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Post by davefoist on Jan 8, 2011 13:56:54 GMT -5
East Columbus School Group Richard, I believe the unknown boy in between Rita Henderson and Janet Sue Love, is Richard Leslie. I received an e-mail from member jdhinkle advising me of some of the names in this post. I’ve added those names below. Thanks jdhinkle... Top Row L - R: David K. ‘Butch’ Brumfield, Sandra Corbin, Unknown Second Row L - R: Rita Henderson, Unknown, Janet ‘Sue’ Love Third Row L-R: Unknown, Phyllis Dobbs, Unknown Bottom Row: Anita Walker Photo Courtesy of Daune Rita Cook Maze
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Post by davefoist on Jan 8, 2011 14:06:43 GMT -5
East Columbus School 1952. Richard, I believe that the boy on the right end of row two, is Jody Taber. Top Row L to R: Mr. Freese, Unknown, Dorothy Tilley, Unknown, N. J. Dearmand, Unknown, David Fivecoat, Gene Wilber Row Two L to R: Unknown, Karen L. Hill, Bill Shofner, Mary Sanders, Barbara Eddy, Barbara Sullivan, Unknown, Unknown Row Three L to R: H. Posey, Janice Hunter, Bill Jackman, Dennis Prior, Jerry Weddle, Rosalie McIntosh, Howard Brooks, Arthur G. Cox Bottom Row L to R: Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Photo Courtesy of Member Babs
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Post by jdhinkle on Mar 15, 2011 10:58:04 GMT -5
I WAS LOOKING THRU THIS AREA OF STATE STREET SCHOOL TO SEE IF I COULD DETERMINE THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE I FOUND THIS PICTURE IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY FLICKR PICTURES HAS THE DIFFERENCE IS THERE IS A PERSON IN THE BACK ROW WHO APPEARS TO BE DISSTRACTED AND HER HEAD IS TURNED IN LOOKING AT THE CLOSE UP THAT FOLLOWED I BELIEVE THE PERSON IS SANDY CORBIN THE GIRL TO HER LEFT IS RUTH HIETZ AND THE GIRL TO HER RIGHT IS MARIETSA THEOBALD IM NOT SURE IF THE REMAINING PEOPLE ARE IN THE SAME CLASS BUT I KNOW THESE THREE GRADUATED FROM CHS IN 1960 This is one that I've been wanting for some time. It's a picture of the gym inside the newer State Street building. Besides playing basketball here, it also served as our lunchroom. As you can tell from the ceiling, this was a very challenging place (ha--to say the least!) to play basketball. Garfield School on Central didn't have a lunchroom. For a period of time, they bussed kids over to State Street for lunch.
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Post by jdhinkle on Mar 15, 2011 11:02:27 GMT -5
THIS IS THE CLOSE UP OF THE SECTION THE THREE GIRLS IN THE BACK ROW FAR RIGHT IS MARIETSA, SANDY CORBIN HEAD TURNED AND RUTH HIETZ TO SANDY'S LEFT IM GOING TO KEEP LOOKING I MAY FIND MORE Pic 3 of the kids in the gym picture, working from left to right Sorry, but I do not have the year this picture was taken, nor any names of the kids. If you can identify any of them....have at it!
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Post by David Sechrest on Apr 28, 2011 22:49:14 GMT -5
Thanks to Ricky Gates, here are some "new" State Street class photos: State Street School, 1960-1961 school year. This is my 3rd grade class...Mrs. Doris Fulp was our teacher. Orris Manley, Principal
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Post by David Sechrest on Apr 28, 2011 22:55:21 GMT -5
Courtesy of Ricky Gates. I wasn't in this class. If someone knows who the teacher is, could you please let me know so I can add her name here? Thank you! State Street School class photo 4th grade, 1961-1962.
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Post by David Sechrest on Apr 28, 2011 23:00:05 GMT -5
Courtesy of Ricky Gates. I wasn't in this class either. I can't remember who I had as a teacher for the 5th grade. Mrs. Doris Fulp, teacher, Orris Manley, Principal, 1962-63 school year.
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Post by theresa on Oct 24, 2011 18:20:19 GMT -5
Courtesy of Ricky Gates. I wasn't in this class either. I can't remember who I had as a teacher for the 5th grade. Mrs. Doris Fulp, teacher, Orris Manley, Principal, 1962-63 school year. the third row 4th person over is my brother Lymon Hugh Gregory Jr(Buddy) . He is 17 years older than i and it was a pleasure to see his picture as a young lad.
