VanAuken Lake School abt 1924 and abt 1926

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Van Auken Lake School
Circa 1924

Van Auken Lake School circa 1924

Photo submitted by Curtis Drake. Identification by Curtis Drake and Claude Unrath 4-2005 and Ferna Gearing McIntyre 7-2008

Front Row, L-R
1. Beatrice Thornton 2. Margaret Goss 3. Rula Goss 4. __________ 5. Claude Unrath (HHS 1936) 6. Zane Disbrow 7. Jim Drake 8. Virgil Drake (HHS 1937)

Second Row L-R
1.   ____ Grosskoft   2. Harvey Thornton   3. Delbert Wescott   4. Vance Disbrow   5. Maurice Unrath (HHS 1935) 6. Margaret Lang (?)
7.   Doris Gearing (HHS 1933)   8. Bob Decker   9. Bob Wilkinson (HHS 1933) 10. Curtis Drake (HHS 1935)

Third Row L-R
1. Vivian Thornton 2. Catherine Thornton 3. __________ 4. ___________ 5. __________ 6. __________ 7.  Ferna Gearing

Fourth Row L-R
1. Irving Wescott   2. _____ Nemick   3. Richard Goss   4. Chapin McAllister, Teacher   5. ? Maxine Wilkinson   6. Eddy Lang   7. Hubert McCurdy (HHS 1930)

** Grosskoft should be in picture, but unknown **

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Van Auken Lake School
Circa 1926

Van Auken Lake School circa 1926

9-2008 - photo submitted by Betty Wilson Baldwin HHS 1948. Identification by Ferna Gearing McIntyre

Front Row:
1._________ 2. Dorothy Nelson 3. Bonnie (?) (sister to #1) 4._________ 5. Rula Goss 6. Juanita Gearing

7. _________.

Back Row:

1. Kathryn Thornton 2. Ferna Gearing 3. Margie Nelson 4. Margaret Lange 5. Doris Gearing
6. Beatrice Thornton 7. Margaret Goss

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