ST. PAUL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN PARISH SCHOOL
8th Grade Graduates
While St. Paul’s church was being built it was considered advisable to have a proper place for instruction of the parish children in the religious and secular branches. A large and roomy basement was placed under the church and the spacious assembly hall was dedicated to the purposes of a schoolroom and the other parts as living rooms for the teacher. Mr. W. Hentze, the first teacher, began instructions in October 1876 with nearly 60 children in attendance. The school remained in the basement of the church when a separate school building was built between the church and parish house in 1892 at a cost of $7,600. The late 1800’s through 1913 saw 200+ children in attendance. In 1957 the original schoolhouse was replaced in 1957 with a new building behind the church. This was enlarged in 1992 to its current size. Early information from: Scharnberg, Prof. J. H., Golden Jubilee of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Michigan City, Indiana, 1876-1926. The first public commencement exercises began in 1922.
1922 – The Evening Dispatch, Michigan City, IN, 21 June 1922, p. 1, c. 4
First graduation class of St. Paul’s School:
Elsie Klemz
Harvey
Rhoda
Minnie Timm
Hilda Wendt
1923 – The Evening Dispatch, Michigan City, IN, 16 June 1923, p. 3, c. l
Belva Armstrong
Dorothy
Korn
Anthony Birginske
1924 – The Evening Dispatch, Michigan City, IN, 19 June 1924, p. 5, c. l
Leona Florence Glafke
Irene Bertha Wendt
Amalie Augusts Heisman
Norman Raymond Conrad
Linda Laura Lau
Arthur Erickson
Mabel Marrida Nichols
George Edgar
Hostetter
Mildred Viola Rhoda
Clarence William Rieck
Marie Bertha
Sabel
Frederick William Uebler
1925 - The Evening Dispatch, Michigan City, IN, 10 June 1925, p. 6, c. 3
Ewald G. Fischer
Irma
Guttke
Elvin August Korn
Alma Hein
Frederick Carl Klinder
Edna
Jesse
Elmer A. Schultz
Kate Gasper
Lilah Marie Bohnstadt
Louise Laborn
Florence Eggert
Miriam Meyer
Norma Funk
Ramona Sadenwater
Dolores Gabbert
Norma Timm
1926 – The Evening Dispatch, Michigan City, IN, 18 June 1926, p. 7, c. 1
John Frederick Bartels
Ella Charlotte Rieck
Alice Minnie Levin
William Frederick
Schnick
Olga Marion Heisman
Helen Caroline Schultz
Esther Evelyn
Klemz
Marie Alvina Schultz
Erma Louise Kriesel
Gertrude Elizabeth
Schwark
Dorothea Lillian Levine
1927 - The Evening Dispatch, Michigan City, IN, 14 June 1927, p. 5, c. 2
Dorothy Helen Bohnstadt
Harold Edward Miller
John Marvin Dabbert
Leona Laura Rhoda
Albert Frederick Fischer
Norma Edna Rachow
Erna Clara Fishcher
Viola Olivia Rehbein
Elsie Lillian Flotow
Elvin Raymond Selke
Lois Lydia Flotow
Norman Arthur Striggow
Norman Arthur Guttke
Irvin
William Schultz
William Albert Hein
Edward Marion Steinhagen
Robert
Edward Krueger
Edna Mae Steinhagen
Gertrude Mabel Kriesel
Martha
Wilhelmina Timm
Orville Louis Meyer
Viloa Margaret Uebler
Margaret
Julianna Meyer
Arnold Fink Uebler
Esther Charlotte Wendt
1928 – The Evening Dispatch, Michigan City, IN, 11 June 1928, p. 3, c. 1
Ewald Frederick Kasper
Gertrude Esther Schultz
John William O’Connor
Renetta Lillian
Kassube
Norman Rudolph
Wagner Myrtle Erickson
Dolores Marie Timm
Viola Emily Rapp
Mary Louise Flotow
Florence Emma Ritter
1929 – The Evening Dispatch, Michigan City, IN, 2 June 1929, p. 5, c. 4
Wilbur Carl Bohnstadt
Alvin Herman Meyer
Caroline Ellen Becktell
Ralph William
Pagels
Raymond Emil Dittmer
Leonard Edward Pollnow
Ruth Renetta
Flotow
Ella Johanna Scherer
Hilda Spring Fischer
Caroline Elsie
Schnick
Ernest Ludwig Fischer
Robert Edward Schwenn
Marie Hulda
Hein
Edward Louis Schultz
Lilamay Heisman
Robert Fink Uebler
Roma Anna Kemena
Bernice Elma Wentland
Florence Frieda Klemz
Fred David Wendt
1930 – The Evening Dispatch, Michigan City, IN, 2 June 1930, p. 8, c. 1
Hermina Florentine Bruemmer
Richard August Huenerjager
Robert Louis Dabbert
Carl William
Kriesel
Gertrude Augusts Fischer
Willard Arthur Loetz
Howard
William Glassman
Norbert Armin Pollnow
Lawrence Emil Gruenke
Leroy
Harry Striggow
Madeline Alice Heisman
Dorothy Marion Uebler