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1906 graduating class. Front row: Ruth (Romig) Hull, Walter Miles, Alverda (Crozier) Rice, Ray Pemberton, Mary (Minthorn) Strench, Ernest Bales. Back row: Marie Alice Hanson, Wilfred Pemberton, unidentified, Lenora (Parker) Pemberton, Lillian Nicholson, unidentified, Lewis Saunders. The other three class members were Myrtle (Gause) Bell, Mabel (Newby) Huff, and Bernice (Woodward) King.
Ruth (Romig) Hull was born on December 28, 1886. Her father, Dr. Edward Adams Romig, was a physician in Newberg until the 1930s. Ruth and her sister, Katherine (Romig) Otis, both attended Pacific College; Ruth graduated in 1906 and Katherine in 1907. The Crescent reports that Ruth participated in a play for German night in 1905 and presented her senior oration in February of 1906. Katherine was a popular singer as both the Crescent and the Newberg Graphic have numerous articles about her singing at events at the college and in town. After graduation, Ruth taught English for many years at Newberg High School.
Ruth's 1906 Graduation Dress
Ruth's 1906 Graduation Dress
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