Ransom High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Ransom, KS)

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RHS HISTORY CONTINUED. issue of $160,000 was passed to equip the building. This new building was designed so that the 7th ana 8th raaes could be included in the new igh school. It was the opinion of the Board of Education that the Junior High program should be initiated for the 1968-69 school year for the follow- ing reasons: 1. This program would allow the school to provide an expanded in- structional program for tne 7th and 8th grade students of the district. 2. It would allow the 7th and 8th grade students to utilize the laborato- ry facilities, gymnasium and library in the new building. 3. It would allow better utilization of faculty and would allow the school to use specialists in Mathematics, Sci- ence, English, Home Economics, In- dustrial Arts, Music, Art and Lan- Present Grade School, built in 1954. guage for Jr. High instruction. 4. This was in keeping with the Citizen Committee Recommendations made in 1964. In February of 1968 the Ransom High students moved into a new, modern high school building, which was built just to the north of the high school they had been using. The fol- lowing fall, 1969, the 7th and 8th rade students from the district also egan their classes in the new high school building. The school buildings in Arnold and Brownell were closed in the spring of 1969 and that fall, all elementary stu- dents in the district, Kindergarten through grade six, were taught at the Ransom Grade School. It was about this time that a name for the new school district of Arnold-Brownell- Ransom was being considered. Smo- key Hill Unified School District No. 302 was the name selected. A new industrial arts building was constructed just north of the new school building in 1976-77 and the first classes were taught in this build- ing in 1977. For 98 years, Ransom has pro- gressed well. In 1888 the Ransom community was proud to have a new school building with one teacher and an enrollment of 43 students. 98 years later, we are still proud of our school facilities. We have two very fine facili- ties, with 21 teachers and enrollment of as high as 297 students. The largest graduating class had 37 students in 1966. The present enrollment for the district is about 190 students in Kin- dergarten - grade 12.

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RHS HISTORY CONTINUED. - - High School built in 1915. edge of the present high school site. This building was composed of a study hall, an office, and two class rooms on the top floor; four class rooms on the main floor; and a gym, furnace room, one class room, and locker rooms for the girls and boys in the basement. As there were no res- troom facilities, everyone used the house out back when it was needed. In the fall of 1917, the grade school classes occupied the native stone structure witn the faculty as follows; Miss Jessie Morris of Salina, primary; Miss Rosa Vermillion of Ransom 3rd and 4th grades; Miss Mary Peters of Utica, 5tn and 6th grades and Frank Strickler, Principal and 7th and 8th grades. The high school faculty con- sisted of four teachers that year; L.W. Hampshire, Superintendent; Miss Dorothy Fitzpatrick, Latin and Math; Miss Mary E. Rubel, Normal Train- ing; and Miss Laura Mueller, Domes- tic Science and Art. The high school offered four courses; general, normal training, college preparatory, and do- mestic science and art. The following is an excerpt taken from the Ransom Record dated August 23, 1917: This is a better course of study than many of the larger schools offer. The par- ents have a right to be thankful that were; Peter Horchem, C.J. De Witt, and Dr. Grisell. Once again the students outgrew the school facility. In 1926 an addition was added onto the west side of the existing building. This addition con- sisted of a gym, stage, 2 dressing rooms and a boiler room on the ground floor; a balcony over the gym and one class room on the first floor; and five classrooms, offices, and a Li- brary study hall on the second floor. In later years, a kitchen was added to provide the students with hot meals. A hot lunch program was begun during the 1940’s and bus transporta- tion was added about 1958. In 1954 a modern brick school building with five classrooms, a gym, an office, and a kitchen was bunt to replace the native stone structure of 1902. This building is the present grade school building. Two class- rooms and a centralized library room were added in 1969 to serve the needs of the students in Kindergarten through grade six. An industrial arts building was built east of the high school in 1959. This replaced the basement room in the high school that was being used at that time for an industrial arts room. In the spring of 1960, the Arnold schools joined the Ransom district re- sulting in the high school attending at Ransom. The Brownell High School was also closed that summer with most of the High School students coming to Ransom and some going to McCracken. The following year the Brownell school joined the Ransom- Arnold district while maintaining an attendance center for grades one through eight in the former high school building. In 1961, the Ransom and Arnold Grade schools combined by having the students in grades 1-4 in the Ransom attendance center and the students in grades 5-8 in the Ar- nold attendance center. A Kindergar- ten class was added at the Ransom attendance center in 1962 for all of the Kindergarten students in the district. In 1966, a $700,000 bond issue was voted and passed for the construction of a new Ransom High School build- ing. And, later, a supplemental bond they can give their children a grade id high edu . The thing school successful is Everybody high education right here at home. The thing that makes every Boosting . Let’s be true to our best impulses and boost the Ransom schools. The members of the school board High School after 1926 addition.

