lonnie Glass.

Room No. 4—Hattie Block, Mary Cook, Helen Draper, Aggie Downton, Herbert Emrie, Katie Fisk, Nora Griffith, Clara Gregory, Hattie Helmick, Mamie Beresford.

Room No. 3—Mary Emrie, Lina Wheeler, Annie Stoll, Guy Tyrrell, Florence Squibb, Daisy Wildridge, Grace Stedman, Nellie Gregory, Artie Curtis, James Billingsley, Maggie Harwood, George Newhouse, Lida Downey, Grace McGuire, Cornelius Swango.

Room No. 2—Nellie Beresford, Albert Mueller, Daisy Blake, Maggie Klingelhoffer, Emma Billingsley, Zeph Dunn, Willie Acra, Ollie Glass, Charlie Fisk, Tommy Lamkins, Willie Tyrrell, Minnie Lamkins, Maggie Callahan, Jesse Klingelhoffer, Jennie Minish, John Worcester, Laura Tanner, John Whiteford.

Room No. 1—Lucy Baker, Sammie Powell, George Bedock, Maggie Stoll, Birdie Schenck, Jessie Stage, Ann Yunker, Gracie Buffington, Charles Black, Dow Whiteford, Eddie Newhouse, Willie Snell, Harry Held, Scott Dunn, Guy Rurton.

Aurora Dearborn Independent – 11 May 1882 – Page 3, Column 5

Honor Roll of the Aurora Public Schools
For the month ending April 28, 1882. Those only are placed upon the rolls of honor whose average is ninety percent or over in attendance, deportment and scholarship:

DISTRICT No. 1.

Room No. 10—Gray Pattison, Nina Shutts, Maggie Kessler, Maggie Mitchell, Jay C. Smith, Jesse Hopping, John Stier, Simon Siemantel, Lulie Wymond, James Vail, Nina Pattison, Belle Stapp, Ella Squibb, Robert Squibb, Nettie Taylor.

Room No. 9—Nettie Hopping, Emma Ruese, Bertha Merkel, Lena Oester, Hulda Severin, Agnes Kastner, Louie Kassebaum, Nettie Moore.

Room No. 8—Edith Conwell, Tillie Oester, Jessie Smith, Emma Siemantel, Lulie Siemantel, John Hopping, Frank Hurlbert, Vina Ruese, Louie Kassebaum.

Room No. 7—Clara Chisman, Mamie Evans, Carrie Reichert, Eddie Felker, Annie Miller, Emma Stamm.

Room No. 6—Charlie Shattuck, Mamie Kassebaum, Ella Huxsoll, Harry McKain, Julia Spaeth, Edith Grandy, Ella Ruese.

Room No. 5—Katie Miller, Maude Sibley, Nora Steel, Sallie Vail, Agnes Christie, Frank Brewington, Harry Clarb.

Room No. 4—Rowena Smith, Lulu Bailey, Sarah Webber, Ida Blackdoll, Josie Smith, Mary Collins, Clara Kaster, Leonard Puchta, Lyda Ruese, John Schipper, Nellie Smith, Ida Horr, Ida Klingelhoeffer, Guy McKain, Iva Rea, Katie Stephens, John Braunagel, Alice Christie, Clara Sassaman, Ida Teaney.

Room No. 3—Jennie Chisman, Anna Siegmundt, Willie Dennerlein, Frank Maltby, John Willman, Alma Bloom, Paul Reichert, Rena Cotter, Lizzie Willman, Vie Berkshire, Nellie Clark, Anna Deorr, Frank Godert, Louis Mitchell, Eddie Oswald, Aggie Dennerlein, Mamie McClellan, Tony Hauck, Charlie Robers, Etta Bailey, Vie Cadwell, Addie Stedman.

Room No. 2—Arthur Rimmer, May Bolander, Annie Gooderson, Minnie Shepherd, George Renner, Albert Siemantel, Louie Bloom, Eddie Gay, James Garrity, Clara Feustel, Lizzie Hahn, Charley Maltby.

Room No. 1—The following named pupils have neither been absent nor tardy during the school month ending April 28, 1882: Herman Ables, Herman Bartels, Victor Rocklett, Rennie Bauer, Walter Christy, Frank Foelker, Louie Hauck, Waldemar Horr, Walter Knowles, Henry Maloney, Henry Marsh, Charlie McClellan, John McGraw, Oscar Pohl, Gussie Lehipper, Edwin Stedman, Albert Thomas, George Webber, Harry Wilburn, Carrie Bloom, Libbie Brison, Jessie Burk, Pearl Groves, Lucy Hahn, Lizzie Maloney, Mattie Maybin, Mary Ritter, Emma Scholle, Edna Kenner, Pearl Berkshire, Charlie Martin.

DISTRICT No. 2.

Room No. 8—Rosa Harpham, Ella Cadwell, Lucy Williams, Eliza Billingsly, Abbie Worcester, Carrie Blake, Mary Stedman, Fannie Foulk, George Squibb.

Room No. 6—Maud Powers, Bird Hill, Horace Kelley, Alex Squibb, Anna Block, Robert Hood, Charles Downton, Harry Fisk.

Room No. 5—Aggie Griffith, August Stoll, Lawrence Glass, Curtis Fowler, Stanley Cobb, George Van Houten, Anna Stagenwald, Everet Miller, Pierce Beresford.

Room No. 4—Hattie Block, Hattie Callahan, Aggie Downton, Nora Griffith, Clara Gregory, Ollie Macker, Mary Sweet, Nellie Wehrman, Mamie Beresford.

Room No. 3—Selina W. Guscott, Annie Stoll, Nellie Gregory, Florence Squibb, Grace Stedman, Mary Emrie, Daisy Wildridge, Grace McGuire, Arthur Curtis, James Billingsley, Maggie Harwood, Guy Tyrrell, Lida Downey, Harry Allington.

Room No. 2—Albert Miller, Ollie Glass, Eddie Lukens, Minnie Lamkins, Bertie Jones, Emma Billingsley, Johnnie Worcester, Maggie Callahan, Tommie Lamkins, Cogley Marshal, Laura Tanner, John Whiteford, Rena Caldwell.

Room No. 1—Maud Jones, Plume Stapp, Jessie Stage, Birdie Schenk, Maggie Stoll, Guy Burton, George Bedock, Walter Curtis, Scott Dunn, Moses Swango, Edgar Tanner.

Aurora Dearborn Independent – 16 Nov 1882 – Page 3, Column 4

Honor Roll of the Aurora Public Schools.
For the month ending Nov. 3, 1883. Those only are placed upon the roll of honor whose average in ninety percent or over in attendance, deportment and scholarship:

DISTRICT No. 1.

Room No. 8—Emma Smith, Iva Siemantel.

Room No. 7—Minta Buffington, Ella Huxsoll, Frances Smith, Emma Mueller, Ella Ruese, Belle Everett, Julia Spaeth, Sylvia McCreary, Edith Grandy, Harry McKinzie, Sohn Maloney.

Room No. 6—Lizzie Goodpaster, Tillie Hauck, Carrie Kirsch, Ka Miller, Eddie Pfisterer, Maude Sibley, Nora Steele, Sallie Vail, Edwin Zernack, Hayes Buffington.

Room No. 5—Ida Backdoll, Mary Collins, Alice Clark, Iva Rea, Rowena Smith, Ida Teany, Sarah Webber, Pauline Wymond, Eddie Hopping, Henry Wilhelm.

Room No. 4—Eddie Kastner, Eddie Somerfield, John Willman, Frank S. Maltby, Harry Schaeffer, Harry Koehler, Annie Siegmundt, Ida Horr, Mary Redding, Utica Fisher, Lizzie Willman, Annie Doerr.

Room No. 3—Ollie Shipper, Clinton Herman, Albert Siemantel, Grace Thompson, Walter, John Koehler, Charlie Maltby, Kirby Parnell, George Renner, Anna Gooderson, Lizzie Hahn, Mariam Knight, Lizzie Martin, Maggie Schaffer, Lizzie Weitner.

Room No. 2—Myrtie Collier, Mollie Cox, Pearl Groves, Andrew Martin, Asa Hathaway.

The following pupils have neither been absent nor tardy during the month ending November 3.

Room No. 1—Willie Anderson, Louie Abbott, Scott Berkshire, Herman Bartel, Willie Griffin, Walter Herr, Charley Martin, Jesse Roberts, Henry Sokamp, Gussie Schipper, Cliffie Somerfield, Alexander Stiver, Herman Ables, Maggie Bower, Pearlie Bailey, Ida Kirsch, Lulu Kirsch, Artie Dacon, Lillie Easter, Emma Gehrish, Emma Godard, Anna Gehr, Sarah Garabus, Lulu Goenawein, Mary Hon, Viola Lewis, Onie Melson, Janie Knight, Mamie Rabe, Augusta Reiche, Mary Shooley, Ada Uhley.

SECOND DISTRICT.

Room No. 10—Nettie Taylor, Ella Hubbartt, Anna Brogan, Belle Stapp, Lulie Wymond, Jessie Cornwell, George Fisk, John J. Backman, Simon Siemantel, Julius Severin, Tom Squibb, Rob Squibb, Nina Pattison, Jennie Downton, Ella Squibb, Edith Hibbert, Jno. H. Stier, Jay Smith, Mary Jones, Leonard Curtis, Nettie Hopping, George Stedman, Edwin Baker.

Room No. 9—Ella Cadwell, Fannie Foulk, Nettie Moore, Edith Conwell, Jessie Smith, Cassius McMullen, John Barricklow, Rosa Harpam, Vina Ruese, Abbie Holman, John Hopping, Tillie Oester, Carrie Rectanus, Emma Siemantel, Iva Van Houten, Geo. Squibb.

Room No. 8—Carrat Blake, Clara Chisman, Anna Williams, Willard Stier, Anna Williams, Willard Stier, Emma Hubbartt, Lucy Williams, Samuel McDowell, Mary Stedman, Sallie Watts.

Room No. 7—Maude Powers.

Room No. 6—Aggie Griffith, Ella Wood, Lonnie Glass, Harry Wood.

Room No. 5—Mamie Beresford, Nora Griffith, Harry Block.

Room No. 4—Arta Curtis, Vie Cadwell, Jennie Chisman, Mamie Emrie, Josie Haynes, Lotta Lloyd, Emma Miller, Grace McGuire, Stanley McMullen, Anna Stoll, Florence Squibb, Grace Stedman, Guy Tyrrell, Daisy Wildridge, Lina Wheeler.

Room No. 3—John Whiteford, Maggie Callahan, William Acra, William Tyrrell, Albert Mueller, Eddie Gay, Emma Billingsley, Jesse Klingelhoffer, Nellie Beresford, Ollie Glass, Minnie Lamkin, Harley Gray, Grace Cobb, Frank Block, Esther Bailey, Everett Fox, Cogley Marshall, Charles Fisk, Daisy Blake, Eddie Lukens, Neal Robbins, Rena Caldwell, Millard Duvall, Maggie Klingelhoffer, Eddie Wise, Eddie Evans.

Room No. 2—Maggie Stoll, Edwin Hurlburt, Clayton Conwell, Jessie Low, Harry Wilber, Jessie Stage, Joe Kinnett, Joe Luther, Charlie Black, Bertie Kassebaum, Harry Held, Aggie Bruback, Bina Bruback, Willie Snell, George Lamkin, Lucy Baker.

Southeastern Indiana Fair Awards – 1882

Awards from the 1882 Southeastern Indiana Fair in Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana appeared in:
Lawrenceburg Register – 14 Sep 1882 – Page 2, Column 6

Premiums Awarded at the Fair Held at Aurora Last Week.

HEAVY DRAFT.

  • Stallion, 4 yrs old, W S Walton, Hebron, Ky.
  • Stallion, 3 yrs old, R B King, Cold Springs.
  • Stallion, 2 yrs old, W S Walton, Hebron.
  • Stallion, 1 yr old, M C Mulford, Cold Springs.
  • Mare, 4 yrs old, R B King, Cold Springs.
  • Mare, 3 yrs old, J R McConnell, Aurora.
  • Mare, 2 yrs old, Jacob Wise, Dillsboro.
  • Mare, 1 yr old, Elias Small, Aurora.
  • Gelding, 4 yrs old, Thos C Craig, Cochran.
  • Gelding, 2 yrs old, G W Turner, Cold Spring.

MULES AND JACKS.

  • Jack and Jennett, J W Gaines, Grant, Ky.
  • Mule, 3 yrs old, A K Hill, Aurora.
  • Mule, 2 yrs old, D Cofield, Hartford.
  • Matched mules, A K Hill, Aurora.

GENERAL PURPOSE HORSES.

  • Stallion, 4 yrs old, J R Cole & Son, Aurora.
  • Stallion, 3 yrs old, R S Abbott, Aurora.
  • Stallion, 2 yrs old, Riddell & Norris, Aurora.
  • Stallion, 1 yr old, John Hisey, Aurora.
  • Stallion colt, Stephen Gaines, Petersburg.
  • Mare, 4 yrs old, J W Conway, Guionville.
  • Mare, 3 yrs old, S Wilber, Madison.
  • Mare, 2 yrs old, J W Conaway, Guionsville.
  • Mare, 1 yr old, John Kerr, Aurora.
  • Gelding, 4 yrs old, Henry Walker, Aurora.
  • Gelding, 2 yrs old, W S Turner, Cold Springs.

SPECIAL PURPOSE—PURSE, $50.

  • J R Cole & Son, 1st; G W Dickson, 2d; J R Cole & Son, 3d.

HEAVY DRAFT—PURSE, $50.

  • A K Hill, 1st.

THREE YEAR OLD TROT.

  • Five entries, J R Cole & Son, 1st; F Cobb, 2d.

MULE RACE.

  • C Lee, 1st; W M Cole, 2d; H Lee, 3d.

CATTLE.

  • Alderney Bull, 4 yrs old, Amos Wright, Aurora.
  • Alderney Bull, 3 yrs old, John Vail, Aurora.
  • Alderney Bull, 2 yrs old, Geo Johnson, Aurora.
  • Alderney Bull, 1 yr old, A D Hopping, Aurora.
  • Alderney Calf, John Vail, Aurora.
  • Alderney Cow, 4 yrs old, J B Vail, Aurora.
  • Alderney Cow, 2 yrs old, A D Hopping, Aurora.
  • Alderney Calf, 1 yr old, J Vail, Aurora.
  • Milch Cow, 4 yr old, J Vail, Aurora.
  • Milch Cow, 3 yr old, Geo Johnson, Aurora.
  • Graded Cow, John Wildridge, Aurora.

SWEEPSTAKES.

  • Short Horn Bull, 1st, J McDaniel; 2d, J Becket, Aurora.

SHORT HORN CATTLE.

  • Bull 4 yr old, J H McDaniel, Warsaw.
  • Bull 3 yr old, J C Jenkins, Petersburg.
  • Bull 2 yr old, Wm Becket, Aurora.
  • Bull 1 yr old, Wm Becket, Aurora.
  • Bull Calf, J H McDaniel.
  • Cow 4 yr old, J H McDaniel.
  • Cow 3 yr old, J H McDaniel.
  • Cow 2 yr old, Wymond Becket.
  • Cow 1 yr old, Wymond Becket.
  • Heifer Calf, Wymond Becket.

GRADE FOR BEEF.

  • Bull 3 yr old, J Jewett.
  • Bull 2 yr old, Frank Cobb.
  • Bull 1 yr old, Frank Cobb.
  • Bull Calf, Wymond Becket.
  • Cow 4 yr old, Frank Cobb.
  • Cow 3 yr old, Wym Becket.
  • Cow 2 yr old, Wym Becket.
  • Cow 1 yr old, Frank Cobb.
  • Heifer Calf, J C Jenkins.

 

  • Best horse, mare, or gelding, J R Cole & Son, Aurora.
  • Mare, exhibiting two or more colts, Terrill Bros., Petersburg.
  • Stallion with three or more colts, J. R. Cole & Son, Aurora.
  • Best sucking colt, Lewis Adams, Cold Springs.

SADDLE HORSES.

  • Horse, mare, or gelding, any age, J. A. Works, Vevay.
  • Horse, mare or gelding three years old, J. R. Cole and Son, Aurora.
  • Matched horses, S. Wilber, Madison.

FATTED CATTLE.

  • Fatted bullock, J. C. Jenkins, Petersburg.
  • Fatted heifer, J. S. Beckett, Aurora.
  • Best herd for dairy, G. W. Johnson, Aurora.
  • Special premium of $50 for horse in light harness, J. R. Cole & Son, Aurora.

The Gentleman’s Equestrian Ring was an exciting one. The riders were all old gentlemen, and they showed that they had not forgotten their early practice. They were S. Wilber, G. W. Lane, A. Hill, Strawder Cheek, J. D. Curtis, J. M. Moody and J. R. Cole.

After an exciting contest the committee tied the ribbon on Abram Hill, of Aurora. Moody said if the premium had been for the best looking man, he would have taken it.

The entries in the Ladies’ Ring for driving were: Miss Clara Covington, Rising Sun; Miss Anna Golding, Sparta; Miss Ella House, Aurora; Miss Libbie Hill, Aurora; Miss Mary Byron, Aurora; Mrs. J. Thomasson, Petersburg; Miss Anna Johnson, Sparta; Miss Helen Buffington, Aurora.

Miss Buffington received first and Miss Thomasson second premium.

In the Ladies’ Riding Ring the following were the entries: Miss Clara Covington, Miss Libbie Hill, Miss J. Thomasson. Miss Hill received first, Miss Thompson second premium.

Mrs. George Golding, of Sparta, received the premium for hitching horse to buggy the quickest she having four competitors.

The premiums were as follows: Special purse $25 for saddle horses, divided as follows: $10, $6, $5, $4. First Riddle & Norris, Petersburg; second J. A. Works, Vevay; third, J. E. Terrill, Petersburg; fourth G. W. Dickison, Madison.

  • Stallion, 4 yrs old and over, Riddle & Norris, Petersburg.
  • Stallion, 3 yrs old and over, O. P. Monroe, Rising Sun.
  • Stallion, 2 yrs old and over, C. L. Lee, Sugar Creek.
  • Stallion one year old and over, Jesse Maryman, Aurora.
  • Stallion colt under one year, G. W. Terrill, Petersburg.
  • Mare, 4 yrs old and over, J. A. Works, Vevay.
  • Mare, 3 yrs old and over, S. Wilber, Madison.
  • Mare, 2 yrs old and over, G. W. Terrill, Petersburg.
  • Mare, 1 yr old and over, Wm. Cole, Mt. Sterling.
  • Mare colt under 1 yr, Frank Cobb, Aurora.
  • Geldling, 4 yrs old and over, Riddell & Norris, Petersburg.
  • Gelding, 3 yrs old and over, J. J. Given, Sparta.
  • Gelding, 2 yrs old and over, G. W. Terrill, Petersburg.

Aurora High School Commencement – 1882

Graduates of the Aurora High School in Dearborn County, Indiana for 1882 appeared in:
Lawrenceburg Register – 15 Jun 1882 – Page 2, Column 2

Aurora High School Commencement.
The fifteenth annual commencement of the Aurora High School, took place in the Opera-house Tuesday evening, the following being the names of the graduating class, with their subjects:

  • Nina Shutt’s—Footprints.
  • Gray Pattison—Nature’s Sounds.
  • Maggie Mitchell—Open Sesame.
  • Maggie Kessler—Life’s Pictures.

The diplomas were conferred by Prof. Groves and the address to the graduates was delivered by Rev. A. C. Davidson. The young ladies all acquitted themselves well, and their productions showed evidence of the thorough training.

Southeastern Indiana Fair Awards – 1881

Awards from the 1881 Southeastern Indiana Fair in Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana appeared in:
Aurora Dearborn Independent – 22 Sep 1881 – Page 3, Column 4

LIST OF PREMIUMS
Awarded at the Thirteenth Annual Fair of the South-eastern Indiana Agricultural Society, Held at Aurora, September 7 to 10, 1881.

HORSES FOR HEAVY DRAFT.

STALLIONS.

  • Four years old, John Mulford.
  • Three years old, Frank Turner.
  • Two years old, O. P. Monsoe.
  • One year old, Elias Small.
  • Colt under 1 year old, Elijah Greer.

MARES.

  • 4 years old, C. L. Lee.
  • 3 years old, R. B. King.
  • 2 years old, C. J. Johnson.
  • 1 year old, Geo. L. Taylor.
  • Colt under 1 year, John Smith.

GELDINGS.

  • 4 years old, Geo. W. Turner.
  • 3 years old, W. C. Mulford.
  • 2 years old, John Mulford.
  • 1 year old, Frank Turner.

BROOD MARES–$12 PURSE.

  • Mare any age, with colt, F. Turner.
  • Second premium, Charles Johnson.

MULES AND JACKS.

  • Jack, any age, J. W. Gaines.
  • Jenny, any age, John Elliott.
  • Mule 3 years old, J. W. Gaines.
  • Mule 2 years old, John Dils.
  • Mule 1 year old, Frank Marsh.
  • Sucking mule, Frank Marsh.
  • Matched mules, C. W. Mendell.

PURSE FOR RACKING.

  • Racking mare, horse or gelding, J. H. McDaniel.
  • Second premium, Van Shanks.

FASTEST HUNNING MULE.

  • First premium, J. L. Randall.
  • Second premium, John Dils.
  • Third premium, W. F. Kerr.

HORSES FOR GENERAL PURPOSES.

STALLIONS.

  • 4 years old, Riddell & Norris.
  • 3 years old, L. Gate.
  • 2 years old, H. Abbott.
  • 1 year old, Jonathan Wilson.
  • Colt, under 1 year, E. L. Grant.

MARES.

  • 4 years old, John Conway.
  • 3 years old, Riddell & Norris.
  • 2 years old, Wm. Cooper.
  • 1 year old, John Conway.
  • Colt, under 1 year, Harrison Abbott.

GELDINGS.

  • 4 years old, J. H. McDaniels.
  • 3 years old, Geo. Johnson.
  • 2 years old, John Smith.
  • 1 year old, Ed. Guy.

BROOD MARES.

  • Mare, any age, with colt, J. W. Conway.
  • Mare, any age, with colt, 2d premium, L. W. Cobb.

CATTLE.

SHORT HORNS.

  • Bull, 4 yrs old or over, J. P. Walker.
  • 2 years old or over, Beckett & McConnell.
  • 1 year old, Beckett & McConnell.
  • Bull calf, Beckett & McConnell.
  • Cow, 4 years old, Beckett & McConnell.
  • Cow, 3 years old, Beckett & McConnell.
  • Cow, 2 years old, Beckett & McConnell.
  • Cow, 1 year old, Beckett & McConnell.
  • Heifer calf, Beckett & McConnell.

GRADE FOR BEEF PURPOSES.

  • Bull, 2 years old, O. P. Cobb.
  • Bull, 1 year old, O. P. Cobb.
  • Bull calf, O. P. Cobb.
  • Cow, 4 years old, Beckett & McConnell.
  • Cow, 3 years old, Becket & McConnell.
  • Cow, 3 years old, Beckett & McConnell.
  • Cow, 1 year old, John P. Walker.
  • Heifer calf, O. P. Cobb.

GRANGES.

  • Best display from garden, orchard and dairy products, Wilmington Grange.

SPEED RING FOR HORSES.

  • Best trotting horse, mare or gelding, under 4 years old, W. W. Bryson.
  • Second premium, F. M. Ferguson.

CATTLE.

ALDERNY CATTLE.

  • Bull, 4 years old, E. Greer.
  • Bull, 2 years old, J. B. Vail.
  • Bull, 1 year old, G. W. Johnson.
  • Bull calf, John Hopping.
  • Cow, 4 years old, John B. Vail.
  • Cow, 3 years old, John B. Vail.
  • Cow, 2 years old, J. C. Jenkins & Son.
  • Cow, 1 year old, J. C. Jenkins & Son.
  • Heifer calf, J. C. Jenkins & Son.

GRADE FOR MILK PURPOSES.

  • Bull, 2 years old, W. H. Small.
  • Bull, 1 year old, G. W. Johnson.
  • Bull calf, John Smith.
  • Cow, 4 years old, Wm. Appleton.
  • Cow, 3 years old, E. Greer.
  • Cow, 2 years old, W. H. Small.
  • Cow, 1 year old, J. Wildridge.
  • Heifer calf, Jesse Hopping.

$10, $10 AND $25 PURSE FOR CATTLE.

  • Bull, any age, Beckett & McConnell.
  • Second premium, Beckett & McConnell.
  • Cow, any age, Beckett & McConnell.
  • Second premium, Beckett & McConnell.
  • Best herd for beef, Becket & McConnell.
  • Second premium, Beckett & McConnell.
  • Best herd for dairy, J. C. Jenkins.

HOGS.

LARGE BREED.

  • Boar, 2 years old, John S. Jewett.
  • Boar, 1 year old, E. Wymond.
  • Sow, 2 years old, A. House.
  • Sow, 1 year old, J. S. Jewett.
  • Pair shoats under 6 months, A. House.

SMALL BREED.

  • Boar, 2 years old, C. H. Dunning.
  • Boar, 1 year old, A. D. Hopping.
  • Sow, 2 years old, A. D. Hopping.
  • Sow, 1 year old, W. Smith.
  • Pair shoats under 6 months, J. M. Hall.

$10 PURSE ON HOGS.

  • Boar, large breed, A. House.
  • Second premium, J. S. Jewett.
  • So, with 5 or more pigs, A. House.
  • Boar, small breed, C. H. Dunning.
  • Second premium, C. H. Dunning.
  • Sow, with 5 or more pigs, C. H. Dunning.
  • Second premium, A. D. Hopping.

SHEEP.

FINE WOOL.

  • Buck, over 2 years old, E. Butterfield.
  • Buck, over 1  year old, E. Butterfield.
  • Ewe, E. Butterfield.
  • Lambs, 2 in number, E. Buttefield.

LONG WOOL.

  • Buck, over 2 years old, J. S. Beckett.
  • Buck, over 1 year old, J. S. Beckett.
  • Ewe, J. S. Beckett.
  • Lambs, 2 in number, J. S. Beckett.

MIDDLE WOOL.

  • Buck, over 2 years old, A Works.
  • Buck, over 1 year old, J. S. Beckett.
  • Ewe, J. S. Beckett.
  • Lambs, 2 in number, J. S. Beckett.

$8 PURSE ON SHEEP.

  • Herd, 1st premium, J. S. Beckett.
  • Second premium, J. S. Beckett.

$20 PURSE ON STALLIONS AND MARES.

  • Stallion, Riddell & Norris.
  • Second premium, Riddell & Norris.
  • Brood mare, Riddell & Norris.
  • Second premium, L. W. Cobb.
  • Sucking colt, Ernest Grant.

