Lola Funkhouser
Student at Boyce Agricultural High School. The Clarke Courier names her as a Boyce debater in the literary contests of May 1923 and as secretary of the senior class in May 1924.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of May 3, 1923, reporting that Boyce students won the literary contests against the Berryville pupils, names Miss Lola Funkhouser and Clay Carr of Boyce as the debaters who took the affirmative on the open shop in American industry, and its issue of May 29, 1924 lists Miss Lola Funkhouser as secretary of the senior class of Boyce Agricultural High School.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of May 3, 1923, reporting that Boyce students won the literary contests against the Berryville pupils, names Miss Lola Funkhouser and Clay Carr of Boyce as the debaters who took the affirmative on the open shop in American industry, and its issue of May 29, 1924 lists Miss Lola Funkhouser as secretary of the senior class of Boyce Agricultural High School.
What the source supports
That Lola Funkhouser of Boyce, a debater for Boyce High School and secretary of its senior class, appeared in the Clarke Courier in 1923 and 1924.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The 1923 item prints a stray mark inside her name. Reading the two items as one student rests on the matching name. The other debaters and class officers are not recorded here.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The May 3, 1923 report of the literary contests.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., May 3, 1923
Clarke Courier · 1923-05-03 (publication)
Locator: Page 3, report of the literary contests between the Boyce and Berryville high schools
Relevant passageBOYCE STUDENTS WIN LITERARY CONTESTS Defeat BerryviUc [Berryville] Pupils in Reading, Public .Speaking #n^l [and] Debate ... debaters, whose, subject wits [was] "Resolved, that the prln-j clpai [principle] of the open shop should prevail In American Industry," Miss Lola j ' Funkhouser and Clay Carr of Boyce, took the affirmative
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 May 29, 1924 commencement calendar and senior class roll.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., May 29, 1924
Clarke Courier · 1924-05-29 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, calendar of the Boyce High School commencement, with the senior class roll
Relevant passageBOYCE HIGH COMMENCEMENT ... The calendar of commencement exercices at Boyce Agricultural High school has been announced ... The senior class roll is: Miss Louise Baker, president; Miss Elizabeth Hauptman, vice-president; Miss Lola Funkhouser, secretary;
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) · 2026-09-15. How this project checks its sources
Also indexed as: Miss Lola Funkhouser. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.
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