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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF RHS ALUMNI YEAR GRADUATED - WOMEN LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY MAIDEN NAME. Dorothy (Aeby) Patrick — 1930 Evelyn (Achy) LaOrange — 1938 Albert Albers — 1965 Dave Albers - 1972 Donna (Albers) Klitzke — 1964 Linda (Albers) Dietz — 1967 Randy Albers — 1970 Reni Jo (Albers) Potter — 1973 Steve Albers — 1984 William Albers — 1969 Paul Albrecht — 1940 Dean Allen — 1947 Eloise (Allen) Oriez — 1949 Robert Amerine — 1982 Steve Amerine — 1980 Tom Amerine — 1978 Cleo (Amstutz) So my — 1941 Fayne (Amstutz) Snedden — 1941 Fern (Amstutz) Crossland — 1941 Fred Amstutz — 1934 Hazel (Amstutz) Davis — 1939 Max Amstutz — 1944 Ralph Amstutz — 1930 Delores (Anderson) Ellyett — I960 Harold Anderson — 1935 George Anspaugh — 1918 Letty (Anspaugh) Foos — 1944 Oral Anspaugh — 1943 Dorothy (Baer) Hobson — 1935 Willa (Baer) Jones — 1935 Adelbert Barber — 1937 Betty (Barber) Rider — 1944 Blanche (Barber) Misner — 1930 Dorothy (Barber) Schreiber — 1946 Elizabeth (Barber) Dalyrymple — 1926 Faye (Barber) Jarvis — 1942 Hazel Barber — 1926 Mane (Barber) Paris — 1933 Russell Barber — 1929 Herbert Barkley — 1922 John Barkley — 1934 Barbara (Bauer) Sunley — 1967 Beatrice Bauer — 1986 Carole (Bauer) Wolfe — 1961 Curtis Bauer — 1961 Del Bauer — 1967 Gloria Bauer — 1977 Jacob Bauer — 1983 Juanita Bauer — 1979 Judith (Bauer) Lee — 1969 Lexie (Bauer) Deines — 1961 Linda (Bauer) Ummel — 1970 Lynetta (Bauer) Skaggs — 1963 Mark Bauer — 1973 Philip Bauer — 1979 Ruth Bauer — 1977 Sylvia Bauer — 1968 Elma (Baumgartner) Anspaugh — 1918 Shawn Baus — 1966 Edna Mae (Beamer) Simpson - 1943 Edwin Beamer —■ 1942 Robert Bentley — 1944 Wallace Bentley — 1953 Anna (Berry) Schertz — 1931 Florence (Berry) Schertz — 1930 Mike Berry - 1966 Stan Berry — 1970 Bob Btrnbaum — 1977 Johnetta (Blackburn) Duncan — 1934 Craig Block so me — 1971 Donald Blocksome — 1917 Keith Blocksome — 1937 Kent Blocksome — 1965 Neta (Blocksome) Hafliger — 1945 Roderick Blocksome — 1963 Marc Boethin — 1978 Carol Bottom — 1968 Robert Bottom — 1967 Bob Bradshaw — 1962 Bonnie (Brewer) Schneider — 1931 Gerald Briand — 1971 6 Joan (Briand) Grover — 1973 Larry Briand — 1976 Marjorie (Briand) Tillitson — 1968 Myrtle Briand (Received GED — 1967) Wendell Briand — 1978 Vera (Brock) Kuhlman — 1936 Wilbur Brock — 1937 Kervin Brungardt — 1972 Dorothy (Bruntzel) Darcey — 1935 Dale Buxton — 1927 Enid (Buxton) Scott — 1928 Faye (Buxton) Bailey — 1931 Jerry Buxton — I960 Kim (Buxton) Dennis — 1967 Mont Buxton — 1924 Paul Buxton — 1965 Reginald Buxton — 1933 Scot Buxton — 1970 Wilma (Buxton) Mitten — 1927 Francine (Callow) Neitzel — 1964 Gladys (Carroll) Bowen — 1913 Lela (Carroll) Cearcy — 1916 Nathan Carroll — 1930 Kelle (Carter) Randa — 1977 Shirley (Carter) Weeks — 1972 Sharon (Chapman) Rupp — 1961 Daren Ciempa — 1981 Darla (Ciempa) Gaddis — 1983 Harry Clawson, Jr. — 1940 Mildred (Clawson) Clark — 1935 Tholen Clawson — 1946 William Ciodfelter — 1933 Bartha (Cofer) Horchem — 1918 Dale Cofer — 1978 Evelyn (Cofer) Yost — 1930 Harriett (Cofer) Pfaff — 1932 Harvey Cofer — 1932 Herman Cofer — 1939 Virgil Cofer — 1938 Virginia (Cofer) Toedman — 1965 Tammy Colburn — 1980 Mickey Colgin — 1985 Dirk Combest — 1964 Bertha (Combest) Sterling — 1926 Blanche (Combest) Best — 1932 Earl Combest — 1920 Florence (Combest) Engle — 1924 Gayle Combest — 1947 Gwen (Combest) White — 1958 Merwin Combest — 1939 Nathalie (Combest) Elswood — 1942 Paul Nay Combest — 1916 Signe (Combest) Barnes — 1962 Ena (Conard) Hanke — 1939 Ruth Ann Conard — 1930 Peggy Conard — 1932 Williard Conard — 1936 Doug Conkright — 1961 Kay (Conkright) Shellenberger — 1965 Tom Conkright — 1966 Marion Conley — 1929 Ben Cowan — 1941 Joyce (Cowan) Bailey — 1944 June (Cowan) Ronga — 1939 Jackie Crabtree — 1962 John Craig — 1924 Darlene (Cromwell) Tillitson — 1976 Korene (Cromwell) Triplett — 1975 Nolan Cromwell — 1973 Jack Curry — 1946 Joe Curry — 1946 Thelma (Curry) Ensminger — 1929 Michelle (Curtis) Fairbank — 1977 Carol (Dalrymple) Harris — 1961 Kathy (Davis) Lutters — 1972 Leslie Davis — 1969 Randy Davis — 1971 Richard Davis — 1968 Sam Davis — 1975 Beulah (Dean) Jarvis — 1930 Kathy (Deines) Berry — 1969 Pam Deines — 1966 Willis Dennis — 1946 Jesse Dieffenbach — 1916 Verla (Dieffenbach) Edwards — 1940 Rob Dietterich — 1978 Valerie (Dietterich) Heinrichs — 1977 Denise (Dinkle) Fuller — 1972 Walter Doerschlag, Jr. — 1940 Amy (Doty) Jarvis — 1923 Edwin Doty — 1941 Helen (Doty) Clouston — 1931 Kenneth Doty — 1927 Reita (Doty) Schreiber — 1937 Rosalie (Doty) Schweitzer — 1934 Shelby Doty — 1°44 Grace (Douglas) Miller — 1921 Lila (Douglas) Scott — 1925 W.W Douglas — 1920 Agnes (Dubbs) Hayes — 1913 Albert Dubbs — 1913 Alice (Dubbs) Gravatt — 1914 Bertha (Dubbs) Graham — 1919 Charles Dubbs — 1917 Clara Louise Dubbs — 1942 Dora (Dubbs) Tuttle — 1920 Florence (Dubbs) Roat — 1943 Mabel (Dubbs) Adkinson — 1915 Margaret (Dubbs) McMillin — 1918 Melba (Dubbs) Tillitson — 1944 Minnie (Dubbs) Millbrook — 1913 Myrtle (Dubbs) Stover — 1919 Netta (Dubbs) Curry — 1918 Rebecca Dubbs — 1924 Ruth (Dubbs) Harkness — l io Thelma (Dubbs) Anderson — 1941 Vera (Dubbs) Huxman — 1920 Wendell Dubbs — 1931 Fern (Duncan) Sonnenberg — 1929 Dorothy (Durr) Fabrizius — 1948 Merrill Durr - 1943 Doyle Eisenhour — 1936 Glenn Eisenhour — 1925 Harry Elliott — 1931 Melvin Elliott — 1932 Ora Elliott - 1929 Wilbur Elliott — 1939 Carlyle Engle — 1926 Everett Engle — 1916 Oscar Engle — 1920 