The Class of 1911

Kathryn Allen,

Doris Elizabeth Best, Mildred Jane Best, Margaret Bickenbach, Mildred Lucile Briggs, Edward Erp Brockhausen,

Gladys Jane Calkins, Mabelle Mae Chapple, Chloe Kellum Clement, Doris Collins, Martha Alice Courtney, Carrol Albert Crawford,

Joseph Raphael Dailey, Hazel Beatrice DeJongh, Urvin Rollo DeVoe, Carl Bush Dippell, Ralph Ellsworth Dippell, Martha Anna Dittman, Francis May Dittmar, Kathryn Elinor Doyle, Marie Cecelia Doyle,

James Goddard Ewing,

Ralph Abraham Fischer,

George Gartman, Wilbur Aigley Goddard, Helen Elizabeth Graham, Ralph Emery Grossman, Ray William Grumbine,

Bernice Jacqueline Hart, Clarence Vernon Heck, Helen Harriet Hill, Clara Louise Hinderks, Harry Dale Hineline, Harry Holland Hoyman, Agnes Cecelia Hughes,

Jacob Ills,

Laura Kellogg, Doris Eleanor Kruse,

Edward Sylvester Lawless, Earl Lawver, Charles Ernest Lee, Lillian Ottilie Levien, Oakley Lloyd, Ethel Mae Lord,

Florence Gertrude Matter, Gertrude Frances MacCaull, Clarence John Mease, William Alfred Molter,

Kathleen Patricia O'Connor, Kent Jones Owens, Florence Oyler,

Joan Cathrine Peck, Leslie Francis Phillips, Helen Anna Prall,

Anna Lucile Riner, Ralph Roscoe Ritzman, Francis John Ryan, Florence Levon Rye,

Marguerite Gertrude Salsbury, Freda Marie Schaefer, Anna Marie Schmidt, Elsie Marie Schulz, Isabelle Diana Siems, Earl Boyd Stout, Mary Frances Sullivan,

Fred Rush Thompson, Harold Azelle Tubbs, Luther Loyal Turner,

Ruth Amelia Ward, Sara Taylor Warner, Esther Marie Wilkie, Sara Wright,

Walter Young.

World War I Veterans from the Class of 1911

Charles E. Beck served at the Naval officers' Training Camp.

Edward Brockhausen served with the 306 Ammunition Train, 81st Division "Wildcats" in France. He had been Editor of the bi-monthly Polaris student newspaper. He was seriously injured in the war, and was hospitalized for the rest of his life.

Carroll Crawford was an Assistant Instructor of Theory in the Radio Department at Harvard University.

Joseph Dailey served 18 months with the Ordinance Department.

Corporal Carl Dippell served with the Signal Corps.

James Ewing was discharged for physical reasons.

Ralph Fischer served with The Forrester's Reserve in France.

Ralph E. Grossman served with the S.A.T.C.

Wilber A. Goddard trained at Camp Funston, Florida.

Harry Hoyman, Senior Class President, served with Company H, 8th Regular Infantry, in Siberia. There are two stories about his service: http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/lookingbacksib.htm, and http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/hoyman.htm.

Lieutenant Earl Lawver served in the Infantry.

Clarence Mease was in the N.D. Infantry.

Ensign Kent J. Owens was the Assistant Paymaster aboard the U.S.N. Cruiser "San Diego."

Sergeant Francis Ryan was in the Signal Corps.

Lieutenant Ralph Ritzman served at the University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Lieutenant Luther L. Turner served with the Medical Corps, overseas.

Fred Thompson served with the Student Medical Reserve Corps in Chicago.

What happened to the Class of 1911
(from the 1915 Polaris & other sources)

Kathryn Allen works at St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago.

Doris Best works at the State Bank in Freeport. Mildred Best is a teacher in Freeport. Margaret Bickenbach married Mr. Moore and lives in Waterloo, Iowa. Mildred Briggs is a student at Cornell College. Edward Brockhausen is a student at the University of Wisconsin.

