More Details from “The Spy” about Galion High School 1885

This post is a transcription by member Linda J. Collins from “THE SPY THE ANNUAL” of Galion High School, Published by the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Seven. Pages 129 – 138 This yearbook is located at the Ohio Genealogical Society Library, Bellville, Ohio. Please note that the transcription has maintained errors of spelling and other inconsistencies in the original pages.

Class of 1885

• Nettie Snyder accepted a position in the Galion office of the Standard Oil Co. Later she married Mr. Frank Motsinger and still resides in Galion.
• Zoe Cowden led a retired life. She married Mr. Frank Chipperfield. Died Feb. 27, ‘05 at Dayton, O.
• Prosper Gregg took up work with the Erie R. R. in Galion, and for one year in Georgia. He is now an Erie engineer residing in Galion.
• Ida McFarquhar taught in the Galion schools for several years, then married Mr. Christy Smith, and still lives in Galion.
• Blanche Davis worked in a telephone office at Fort Wayne, Ind. She married Mr. Diffenberfer. She has since died.
• Jennie Logan taught school a short time, retired, and later married Mr. Clinton Schauck, and still resides in Galion.
• John McIntosh continued his studies at the Philadelphia school of Pharmacy, and is now the partner in the Shull Bros. drug store in Philadelphia.
• Olivia Mochel married Mr. Beringer, and now lives at Fremont, Ohio.
• D. E. Zimmerman accepted a position as clerk in W. Helfrichs shoe store. He then went into the shoe business with his father. Later he moved to a farm, remaining a few years. He is at present engaged in the Fire Insurance business in Galion.
• John Wineland was collector for the Citizen’s Natl. Bank of Galion. Later he went to Jackson, Mich. where he became book-keeper for the Fuller Buggy Co. He became a partner in the same company. He is at present in the buggy business at Elkhart, Ind.
• Belle McManus married Mr. Rowley, and now lives at Columbus, O.
• Ida Wentzell is now living at her home in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia.
• May Rogers moved to Cleveland where she is employed as a nassagist.
• Chick Mastick is a trimmer in the millinery establishment of Mrs. Dice in Galion.