Charletta (Evel) Carson — 1975 David Evel — 1979 Elnora Jeanette (Evel) Ochs — 1966 Ethel Evel — 1971 Loretta (Evel) Brudos — 1974 Ronald Evel — 1968 Carl Everhart — 1942 Rolla Everhart — 1939 Carol (Fairbank) Small — 1951 Chester Fairbank — 1953 Dora (Fairbank) Yoder — 1965 Elmer Fairbank — 1941 Esther (Fairbank) Zordel — 1954 June (Fairbank) Bartlett — 1941 Laura (Fairbank) Kraft — 1948 Paul Fairbank — 1954 Ralph Fairbank — 1937 Richard Fairbank — 1963 Robert Fairbank — I960 Rodney Fairbank — 1974 Stan Fairbank — 1969 Hollis (Farmer) Stowe — 1928 Lowell Dean Farmer — 1954 Marilyn (Farmer) Mollenkamp - 1948 Roselma Farmer — 1953 Wilbur Farmer — 1955 Marilyn Flanders — 1975 Rhonda Flanders — 1976 Alice (Flax) Fox — 1969 Bernadette (Flax) Taylor — 1972 Bernard Flax — 1978 Bernice (Flax) Barber — 1976 Brad Flax — 1984 Cathy Flax — 1985 Cletus Flax — 1977 David Flax — 1970 Dennis Flax — 1984 Doris (Flax) Estes — 1966 Eugene Flax — 1973 Francis Flax, Jr. — 1964 Fred Flax — 1967 Greg Flax - 1980 Harold Flax — 1968 James Flax — 1971 Kenneth Flax — 1978 Kenneth Flax — 1980 Kevin Flax — 1982 Lewis Flax — 1983 Margart (Flax) Kraft — 1970 Michael Flax — 1979 Michelle (Flax) Martin — 1977 Myron Flax — 1983 Norbert Flax — 1974 Pat (Flax) Kail — 1972 Richard Flax — 1976 Robert Flax — 1969 Terry Flax — 1980 Vernon Flax — 1974 Virginia Flax — 1970 Yvonne (Flax) Siek — 1983 Myrna (Foster) Soloman — 1966 Brent Foust — 1985 Paula (Foust) Erb — 1984 Anna Mae (Friess) Ferguson — 1948 Bernard Friess — 1952 Carolyn Friess — 1985 Daniel Friess — 1958 Earl Maurice Friess — 1960 Fred Friess — 1956 Harold Friess — 1955 Lewis Friess — 1944 Rosella (Friess) McLain — 1953 Tammy (Friess) Schweitzer — 1977 Chris (Froelich) Dysinger — 1980 Donna (Froelich) Bauer — 1981 James Froelich — 1983 Sylvia Froelich — 1979 Henrik Frokjaer-jensen — 1983 Gayle Garrelts — 1956 Geneva (Garrelts) Merriman — 1939 Gladys (Garrelts) Friedell — 1934 Glen Garrelts —■ 1932 Herbert Garrelts — 1930 Wayne Garrelts — 1938 Lloyd George — 1954 Angelus Gerstner — 1949 Joe Gerstner — 1951 John Gerstner — 1945 Mary (Gerstner) Englert — 1947 Nelle (Giddings) Dieffenbach — 1917 Alan Giess — 1972 Alana (Giess) Thomas — 1967 Connie (Giess) Spena — 1969 Darwin Giess — 1975 Dave Giess — 1983 Dwight Giess — 1961 Mike Giess — 1972 Randy Giess — 1978 Robin Giess — 1974 Rodney Giess — 1964 Roger Giess — 1979 Alice (Gill) Clark — 1930 Ralph Gill — 1934 Viola (Gill) Clark — 1928 Cerol Gilmore — 1917 Laura Gilmore — 1916 Debra (Gish) Adkins — 1970 Doug Gish — 1972 Betty (Glazier) Blunt — 1940 Eugene Glazier — 1938 Vera Mae (Glazier) Smith — 1937 Stella (Goodvin) Shutt — 1927 Versa Lee (Gostnell) Foos — 1961 Eleanor (Graf) Westby 1966 Elmer Graf — 1964 Eugene Graf — I960 Harold Graham — 1919