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Post by terrymorrison on Oct 27, 2011 14:28:29 GMT -5
i attended state street school from 1964 along with many children from the childrens home.i also had miss fulp,she was great
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Post by davefoist on Jul 13, 2012 13:14:37 GMT -5
I attended East Columbus School in the 1st and 2nd grades,which would have been in 1944-1946. I recognize one of the students from the 3rd grade photo of 1943. On the front row in the middle,with the dark dress and long black hair is Charlene (Stoneking)McCue.
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Post by davefoist on Jul 13, 2012 13:35:04 GMT -5
When I was in High School, Hazel Fodrea was one of our teachers. That was from 1953-1957. She was known to the students then as Happy Hazel.
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Post by davefoist on Jul 13, 2012 14:03:58 GMT -5
I was wrong about Hazel Fodrea being our teacher in High School. After looking at my HS yearbook, I noticed that it was Hazel McKain that I was thinking about. Sorry for the error.
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Post by davefoist on Jul 13, 2012 14:54:29 GMT -5
Brother Jack says that isn't him,so I was mistaken.
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Post by davefoist on Jul 13, 2012 14:54:44 GMT -5
Brother Jack says that isn't him,so I was mistaken.
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Post by David Sechrest on Feb 14, 2014 16:29:08 GMT -5
For the past several weeks, I have been researching the history of the East Columbus School building, designed by architect Elmer Dunlap, and built by contractors Hege & Company. This is the one that was demolished in the 1970s.
The original East Columbus School, situated at the northwest corner of Burnsville Pike (State Street) and Azalia Road (Gladstone) was destroyed by fire in the early morning hours of Friday, February 17, 1905. The fire was first discovered at 2am. One of the earliest alarms was turned in from a fire box at the corner of Third and Pearl Streets, a good mile away, but as the fire was in East Columbus, the Columbus fire department was helpless to act, as there was no water available to fight the blaze. It is believed that the fire originated in the classroom of teacher, Miss Minnie Beatty, and was caused by an overturned stove. A week before the fire, the stove in Miss Beatty’s room fell over and had to be replaced. It was customary at the time to leave a fire burning throughout the night in all school rooms during the winter months.
Actually, there were two school buildings at that State and Gladstone property: The single story, brick structure that burned, and another smaller structure nearby that was used for the primary grades. This smaller building was not harmed. Over that weekend, Columbus Township Trustee David Stillinger arranged for makeshift classrooms to be set up in the East Columbus churches. Primary grades continued to be taught in the building unharmed by the fire.
Because a new school needed to be built, residents of East Columbus did not want the new school to be located on the present (State & Gladstone) site. Drainage was terrible. Standing water after any kind of rain was such a nuisance that they petitioned Stillinger to have a new school located elsewhere. Stillinger obliged, and began his search for a new location.
At the time, what was once a driving park (and before that, a fairground), was located in East Columbus. It encompassed an area south of State Street, bordered by Beatty Lane at the west, Pence Street at the east, and the railroad tracks at the south. And it was here where Stillinger turned his attention. On April 10, 1905, Stillinger met with William Brockman and Richard Thomas, the men who owned the property. He was interested in acquiring between one and two acres for the new school. The men measured out the parcel Stillinger wished to purchase, but the deal was called off when a price could not be agreed upon. Stillinger then turned his attention to another parcel of land close to the driving park (it is not known where this back-up location was, or any other East Columbus property Stillinger may have looked at).
After weighing the options, on April 17, 1905, a decision was reached: Stillinger and the advisory board agreed to purchase one and a half acres at the northeast corner of the old driving park property from Brockman and Thomas. Plans to build the new East Columbus school were immediately put into action. Elmer Dunlap was hired as architect for the new school. By May 6th, plans and specifications were drawn up, and bidders were asked to submit their proposals before 2pm, May 20, 1905. Bids were opened in Elmer Dunlap’s office on May 20. Bids were for both a seven room and four room building, as it had not yet been decided which size building would be constructed. Three contractors bid on the project: Coats & Robertson, Dunlap & Company, and Hege & Company. Hege & Company was awarded the project. Work on the new East Columbus school commenced May 22. Due to the low cost of erecting a seven room school house, it was decided to go ahead and go with the larger building at a cost of $8981.43. Hege & Company were given until September 15, 1905 to have the building completed.
And that’s as far as I’ve gotten…
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