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1923 Bellville High School


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.


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