8th Grade graduationThis article appeared in the Rock County Herald on July 18, 1930:Class of 110 boys and girls of rural schools to receive diplomas — J.R. Crawford to speakOne hundred and ten boys and girls of the rural schools of Rock County will receive their diplomas at the 19th annual eighth grade graduation exercises this evening at the Luverne High School auditorium. The program will start at 8 p.m. with County Superintendent V.M. Barrett presiding, and no admission will be charged. The program will open with a piano solo by Miss Aileen Bluhm; invocation, by Rev. E.C. Teachout of Luverne Methodist Church, and an accordion solo by Miss Eleanora Hemmer. The commencement address will be delivered by Jas. R. Crawford, of Beaver Creek, and at the close diplomas will be presented by County Superintendent V.M. Barrett. Benediction will be pronounced by Rev. Teachout. Miss Alpha Petersen of school district 36NE, was one of the eighth grade graduates who was not mentioned in the list published in the last issue of the Herald. She had two credits from her studies in Pope County that were not recorded, hence she was not included, as a graduate in the original list. The class motto is “Forward,” and the colors are blue and gold. A total of 51 different school districts in the county are represented by the 110 graduates. Donations to the Rock County Historical Endowment Fund can be sent to the Rock County Historical Society, P.O. Box 741, Luverne, MN 56156. Mann welcomes correspondence sent to mannmade@iw.net.