$16 AND $10 PURSES ON SADDLE HORSES.

  • Horse, gelding or mare, J. H. McDaniels.
  • Second premium, Riddell & Norris.
  • Horse, gelding or mares 3 years old, A Gale.
  • Second premium, F. M. Ferguson.

$15 PURSE ON SINGLE HARNESS HORSES.

  • Horse, mare or gelding, Mark Bond.
  • Second premium, John Yaney.

$15 PURSE ON MATCHED HORSES.

  • Pair geldings or mares, J. C. Jenkins & Son.
  • Second premium, J. L. Mulford.

SPEED RING FOR HORSES.

  • Trotting horse, mare or gelding, B. Birney.
  • Second premium, F M Ferguson.
  • Third premium, Van Shanks.

HORSES FOR LIGHT DRAFT.

  • Stallion, 4 years old, Riddell & Norris.
  • Stallion, 3 years old, A. B. Holabird.
  • Stallion, 1 year old, F D Cobb.
  • Colt, under 1 year, Wm Wade.

MARES.

  • Mare, 4 years old, Ed Terrill.
  • Mare, 3 years old, Riddell & Norris.
  • Mare, 2 years old, W W Bryson.
  • Mare, 1 year old, E. S. Downey.
  • Colt, under 1 year old, L W Cobb.

GELDINGS.

  • Gelding, 4 years old, Van Shanks.
  • Gelding, 3 years old, A. Works.
  • Gelding, 2 years old, W. Botts.

BROOD MARES–$12 PURSE.

  • Best mare any age, Riddell & Norris.
  • Second premium, L. W. Cobb.

SPEED RING FOR HORSES.

  • Pacing horse, mare or gelding, F. M. Ferguson.
  • Second premium, T. S. Johnson.
  • Third premium, Jas Holmes.

EQUESTRIAN RING.

  • Lady diver, Lizzie Hall.
  • Second premium, Helen Buffington.
  • Gentleman rider, Joe Jenkins.
  • Boy rider, Morris Riddell.

USEFUL NEEDLE-WORK.

  • Silk quilt, Miss Augusta Seifert.
  • Worsted quilt, Mrs. S. A. Givan.
  • Calico quilt, Mrs. T. M. Kyle.
  • Worsted comfort, Mrs. Elizabeth Givan.
  • Calico comfort, Mrs. Carrie Campbell.
  • Knit comfort, Mrs. Keppling.
  • Hand woolen dress, Miss McClellan.
  • Machine calico dress, Miss Esther Griffin.
  • Machine child’s dress, Mrs. Mary Andrews.
  • Hand child’s dress, Miss Florence Givan.
  • Machine child’s sack, Miss McClellan.
  • Hand child’s sack, Mrs. M. E. Schub.
  • Machine shirt, Mrs. Mary Huff.
  • Machine gown, Esther Griffin.
  • Hand gown, Miss McClellan.
  • Machine chemise, Esther Griffin.
  • Hand chemise, Miss McClellan.

FANCY NEEDLE-WORK.

  • Canvas, Mrs. Keppling.
  • Cloth, Miss McClella.
  • Linen, Carrie James.
  • Muslin, Lizzie Langley.
  • Merino, Miss McClellan.
  • Lace, Clara Quigley.
  • Hair pin cushion, Lizzie Langley.

FANCY WORK.

  • Wax fruit, Mrs. E Cadwell.
  • Wax flower, Cora LaVake.
  • Hair work, Carrie Slater.
  • Shell work, N. B. Kimball.
  • Bead work, Lizzie Langley.
  • Skeleton leaves, Mrs. Wm. Downton.
  • Pin cushion, Lizzie Campbell.
  • Cardboard work, Blanche Knight.
  • Air castle, Blanche Knight.
  • Feather Flowers, Mrs. S. Kimball.
  • Worsted flowers, Mrs. M. E. Ritter.

CROCHET WORK.

  • Cotton crochet work, Mrs. Keppling.
  • Woolen work, Mrs. M. E. Shub.
  • Linen work, Jennie Glardon.
  • Silk work, Mrs. M. E. Shub.
  • Talting work, Lizzie Langley.
  • Embroidered skirt, Sennie Glarden.
  • Worsted foot stool, Martha McClellan.
  • Pillow cases, Mrs. S. H. Givan.
  • Pillow shams, Esther Griffin.

DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES.

  • Five yards Linsey, Mrs. M. Lee.
  • Five yards flannel, Mrs. M. E. Lee.
  • Five yards jeans, Mrs. M. E. Lee.
  • Rag carpet, Mrs. T. Davis.
  • Pair home-made blankets, Mrs. Lee.
  • Pair woolen stockings, Agnes Chaffin.
  • Pair woolen knit mittens, Mrs. T. Davis.
  • Pound woolen yarn, Mrs. M. Lee.
  • Foot mat, Mary A. Goodrich.
  • Hearth rug, Augusta Seifert.
  • Cotton knit stockings, Agnes Griffin.

FARM IMPLEMENTS.

  • Plow for general purposes, Wm. Clore.
  • Sod plow, general purposes, Wm. Clore.
  • Subsoil plow, Wm. Clore.
  • Shovel plow, Wm. Clore.
  • Sidehill plow, Wm. Clore.
  • Hoe, S. E. Laird.
  • Two horse harrow, Wm. Clore.
  • Axe handle, S. E. Laird.
  • Display farm implements, E. S. Downey.
  • Second premium, Wm. Clore.

MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS.

  • Photographic, A Zengel.
  • Sewing Machine, Wheeler & Wilson.
  • Display scroll work, John H Stier.
  • Display millinery goods, Martie McClellan.

POULTRY.

  • Buff coachin China chickens, C. L. Lee.
  • Portridge coachin China chickens, C. L. Lee.
  • Lighs Brahma chickens, J. Alder.
  • Dark Brahma chickens, C. L. Lee.
  • Brown Leghorn chickens, W. Humfeldt.
  • White Leghorn chickens, J. Alder.
  • Plymouth Rock chickens, J. Adler.
  • Ranton chickens, C. L. Lee.
  • Black Spanish chickens, J. Alder.
  • Same chickens, J Buffington.
  • Mixed or cross-breed, W F Kerr.
  • Ducks, C L Lee.
  • Turkeys, J. Alder.
  • Geese, Mrs. T. Davis.
  • Best display, C. L. Lee.

FLOWERS.

  • Display bedding out plants, S Humfeldt.
  • Display roses in bloom, S. Humfeldt.
  • Specimen rose in bloom, S Humfeldt.
  • Hanging basket, Mary D. Reese.
  • Display geraniums, S. Humfeldt.
  • Display cacti, S. Humfeldt.
  • Display dahlias, Mrs. Campbell.
  • Display cut flowers, S. Humfeldt.
  • Bouquet, S. Humfeldt.
  • Display greenhouse plants, S. Humfeldt.
  • Single plant of any kind in bloom, S. Humfeldt.

ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS.

  • Display artificial flowers, Mrs. S. E. Laird.

VEGETABLES.

  • ½ bu early potatoes, D. E. Clemens.
  • ½ bu late potatoes, S. H. Hayes.
  • ½ bu promising new variety, F. Holman.
  • Collection and display potatoes, J. M. Coon.
  • ½ doz. beets for table use, Holman.
  • ½ doz. sugar beets, S. H. Hayes.
  • ½ doz. manget wurzel, E. R. Sellers.
  • ½ doz. carrots, S. H. Hayes.
  • ½ doz. parsnips, S. H. Hayes.
  • ½ doz. cabbage, Frank Holman.
  • ½ doz. turnips, S. H. Hayes.
  • ½ doz. red onions, Leanard Randall.
  • ½ doz. yellow onions, S. H. Hayes.
  • ½ doz. white onions, Frank Holman.
  • ½ doz. tomatoes, S. H. Hayes.
  • 3 or more pumpkins, S. H. Hayes.
  • 3 or more squashes, S. H. Hayes.
  • Watermelon, E. S. Keaver.
  • Muskmelon, S. H. Hayes.
  • ½ gal. lima beans, W. F. Kerr.
  • Doz. ears sugar corn, Frank Holman.
  • ½ bu onion sets, S. H. Hayes.
  • ½ bu sweet potatoes, S. H. Hayes.
  • Kershaw pumpkin, Harvey Hopping.
  • Collection and display of vegetables, S. H. Hayes.
  • 2d premium, J. M. Coon.
  • Best sugar cane, H. Hopping.

GRAIN.

  • ½ bu white wheat, S. H. Hayes.
  • ½ bu red wheat, L. Randall.
  • ½ bu promising new variety, S. H. Hayes.
  • Display of wheat, S. H. Hayes.
  • Display of rye, L M Clemens.
  • ½ bu oats, J. Alder.
  • ½ bu spring barley, S. H. Hayes.
  • ½ bu fall barley, L Randall.
  • ½ bu white corn in ear, Amos Wright.
  • ½ bu yellow corn in ear, H Hopping.
  • ½ bu any other color, J. M. Coon.
  • ½ bu popcorn, N. V. Kimball.
  • Specimen broom corn, J. M. Coon.
  • Collection and display of corn, 1st, J. W. Clemens; 2d, J. M. Coon.

FRUITS.

  • Specimen fall apples, J. Campbell.
  • Display fall apples, B. Buffington.
  • Specimen winter apples, B. Buffington.
  • Display winter apples, B. Buffington.
  • Specimen pears, B. Buffington.
  • Display pears, B. Buffington.
  • Specimen white peaches, N. Kimball.
  • Specimen yellow peaches, S. H. Hayes.
  • Display peaches, S. H. Hayes.
  • Specimen grapes, N. Kimball.
  • Display grapes, S. H. Hayes.
  • Specimen quinces, N. Kimball.
  • Specimen plums, N. Kimball.
  • Display of fruit, 1st, S. H. Hayes; 2d, G. W. Turner.

BREAD AND CAKES—HOME-MADE.

  • Loaf wheat bread, milk or salt-rising, Mrs. A. S. Wood.
  • Loaf wheat bread, yeast rising, Mrs. A. S. Wood.
  • Loaf corn bread, Mrs. A. S. Wood.
  • Loaf rye bread, Mrs. A. S. Wood.
  • Sample pound cake, Mrs. A. S. Wood.
  • Sample fruit cake, Mrs. A. S. Wood.
  • Sample jelly cake, Mrs. A. S. Wood.
  • Sample pies, Mrs. A. S. Wood.
  • Collection bread and cakes, Mrs. A. S. Wood.

PICKLES.

  • Specimen sweet pickles, Mrs. A. S. Wood.
  • Display sweet pickles, Maggie Lozier.
  • Specimen sour pickles, Miss Lillie Griffin.
  • Display sour pickles, Miss Lillie Griffin.
  • Ocre pickles, Mrs. Quigley.
  • Mango pickles, Miss Lillie Griffin.

DRIED FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

  • Specimen dried fruit, W. F. Kerr.
  • Specimen dried vegetables, E. Clemens.
  • Collection dried fruits and vegetables, E. Clements.
  • Lard, Mrs. F. Withered.

DAIRY PRODUCTS.

  • Five pounds butter, Mrs. F. Withered.

CANNED FRUITS.

  • Specimen, Mrs. A S Wood.
  • Display, Miss E. Griffin.

FRUIT BUTTER.

  • Specimen, Mrs. T Davis.
  • Display, Maggie Lozier.

JELLIES.

  • Specimen, Mrs. F. Withered.
  • Display, Mrs. F. Withered.

PRESERVES.

  • Specimen, Mrs. T. Davis.
  • Display, F. Withered.

TABLE COMFORTS.

  • Sample maple sugar, Mrs. T Davis.
  • Gall maple molasses, Mrs. F. Withered.
  • Gall sorghum molasses, Richard Gregg.
  • Catsup, Maggie Lozier.
  • Specimen native wine, Mamie Griffin.

MISCELLANEOUS.

  • Display hardware, S. E. Laird.
  • Display fancy drugs, C. C. Mueller.
  • Shoes made on ground, Dobel Bros.
  • Display groceries, Tebbs Bros.

Aurora Public Schools Roll of Honor – 1881

Rolls of Honor for the Aurora Public Schools in Dearborn County, Indiana for 1881 appeared in:

Aurora Dearborn Independent – 13 Jan 1881 – Page 3, Column 4

Roll of Honor—Aurora High School.

No. 10–Nettie Taylor, Simon Siemantel.

No. 9–Jay C. Smith, Aurelia Dennerlien, Ninna Pattison, Letta Dyer, Nettie Hopping, Mamie Gould, Julia James, Ella Sqibb, Oliver Hall, Lillie Wilke, Jesse Hopping, Frank Wildridge, Harry McGuire, Bertha Merkel, Emma Reese, Luther Cheek, Harry Gerard, Maud Sargent, Agnes Kastner, Johnnie Herdegen.

No. 8–Carrie Goldsmith, George Smith, Annie Williams, Mary Gates, Carrie Rectanus, Henry Wilson, Ella House, Ella Cadwell, Edith Conwell, Tillie Oester, Lillie Stuman, Laura Koehler, Emma Siemantal, Jacob Swift, Charlie McHenry, Carrie Stamm.

No. 7–Mary Stedman, Louis Hasing, Jennie Lukens, Mary McDowell, Clemmie Lukens, Corda Sassaman, Jessie Smith, Sallie Watts, Alice Watts, Eliza Billingsly, Mary Billingsly, Lulie Siemantel.

