YEAR

GRADUATE

COMMENTS

1882

Mesloh, Charles W.

German Professor at O.S.U.

1883

Torrence, Minnie

Dau. of School Supt. (Mrs. W.R. Duval - Circleville)

1884

Buss, Albert C.

Editor of Evening Leader - Secy./Independent Hoop-N.B./1909

1885

NO GRADUATING CLASS

1886

Bakhaus, Harry

Banker - Columbus

(3)

Dinkel, Phillip (Dinkel-Helwig Groc.)

Grocer at Lima /1909 & author N.B. Sun's "Horse & Buggy Days"

Grothaus, Edmund

Osteopath at Van Wert - Secy./Lanfersieck & Grothaus (1909)

1887

NO GRADUATING CLASS

1888

Conradi, Edward (Carl/Gertrude)

Pres. of Florida State College for Women - Tallahassee, Florida

(3)

Schrage, Henry A.

Teacher in N.B. Schools & N.B. Village Clerk

Steinberg, Herman

Attorney in N.Y. City

1889

Conradi, Emil G. (Carl/Gertrude)

Editor of "N.B. Sun" & "Star of Western Ohio"

(3)

Frey, Amanda

Mrs. Wierwille

Williams, Cornelius

Shoemaker - Toledo

1890

Bruggeman, William

Woodworker - Carthage, (Ohio?)

(4)

Gagle, William

Real Estate business - Middleborough, Kentucky

Grothaus, Augusta (m. 8/1898)

Mrs. Ed Conradi - 1st woman teacher in N.B. schools (1893)

Rabe, Ida

daughter of William & Mary - Mrs. Lafe Kunning

1891

NO GRADUATING CLASS

1892

NO GRADUATING CLASS

1893

Halsema, John C.

Principal at N.B. & Supt. at Minster schools

(2)

Steinebrey, Alfred

N.B. 8th grade teacher & rural mail carrier

1894

Bakhaus, Clarence R.

Bank cashier - Home Bank - St. Marys

(6)

Conradi, Albert

son of Carl & Gertrude - Professor at Clemson College in S.C.

Heitmann, Henry

Professor of Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Schmidt, Otto G.

Chicago - (A.B. - Bachelor of Arts?)

Stone, Thomas W.

Mechanical Engineer at Fort Wayne

Vornholt, Julius

Ann Arbor, Mich. (A.B. - O.S.U.)

1895

Dierker, Lillie

Mrs. Wilbur Rairdon

(5)

Funke, Lydia

Mrs. C. Vogt - Decatur, Indiana

Meyer, Henry

Clerk - Dayton

Stone, Maud

Mrs. Theodore Tangeman - Primary teacher

Wiedeman, Benjamin

Merchant - Gilt Edge, Montana

1896

NO GRADUATING CLASS

1897

Dieckmann, Christ. W.

Clerk - St. Louis, Missouri

(9)

Gagle, Lafayette M.

Traveling salesman

Grothaus, Lillian

New Bremen

Halsema, Lucius H.

National Cash Register - Dayton

Kettler, Frank C.

Mechanical Engineer at Willard, N.M.

Klanke, Adolph

Klanke Furniture Co.

Steinebrey, Charles E.

Bookkeeper - White Mountain Creamery - St. Marys

Tangeman, Theodore H.

son of Herman & Sophie - Attorney At Wapakoneta

Voeckel, Bertha

Telephone operator - Los Angeles

1898

Schmidt, Dorothy/Dora C.

Willard, New Mexico

(2)

Stone, Bessie L.

Mrs. Otto Boesel

1899

Barienbrock, Sadie

Saleslady - Columbus

(10)

Boesel, Luetta

daughter of Gustave & Elizabeth - Mrs. Burnette Heck

Finke, Emil

Purser, S.S. Durcellum - Montreal, Canada

Fischer, Lizzie

daughter of Rev. Christian & Eliz. Fischer - Mrs. Theodore Eisen

Garmhausen, Emma

Mrs. O.O. LeMaster (Dr.)(lived in Sidney (Kettlersville/1909)

Halsema, Eusebius

U.S. Civil Engineer in Philipines - married Marie Boesel

Jung, Dora

Denver, Colorado

Mesloh, Emma

daughter of J.H. & Wilhelmina - Mrs. Harvey Henning

Steinebrey, Frank

Insurance - Los Angeles

Thiesing, Clara

Mrs. Jess Wesner/Wessner - Hartford City, Indiana & N.B.

1900

Feather, Letitia J.

Mrs. George Haveman (lived in N.B.)

(3)

Schmidt, Bertha A.

Chicago

Tangeman, Clara M.

Home Economics teacher in Lima - Mrs. Jacob Haller

1901

Barienbrock, Charles H.

Mechanical engineer - Columbus

(7)

Boesel, Leona M.

daughter of Gustave & Elizabeth - died in August, 1901

Program

Boesel, Marie

daughter of Julius & Amelia - Mrs. Eusebius Halsema

Boesel, Otto

son of Jacob & Louise - Lawyer - Wapakoneta

Hoffman, Conrad (Rev.)

son of Philip & Marie - Minister - Waldo, Ohio

Huenke, Clifford V.

son of Louis & Emma - Mgr. of White Mountain Co. in N.B. & Lima

Kuenzel, Oscar

Mechanical engineer - Pennsylvania Railway - Columbus

1902

Fischer, Ernest

son of Rev. Fischer - taught German at Mich. Agricultural College

1903

Boesel, Albert G. (son of Julius)

Worked for Wall St. Journal in NYC (attended Yale)

(7)

Boesel, Walter J. (son of Jacob)

Worked for architect in Columbus - Central Union Telephone Co.

newspaper

Geib, Cornelius J.

