A colorized photograph from around 1924 of the students and teacher of the Mill Street School, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo was published as part of the “Down Memory Lane” feature of the Pine Grove Press Herald, October 7, 1976.
When the photo first appeared, the following caption accompanied it:
Recognize anybody here? The photo was taken at the Mill Street Elementary School, probably in 1924, and you see Pine Grove’s first and second grade of that year. Their teacher was Esther Netherwood. The group includes a well-known furniture store proprietor, a hairdresser, a retired school teacher, and others too numerous to mention. One of these students permitted us to use the picture. She knows most of the names, but not all. Who can name them?
Clarence Huber of Philadelphia was the first to respond and his identifications were printed in the Press Herald on November 11, 1976:
Front Row: Karl Bowers; Joseph Sotzin; Newton Harvet; Earl Gensemer; Clark Klinger; Carl Merkey; Clark Snyder; Lester Baker; Clarence Krause; Carl Witmer.
Second Row: Thelma Leffler; Alda Fritz; Anna Wilhelm; Catherine Yocum; Mae Frantz; Miriam Hummel; Vesta Witmer; June Donmoyer; Blanche Miller; Evelyn Stoudt; Jennie Nye; Ruth Noll.
Third Row: Parthena Knapp; Marion Warner; mary Martin; Esther Noll; Ella Margaret Gensemer; Thelma Aungst; Margaret Hillibish; Parthena Schneck; harvena Weiss; Mae Brown.
Fourth Row: Homer Fisher; Donald Keefer; Justine Maackey; Clarence Huber; Alverta Brommer; Lucy Staller; Ruth Dutter; Norma Gensemer; Olga Barr; Edna Hillibish; Mary Ellen Achenbach.
Back Row: Aaron Miller; Carl Schaeffer; Carl Bretz; Paul Treida; Lyman Zimmerman; Paul Nye; Allen Lebo; Harry Devan; Ronald Huggler; Paul Hughes.
Then on November 18, 1876, the Press Herald printed another set of names, this time from Anna Wilhelm of West Lawn, Pennsylvania:
Front Row: —–?—–; Joseph Sotzin; Newton Harvey; Earl Gensemer; Clark Klinger; Carl Merkey; Clark Snyder; Lester Baker; Clarence Krause; Karl Witmer.
Second Row: Thelma Leffler; Alda Fritz; Anna Wilhelm; Catherine Yocum; Mae Frantz; Miriam Hummel; Vesta Witmer; June Donmoyer; Blanche Miller; Evelyn Stoudt; Jennie Nye; Ruth Noll.
Third Row: Parthenia Knapp; Marian Werner; Mary Martin; Esther Noll; Ella Margaret Gensemer; Thelma Aungst; Martha Hillbish; Parthenia Schneck; Harvena Weiss; Mae Brown.
Fourth Row: Homer Fisher; Donald Keefer; Landis Gibson; Clarence Huber; Alverta Brommer; Lucy Staller; Ruth Dutter; Norma Gensemer; Olga Barr; Edna Hillbish; Mary Ellen Achenbach.
Back Row: Aaron Miller; Carl Schaeffer; Carl Bretzius; Paul Treida; Lyman Zimmerman; Paul Nye; Allen Lebo; Harry Deaven; Ronald Huggler; Paul Hughes.
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From Newspapers.com.
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