First grade:
Margaret S. Lester, 02/24/1921 - 04/03/1989
Third grade:
Ethel Parsons, 05/27/1895 - 05/xx/1974
Fourth grade:
Lila Nurenberg, 02/07/1905 - 07/xx/1972
Sixth grade:
Esther L. Minnie, 08/05/1909 - 03/xx/1980
Seventh grade (homeroom):
Maurice B. Greene, 10/22/1910 - 06/22/1995
Junior high principal:
Stanley R. Hardman, 09/13/1901 - 03/05/1992
Junior high math:
William L. Laidlaw, 11/12/1904 - 03/xx/1972
Senior high principal:
Omer P. Bartow, 09/15/1902 - 08/22/1992
Senior high math:
Frank B. Yon, 01/04/1920 - 08/11/2001
Senior high Latin:
Thelma Sharritt, 04/07/1900 - 01/xx/1982
Senior high English:
Aharas Kresin, 10/06/1908 - 01/23/2001
Senior high social studies:
Dwight Lange, 08/02/1918 - 01/05/1994
Senior high guidance counselor:
Burman J. Misenar, 07/25/1915 - 08/06/1994
Superintendent of schools:
Howard Crull, 04/09/1898 - 06/xx/1968
Superintendent of schools:
Norris Hanks, 05/06/1900 - 10/xx/1981
Missing are: female teachers who were unmarried when they taught me but went on to marry and use their husbands' names, teachers with combinations of first names and last names that are common, and teachers whom I knew only by last name. Also missing, of course, are those teachers with uncommon first name-last name combinations who are still among the quick.
I am convinced that the principal of the first school I attended (a Mrs. Forbes) was born soon after (if not during) the Civil War. I exaggerate (a bit), but it is evident that my worldview was influenced strongly by many persons who came of age in the early part of the 20th century, persons who remembered vividly the Great Depression and World War II. Then there was the influence of my maternal grandmother, who came of age in the late 1800s. (See here.)
Think about the persons who were influential in your life when you were a child and adolescent. When were they born? What great events did they live through as adults? Do you, in some ways, see their attitudes reflected in yours?
