Grace Young
Salutatorian of the Berryville High School class of 1922, one of eight young women who graduated that spring.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of May 18, 1922 names Miss Grace Young among the eight young women to receive diplomas from Berryville High School, and its report of June 8, 1922 says she was chosen to deliver the salutatory and did so.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of May 18, 1922 names Miss Grace Young among the eight young women to receive diplomas from Berryville High School, and its report of June 8, 1922 says she was chosen to deliver the salutatory and did so.
What the source supports
That Grace Young graduated from Berryville High School in 1922 as salutatorian.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. She is known here only from these reports and is not linked to any other Young.
Source
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 passagethe 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 sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. The June 8, 1922 report of the Berryville High School closing exercises.
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 passageThe 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 sourceSource 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
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