Message text written by INTERNET:WVWEBSTE-L@rootsweb.com >I had so many requests for the 1939 8th Grade Commencement, that my wife posted it on a web site. I also put 2 pictures of Webster Co. schools on the site. I'm not sure of the names of the schools, if anyone can help I would be grateful. I tried to get back to each request individually, if I missed you, sorry. Thanks to everyone for your interest. Jim Site: http://hey.to/JimBurns/ < Thanks Jim! Here is some information on three of the students listed. The Eugene Johns, from the Cowen School, would have been Orville Eugene Johns(1923-1957). He was a son of Johnny Johns (1891-1973) and Emma Morrison (1898-1989). Eugene went on to attend Cowen High School, but dropped out to join the Navy in 1940. I suspect that he lied about his age to get in the service. He was at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack. An article published in the Webster Echo stated that "The ships on either side of him were sunk but miraculously the munitions vessel on which he was serving remained unscathed." Eugene also saw action at Midway, Wake Island, Coral Sea, Kiska, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinanawa, Saipan, Palau and New Guinea. He held the ratings of Chief Machinist's Mate Shop (CMMS) at the time he was Honorably Discharged in 1948. After leaving the Navy, he lived in California where he worked under Civil Service as ann Estimator & Planner. He was killed when the pick up truck he was driving overturned off of the highway. He was married and the father of one son. Billy Bogart. from the Arcola School, is now known as "Bill Bogart". Bill was the youngest of two sons of Walter Bogart (1887-1968) and Clara Weese (1883-1981). The parents were long time residents of Arcola. Bill graduated from Cowen High School in 1942. His older brother, Carl Bogart, was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1942. Billy was seventeen when his brother went into the service and he wanted very badly to enter the army also. He talked his father into signing for him. However, he failed to pass the physical exam. His mother remarked that it was odd that the military would take the son that didn't want to go into the army, but reject the one that did. During the war, Bill went to Chicago where he worked for IBM. He had a long career with IBM and at various times worked and lived in Chicago, Illinois; New Mexico, California and Denver, Colorado. He retired in 1984. Bill now spends his summers in Colorado and winters in Arizona. Bill was married and divorced. He is the father of two children: a daughter & son. He also has grandchildren. Zanna Sue Deel (1922-1998) better known as "Zanna Henline". She was the daughter of Willis M. Deel (1878-1949) and Viola Woods (1889-1956). Zanna attended Cowen High School, however I don't know if she graduated. In 1945, she married Hoy M. "Mac" Henline (1922-1994) and they were long time residents of Arcola. Mac was an army veteran of World War II and a coal miner. Zanna was an housewife and she and Mac were the parents of four children: one daughter and three sons. Zanna died of cancer in 1998. Some of the ot the other names listed sounded familar, but I can't place them. Perhaps others on this list can tell us something about them. It would be great if we knew the married names of some of the girls on this list. Roger