Frankfurt, Germany, June 8, 1949: Dorothy Patterson sings a solo during the graduation ceremony which awarded her and 32 of her fellow seniors from Frankfurt Dependents High School — and one from Berlin High School — their graduation diplomas June 8, 1949 in the Frankfurt’s school auditorium.

The Frankfurt graduates were — in alphabetical order: George R. Batchelder, Mark G. Brislawn, Eugene I. Burke, Jane Marie Collings, Nancy Louise Dalton, Dorothy Ann Daniell, June Diane DeMartino, Dona Faye Gresham, Sherman L. Hill, Joseph Hoffmann, Sheila Anne Hunt (valedictorian), Mary Edna James, John L. Jergensen, Barbara L. Larter, Patrick J. Lynch, John E. Martling, Helen Irene Marymee, Neil S. McCartney, Adrienne J. Miller, Barbara M. Muth, Harry H. Neumann, David C. Nunn, Sallie Sue Nunn (class salutatorian), Alva Lois Pach, Dorothy J. Patterson, Charles T. Raabe, Frank M. Roberts, Beverly Anne Ross, Millicent Gail Seely, Bill R. Skaggs, John V. Skinner, James B. Smith and Claire Tessier. Eloise V. Sullivan received her diploma as the lone Berlin school’s graduate.

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