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NORTH VERNON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Pictures donated by Ed Kellar - Jennings County Public Library
1901 Freshman Class - Picture taken under the railroad bridge east of town.
1904 Football Team
    
Back: Earl Davis, manager; Henry Juengst; Lloyd Weedman; Clifton Hess; Adam Steinmetz; Fred Lindley; Myron Bertman.
Front: Thessaley Carlock; Ferd Haysworth; Herbert Lindley; John Green; Mickey Cassin; Kenneth Davis.

    The only one I have been able to research is Myron Bertman - who went on to serve his country - Indiana World War Records: Gold Star Honor Roll, A Record of Indiana Men and Women who died in the service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War, 1914-1918 Jennings County. Son of Jacob and Sarah Bloom Bertman; born September 19, 1887, Indianapolis, Ind. Family moved to North Vernon, Jennings County, Ind., the following year. Educated in Purdue University, and West Point Military Academy. Commissioned Captain; assigned to 1st U.S. Engineering Corps. Stationed in Washington, D.C., in June 1917. Overseas in July, 1917, and died of pneumonia, September 18, 1917, St. Nazaire, France. Buried at St. Nazaire. The American Legion Post, North Vernon, Ind., is named in his honor. He is on the end of the top row wearing the dark shirt.


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