None of the children graduated here so I have them recorded with the "former" class lists.
In 2008, I had a wonderful group of volunteers who sat at the large table in the high school office to go through all of the record books to get the list of students and mark down which years
they attended school here.
I'm so glad I asked them to do this as having the list of names and the years have helped me beyond the school's history.
It helped me find out how long these 2 families were here in Manning.
Below is an example of one of the sheets my volunteers filled out...the amount and different types of data I have for Manning is endless and I even forget all that I've recorded
over the decades.
Arnold Shipps Former 1973
Brenda Shipps Former 1975
Ernest Shipps Former 1977
Margie Shipps Former 1978
Peggy Shipps Former 1981
If anyone has pictures of this family or the Higday family, please let me know.
Robert Higday Former 1977
Brent Higday Former 1981
Marilyn Higday Former 1983
I now have the obits for their parents, Max & Mary Higday which can be found on my obituary page...but here is a very interesting and timely sentence from Mary's obit.
Mary Ellen (Swank) Higday was born July 9, 1936, on one of the hottest days of that decade. It was 117 degrees that day.
She was born Southwest of Kellerton, Iowa, in Athens Township in the Salem community at her great-grandparents, Ed and Ida Greenman's home place.