No. 6–Emma Smith, Charlie Niebaum, Sam McDowell, Alva Fisk, Willie Stier, Frank Vandergrift, E[?] Langtree, Willie Pattison, George Smith, Florence Sawdon.

No. 5–Frances Smith, Mabel Orchard, Mamie Kassebaum, Silvia McCreary.

No. 4–Willie Vail.

No. 3–Clara Sassaman, Ida Klingelhoffer, Sarah Webber, Dora Willman, Dannie Sterling, Ivy Rea, Lida Ruese, Ida Horr, Mary Cork, Anna Brannoff, John Braunagel, Harry Roberts, Eddie Sommerfield, Chris Scholle, Henry Williams, Lizzie Willman, Ellen Gerrity, Harry Teany, Hattie Skirving.

No. 2–Harry Siemantel, Charley Kelver, Nellie Smith, Josie Smith, Lena Stukenburg, George Riley, Annie Stoll.

The following named pupils have neither been tardy nor absent during the month ending Jan. 7, 1881, in Room No. 1: Artie Creisig, Harry Kappall, John Karr, Henry Maloney, Henry Marsh, Andrew Martin, Charlie McClellan, Dick Ray, George Renner, Freddie Rudolph, Albert Siemantel, Joe Sokamp, George Webber, Linford Anderson, Lily Grant, Maggie Schaeffer, Minnie Shepherd, Grace Thomson, Mary Tinpam, Lydia Kleaver.

Aurora Dearborn Independent – 10 Feb 1881 – Page 3, Column 4

Honor Roll of the Aurora Public Schools for the Month Ending Feb. 4, 1881.

DISTRICT No. 1.

Room No. 1—The following pupils have been neither absent nor tardy during the month: Joe Lokamp, Freddie Houseman, Harry Kepple, Henry Maloney, Henry Marsh, Andrew Martin, Martie Mueller, George Webber, Lydia Kleaver, Dick Ray, Mary Ritter, Mary Turpam, Lizzie Weidner.

Room No. 2—Josie Smith, Nellie Smith, George Riley, Frank Maltby, Lena Stukenburg.

Room No. 3—Sarah Webber, Chris Scholle, John Braunagel, Clara Sassaman, Ida Horr, Dannie Sterling, Anna Bronnon, Ida Klingelhoffer, Lida Ruese, Dora Willman, Henry Wilhelm.

Room No. 4—Nora Steele, Lizzie Willman, Ruth Webber, Aggie Christie, Nettie Hunt, Katie Miller, Charles Siemantel, Maud Sibley.

Room No. 6—Emma Smith, Clara Chisman, Etta Langtree, Willie Billingsly, Sam McDowell, Charlie Niebaum, Geo. Smith, Ida Schumaker.

Room No. 7—Jessie Smith.

Room No. 8—Carrie Goldsmith, Ella Cadwell, Abbie Worcester, Henry Wilson, Tillie Oester, Fannie Foulk, Cassius McMullen, Frank Fisk, Vina Ruese.

Room No. 9—Mamie Gould, Jay Smith, Aurelia Dennerline, Nina Pattison, Anna Henderson, Nettie Hoppsng, Letta Dyer, Ella Squibb.

Room No. 10—A Class—Lizzie Hopping; B Class—Gray Pattison; C Class—J Nettie Taylor, Belle Staup, George Fisk, Hattie Platter, Jessie Cornwell, Ella Hubbartt.

DISTRICT No. 2.

Room No. 2—Birdie Wood, Grace McGuire, Grace Stedman, Harry Allington, Rosa House, Willie Owen, Nellie Gregory, Stanley McMullen, Florence Squibb, Inez Twentyman, Lina Wheeler.

Room No. 3—Mamie Beresford, Lounie Glass, Pierce Beresford, Katie Fisk, Arthur Bolinger, Emma Miller, Mary Sweet, Nora Griffith, Hattie Lamkin, Hattie Callahan, Clara Gregory, Lula Bailey, Nellie Denton, Agnes Lamkin.

Room No. 4—Horace Kelley, Maud Powers, Bird Hill, Anna Block, Frank Mulvaney, Lillie Tanners, Aggie Griffith, Everett Miller.

Aurora Dearborn Independent – 10 Mar 1881 – Page 3, Column 3

Honor Roll of the Aurora Public Schools for the Month Ending Mar. 4, 1881.

DISTRICT No. 1.

Room No. 10.

  • B Class—Gray Pattison.
  • C Class—George Fisk, Bell Stapp, Thomas Squibb, Nettie Taylor.

Room No. 9—Ella Squibb, Mamie Gould, Aurelia Dennerline, Annie Henderson, Jay C. Smith, Frank Wildridge, George Stedman, Oliver Hall, Lillie Wilkie, Nettie Hopping, Johnnie Herdegen, Harry Gerard, Jesse Hopping, Maud Sargent, Nina Pattison, Clara Goldsmith, Lulu Stark, Harry McGuire, Johnnie Vail, Agnes Kastner, Ralph Buffington.

Room No. 8—Lulie Williams, Vina Ruese, Tillie Oester, Abbie Worcester, Lizzie Kaster, Ella Cadwell, Ira VanHouten, Lillie Stamm.

Room No. 7—Carrie Blake, Mary Billingsly, Eliza Billingsly, Grant Bailey, Mary McDowell, Emma Mendell, Everett McGuire, Jennie Lukens, Gus Kastner, Mattie Johnson, Ella Hunt, Emma Hubbart, John Hopping, Florence Evans, Emma Epstein, Clara Epstein, Wayland Davis, Callie Kassebaum, Nannie Kassebaum, Louie Severin, Grace Wymond, Mary Woolever, Daisy Wymond, Mary Woolever, Daisy Williamson, Lucy Williams, Sallie Watts, Alice Watts, Roy Trester, Lulie Siemental, Cordie Sassaman, Mary Stedman, Charley Schub, Sadie Sargent, Frank Rectanus.

Room No. 6—Ida Schumaker, Charlie Niebaum, Sam McDowell, Etta Langtree, Carrie Junker, Fred Lockner, Mamie Evans, John Collins, Willie Stier, Elmer Gullion.

Room No. 5—Mamie Kassebaum, Francis Smith, John Maloney.

Room No. 4—Lizzie Wilman, Ruth Webber, Nora Steele, Lina Schmidt, Aggie Christie, Lizzie Goodpasture, Nettie Hunt, Willie Walson, Maud Sibley, Katie Miller, Carrie Kirsch, Paul Smith, Frank Norn, Lewis Adams, Andy Lochner, Dandie Rea, Charlie Peters, Isaac Carbaugh, Tillie Hauck.

Room No. 3—Sarah Webber, Chris Scholle, Lizzie Willman, Dora Willman, Lida Ruese, Guy McKain, Ida Klingelhoffer, Harry Teary.

Room No. 2—George Riley, Bennie Beinkamp, Josie Smith, Nellie Smith, Lena Stukenburg, Harry Siemental, Eddie Gay.

Room No. 1—The following named pupils have neither been absent nor tardy during the month ending March 4, 1881: Albert Bocklett, George Kyle, Henry Maloney, George Renner, Wallace Thompson, Emma Chory, Ella Deakin, Maggie Gehrish.

DISTRICT No. 2.

Room No. 1—Eddy Evans, Joseph Kennet, Gracie Cobb, Laura Tanner.

Room No. 2—Horace Kelly, Bird Hill, Maud Powers, Stella Sweet, Harry Fisk, Henry Mattox, May Allington, Aggie Griffith, Stanley Cobb, Florence Givan, Everett Miller, Curtis Fowler.

Room No. 3—Pierce Beresford, Lonne Glass, Nellie Denton, Hattie Callahan, Mamie Beresford, Lulu Bailey, Clara Gregory, Agnes Lamkins, Mary Sweet, Johnny Hubbartt, Katie Fisk, Onie Taylor, Ollie Macker, Eddie Schencks, Nellie Wehrman, Harry McAdams.

Room No. 2 [4]—Harry Allington, Vi Berkshire, Mamie Emrie, Nellie Gregory, Rosa House, Grace McGuire, Frank Mattox, Lizzie Potts, Florence Squibb, Guy Tyrrell, Lina Wheeler, Birdie Wood, Daisie Wildridge, Etta Bailey.

Aurora Dearborn Independent – 14 Apr 1881 – Page 3, Column 3

Honor Roll of the Aurora Public Schools for the Month Ending April 1, 1881.

Senior Class—Alta Squibb, Lizzie Hopping.

Room No. 10.

  • B Class—Gray Pattison, Nina Shutts, Emma Wood.
  • C Class—Nettie Taylor, Belle Stapp.

Room No. 9—Nina Pattison, Ella Squibb, Mamie Gould, Jay Smith.

Room No. 8—Carrie Goldsmith, Vina Ruese, Abbie Worcester, Tillie Oester, Ella Cadwell, Cassius McMullen, Lizzie Kaster, Lulie Williams, Minnie Kerr.

Room No. 7—Mary Billingsly, Eliza Billingsly, Callie Kassebaum, Nannie Kassebaum, Wayland Davis, Ella Hunt, Clemmie Lukens, Jennie Lukens, Everett McGuire, Mary McDowell, Jessie Smith, Mary Stedman, Roy Trester, Alice Watts, Sallie Watts.

Room No. 6—Emma Smith, Charlie Niebaum, George Smith, Ida Schumaker, Willie Pattison, Sam McDowell, Clara Chisman, Mamie Evans, Carrie Junker, Frank DuChemin, Harry Black, Lillie Radspinner.

Room No. 5—Mamie Kassebaum, Ella Reuse, Frank Bocklett.

Room No. 4—Lizzie Willman, Frank Worn, Aggie Christie, Harry Clark, Lina Schimt, Kate Miller, Ruth Webber, Charley Siemental, Maud Sibley, Carrie Kirsch, Ellie Hudson.

Room No. 3—Mary Cook, Ida Klingelhoffer, Sarah Webber, Chris Schoble, Henry Wilhelm, Clara Sassaman, Ivy Rea, Lida Ruese, Dora Willman, Tillie Redding.

Room No. 2—Harry Siementel, Bennie Beinkamp, Nellie Smith, Josie Smith, Lena Stukenburg, Henry Ruter, George Riley.

Room No. 1—The following named pupils have neither been absent nor tardy during the month ending April 1, 1881: Harry Bailey, Louie Bloom, Freddie Huseman, Henry Kappall, John Koehler, Henry Maloney, Andrew Martin, Walter Morand, John Peters, Dick Ray, Freddie Rudolph, George Stahl, Albert Siementel, Hiram Swift, Willie Thomas, George Webber, Phillip Webber, Clara Feustel, Maggie Gehrish, Lydia Kleaver, Mary Ritter, Emma Schattinger, Maggie Schaefer, Laura Schneider, Grace Thompson, Ernest Kassebaum, Mary Turpam, Lizzie Weidner.

Room No. 4—Bird Hill, Harry Fisk, Frank Malvany, Maud Powers, Stella Sweet, Henry Mattox, Aggie Griffith, Florence Givan, Stanley Cobb, Everett Miller, Jessie Wells.

Room No. 3—Pierce Beresford, Lonnie Glass, Lulu Bailey, Katie Fisk, Mary Sweet, Nellie Denton, Clara Gregory, Edie Schencks, Hattie Callahan, Mamie Bresford, Nellie Griffin, Ollie Maker.

Room No. 2—Harry Allington, Nellie Gregory, Rosa House, Grace McGuire, Stanley McMullen, Lina Wheeler.

Room No. 1—Charlie Black, Zephry Dunn, Charles Fisk, Joseph Kennit, Charles Stebbens, Willie Tyrrell, John Worcester, Eddie Newhouse, Eddie Luckens, Ollie Glass, Everett Fox, Gracie Cobb, Nellie McAdam.

Aurora Dearborn Independent – 5 May 1881 – Page 3, Column 3

Honor Roll of the Aurora Public Schools for the Month Ending April 1, 1881.

DISTRICT No. 1.

Senior Class—Lizzie Hopping, Alta Squibb, Rosa Schipper.

Room No. 10.

  • B Class—Nina Shutts.
  • C Class—Nettie Taylor, Simon Siemantel, Robert Squibb, Belle Stapp.

Room No. 9—Mamie Gould, Jay C. Smith, Oliver Hall, Frank Wildridge, Letta Dyer, Nettie Hopping, Lulie Stark, Mabel Boyd, Johnnie Herdegen, Emma Ruese, Edwin Baker.

Room No. 8—Ella Cadwell, Henry Wilson, Abbie Worcester, Abbie Holman.

Room No. 7—Carrie Blake, Mary Billingsly, Eliza Billingsly, Grant Bailey, Nannie Kassebaum, Callie Kassebaum, Clara Epstein, Emma Epstein, John Hopping, Ella Hunt, Gussie Kastner, Jennie Lukens, Peter Oswald, Frank Rectanus, Jessie Smith, Lulie Siemantel, Roy Trester, Sallie Watts, Alice Watts, Frank Wood, Louie Severin, Nora Kirsch, Lucy Williams, Laura Unger, Mary Stedman.

Room No. 6—Frank Duchemin, Sam McDowell, Clara Chisman, Walter Miller, Harry Black, Eddie Coutant, Alva Fisk, Carrie Reichert, Lillie Radspinner, Gussie Siemantel.

Room No. 5—Mamie Kassebaum, John Maloney, Ella Reuse, Aggie Schipper, Edith Grandy.

