Princeville Heritage Museum: October 2013

Monday, October 28, 2013

Princeville Community High School Class of 1939

Some of my favorite days volunteering at the museum are the days when we received donations of photos and newspaper clippings. Photos and newspaper clippings give us a personal glimpse into past history and really help us with genealogy research. We recently received this composite photo of the Princeville Community High School Senior Class of 1939. This photo has the names of all the members of the class written under each individual photo. To help identify the ladies, I used the 1965 Maroon yearbook to research their married name. As of 1965, the class of 1939 had only lost one classmate, Joseph Friedman, who passed away in 1945.

Top Row: Bettye Ryan Anderson, Franklin Smith, Virginia Hammer Cable, Franklin Staples, Minnie Reich Emken, Frances Neill Paddock, Milton Smith, Jr., Helen Schaad Shears, Donald Sears.

Second row from top: Elizabeth Compton Rusinger, Ronald Slane, Sue Harvey LaFollette, Lloyd Miller, Arlys Streitmatter Conrad, Glen Grimm, Eileen McDonnell Gubbins, Ruth Donath Stickling.

Third row from top: Elizabeth Shearer Ramirez, Orin Scanlon, Raymond Ralph, John Wolfe, W..R. Cordis (superintendent), Laverne Streitmatter, Dewey Smith, Robert Pritchard, Virginia Potter Pierson.

Fourth row from top: Caryl Carman Cowan, Elaine Sibley Mannick, Beatrice Neel, Marie Van Deusen, Phyllis Biederbeck Hammerle, Betty Purcell Murphy.

Fifth row from top: Leo Brown, Lester Woodsworth, Lois Garrett Isome, Harriet Timmons Drake, Charles Timmons, Mary King Payne, Glen Streitmatter, Joseph Friedman.

Bottom row: Ethel Cheesman Oertley, John Callery, Marian Burns Koch, Darlene Toft Gilles, Arlene Toft Gilles, Edward Callery, Helen Huggins Jackson, James Harmon.

Do you have any old photos, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings or items you would like to donate to the museum? We take donations Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 am to 2 pm or by appointment. If you can, please call us (385-1916) and let us know you have items to donate so we can be ready to accept your donation.

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Princeville High School FFA Parents of 1965

If you follow us on Facebook, you have seen numerous older Future Farmers of America photos. This blog post was in the works when we've reached out via our Facebook page for help identifying parents of 1965 FFA members at Princeville High School. A big thank you to all the Facebook friends and museum friends who helped with this.

Behind every FFA member are supportive families, and, especially parents. The national FFA website devotes a whole page to FFA parents: "As a parent, you’re the biggest influence in your teenagers’ lives. FFA's purpose is to reinforce all the values you’re already teaching them at home. We ask all FFA members to set goals, work hard, and serve others. We also encourage them to discover their unique talents and use them to build a successful and satisfying career."

It has been fun researching these FFA parents. We don't know who took the photos of each set of parents. Most are taken inside their homes offering us a slice of what the 1960s home and fashions looked like. If you have any corrections to these names, please either comment below or email me at phmarchives@frontier.com.

Please scroll down and view the supportive FFA parents of 1965: