I got identification of all but two of these 8th graders from class member Jane Selph Fauber.
Class of '44 New Vienna Ohio 8th Grade 1939-40 - Front row left: Georgina Lacey, Joan Rulon Hughes, Martha Stephenson, Christine Caplinger, Donna Morris, Unknown Girl, Elizabeth Sayre and Faye Rhoads. Middle Row Beulah Wood, Jennie Swingley, Dale Crabtree, Rollin Hakes, Mary Etta Pierson, Unknown Girl, Jane Selph Fauber and Herbert Spencer (teacher). Top Row Wilbur Morris, Frank Purtee, William "Bill" Chesnut, Bob Sonners, Harold Prickett, Philip J. Levo, Calvin Smith, Bob Linkhart and William "Bill" Lamar. Unknown girls are possibly Joanne Smith, Betty Roush, or Marjorie Hachathorn. Image Courtesy of Larry Martin.