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1923 BELLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL – THE PIONEER Seniors Lloyd Bell “Bell” Basketball guard Johnnie Marie Brooks “Johnny” Class Poet Eva Fisher “Kid” Volleyball Jump center Louise Holland “Min” Volleyball sub Wilfred Louwien “Bill” Class Prophet & Basketball forward Dora Lea Mahnke Marguerite Meyer “Maggie” Erhard H. Mittanck “Mitt” Emilia Peschke “Snooks” Volleyball side center Wyona Lucille Reinecker “Cille” Mercedes Trenckmann “Sadie Girl” Class Historian & Vball guard Leah Weige “Nooksie” Class President Juniors Edwina Meissner Class Secretary Oscar Hilburn Class Vice-Pres & Basketball forward Lela Steck Leslie Boelsche Basketball guard Blanche Chatham Class President Reese Willrodt Basketball center Delores Ebert George Robert Boynton Emma Perrine Chester Bartay Magdeline Steck Sophomores Anita Sander Class President Lena Hoffmann Class Vice-President Adelheid Machemehl Class Secretary Twelve shown in class picture. Top row – Rosa Sander, Clover Peschke. Middle row – unknown, Adelheid Machemehl, Homer Strauss. Front row – Lena Hoffmann, Rose Matthaei, Alfred Kroulik, Rosa Lee Mettke, Anita Sander, Esther Poch, Nettie Remmert. Freshman Louis Machemehl Class President Lillie Ueckert Class Vice President Hildegarde Schumann Class Secretary Nineteen shown in class picture. Sub-Freshmen Twenty three shown in class picture. Two basketball subs who were most likely sophomores were George Robert Boynton and Reese Frank. Three girls were on the volleyball team, possibly sophomores were Esther Poch *– forward; Clover Peschke *– forward; and Alice Soeton – guard. Scchool Board of Trustees C. Schauerhammer, President A.A. Sander B.E. Strauss, Asst. secretary H.F. Granau, 1st V. President W. Weige W.C. Westermann, 2nd V. President Dr. O.E. Trenckmann, Board Physician Faculty J.T. Shaver, Superintendent R.V. McGee, Principal, Physics & agri. & Basketball coach Miss Lucile Miller Math & Volleyball coach Miss Louise Louwien English Primary and Intermediate Teachers Miss Ellen Kloss Miss Clara Brugger Miss Viola Weice Miss Nona Laws Miss Louise Peschke Miss Ruby Grote Austin County State Bank Officers Max Bader, President L.A. Machemehl, Active Vice-President E.T. Vogelpohl, Cashier L.F. Weige, Asst. Cashier Herbert Vogelpohl, Asst. Cashier First National Bank Officers and Directors C.F. Hellmuth, President H.F. Granau, Sr., Vice President H.T. V. Rosenberg, Cashier H.O. Fisher, Assistant Cashier Monroe Waak, Bookkeeper C.F. Hellmuth Ullrich Kloss A.A. Sander H.T. V. Rosenberg H.F. Granau, Sr. Hy. Vornkahl, Sr. August Steck *Shown as Juniors in 1924.