Room No. 4—Harry Clark, Aggie Christie, Nettie Hunt, Stella Lozier, Notie Lyon, Frank Norn, Charlie Siemantel, Maud Sibley, Katie Miller, Lizzie Willman, Isaac Carbaugh, Tillie Hauck, Carrie Kirsch, Pearl Lozier, Andy Lochner, Eddie Hopping.

Room No. 3—Sarah Webber, Rowena Smith, Lida Ruese, Mary Cook, Katie Stephens, Wallace Smith, Hattie Skirving, Anna Brannon, John Braunagel, Ida Horr.

Room No. 2—Harry Siemantel, Nellie Schneider, Addie Stedman, Bennie Beinkamp, Josie Smith, Nellie Smith, Lena Stukenburg, Alma Bloom, Frank Maltby, Willie Dennerline, Paul Richter, Henry Ritter, Andy Earlie.

Room No. 1—The following pupils have neither been absent nor tardy during the month ending April 29, 1881: Harry Kappall, Ernest Kassebaum, Willie Kleaver, John Koehler, Tommy Lochner, Henry Maloney, Henry Marsh, Freddie Niemont, John Peters, Dick Ray, Freddie Rudolph, Ollie Schipper, Albert Siemantel, Willie Thomas, George Webber, Phillip Webber, Clara Feustel, Lily Grant, Mary Ritter, Laura Schneider, Mary Turpam.

DISTRICT No. 2.

Room No. 4—Bird Hill, Maud Powers, Stella Sweet, Lillie Tanner, May Allington, Everett Miller, Stanley Cobb, James W. Lamkin, George VanHouten, Arthur Bolinger, Emma Blake, Ella Wood, Curtis Fowler.

Room No. 3—Mamie Beresford, Nellie Denton, Ollie Macker, Pierce Beresford, Clara Gregory, Lulu Bailey, Lonnie Glass, Mary Sweet, Katie Fisk, Hattie Callahan, Nellie Wehrman, Fannie Cloud.

Room No. 2—Vie Berkshire, James Billingsley, Arta Curtis, Mamie Emrie, Nellie Gregory, Rosa House, Grace McGuire, Stanley McMullen, Lizzie Potts, Grace Stedman, Flossie Squibb, Inez Twentyman, Lina Wheeler, Birdie Wood, Daisie Wildridge, Willie Owen.

Room No. 1—The following pupils have neither been absent nor tardy during the month ending April 20, 1881: Clarles Black, Ollie Glass, Eddie Lukens, Charles Stebbens, Eddie Newhouse, Geo. Burton, Gracie Cobb, Kary Clark, Ida Cloud, Maggie Calahan, Laura Tanner, Nelly McAdams.

Aurora High School Commencement – 1881

Graduates of Aurora High School in Dearborn County, Indiana in 1881 appeared in:
Aurora Dearborn Independent – 19 May 1881 – Page 3, Column 2

The graduating class of the Aurora High School for 1881 are Miss Nettie Cheek, Miss Lizzie Hopping, Mr. Frank Richt, Miss Rose Schipper, and Miss Alta Squibb. The commencement exercises will take place at the Opera House, on Friday evening of next week.

Aurora Fair Awards – 1880

Awards from the Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana Fair for 1880 appeared in:
Aurora Dearborn Independent – 16 Sep 1880 – Page 3, Column 6

PRIZE TAKERS AT THE AURORA FAIR OF 1880.

Wednesday’s Awards:

Horses for heavy draft:

  • Best stallion 4 years old and over, Jno. Mulford
  • Best stallion 3 years old, A. J. Utz.
  • Best stallion 2 years old, W. Turner.
  • Best stallion 1 year old, Chas. Miller.
  • Best colt under 1 year old, J. C. Jenkins.
  • Best mare 4 years old and over, B. Drake
  • Best mare 3 years old, W. Buffington.
  • Best mare 2 years old, Chas. Miller.
  • Best mare 1 year old, D. H. Clark.
  • Best colt under 1 year old, A. J. Utz.
  • Best gelding 4 years old or over, A. Parks.
  • Best gelding 3 years old, John Dickerson.
  • Best gelding 2 years old, W. McConnell.
  • Best mare of any age with colt, W. R. McConnell.
  • Second best, A. J. Utz.

Mules and Jacks.

  • Best jack of any age, J. W. Gaines.
  • Best jennet of any age, J. W. Gaines.
  • Best mule 3 years old and over, Lewis Lutton.
  • Best mule 2 years old, T. J. Cooper.
  • Best mule 1 year old, John Dills.
  • Best matched mules, Ed Clemmens.

Purse for Racking.

  • Best racking horse, mare or gelding, G. C. Graddy.
  • Second best, Wm. Wilber.

Thursday’s Awards:

Horses for General Purposes.

  • Best stallion 4 years old and over, Riddell & Norris.
  • Best stallion 3 years old, John R. Cole & Son.
  • Best stallion 2 years old, C. L. Lee.
  • Best stallion 1 year old, H. Abbott.
  • Best colt under 1 year old, Riddell & Norris.
  • Best mare 3 years old, Jno. R. Cole & Son.
  • Best mare 2 years old, Riddell & Norris.
  • Best mare 1 year old, G. W. Johnston.
  • Best colt under 1 year old, J. W. Conway.
  • Best gelding 4 years old and over, J. W. Clore.
  • Best gelding 3 years old, Riddell & Norris.
  • Best gelding 2 years old, R. L. Grant.
  • Best gelding 1 year old, J. A. Curtis.

Brood Mares.

  • Best mare of any age with colt, J. W. Conway.
  • Second best, Jno. Dickerson.

Cattle—Short Horns.

  • Best bull 4 years old and over, J. Beckett.
  • Best bull 2 years old and over, A. Hill & Son.
  • Best bull calf, A. Hill & Son.
  • Best cow 4 years old and over, Joe Beckett.
  • Best cow 3 years old, Sol Wright.
  • Best cow 2 years old, A. Hill & Son.
  • Best cow 1 year old, Sol Wright.
  • Best heifer calf, Joe Beckett.

Grade for Beef Purposes.

  • Best bull 3 years old, J. Kuhn.
  • Best bull calf, J. C. Jenkins.
  • Best cow 4 years old or over, J. C. Jenkins.
  • Best cow 3 years old, Joe Beckett.
  • Best cow 1 year old, Sol Wright.
  • Best heifer calf, J. C. Jenkins.

Baby Show.

  • The finest boy baby under 18 months old, Mrs. Geo. Johnson.
  • The finest girl baby under 18 months old, Mrs. Harriet Chisman.

Granges.

  • The Grange making the best display of farm, garden and orchard products, Pleasant View.
  • Second best, Wilmington.
  • Third best, Sparta.

Friday’s Awards.

Cattle—Alderney cattle.

  • Best bull 4 years old and over, J. C. Jenkins.
  • Best bull 3 years old, J. B. Vail.
  • Best bull 2 years old, Elias Small.
  • Best bull 1 year old, George W. Johnson.
  • Best bull calf, Ralph Collier.
  • Best cow 4 years or over, J. C. Jenkins.
  • Best cow 3 years old, J. C. Jenkins.
  • Best cow 2 years old, J. C. Jenkins.
  • Best cow 1 year old, J. C. Jenkins.
  • Best heifer calf, J. C. Jenkins.

Grade for milk purposes.

  • Best bull 4 years old and over, George W. Johnson.
  • Best cow 4 years old or over, Mrs. Julia Wildridge.
  • Best cow 3 years old, G. W. Johnson.
  • Best cow 2 years old, A. D. Hopping.
  • Best bull of any age with three or more of his calves, Sol Wright.
  • Second premium, J. Becket.
  • Best cow of any age with one or more of her calves, J. Becket.
  • Second premium, Sol Wright.
  • Best herd for beef, to consist of 1 bull, 1 cow with her calf and two heifers, all to belong to one person, Sol Wright.
  • Second premium, J. C. Jenkins.
  • Best herd for dairy, to consist of 1 bull, 1 cow with her calf and 2 heifers, all to belong to one person, J. C. Jenkins.
  • Second premium, G. W. Johnson.

 

  • Best stallion exhibiting 3 or more of his colts, Riddell & Norris.
  • Second premium, Cole & Sons.
  • Best brood mare exhibiting 2 or more of her colts, John Dickerson.
  • Second premium, Wm. Buffington.
  • Best sucking colt regardless of sex, Riddell & Norris.

Saddle Horses.

  • Best horse, mare or gelding, 3 years old, Robert Collins.
  • Second premium, G. C. Graddy.

Single harness horses.

  • Best horse, mare or gelding, John R. Cole & Sons.
  • Second premium, John R. Cole & Sons.

Matched Horses.

  • Best pair geldings or mares, William Robinson.
  • Second premium, W. E. Gibson.

Hogs.

  • Best boar, large breed, A. J. Houze.
  • Second premium, Wm. Cooper.
  • Best sow with five or more of her pigs, A. J. Houze.
  • Second premium, Wm. Cooper.
  • Best boar, small breed, C. H. Dunning.
  • Best sow with five or more of her pigs, A. D. Hopping.
  • Second premium, C. H. Dunning.

Large breed.

  • Best board, 1 year old, Ralph Collier.
  • Best sow 2 years old, A. J. Houze.
  • Best sow 1 year old, A. J. Houze.
  • Best pair of shoats under six months, A. J. Houze.

Small breed.

  • Best boar 2 years old and voer, C. H. Dunning.
  • Best boar 1 year old, A. D. Hopping.
  • Best sow 2 years old, A. D. Hopping.
  • Best sow 1 year old, C. H. Dunning.
  • Best pair shoats under six months, C. H. Dunning.

Sheep—Fine wool.

  • Best buck over 2 years old, E. Butterfield.
  • Best buck 1 year old, E. Butterfield.
  • Best ewe, E. Butterfield.
  • Best lambs, two in number, E. Butterfield.

Long wool.

  • Best buck over 2 years old, J. Becket.
  • Best buck 1 year old, J. Becket.
  • Best ewe, J. Becket.
  • Best lambs, two in number, J. Becket.

Middle wool.

  • Best buck 1 year old, E. Wymond.
  • Best ewe, J. Becket.
  • Best lambs, two in number, J. Becket.
  • Best herd, 1 buck, 2 ewes, 2 lambs, J. Becket.
  • Second premium, J. Becket.

Saturday’s Awards.

Horses for light draft.

  • Best stallion 4 years and over, Riddell & Norris.
  • Best stallion 3 years old, Riddell & Norris.
  • Best stallion 1 year old, Riddell & Norris.
  • Best colt under one year old, O. P. Cobb.
  • Best mare 4 years old and over, Ed. Terrill.
  • Best mare 3 years old, O. D. Cunningham.
  • Best mare 2 years old, C. L. Lee.
  • Best mare 1 year old, J. D. Hunt.
  • Best colt under 1 year old, John Dickerson.
  • Best gelding 4 years old and over, M. Giegoldt.
  • Best gelding 3 years old, Riddell & Norris.
  • Best gelding 2 years old, George Newman.

Brood mares.

  • Best mare of any age with colt, O. P. Cobb.
  • Second premium, W. C. Buffington.

Speed ring for horses.

  • Best pacing horse, mare or gelding, speed considered, J. T. Ricketts.
  • Second premium, J. T. Ricketts.
  • Third premium, John Piatt.

Equestrian ring—inside Amphitheatre.

  • Best lady driver, Clara Covington.
  • Second premium, Lizzie Billiter.
  • Best and most graceful lady rider, Mrs. Tomison.
  • Second premium, Lizzie Tufts.
  • Best gentleman equestrian, J. Curtis.
  • Best boy rider 15 years old or less, B. B. Mulford.

Articles manufactures by machinery.

  • Best pair woolen blankets, Mrs. A. G. Jackson.
  • Best ten years plain flannel, Mr. A. G. Jackson.

Needle work—useful.

  • Best silk quilt, Mrs. A. G. Jackson.
  • Best worsted quilt, Cora Early.
  • Best calico quilt, Miss L. Giffin.
  • Best worsted comfort, Mrs. Jackson.
  • Best calico comfort, Emma Hathaway.
  • Best knit counterpane, Tillie Baker.
  • Best silk dress, Mrs. Jackson.
  • Best made woolen dress, Mrs. Jackson.
  • Best made calico dress, Mrs. Jackson.
  • Best made child’s dress, Mrs. Twentyman.
  • Best made child’s sack, Mrs. Jackson.
  • Best made shirt, Mrs. M. E. Wymond.
  • Best made gown, L. Griffin.
  • Best made chemise, Jennie Glardon.
  • Best made drawers, Jennie Glardon.

Needle work—fancy.

  • Best specimens needle work on canvass, Mrs. T. W. McLean.
  • Best specimens needle work on cloth, Mrs. T. McLean.
  • Best specimens needle work on linen, Martha McClellan.
  • Best specimens needle work on muslin, Jennie Glardon.
  • Best specimens needle work on merino, Jennie Glardon.
  • Best specimens needle work on lace, Pearl Gault.
  • Best hair pin cushion, Lizzie Langley.

Fancy Work.

  • Best specimen wax flowers, N. B. Kimball.
  • Best specimen hair work, Rebecca Randall.
  • Best specimen shell work, N. B. Kimball.
  • Best specimen bead work, Martha McClellan.
  • Best specimen pin cushion, Lizzie Lindsay.
  • Best specimen card board work, Mrs. Jackson.
  • Best specimen air castle, Blanche Knight.
  • Best specimen feather flowers, Mrs. D. Clemmens.
  • Best specimen worsted flowers or wreath, Mrs. Henry Garrison.

