VanAuken Lake School circa 1907

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Van Auken Lake School
Circa 1907

7-28-2008 - photo submitted by Betty (Wilson) Baldwin HHS 1948. Betty is the daughter of #30, Iva (Udell) Gearing Wilson.

Lovina Johnson (#18) and my mother, Iva Udel (#30) were life-long friends and visited each other all during their lives.
My mother lived to be 95 years old and Lovina lived to be over 100 years old. Two "great" ladies!

Front Row, L-R
1. ___________ 2. ___________ 3. ___________ 4. __________ 5. ___________ 6. ___________ 7. ___________ 8. ___________ 9. ___________ 10. ___________ 11. ___________

Second Row L-R
12. ___________   13. ___________ 14. ___________   15. Ilo Udell (b 1902)

Third Row L-R
16. ___________ 17.   ___________   18. Lovina (Johnson) Albright Shawl   19. ___________ 20. ___________ 21. ___________   22. ___________   23. ___________   24. ___________ 25. ___________   26. ___________

Fourth Row L-R
27. ___________   28. ___________   29. Fay Clinton Udell (b 1896)   30. Iva Ella Udell (b 1894) 31. __________   32. ___________, teacher

If you can help identify the unknown students, please email the webmaster.

NOTE: This was a hard photo to identify in order according to rows. Numbers have been added to the original photo to help with identification..

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