Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Portrait photograph of Cecil M. Newcorn wearing a U.S. Army uniform. He is best remembered for the years he served as Bandmaster at Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) in the late 1930’s.

Cecil was from Plainfield, New Jersey, the son of William…

Portrait photograph of E.M. Cramer.

Cramer was an instructor at Massanutten Academy in Woodstock Virginia and this photograph appeared in that school's 1913-1914 catalog "Massanutten Academy Views."

Group of unidentified students and at least one unidentified teacher posed outside an unidentified school building.

Group of unidentified teachers serving the Shenandoah Valley Academy students in the 1930s.

Established in 1908, the Seventh-Day Adventist coeducational boarding school for high school students still exists and is located in New Market,…

Photograph of unidentified students on the steps of the Lantz Mill School.

The unidentified woman on the left is the teacher, Ada Stoneburner. She has her arm around a girl identified as Elizabeth Stoneburner. The other students are…

Group of unidentified students from the 1st and 2nd grades of the Woodstock Public School.

When this photograph was taken, these classes were held in a building at the west end of Lawyer's Row.

The teacher shown here was Mrs. E.E. Stickley,…

Group of unidentified students and a teacher at the Strasburg School.

Group of unidentified students and teachers posed as a group in front of Shenandoah Valley Academy's original "Main Dormitory."

Large group of unidentified students and teachers, posed outside a large unidentified building, probably their school.

Photograph of Linda (Seal) Mason as a little girl with a bow in her hair and seated on a bench with her ankles crossed.

Linda was from Woodstock, the daughter of John William and Dorothy Virginia (Holsinger) Seal.

She was a teacher when she…

Portrait photograph of F.E. Rupert.

Rupert was an instructor for Massanutten Academy during the 1913-1914 school year. This photograph appears in the school's 1913-1914 catalog "Massanutten Academy Views."

Portrait photograph of Professor Milton Hollingsworth as a young man wearing a suit and tie.

He was the son of Charles Edwin and Fannie (Coffelt) Hollingsworth and had a long career in high school level education; first as a teacher, later as a…

Portrait photograph of Howard Johnston Benchoff, influential headmaster of Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock.

He was the son of Loudon Francis and Martha Belle (Johnston) Benchoff. His first wife was Kathryn Leona Mahon who died in 1918.…

Portrait photograph of Derwood Myers who worked as an agricultural teacher at Woodstock High School and later, at Central High School.

Portrait photograph of Eleonor Hottel Balthis, who never married and became a teacher.

Born in Strasburg, she was the oldest child of Robert Fleming (1876-1944) and Hattie May (Hottel) (1882-1922) Balthis.

Interestingly, her civil birth was…

Portrait photograph of Miguel "Mike" Chellini, of Venezuela and Woodstock.

Miguel “Mike” Angel Chellini, Jr. was born in Caracas, Venezuela, to Miguel Angel Chellini, Sr. and Jaunita De Riera. When he was 16 years old, Mike was sent to America to…

Margaret Ott (Grabill) Jones with her hair pulled back and wearing a long string of faux pearls.

Margaret was a descendant of Captain Grabill, the first Superintendent of Schools in Shenandoah County. She taught English at both Woodstock and New…

Portrait photograph of Mary Bair Bowman as a young woman.

Mary was the only child of Franklin Schmucker (1871-1963) and Sarah Fletcher (Supinger) (1870-1953) Bowman.

She was a teacher in Shenandoah County for many years. According to her…

Portrait photograph of Robert Fransen in a uniform.

Fransen was a mathematics instructor and Assistant Athletic Director at Massanutten Military Academy (MMA). He is wearing the uniform of a Captain at the academy.

Photo of a photo of an unidentified individual wearing the uniform of a Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) Officer.

It appears this individual is an instructor at MMA who had served in the U.S. Army.

Portrait photograph of Cecil M. Newcorn wearing a U.S. Army uniform. He is best remembered for the years he served as Bandmaster at Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) in the late 1930’s.

Cecil was from Plainfield, New Jersey, the son of William…

Portrait photograph of Fred B. Spiker in his Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) uniform.

Fred taught music at MMA in Woodstock.

Group of high school students in front of the Strasburg High School.

The following have been identified:
1st Row (l to r): ?, Cecilia (Horan) Kirby, Marguerite Boles, Mildred (Funk) Gordon, Ada Lineburg, Beatrice Booth, Dorothy Lutz, Lillie…

Photograph of the students from Bowmans Crossing School about 1911.

They are identified as:
1st row (l to r): Ruth Baker, Raymond Baker, Medger Bowers, Clarence "Pete" Ward, Joe Bowers, Fred Grandstaff (Tip Downey), and Mertie Bowers.

2nd…

Portrait photograph of Julia (Stickley) Campbell, who worked as a 1st and 2nd grade teacher in Strasburg.

She graduated from Strasburg High School and attended the State Teachers' College (now called JMU) in Harrisonburg.

Her 1925 yearbook…
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