Gladys Calkins married Mr. Hollis and lives in Chicago. Mabelle Chapple is a domestic science teacher in Greenfield, Illinios. Chloe Clement is a stenographer in Freeport. D. Collins is a teacher in Michigan. Martha Courtney is a teacher in Freeport Carrol Crawford is a student at Carthage College.

Chloe Clement owned & operated the Top Notch Restaurant at 112 W. Main St. She married Howard "Puff" Rice.

Joseph Dailey is a stenographer in Chicago. Hazel DeJongh is a stenographer for the Journal Standard in Freeport. Urvin DeVoe is a student at Northwestern University. Carl Dippell is a student at the University of Illinois. Ralph Dippell is a student at the University of Illinois. Martha Dittman is a stenographer in Freeport. Francis Dittmar is a stenographer in Freeport. Kathryn Doyle married Mr. Kline and lives in Freeport, Marie Doyle is a teacher in Waukegan, Illinois.

James Ewing is a student at Beloit College.

Ralph Fischer is a student at the University of Illinois.

Wilbur Goddard is assistant manager at H. A. Hillmer Company in Freeport. Helen Graham is a teacher in Cedarville. Ralph Grossman is a student at the University of Illinois. Ray Grumbine works at Moline Plow Company in Freeport.

Bernice Hart is a bookkeeper in Freeport. Vernon Heck is a farmer near Cedarville. Helen Hill is a bookkeeper at Stukenberg & Borchers in Freeport. Clara Hinderks is a teacher in Freeport. Harry Hineline is a student at the University of Wisconsin. Harry Hoyman is in the livery business in Freeport. Agnes Hughes is a stenographer in the I.C. office in Freeport.

Laura Kellogg married and moved to Detroit, Michigan. Doris Kruse lives at home in Freeport.

Doris Kruse, Senior Class Secretary, married Harry Hoyman.

Edward Lawless works at the I.C. office in Freeport. Earl Lawver is a manual training teacher in Mobile, Alabama. Charles Lee works at Moline Plow Company in Freeport. Lillian Levien is a teacher in Freeport. Ethel Lord lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Florence Matter is a student at Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois. Gertrude MacCaull is a dressmaker in Freeport. Clarence Mease is a printer at Rawleigh's in Freeport. William Molter works for Williamsburg Insurance Company in Freeport.

Kathleen O'Connor is a teacher in Freeport. Kent Owens is a law student in Chicago. Florence Oyler is a student at Northwestern University.

Joan Peck is a stenographer in Freeport. Leslie Phillips is a merchant in Damascus, Illinois. Helen Prall married Mr. Bechtold and lives in Freeport.

Anna Riner lives at home in Freeport. Ralph Ritzman is a student at the University of Wisconsin. Francis Ryan lives at home in Freeport. Florence Rye is a teacher in Freeport.

Marguerite Salsbury is a teacher in Freeport. Freda Schaefer is a student at the University of Minnesota. Anna Schmidt is a student at the University of Wisconsin. Elsie Schulz is a bookkeeper in Freeport. Isabelle Siems is a teacher in Freeport. Earl Stout is a student at the University of Illinois. Mary Sullivan is the Principal of Union Street School in Freeport.

Fred Thompson is a student at the University of Wisconsin. Luther Turner is a medical student in Chicago.

Ruth Ward lives in Elgin. Sara Warner married Mr. Rampenthal and lives in Wisconsin. Esther Wilkie is a stenographer in Freeport, Sara Wright lives at home in Freeport.

A card postmarked 1911 showing the C. & C. & N. W. Railroad Station. A steam engine is entering the station from the northwest. Rawleigh's is out of sight on the left. Burgess Battery is behind the station and across Stephenson Street. The Pecatonica river is a few yards to the right of the station. This is the location of the original settlement in what we now know as Freeport. There had been a native village at this location, called Winneshiek.

Guyer and Calkins Company, Wholesale Grocers.

Interior of the Masonic Temple in 1911.

Freeport High School in 1911. Just to the right of the stairs, a pony is tethered.

The old Embury Methodist Church was built in 1866 and torn down in 1911.

The new Embury Methodist Church was built 1911-1913.

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