Crochet work.

  • Best sample cotton crochet work, Mrs. K. Keppling.
  • Best sample woolen, Mrs. Schub.
  • Best sample linen, Mrs. Schub.
  • Best sample silk, Martha McClellan.
  • Best sample tatting, Mrs. Jackson.
  • Best lady’s braided wrapper, Martha McClellan.
  • Best transferred embroidery, Mrs. R. E. McCreary.
  • Best pair pillow cases, Mrs. Givan.
  • Best worsted footstool, Mrs. F. Stier.
  • Best pair pillow shams, Mrs. Jackson.

Domestic Manufactures.

  • Best 5 yards lindsey, Mrs. M. Lee.
  • Best 5 yards flannel, C. W. Mendell.
  • Best 5 yards jeans, Mrs. M. Lee.
  • Best 10 yards rag carpet, Mrs. T. Davis.
  • Best pair woolen knit socks, Mrs. Jackson.
  • Best pair woolen knit stockings, A. Tufts.
  • Best pair woolen knit mittens, Mrs. R. E. McCreary.
  • Best pair woolen knit gloves, Mrs. Jackson.
  • Best foot mat, Mrs. Jackson.
  • Best hearth rug, Ella Trester.
  • Best cotton knit stockings, Mrs. Keppling.

Farm Implements.

  • Plow for general purposes, E. S. Downey.
  • Shovel plow, E. S. Downey.
  • Side-hill plow, E. S. Downey.
  • Cultivator, Murdoch.
  • Corn planter, Calvert & Baker.
  • Grain drill, J. H. Denton.
  • Horse hay rake, W. H. Murdoch.
  • Mowing machine, separate, E. S. Downey.
  • Combined reaper and mower, set up, E. S. Downey.
  • Farm wagon, W. H. Murdoch.
  • Two-horse harrow, W. H. Murdoch.
  • Cider miller, E. S. Downey.
  • Cutting box, W. H. Murdoch.
  • Best display farm implements, E. S. Downey.
  • Second best, W. H. Murdoch.

Mechanical and Chemical Products.

  • Rustic flower stand, L. H. Greer.
  • Specimen cabinet work, N. B. Kimball.
  • Spring wagon, W. H. Murdoch.
  • Display scroll saw work by boy, John Stier.
  • Display saddle work, John Roberts.
  • Display harness work, P. Wheeler.
  • Display photographic work, J. N. Walton.
  • Bushel corn meal, Hayes.
  • Sewing machine, D. B. Beatty.
  • Step ladder, W. H. Murdoch.
  • Bar soap, Mrs. T. Davis.
  • Soft soap, Lizzie Dyke.
  • Display millinery goods, Gussie Cochran.

Poultry.

  • Pair buff cochin china chickens, C. L. Lee.
  • Partridge cochin china chickens, C. L. Lee.
  • Light brahma chickens, E. Hayes.
  • Dark brahma, C. L. Lee.
  • Brown leghorn, E. Hayes.
  • White leghorn, C. L. Lee.
  • Plymouth rock, G. Fisk.
  • Bantam, Anna Lane.
  • Black Spanish, C. L. Lee.
  • Game, E. Hayes.
  • Mixed cross breed, E. Hayes.
  • Ducks, E. Hayes.
  • Turkeys, C. L. Lee.
  • Geese, C. L. Lee.
  • Best display of poultry, not less than four varieties, C. L. Lee.

Flowers.

  • Best display of bedding out plants in bloom, as verbenas, petunias, portulaccas, phloxes, etc., E. Clements.
  • Specimen of rose in bloom, L. H. Greer.
  • Hanging basket, H. Garrison.
  • Display geraniums, L. H. Greer.
  • Display dahlias, Carrie Campbell.
  • Display cut flowers, Carrie Campbell.
  • Bouquet, Mrs. E. H. Niebaum.
  • Display greenhouse plants, Mrs. E. H. Niebaum.
  • Single plant of any kind in bloom, E. Clements.

Vegetables.

  • Best ½ bushel early potatoes, A. Tufts.
  • Best ½ bushel late potatoes, Frank Holman.
  • Best ½ bushel promising new variety, A. Tufts.
  • Best collection and display of potatoes, Frank Holman.
  • Best ½ dozen beets for table use, F. Withered.
  • Best ½ dozen sugar beets, E. Kerr.
  • Best ½ dozen mangel wurzel, H. D. Tufts.
  • Best ½ dozen carrots, C. M. Tufts.
  • Best ½ dozen parsnips, C. M. Tufts.
  • Best ½ dozen cabbages, H. D. Tufts.
  • Best ½ bushel red onions, N. B. Kimball.
  • Best ½ bushel yellow onions, Frank Holman.
  • Best ½ bushels white onions, E. Hayes.
  • Best 3 or more pumpkins, C. M. Tufts.
  • Best 3 or more squashes, J. P. Walker.
  • Best ½ gallon lima beans, A. Trester.
  • Best dozen ears sugar corn, C. Hayes.
  • Best Kershaw pumpkin, J. R. Cole.
  • Best ½ bushel onion sets, H. Garrison.
  • Best ½ bushel sweet potatoes, C. M. Tufts.
  • Best collection and display of vegetables, Frank Holman.
  • Second premium, J. Althup.

Grain.

  • Half bushel white wheat, A. Tufts.
  • Half bushel red wheat, E. Butterfield.
  • Half bushel promising new variety, C. L. Lee.
  • Display of wheat, R. B. Drake.
  • Display of rye, C. L. Lee.
  • Half bushel oats, R. B. Drake.
  • Half bushel spring barley, E. Hayes.
  • Half bushel fall barley, C. Hayes
  • Half bushel white corn in the ear, H. Oakes.
  • Half bushel yellow corn in the ear, D. C. Wright.
  • Half bushel any other color ear corn, John Clemens.
  • Half bushel pop corn, E. Butterfield.
  • Specimen broom corn, J. Kuhn.
  • Collection and display of corn, J. Kuhn.
  • Second premium, E. Hayes.

Fruits.

  • Specimen fall apples, N. B. Kimball.
  • Display fall apple, R. Clapp.
  • Specimen winter apples, R. Clapp.
  • Display winter apples, J. Kuhn.
  • Specimen pears, H. Barricklow.
  • Display of pears, H. Barricklow.
  • Specimen white peaches, H. Barricklow.
  • Specimen yellow peaches, W. Houze.
  • Display of peaches, H. Barricklow.
  • Specimen of grapes, R. Clapp.
  • Display of grapes, H. D. Tufts.
  • Specimen of quinces, S. A. Bundy.
  • Specimen of plums, C. M. Tufts.
  • Display of fruits, Blythe Buffington.
  • Second premium, N. B. Kimball.

Bread and cakes—homemade.

  • Loaf wheat bread, milk or salt rising, Nannie Griffin.
  • Loaf wheat bread, yeast rising, Mrs. A. F. Wood.
  • Corn bread, Mrs. A. F. Wood.
  • Rye bread, Mrs. Quigley.
  • Sample pound cake, Mrs. Quigley.
  • Sample fruit cake, Mrs. A. F. Wood.
  • Sample jelly cake, N. B. Kimball.
  • Sample pies, Mrs. Mary Plummer.
  • Collection of bread and cakes by one exhibitor, Mrs. A. F. Wood.

Pickles.

  • Specimen sweet pickles, Mrs. Carrie Campbell.
  • Display of sweet pickles, Mrs. Mary Plummer.
  • Specimen sour pickles, Mrs. D. C. Wright.
  • Display sour pickles, Mrs. A. G. Jackson.
  • Ocre pickles, Mrs. Quigley.
  • Mango pickles, Mrs. Quigley.

Dried fruit and vegetables.

  • Specimen dried fruit, Emma Ward.
  • Specimen dried vegetables, Mrs. Jackson.
  • Collection dried fruit and vegetables, Mrs. Jackson.
  • Ten pounds lard, Mrs. F. Withered.

Dairy products.

  • Five pounds butter, Mrs. E. Clemens.
  • Ten pounds cheese, Mrs. J. Kuhn.

Canned fruit.

  • Specimen, not less than 5 quart cans, Mrs. F. Withered.
  • Display canned fruits, Mrs. E. Griffin.

Fruit butter.

  • Specimen fruit butter, Mrs. H. Winkley.
  • Display fruit butter, Mrs. A. G. Jackson.

Jellies.

  • Specimen jellies, Mrs. Mary Plummer.
  • Display of jellies, Mrs. Jackson.

Preserves.

  • Specimen preserves, Mrs. T. Davis.
  • Display preserves, Mrs. F. Withered.

Table comfort.

  • Sample of maple sugar, Mrs. T. Davis.
  • Five pounds honey, A. Tufts.
  • Gallon maple molasses, Mrs. M. D. Tufts.
  • Catsup, Mrs. Mary Plummer.
  • Specimen native wine, Mrs. Carrie Campbell.

Aurora High School Commencement – 1880

The commencement of the Aurora High School in Dearborn County, Indiana for 1880 appeared in:
Aurora Dearborn Independent – 20 May 1880 – Page 3, Column 4

Commencement.
The Thirteenth Annual Commencement of the Aurora High School will take place at the Opera House tomorrow evening. An admission fee of ten cents to all parts of the house will be charged. Following is the programme:

  • MUSIC.
  • PRAYER.
  • MUSIC.
  • SALUTATORY.
  • Over the Alps Lies My Italy—Laura H. Scoble.
  • Rub or Rust—Jesse D. Taylor
  • Ruined Castles—Pem D. Holman.
  • Waning—Lena Wehe.
  • MUSIC.
  • The People We Meet—Harry Wilke.
  • Multum in Parvo—Fan W. Lukens.
  • The Wrong Hole—Frank D. Smith.
  • MUSIC.
  • Voices—Carrie L. Stratton.
  • Time and Chance—Chas. M. Beinkamp.
  • Unwritten Music—Rosa S. Foulk.
  • VALEDICTORY.
  • MUSIC.
  • CONFERRING DIPLOMAS.
  • MUSIC.
  • BENEDICTION.

Sunnyside School Roll of Honor – 1880

Rolls of honor of the Sunnyside School in Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana for 1880 appeared in:

Aurora Dearborn Independent – 15 Jan 1880 – Page 3, Column 5

Sunnyside School

  • Horace Kelley
  • Charley Kelley
  • Henry Mattox
  • Frankie Mattox
  • Bertie Potts
  • Harrie Block
  • Johnnie Long
  • Joseph Newhouse
  • Harry Buffington
  • Johnnie Newhouse
  • Harry Buffington
  • Johnnie Newhouse
  • Eddie Hulskamp
  • Venice Woolever
  • James Everett
  • Anna Block
  • Hattie Block
  • Stella Sweet
  • Mamie Sweet
  • Lizzie Potts
  • Birdie Wood

Aurora Dearborn Independent – 12 Feb 1880 – Page 3, Column 3

Honor Roll of Sunny Side School.

  • Horace Kelley
  • Charley Kelley
  • Henry Mattox
  • Frankie Mattox
  • Bertie Potts
  • Louie Block
  • Eddie Cheek
  • Johnnie Long
  • Joseph Newhouse
  • Venice Woolever
  • James Everett
  • Hattie Block
  • Annie Block
  • Stella Sweet
  • Mamie Sweet
  • Lizzie Potts
  • Birdie Wood

Aurora Dearborn Independent – 4 Mar 1880 – Page 2, Column 3

SUNNYSIDE SCHOOL.

  • Horace Kelley
  • Henry Mattox
  • Frankie Mattox
  • Birtie Potts
  • Louie Block
  • Joseph Newhouse
  • Harry Buffington
  • John Newhouse
  • Eddie Hulskamp
  • Venice Woolever
  • James Everett
  • Eugene Everett
  • George Minish
  • Artie Curtis
  • Allie Kassons
  • Charlie Fisk
  • Stella Sweet
  • Mamie Sweet
  • Lizzie Potts
  • Lillie Tanner
  • Belle Everett
  • Birdie Wood
  • Flossie Squibb
  • Gracie Cobb
  • Nellie McAdams

Aurora Dearborn Independent – 8 Apr 1880 – Page 3, Column 4

SUNNYSIDE SCHOOL.

  • Horace Kelley
  • Henry Mattox
  • Frankie Mattox
  • Birtie Potts
  • Joseph Newhouse
  • Louie Block
  • Harry Buffington
  • Johnnie Newhouse
  • Eddie Hulskamp
  • James Everett
  • Charlie Fisk
  • Artie Curtis
  • Albert Miller
  • Ollie Potts
  • Yepha Dunn
  • Hattie Block
  • Anna Block
  • Stella Sweet
  • Mamie Sweet
  • Lizzie Potts
  • Nellie Wehrmann
  • Birdie Wood
  • May Allington
  • Lucy Kasson
  • Laura Tanner
  • Gracie Cobb
  • Flossie Squibb
  • Jennie Minish
  • Nellie McAdams

Aurora Dearborn Independent – 29 Apr 1880 – Page 3, Column 7

SUNNYSIDE SCHOOL.

