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Minnie Augustine

Class Treasurer

Concordia High School Accomplishments

Athletic Association , 1914, 1915, 1915, 1917

Track Team 1913

Vice President 1916

Classical Club 1916

Annual Board 1917

Normal Training 1917


Senior Message

“Her modest looks, the cottage might adorn,

Sweet as the primrose beeps beneath the thorn”

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Concordia Daily KANSAN

mAY 25, 1917 pAGE 2

Velma’s notes from “class prophecy"

December 1917

Augustine in school at K. S. A. C.

December 1918

Augustine in school at K. S. A. C.

December 1919

Augustine - married to a teacher at K. S. A. C - Mrs. Johnston

December 1923

Augustine - Mrs. Johnston has two children and lives in Manhattan

January 1926

Augustine - Mrs. C. O. Johnston

Information obtained by research in ancestry.com

Minnie Winona Augustine was born in September of 1898 in Cloud County Kansas the daughter of William T. Augustine and Clara V. Honey.


MInnie was the youngest of four children. She lost her mother in 1912.


After graduation from Concordia High School, Minnie attended Kanas State Agricultural College. There she married Charles Otis Johnston on August 28, 1919.


The Johnston’s remained in Manhattan, Kansas the rest of their days. Charles died in 1965. Minnie remained a widow until her death in 1980.


The Johnston’s had three children: Charles, Jr., Phyllis Jean and Marjorie Ruth Johnston.

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Senior Name Card from Velma’s Graduate Book

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Newspaper Clippings from Velma’s Girl Graduate Book

Unknown Publisher

Clipping found in Velma Duff Girl Graduate Book

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A family history story

by Linda Houser Dietz