Clermont High School - Commander Yearbook (Clermont, IA)

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Facult Principal L Mildred M ioore if 'u-9 annul? A Senior boonsor Dale C Johnson B A Luther Social Studies Correrclal Law Junior Spomsor Marian J Putz B A Clarke Hone Econo ics Jr High niterature Soohomore Sponsor Charles L Selby B A Drake English Speech Dramatice Freshmen S,onsor Leon H. Hansen BgAg Ia:-To ace Indus,rial Arts ihysics General Science 7 A 0 Music Math Jin K 4 , -6

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History ot Clermont H oh School mhe defelopenent of the public sczool syste of any co u 4 s necessity 'n erxov n xltx the o elope ent o 16 con an ty tsc c oo oeono a nec s t 1, w en p ople e n a oz ur t a ra se 1 Ill s so it is hools ith tle pass1nL Je rs 'ty ar n as e 'plon rs' on t or o tle soho 1 1 O r o 1 t p m Int ob LV o 1 a le t u w o now to ecors c errort's Publlc :eno ls. wi P l ont an Clerront Public o e c lsk o ocors e pa a nc oo 9 0 IJ hunar eleren N6mOl'6S ar '10 story o o on mort s 1 o reeaotu o tue pe o uct IC48 when a man na. .elaplaine, tra u t ver Crom lfa er wa , saw that here was a too place to stop be e was abuniant water power to accomm oiate wa er w o ls C L in ' C r1'r and tle lan senpe p ovx e a beautiful place to bu 1 Q name In all p one llity, ie Pound anothe settler he e one name' Meats to w on he HlStOF1CS xe o only briefly In an xent, Jelaplaine, n 1948, t one of the First ea 'ns in what s now Cle L or approximately the spot wle e the powe plant o the oli Drown Hotel now stan s Delapla re's claim to tie o ea was pure asel ln 1949 by two en, Carlton and Lhom sor, who care be e F om lta e ese ren soon let cont acts to a C Carlton and Cz les Sawyer t ou 1 a mlll o them In that sare year, C Ca lto broupht uit h his family ror llca er, and Charles Sawyer move' Hmnily he e later 'wo more lo, ca Ins we e ere te by these men in what bloc! 04 of Clermont As the mill levelope' an as other amllies arrived, need for buslnesses ine eased Several sto es we e opened to supply le set'lors wi h food, clottlnb, and mec.an1ca1 tools an servlees 'or toe 1 lls Amono the new arrivals in 1850 were arilles whose na.os stlll lot the ra 1 boxes op the co ntrysije Edwln Stedman, John Hcnlersho t, Chaney Leverich, J W foubh, and Anlrew Marten. his row the By this t me, the brow'nb se tlerent elt tie noel lor a school for its Cxlld ren, and with the arr'val of the Stehmans, a semool was becun w th Lrs Stednan serving as the 'irst school teacher in the cor unlty Phe rirst school bull ing, a lo, cabin, urs located at Vine ann Lnlon Streets, on a s ot 'eh'r tko 1 xotol, which is still s an 'rg in Clermont As tle eon'un ty grew, it is bel'oved safe to assume the reel for a blbger and better school was 'elt, fo alout the year 1 52 the school was moved to another lob eab'n purchased from Albert Palmer T is second school buildxn, was located a 1 ttle south and nearer tke river, 'irectl across the street from e present bowl nb pin markez ind c tinb the location 0' the school Clermont reamery Clermont Downship was create! bg the County the town of Clermont was platted rls plat was At that time, the new owner, Mr J nhompson, factory or some t'me, a stone could be seen just north of the Co mlssioners n l O, and in 1952 not recorle', howev , until 18 5 who hai bought out 11s partner's inte ests, gave nis 'suohter, hrs R B Appleman, the p 1vele,e of renam town. Earlier an at erpt had been r e to change the name of Clermont to I but the settlers woul' not accept this name Ir IQSG, 'ks R Appleman c sl'ered the names horway, ueneva, and Clermont and chose tle latter In 1856, t Gnneral Assembly meeting in Iowa City, of lcially designatel Clermont the name of the community. All available evidence points to a rapidly growin rm se of becom'ng the lealln co run't in the count D - , C J + Y 0 ' -Y- growing and tne nurbex of cr'ldren increasing, for n erected its first brick school builllna. A recent fire Wm. Kelson's bowlinb pi: factory causes many old-timers Q connun'ty, one which held Surely tle community was 18.4, the town of Clermont whlch parblally destroyed to recall that bulldlng to be the flrst brick school house. This building housed flve graies ani was one of the first graded schools in the county. Under later school laws ani regulations, this school was classified to meet the requirements for a leflnlte course of study of 12 years leallng to admission to higher institutions of learning without exam- 1 C1 , na an KCont1nued on page 143 6 -H ,. L A .L n 'f 1 - v - v . 5' .. a ' I - A f .,m - m.'n.t3 1 , of .. . 1. . .- 1 . .f 1 1 ' n . . ts 1 C3 '1' 1 if V X1 u . IJ. .1.f,. 1. 4. 'lf' EJ .1 '13 A., . .R .2 ,,,. : ' 1 ff ,.- tv ess My on y n o set:1 1 c xr .l y Hu I -fn --c . t . C erm 1 . .. ' Sc- . . .1 . '..'r :x ax Q the liz:- .- . f - . P ,z , it - -n L. Q , ing new rres o the 1 ss o, the connull .u :ith tho p s.nh or -h , so . ,, g - 1. , -.e M an. 4. L1 yr ,, . ,. .'- . tio K. e. r . szwzenni, ..., .s,, el-..er I .ze cox,e.u1ity L A. I ol H 1 ', .Wg 1 ..,,,f,,. -TMJ-, . 1.-,t-1 1- f ., -0, 'fu-. 2 as L -ef 0 fa S .,,l,, VOCO... J 4. . .1-.J -..ULJ ..L ,..x,.A.A. g IMG M pu., .LJ . ,A ...a L: . I. , . 1. -. - 1 ' - - - - L ' .- - - ' - . 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Faculty bt? Oponsoz Bertha H as er arsons hE11h 3 Igthn S 9 1 ponqor Tale bo,le A Upper Iowa ' Fs.1x. ll Jr, Yin Q Vtk S' Bo 0 H V H1OlO,y Jr. High Social etudies Athletics , X r. 4 Q B.A. I-..T.C, Clyde LGHb81 Irlvers ra1n'nr George hitwor h B A Sicpson J Vinh Science Jr Hi h ath Latrlcia Hansen Q Co rercial Grade dusic Accompanist Ross 5 James B.S. Iowa State College Vocational Azriculture 8