Farmer

picture

Halsema, Bernard S.

Electrician - Chickasha, Okla.

Hoberg, Harry H.

Attended O.S.U - Columbus

Koeper, I. Landry

Civil Engineer - Northern Pacific Railway - Aberdeen, Washington

Kuenzel, Felix A.

B.S. / O.S.U. - Winthrop, Maine

1904

Feather, Edith

New Bremen

(6)

Finke, Olga

Mrs. Henry Kuhlman (1911) - Teacher

Gress, Edna

New Bremen

Heinfeldt, Ruby

Mrs. Irwin H. Boesel (Dr.) - teacher

Laut, Ida G.

daughter of Christian & Catherine - Mrs. Walter Boesel

Pohlman, Irvin

O.S.U. - Columbus

1905

Boesel, Irwin

son of Gustave & Elizabeth - Doctor - Mich. Univ. / Ann Arbor

(7)

Boesel, Robert (son of Julius)

With the American Counsel in Vienna, Austria - O.S.U.

Grewe, Lucie/Lucia (b. 1888)

Mrs. Emil Conradi - Gas office clerk - N.B.

Grewe, Oscar (b. 1885)

Railway clerk - Chicago (C.B.&Q.)

Halsema, Geciena

Telephone operator

Kettler, Hugo

Went west for his health - O.S.U. - Columbus

Komminsk, Harry

O.S.U. - Columbus - married Gertrude Huenke

1906

Beachler, Leroy

son of William Beachler, Superintendent? (1903-1906)

(11)

Berend, Max

son of Max, Sr. & Martha - worked in Cleveland - Teacher, N.B.

Brinkmeyer, Bertha

Stenographer - Dayton Soap Co. - Dayton, Ohio

Brinkmeyer, Theodore

1st National Bank - Dayton

Hoffman, Daniel

son of Philip & Marie - Kerr & Snodgrass - Toledo

Jung, Leroy

Gas fitter - Denver, Colorado

Meckstroth, Jacob (1)

O.S.U. - Columbus

Meckstroth, Jacob (2)

O.S.U. - Columbus

Neuman, Clara

Mrs. Walter Sunderman - teacher

Sunderman, Walter

son of Henry & Louise - landscape gardening in Cleveland

Wittenbrink, Harry

Michigan Univ. - Ann Arbor

1907

Berend, Kurt

son of Max, Sr. & Martha?

(8)

Boesel, Frieda

daugher of Charles, Jr. & Louise? - Music Teacher in N.B.

Boesel, Stephen (son of Julius)

Married in 1917? - Dr. in Niles, Ohio - O.S.U. - Columbus

Garmhausen, Ervin

O.S.U. - Columbus

Gobrecht, Edward

Teacher

Komminsk, Hilda

Mrs. W.L. Burk (Dr.) Wooster Univ. - Wooster

Kuenzel, Paul

Married in 1917? - lived out west - O.S.U. - Columbus

Purpus, Leo

son of Theodore

1908

Dierker, Minnie

Teacher

(17)

Fledderjohann, Frances

Conservatory of Music - Oberlin

Gast, Charles

son of Gregore & Bertha - Teacher

Harrison, Clarence

Minster

Heitman, Emil

Studied for pastor - lived in Cleveland - Teacher (1909)

Kah, Clarence

Taught in N.Y. - Mich. Univ. - Ann Arbor

Laut, Paula

Mrs. Mont Youngs - Teacher

Meckstroth, Gustav A.

Teacher - New Knoxville

Meckstroth, Wesley

Teacher - New Knoxville

Nussmeyer, Harry

O.S.U. - Columbus

Schroerluke, Orrin

Minister - Elmhurst College - Elmhurst, Illinois

Sherman, Bernie

Clerk - Minster

Sherman, Matthias

O.S.U. - Columbus

Speckman, Bertha

daughter of Fred & Wilhelmina - Mrs. Theo. Brinkmeyer - Dayton

Steinriede, John

Teacher - Died before 1917

Stienecker, Lina

New Knoxville

Weinberg, Walter

O.S.U. - Columbus

1909

Bienz, Helen Leona

Mrs. Felix Kuenzel

(25)

Boesel, Allan Julian

son of Gustave & Elizabeth

newspaper

Botkin, Ernest Marcellus

Wrote the school song (see below*)

picture

Dicke, Allen Augustus

son of Henry & Emma - married Amber Neuman

Ekermeyer, Esther L.M.

Flack, Gertrude

Fledderjohann, Clara Louise

daughter of Rep. B.A. Fledderjohann - Mrs. Allan Boesel

Garmhausen, Herbert E.

married Fannie LaDow

Gieseke, Edward John

Grothaus, Alvin F.W.

son of John H. & Emelie - never married

Grothaus, Walter William

son of John H. & Emelie - married Katharine Rabe

Hengen, Fredric J.

Huenke, Howard Henry

son of Louis & Emma - married Verona Langhorst

Kettler, Herbert H.W.

Koop, Bernice May

daughter of Cornelius & Emma

Laufersweiler, Olive E.

Laut, Esther Rose

married Charles Moore (Paulding)

Limbach, Bernice Louise

Neuman, Viola Marie F.

Oberwitte, Grover F.J.

Pohlman, Alma Caroline

married Robert Brockie - Jackson, Michigan

Rabe, William Henry

son of Theodore & Ida

Shearer, Ray M.

Stone, Margaret Cleo

Stork, Harry Henry