Class of 1919: St. Luke Graded School
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Title
Class of 1919: St. Luke Graded School
Subject
Schools - Virginia - Shenandoah County
School children - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Students - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Description
Group photograph of the students and teachers of the class of 1919 at the St. Luke Graded School.
All have been identified as follows:
Front row, (l to r): Robert Walker, Chester Riffey, Joe Wetzel, Theodore Markley, Dorothy Shipp, James Markley, Charlotte Shipp, Gladys Irvin, Geneva Stickley Reedy, Katherine Riffey Emswiller, Minnie Dudley, Delmar Racey, Ada Wilkins Lutz, Mildred Racey Sibert, Garland Smoot Backman, Hazel Foltz Seal, Gertrude Holler George, and Mary Holler Groves.
Second Row: Harry Riffey, Emmet Clark, Margaret Miller Emswiller, George Holler, Thelma Miller Hawkins, Reddi Wetzel Stultz, Mary Catherine Barrow, Jennings Racy, Harry Smoot, Clifford Racey, Edward Ryman Carl Wetzel, Ethel Cook Getz, Emery Lewis Coffman, Richard Wetzel, Mildred Helsley Mullin, Rosie Wetzel Funkhouser and Lois Wetzel Wisman.
Third Row: Marvin Dysart, Truman Coffman, Maynard Wetzel, Richard Coffman, Franklin Ryman, Harold Ryman, Harry Wetzel, Carl Cook, Charles Sager, Violet Racey, Samuel Stickley, Charles Smoot, Dolly Ryman, Stella Wetzel, Catherine Smoot Kibler, Sada Coffman Lambert, Ruth Kibler Borden, Florence Coffman Rhinehart and Pearl Racey Lorden.
Fourth row: Paul Irvin, Jessie Cook, Carl Gochenour, Paul Long, Leonard Smoot, Clarence Coffman, ___ Racey, Meredith Stickley, Ethel Stout Fisher, Vesta Coffman Sager, Hazel Ryman, Ethel Stoneburner, Pauline Sager Sprow, Virginia Wisman DeHaven, Lottie Wetzel Windle, Fannie Smoot Suberry, Mamie Smoot George and Beulah Walker Keller.
Standing in the rear are teachers Mary Lantz, Ernest Miller and Myrtle Kibler Balliet.
All have been identified as follows:
Front row, (l to r): Robert Walker, Chester Riffey, Joe Wetzel, Theodore Markley, Dorothy Shipp, James Markley, Charlotte Shipp, Gladys Irvin, Geneva Stickley Reedy, Katherine Riffey Emswiller, Minnie Dudley, Delmar Racey, Ada Wilkins Lutz, Mildred Racey Sibert, Garland Smoot Backman, Hazel Foltz Seal, Gertrude Holler George, and Mary Holler Groves.
Second Row: Harry Riffey, Emmet Clark, Margaret Miller Emswiller, George Holler, Thelma Miller Hawkins, Reddi Wetzel Stultz, Mary Catherine Barrow, Jennings Racy, Harry Smoot, Clifford Racey, Edward Ryman Carl Wetzel, Ethel Cook Getz, Emery Lewis Coffman, Richard Wetzel, Mildred Helsley Mullin, Rosie Wetzel Funkhouser and Lois Wetzel Wisman.
Third Row: Marvin Dysart, Truman Coffman, Maynard Wetzel, Richard Coffman, Franklin Ryman, Harold Ryman, Harry Wetzel, Carl Cook, Charles Sager, Violet Racey, Samuel Stickley, Charles Smoot, Dolly Ryman, Stella Wetzel, Catherine Smoot Kibler, Sada Coffman Lambert, Ruth Kibler Borden, Florence Coffman Rhinehart and Pearl Racey Lorden.
Fourth row: Paul Irvin, Jessie Cook, Carl Gochenour, Paul Long, Leonard Smoot, Clarence Coffman, ___ Racey, Meredith Stickley, Ethel Stout Fisher, Vesta Coffman Sager, Hazel Ryman, Ethel Stoneburner, Pauline Sager Sprow, Virginia Wisman DeHaven, Lottie Wetzel Windle, Fannie Smoot Suberry, Mamie Smoot George and Beulah Walker Keller.
Standing in the rear are teachers Mary Lantz, Ernest Miller and Myrtle Kibler Balliet.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
1919
Labelled "Jan 1921" on box of glass plates.
Contributor
Identified by Phyllis Wright, who recognized the image from page 140 of the book, Reflections: Early Schools of Shenandoah County, Virginia, published in 1995 by the Shenandoah County Historical Society.
Individual students and teachers were identified by Gladys Irvin of Woodstock and appeared (with the photograph) in the Shenandoah Valley Herald.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Identifier
007381
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Class of 1919: St. Luke Graded School,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 22, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/25721.
Comments
Mike Good
The teacher, Ernest Miller was the son of George L. Miller and Carrie (Guess). He was born near Woodstock in 1898 and died in Harrisonburg in 1984. He was married in 1923 to Clemence Gertrude Doll who proceded him in death in 1967. After teaching for many years in Shenandoah County, he became a minister and moved from Virginia to Maryland and West Virginia. He was married more than once.
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