  • Horace Kelley
  • Charley Kelley
  • Henry Mattox
  • Frankie Mattox
  • Birtie Potts
  • Harrie Block
  • Joseph Newhouse
  • Johnnie Newhouse
  • Harry Buffington
  • Venice Woolever
  • James Everett
  • Charley Fisk
  • Artie Curtis
  • Wessie Griffin
  • Allie Kassons
  • Yepha Dunn
  • Ollie Potts
  • Stella Sweet
  • Mamie Sweet
  • Rosie House
  • Lillie Tanner
  • Belle Everette
  • Birdie Wood
  • May Allington
  • Gracie Cobb
  • Bena Canfield
  • Nellie McAdams

Aurora Dearborn Independent – 27 May 1880 – Page 3, Column 3

Honor Roll of Sunnyside School.

  • Charley Kelley
  • Henry Mattox
  • Frankie Mattox
  • Bertie Potts
  • Louie Block
  • Harry Block
  • Jos. Newhouse
  • Harry Buffington
  • Jas. Everett
  • Johnny Newhouse
  • Venice Woolever
  • Hattie Block
  • Annie Block
  • Stella Sweet
  • Mamie Sweet
  • Lizzie Potts
  • Rosa House
  • Nellie Wehrmann
  • Belle Everett
  • Birdie Wood
  • May Allington
  • Daisy Dyer
  • Flossie Squibb
  • Gracie Cobb
  • Nellie McAdams

Aurora Public Schools Roll of Honor – 1880

Rolls of Honor of the Aurora Public Schools in Dearborn County, Indiana for 1880 appeared in:

Aurora Dearborn Independent – 15 Jan 1880 – Page 3, Column 5

Honor Roll of the Aurora Public School.

Senior Class.

  • Lena Wehe
  • Laura Scoble

Room No. 10

  • Kittie Briddell
  • Nettie Cheek
  • Alta Squibb
  • Grey Pattison
  • Rosa Schipper
  • Lizzie Hopping
  • Elmer Hanover
  • Frank Richt
  • Maggie Lozier
  • Willie Milburn
  • Maggie Kessler
  • Anson Lukens
  • Nina Shutts
  • Lucy Cole
  • Maggie Mitchell
  • Carlton Grandy

Room No. 9

  • Ella Hubbartt
  • Emma Oester
  • Simon Siemantel
  • Nettie Taylor
  • Robert Squibb
  • Eddie Robertson
  • Lizzie Brewington
  • Nina Pattison
  • Frank Wildridge
  • J. C. Smith
  • Aurelia Dennerline
  • Charles McKenzie

Room No. 8

  • John Herdegen
  • Mary Gates
  • Ulysses Kelley
  • Louie Kassebaum
  • Lydia Wehe
  • Agens Kaster
  • Carrie Goldsmith
  • George Stedman
  • Mamie Bush
  • Maud Sargent
  • George House
  • Carrie Rectanus
  • Bertha Merkel
  • Reuben Smelley

Room No. 7

  • Charles Raner
  • Ella Cadwell
  • Nettie Dom
  • Mary Denton
  • Fannie Foulk
  • Albert Gregory
  • Abbie Holman
  • Lillie Hamilton
  • Maggie Kyle
  • Anna Koehler
  • Cassius McMullen
  • Charles McHenry
  • Tillie Oester
  • Frank Robertson
  • Vina Ruese
  • Frank Rectanus
  • George Squibb
  • Emma Siemantel
  • Lulie Siemantel
  • Fannie Griffith
  • Carrie Stamm
  • Carrie [?]
  • Edwin Trumbower
  • Dick Van
  • Abbie Worcester
  • Frank Wood
  • Willie Sedam
  • Lillie Stam

Room No. 6

  • Cora Wood
  • Mary Billingsly
  • Eliza Billingsly
  • Carrie Blake
  • Lulie Blake
  • Etta Miller
  • Jessie Smith
  • Lucy Williams
  • Emma Hubbartt
  • Ella Hunt
  • Louie Severin
  • Sadie Sargent
  • Mary Steman
  • Agnes Somerfield
  • Corda Sassaman
  • Mamie Kassebaum
  • Irene Wood
  • Grant Bailey
  • Everett McGuire
  • Daisy Williamson
  • Emma Epstein
  • Mary Flohr
  • Archie Sibley

Room No. 5

  • Charley Chandler
  • Eddie Contant
  • Carrie Cheek
  • Frank Duchemin
  • Clara Chisman
  • James Clark
  • Mamie Evans
  • Alva Fisk
  • Hannah Goldsmith
  • Annie Harwood
  • Carrie Harwood
  • Joseph House
  • Minte Kriete
  • Barbara Krentzer
  • John Collins
  • Jesse Lingenfelter
  • Fred Lochner
  • Harry McKenzie
  • Sam McDowell
  • Harry Noeble
  • Lilla Radspinner
  • Will Stier
  • Emma Smith
  • Florence Sawdon
  • Ida Schumacker
  • Will Sassaman

Room No. 4

  • Charley Shattuck
  • Eliza Elwell
  • Edith Grandy
  • Lillie Johnson
  • Sylvia McCreary
  • Emma Mueller
  • John Maloney
  • Everett Miller
  • Annie Mitchell
  • Harry McKain
  • Maud Powers
  • Ella Reuse
  • Mollie Robenstein
  • Frank Smith
  • August Stoll
  • Clifford Walton
  • Edgar Wheeler
  • Willie Zickendraht
  • Tillie Hood
  • Mamie Kassebaum
  • Agnes Griffith
  • Julia Spaeth

Room No. 3

  • Aggie Christie
  • Emma Miller
  • Frank Norn
  • Alice Platt
  • C. Schmidt
  • G. Van Houten
  • Willie Walson
  • Harry Wood
  • Ella Wood
  • John Williamson

Room No. 2

  • Harry Clark
  • Nellie Denton
  • Louie Glass
  • Daniel Jones
  • Alice Kaster
  • Katie Miller
  • Harry Orchard
  • Charlie Siemantel
  • Paul Smith
  • Maud Sibley
  • Nora Steel
  • Charley Robertson
  • Willi Vail
  • Perlie Lozier
  • Estelle Lozier
  • Lizzie T. Willman
  • Maggie Chandler
  • Tillie Hauck
  • Katie Fisk
  • Effie Hudson

Room No. 1 ½

  • Clara Gregory
  • Mamie Beresford
  • Pierce Beresford
  • Julia Grant
  • Freddie Ahmann
  • Rowana Smith
  • Alice Christie
  • Frank Bailey
  • Doctor Ireland
  • Wallace Smith
  • Willie Hinman
  • Clara Sassaman
  • Otto Christie

Aurora Dearborn Independent – 5 Feb 1880 – Page 3, Column 4

Honor Roll of the Aurora Public School.

Senior Class.

  • Lena Wehe

Room No. 10

  • Rosa Schipper
  • Frank Richt
  • Elmer Hanover
  • William Milburn
  • Anson Lukens
  • Alta Squibb
  • Kittie Briddle

Room No. 9

  • Ella Squibb
  • Jay Smith
  • Nina Pattison
  • John Stier
  • Frank Wildridge
  • Elwood Miller
  • Arka Trester
  • Ella Hubbartt
  • Lulie Wymond
  • Agnes Taylor
  • Emma Oester
  • Simon Siemantel
  • Nettie Taylor
  • Robert Squibb
  • Lew Hill
  • George Fisk
  • Julius Severin
  • Tom Squibb
  • Hattie Platter
  • Eddie Robertson

Room No. 8

  • Mary Gates
  • Ulysses Kelley
  • John Herdegen
  • Lydia Wehe
  • Carrie Rectanus
  • Ralph Buffington
  • George Stedman
  • Maud Sargent
  • Hulda Severin
  • Clara Emrie
  • Agnes Kastner
  • Mamie Bush

Room No. 7

  • Lillie Stamm
  • Dick Van
  • Abbie Holmes
  • Carrie Stamm
  • Fannie Smith
  • Vina Reuse
  • Emma Siemantel
  • Fannie Foulk
  • Albert Gregory
  • Tillie Oester
  • Lillie Speedy

Room No. 6

  • Emma Epstein
  • Ella Hunt
  • Callie Kassebaum
  • Ette Miller
  • Nannie Kassebaum
  • Annie Kreitlein
  • Jessie Smith
  • Mary Stedman
  • Eliza Billingsley
  • Carrie Emma Hubbartt
  • Annie Sommerfield
  • Lucy Williams
  • Gussie Kastner
  • Daisy Williamson
  • Sadie Sargent
  • Archie Sibley
  • Mary Billingsley
  • Lulie Blake
  • Cora Williamson

Room No. 4

  • Edith Grandy
  • Tillie Hood
  • Mamie Kassebaum
  • Silvia McCreary
  • Annie Mitchell
  • Alice Platt
  • Maud Powers
  • Mollie Rabenstien
  • Francis Smith
  • Harry Wood

Room No. 3—A Grade

  • Aggie Christie
  • Emma Miller
  • Andy Lochner
  • Frank Norn
  • Lina Schmidt
  • G. VanHouten
  • Willie Walson
  • Ella Wood

B Grade

  • Harry McAdams
  • Lula Bailey
  • Benny Beinkamp
  • Rena Cotter
  • Ida Horr
  • Ida Klingenhoffer
  • Lula Miller
  • Stanley McMullen
  • Louie Mitchell
  • H. Ritter
  • Lida Ruese
  • Katie Stevens
  • L. Stukaberg
  • Grace VanHouten

Room No. 2

  • Paul Smith
  • Nora Steel
  • Lizzie Willman
  • Maggie Chandler
  • Mamie Beresford
  • Nellie Denton
  • Lonnie Glass
  • Nannie Hood
  • Louie Adams
  • Katie Miller
  • Harry Orchard
  • Maud Sibley
  • C. Robertson
  • John Walker
  • Tillie Hauck
  • Clara Gregory
  • Harry Clark
  • Bessie Bleasdale
  • Effie Hudson
  • Dannie Jones
  • Carrie Kirsch
  • Charley Siemental

Room No. 1 ½

  • Nellie Smith
  • Rowena Smith
  • Clara Sassaman
  • Ellen Garrity
  • Tony Hauck
  • Guy McDain
  • Cornelius Swango
  • Dora Willman
  • Jennie Chisman
  • Jessie Wheeler

Aurora Dearborn Independent – 4 Mar 1880 – Page 2, Column 3

Honor Roll of the Aurora Public School.

Senior Class

  • Lena Wehe

Room No. 10

  • Lizzie Hopping
  • Rosa Schipper
  • Kittie Briddell
  • Alta Squibb
  • Nettie Cheek
  • Anson Lukens
  • Frank Richt
  • Nina Shutts
  • Gray Pattison
  • Elmer Hanover
  • Maggie Mitchell
  • Maggie Kessler

Room No. 9

  • Ella Hubbartt
  • Agnes Taylor
  • Jessie Cornwell
  • Emma Oester
  • Simon Siemantel
  • James Vail
  • Nettie Taylor
  • Nettie Siemantel
  • Robt. Squibb
  • Lew Hill
  • George Fisk
  • Julius Severin
  • John Backman
  • Eddie Robertson
  • Flora Saltmarsh
  • Hattie Platter
  • Nina Pattison
  • Dora Ray
  • Frank WIldridge
  • Aurelia Dennerline
  • Ella Squibb
  • Lulie Stark
  • Charlie McKenzie
  • Jesse Hopping
  • Esther Gregory
  • Elwood Miller

Room No. 8

  • John Herdegen
  • Mary Gates
  • Lydia Wehe
  • Carrie Goldsmith
  • Harry McGuire
  • Ralph Buffington
  • Louie Kassebaum
  • Carrie Rectanus
  • Clara Emrie
  • Hulda Severin
  • Maud Sargent
  • George Stedman
  • Agnes Kastner
  • Mabel Boyd
  • Willie Wehe
  • Ella Smith
  • Bertha Merkel
  • Lena Oester
  • Eddie Baker

Room No. 7

  • Lillie Hamilton
  • Vina Reuse
  • Lillie Stamm
  • Carrie Stamm
  • Abbie Holman
  • Fannie Foulk
  • Mary Denton
  • Fannie Smith
  • Lulie Siemental
  • Tillie Oester
  • Mary McDowell
  • Emma Siemantle
  • Abbie Worcester
  • Cassius McMullen
  • Dottie Canfield
  • Ella Cadwell

Room No. 6

  • Cora Wood
  • Ettie Miller
  • Annie Kreitlein
  • Mary Stedman
  • Eliza Billingsly
  • Sadie Sargent
  • Louie Severin
  • Daisy Williamson
  • Irene Wood
  • Mary Billingsly
  • Callie Kassebaum
  • Ella Hunt
  • Lulie Blake
  • Carrie Blake
  • Emma Epstein
  • Jesse Smith
  • Archie Sibley
  • Annie Somerfield
  • Grant Bailey
  • Louisa Haring
  • Laura Unger
  • Grace Wymond
  • Gussie Kastner

Room No. 4

  • Charley Carr
  • Stanley Cobb
  • Willie Christie
  • Louis Fowler
  • Edith Grandy
  • Aggie Griffith
  • John Hubbartt
  • Lillie Johnson
  • George James
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • Harry McCreary
  • Emma Mueller
  • Jno. Maloney
  • Everett Miller
  • Annie Mitchell
  • Harry McKain
  • Maud Powers
  • Ella Reuse
  • Harry Siegmundt
  • Julia Spaeth
  • Frank Smith
  • Aggie Schipper
  • Harry Wood
  • Willie Zickendraht

Room No. 1 ½

  • Rowena Smith
  • Wallace Smith
  • Josie Smith
  • Nellie Smith
  • Cornelius Swango
  • Guy McKain
  • Anna Brannon
  • Anna Siegmundt
  • Dora Willman
  • Kirby Purnell
  • Nellie Clark
  • Lina Wheeler
  • Alma Bloom
  • Anna Hartell
  • Charley Kepple
  • John Sokamp

Aurora Dearborn Independent – 8 Apr 1880 – Page 3, Column 4

Honor Roll of the Aurora Public School.

