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Gertrude Rush

Gertrude Rush, one of the eight young women who received diplomas from Berryville High School at the close of the 1921-22 session.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of May 18, 1922 names Miss Gertrude Rush among the eight young women to receive diplomas from Berryville High School, and its report of June 8, 1922 names her among the graduates.

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The Clarke Courier of May 18, 1922 names Miss Gertrude Rush among the eight young women to receive diplomas from Berryville High School, and its report of June 8, 1922 names her among the graduates.

What the source supports

That Gertrude Rush graduated from Berryville High School in 1922.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. Both lists also name a Clara Rush; the reports do not say whether they were related, and no kinship record is made.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The Berryville High School graduates of 1922 as named in the May 18 announcement and the June 8 report.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., May 18, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-05-18 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, announcement of the Berryville High School closing exercises

Relevant passage

the eight young ladies who will re ceive them are Misses Elizabeth Fishpaw, Flora Kackley, Gladys Rowland, Clara Rush, Gertrude Rush, Alma Smallwood, Jose phine Stipe and Grace Young.

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The Berryville High School graduates of 1922 as named in the May 18 announcement and the June 8 report.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 8, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-06-08 (publication)

Locator: Page 4, report of the Berryville High School closing exercises

Relevant passage

The Graduates were: Misses Clara Rush* Leora Kackley, Grace Young, Gertrude Rush, Al ma Smallwood, Josephine "Stipe, Gladys Rowland, and Elizabeth Fishpaw. Miss Alma Smallwood made the highest average and was chosen to deliver the valedictory ‘and Miss Grace Young, the salu tatory.

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-16. How this project checks its sources

Also indexed as: Miss Gertrude Rush. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.

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