The following pupils have attained an average grade of 90 or above in attendance, deportment and scholarship:

Senior Class

  • Lena Wehe
  • Rosa Foulk
  • Pem Holman

Room No. 10

  • Lizzie Hopping
  • Rosa Schipper
  • Gray Pattison
  • Frank Richt
  • Kittie Briddell

Room No. 9

  • Ella Hubbartt
  • Agnes Taylor
  • Emma Oester
  • Simon Siemantel
  • Nettie Taylor
  • George Fisk
  • Lew Hill
  • Julius Severin
  • Tom Squibb
  • Hattie Platter
  • Nina Pattison
  • Frank Wildridge
  • Elwood Miller
  • Aurelia Dennerline
  • Ella Squibb
  • Esther Gregory

Room No. 8

  • Carrie Goldsmith
  • Ralph Buffington
  • Lydia Wehe
  • John Heredegen
  • Bertha Merkel
  • Louie Kassebaum
  • Agnes Kastner
  • Hulda Severin
  • Nannie Swift

Room No. 7

  • Tillie Oester
  • Emma Siemantel
  • Carrie Stamm
  • Abbie Holman
  • Charles Bauer
  • Dottie Canfield
  • Cassius McMullen
  • Abbie Worcester
  • George Squibb
  • Lillie Stamm
  • Anna Koehler
  • Fannie Foulk
  • Libbie Trester

Room No. 6

  • Carrie Blake
  • Etta Miller
  • Mary Billingsly
  • Emma Epstein
  • Cora Wood
  • Ella Hunt
  • Mamie Kassebaum
  • Annie Kreitlein
  • Louie Severin
  • Mary Stedman
  • Annie Somerfield
  • Lucy Williams
  • Grant Bailey
  • Annie Clark
  • Lulie Blake
  • Sadie Sargent
  • Gussie Kastner
  • Harry Wehe
  • Emma Hubbartt
  • Louisa Haring
  • Callie Kassebaum
  • Peter Oswald
  • Grace Wymond

Room No. 5

  • Nora Brewington
  • Carrie Cheek
  • Clara Chisman
  • Jas. Clark
  • Frank DuChemin
  • Mamie Evans
  • Alva Fisk
  • Carrie Harwood
  • Minta Kinte
  • Barbara Kentzer
  • Walter Muller
  • Nellie Lamb
  • Allie Moore
  • Sam McDowell
  • Frank Neagle
  • Will Pattison
  • Lillie Radspinner
  • Will Stier
  • Emma Smith
  • Ida Schumacker

Room No. 4

  • Sylvia McCreary
  • Agnes Griffith
  • Maud Powers
  • Harry Wood
  • Harry McKain
  • Gussie Kleaver
  • John Maloney

Room No. 2

  • Pierce Beresford
  • Maud Sibley
  • Willie Vail
  • Lizzie Willman
  • Charley Wehe
  • Tillie Hauck
  • Mamie Beresford
  • Hayes Buffington
  • Harry Clark
  • Dannie Jones
  • Alice Kaster
  • Louie Adams
  • Harry Orchard
  • Harry Shepard
  • Charley Robertson
  • Freddie Ahman
  • Clara Gregory
  • Anna Faulkner
  • Katie Fisk
  • Lonnie Glass
  • Leonard Puchta
  • Effie Hudson
  • Carrie Kirsch

Room No. 1 ½

  • Nellie Smith
  • Rowena Smith
  • Josie Smith
  • Clara Sassaman
  • Wallace Smith
  • Charley Kepple
  • Ella Maloney
  • Alma Bloom
  • Charley Davis
  • Cornelius Swango
  • Paul Reichert
  • Harry Siemantel
  • Dora Willman
  • Barbara Fewl
  • Julius Hauck
  • Luie Walker
  • Charley Day

Aurora Dearborn Independent – 29 Apr 1880 – Page 4, Column 6

Honor Roll of the Aurora Public School.

The following pupils have attained an average grade of 90 or above in attendance, deportment and scholarship:

Room No. 10

  • Gray Pattison
  • Nena Shutts
  • Lizzie Hopping
  • Willie Milburn
  • Rosa Schipper
  • Kittie Briddell
  • Alta Squibb
  • Maggie Mitchell
  • Frank Richt

Room No. 9

  • Lulie Wymond
  • Agnes Taylor
  • Jessie Cornwell
  • Emma Oester
  • Nettie Taylor
  • Robert Squibb
  • Geo. Fisk
  • Julius Severin
  • Tom Squibb
  • Eddie Robertson
  • Charlie McKenzie
  • Nina Pattison
  • Lillie Wilke
  • Dora Ray
  • Frank Wildridge
  • Jay Smith
  • Elwood Miller
  • Clarara Goldsmith
  • Aurelia Dennerline
  • Ella Squibb
  • Lulie Stark
  • Esther Gregory

Room No. 8

  • Louis Kassebaum
  • Carrie Goldsmith
  • Agnes Kastner
  • Ralph Buffington
  • Hulda Severin
  • Bertha Merkel
  • Lena Oester
  • Ellie Coulter
  • Mabel Boyd
  • Carrie Rectanus
  • Nettie Hopping
  • Nannie Swift
  • Clara Emrie
  • Oliver Williamson
  • Johnnie Vail
  • Harry McGuire
  • Lettie Dyer
  • George Stedman
  • Edwin Baker

Room No. 7

  • Mary Denton
  • Abbie Holman
  • Lillie Hamilton
  • Tillie Oester
  • Fannie Foulk
  • Vina Ruese
  • Abbie Worcester
  • Lillie Stamm
  • Carrie Stamm
  • Emma Siemantel
  • Mary McDowell
  • Ella Cadwell
  • Laura Koehler
  • Fannie Smith
  • Jacob Swift

Room No. 6

  • Lulie Blake
  • Carrie Blake
  • Ella Hunt
  • Cora Wood
  • Eliza Billingsly
  • Mary Billingsly
  • Mamie Kassebaum
  • Callie Kassebaum
  • Corda Sassaman
  • Jessie Smith
  • Sadie Sargent
  • Lucy Williams
  • Willie Crawford
  • Emma Epstein
  • Louisa Haring
  • Etta Miller
  • Mary Stedman
  • Grace Wymond
  • Grant Bailey
  • Daisy Williamson
  • Emma Hubbartt
  • Frank Hurlbert
  • Annie Somerfield
  • Roy Trester
  • Laura Unger
  • Gussie Kastner
  • Everett McGuire

Room No. 5

  • Alva Fisk
  • Will Stier

Room No. 4

  • Emma Blake
  • John Beinkamp
  • Charley Shattuck
  • Gussie Kleaver
  • Mamie Kassebaum
  • John Maloney
  • Harry McKain
  • Maud Powers
  • Ella Reuse
  • Mollie Robenstien
  • H. Siegmundt
  • Julia Spaeth
  • Francis Smith
  • Agatha Schipper
  • Harry Wood
  • Willie Zickendraht

Room No. 3

  • Grace VanHouten
  • Katie Stephens
  • L. Stukaberg
  • Mary Cook

Room No. 2

  • Paul Smith
  • Maud Sibley
  • Nora Steele
  • Willie Vail
  • Lizzie F. Willman
  • Pierce Beresford
  • Mamie Beresford
  • Nellie Denton
  • Alice Kaster
  • Anna Faulkner
  • Harry Clark
  • Harry Orchard
  • Katie Fisk
  • Lonnie Glass
  • Dannie Jones
  • Clara Gregory
  • Tillie Hauck

Room No. 1 ½

  • Nellie Smith
  • Clara Sassaman
  • Rowena Smith
  • Josie Smith
  • Willie Dennerline
  • Anna Brannon
  • Ella Maloney
  • Alma Bloom
  • Wallace Smith
  • Emma Hurley
  • Forest Walker
  • Lina Wheeler
  • John Sokamp
  • Charley Carl
  • Tony Hauck
  • Inez Twentyman
  • Leonard Shultz
  • Charley Kapple
  • Dora Willman

Aurora Dearborn Independent – 21 Oct 1880 – Page 3, Column 3

Honor Roll of the Aurora Public School.

The following pupils have attained an average grade of 90 percent or above in attendance, deportment and scholarship, are entitled to be on our honor roll:

Room No. 10, A Class

  • Alta Squibb

Room No. 10, B Class.

  • Gray Pattison
  • Nina Shutts
  • Maggie Mitchell
  • Maggie Kessler
  • Emma Wood

Room No. 10, C Class

  • Nettie Taylor
  • Belle Stapp
  • Harry McMullen
  • Robert Squibb
  • John Backman
  • Julius Severin
  • Ella Hubbartt
  • Hattie Platter
  • James Vail
  • Thomas Squibb

Room No. 9

  • J. Curtis Smith
  • Lizzie Brewington
  • Mamie Gould
  • Ella Squibb
  • Nina Pattison
  • Aurelia Dennerline
  • Frank Wildridge

Room No. 8

  • Lulie Williams
  • Ella House
  • Lillie Stamm
  • Carrie Stamm

DISTRICT No. 2.

Room No. 4

  • Horace Kelley
  • Bird Hill
  • Anna Block
  • Maud Powers
  • Aggie Griffith

Room No. 3

  • Hattie Lamkin
  • Mamie Beresford
  • Nora Griffith
  • Nellie Griffin
  • Grace Van Houtan
  • John Newhouse
  • Arthur Bolinger
  • Geo. Van Houtan
  • Pierce Beresford

Room No. 2

  • Josie Smith

Aurora Dearborn Independent – 11 Nov 1880 – Page 3, Column 4

Honor Roll of the Aurora Public School.

The following pupils having attained an average grade of 90 percent or above in attendance, deportment and scholarship, are entitled to be on our honor roll:

Senior Class.

  • Nottie Cheek
  • Lizzie Hopping
  • Frank Richt
  • Rosa Schipper
  • Alta Squibb

Room No. 10.

  • Jessie Cornwell
  • Ella Hubbartt
  • Harry McMullen
  • Thomas Squibb
  • Robert Squibb
  • Simon Siemantel
  • Nettie Taylor
  • Maggie Mitchell
  • Gray Pattison
  • Nina Shutts
  • Emma Wood

Room No. 9.

  • Mamie Gould
  • J. Curtis Smith
  • Nina Pattison
  • Aurelia Dennerlein
  • Ella Squibb
  • Frank Wildridge
  • John Stier
  • Lizzie Brewington
  • Lillie Wilke
  • Luther Cheek
  • Jesse Hopping
  • Oliver Hall
  • Lulie Stark
  • Letta Dyer
  • Nettie Hopping
  • Johnnie Herdegen
  • May Boyd

Room No. 8.

  • Carrie Goldsmith
  • Ella Cadwell
  • Abbie Holman
  • Lulie Williams
  • Tillie Oester

Room No. 7.

  • Louie Severin
  • Charlie Shub
  • Everett H. McGuire
  • Alice Wats
  • Sallie Wats
  • Norah Kirsch
  • Clemmie Lukens
  • Archie Sibley
  • Hattie Johnson
  • Emma Hubbartt
  • Carrie Blake
  • Mary McDowell
  • Mary Woolever
  • Lulie Siemantel
  • Ella Hunt
  • Lucy Williams
  • Jessie Smith
  • Laura Unger
  • Sadie Sargent
  • Eliza Billingsly
  • Mary Billingsly
  • Jennie Lukens
  • Gus Kastner

Room No. 6.

  • Clara Chrisman
  • Emma Oester
  • Willie Billingsly
  • Alva Fisk
  • Allie Moore
  • George Smith

Room No. 5.

  • May Kassebaum
  • Frances Smith
  • Ella Reuse
  • Mabel Orchard
  • John Maloney
  • Frank Tufts
  • Sylvia McCreary

Room No. 4.

  • Lulu Burke
  • Maggie Burke
  • Harry Clark
  • Aggie Christie
  • Alice Christie
  • Tillie Hauck
  • Nettie Hunt
  • Dannie Jones
  • Carrie Kirsch
  • Andy Lochner
  • Katie Miller
  • Willie Naegel
  • Harry Orchard
  • Willie Vail
  • Lizzie Willman
  • Willie Walson
  • Harry Koehler

Room No. 3.

  • Katie Stephens
  • William Sterling
  • John Braunagel
  • Lula Bailey

SECOND DISTRICT.

Room No. 4.

  • Horace Kelley
  • Bird Hill
  • Harry Fisk
  • Annie Block
  • Maud Powers
  • Lillie Tanner
  • Alice Platt

Room No. 3.

  • Nannie Hood
  • Mamie Beresford
  • Nellie Denton
  • Pierce Beresford
  • Lonnie Glass
  • Hattie Callahan
  • Mary Sweet
  • Johnny Newhouse
  • Ivia Duvall
  • Ollie Macker
  • Katie Fisk
  • Aurthur Bolinger
  • Iona Taylor
  • Clara Gregory

Room No. 2.

  • Harry Allington
  • James Billingsly
  • Josie Haynes
  • Rosa House
  • Grace McGuire
  • Stanley McMullen
  • Grace Stedman
  • Flossie Squibb
  • Guy Tyrrell
  • Bird Wood
  • Daisy Wildridge
  • Lida Downey