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Post by David Sechrest on Jan 28, 2009 11:07:29 GMT -5
Orris Manley was Principal of State Street during the time I attended school there, beginning in 1958 until we moved to Rosstown when I was in the 6th grade. Here is a picture from The Republic of Mr. Manley with an accompanying article about his "tenure" with Richards School. Mr. Manley was the first Principal of Richards. I haven't located the rest of this article as of yet (I hope it's still around!), but I wanted to post this picture of Mr. Manley here in the State Street folder as a reminder of one of the best school administrators the city of Columbus has known.
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Post by richard on Feb 16, 2009 15:03:51 GMT -5
Below is the 1952 - 53, State Street School, Basketball team. Top Row L to R: M. Baker, E. Poole, G. Garrison, Coach Mr. Breeden, D. Fields, W. ‘Cookie’ Tite and J. Crouch.
Middle Row L to R.: A. Hashman, R. Bray, B. Shofner and L. Dobbs.
Bottom Row L to R: V. Sullivan, B. McClure and J. Morgan
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Post by richard on Feb 20, 2009 18:06:33 GMT -5
Grade 1 East Columbus School 1947 - 1948
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Post by richard on Feb 21, 2009 16:15:05 GMT -5
Grade 2 East Columbus School 1948 - 1949
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Post by richard on Feb 22, 2009 20:13:39 GMT -5
Grade 3 East Columbus School 1949 - 1950
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Post by richard on Mar 1, 2009 15:12:38 GMT -5
Grade 4 East Columbus School 1950 - 1951
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Post by richard on Mar 3, 2009 0:21:56 GMT -5
Grade 5 East Columbus School 1951 - 1952
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Post by richard on Mar 4, 2009 10:08:42 GMT -5
Grade 6 State Street School 1952 - 1953. Please note that this is the first year that these pictures state that the East Columbus School is now the State Street School.
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Post by Babs on Apr 14, 2009 7:28:08 GMT -5
For anyone who attended State Street (or East Columbus as we called it when I went there), I will have a table set up at our event to be held June 27th at Donner Park with pictures of students who attended. There will be group pictures of various classes and a couple of boxes of individual pictures....mostly unnamed and undated. There will also some group pictures of the teachers, the basketball teams, etc.
If you attended State Street and were in any of Mr. Freese's classes you may find a picture of yourself or a friend. My father recently passed away and he had kept pictures of his students and we want to make them available to anyone who wants them. Just come on out to the event to be held at Donner Park on June 27th from 9 to 4 in the shelterhouse and sort through and remember "the good ole days" of grade school. The pictures are free and the memories are priceless.
There will also be pictures of students who attended Clifty and had Mr. Freese as a teacher after he left State Street and moved to the new school.
Time era would be from 1949 thru the late 1970's!
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Post by Tim Ault on Apr 17, 2009 20:57:24 GMT -5
Babs was Mr Freese your dad? I had him for 5th grade at Clifty in 72 and he changed my whole world on shcool. I loved him for the true human he was. I had never had anyone treat me so well. I would never have become an engineer had he not made me know that I could. I had over the years wanted to call him as I really thought about him over the years. He should have had my Columbus East graduation invite I sent him in 1980.I signed it to the best teacher I ever had. I knew he lived on syscamore street and I can remeber many a story he told us that year and many about his time at state street school that he loved. I consider myself lucky to have known him.
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Post by Tim Ault on Apr 17, 2009 21:31:56 GMT -5
Ok after reading back into the posts I now know Mr Freese was babs father and I truly hope you told him how much I thought of him as he did change my life and I have thought abought him every year of my life and that is what kind of impact he had on me. Thank you for all the info as I am happy he had a long enjoyable life. I really wish I had taken the time to travel back home to visit him. Every time I was promoted at work I credited it to all Mr Freese and what he taught me about life. He was th first teacher to recognize that I had talents and had the school test and find I had an IQ of 177 and told me not to let that fact go to my head and interfere with my chances in life.
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Post by Tim Ault on Apr 18, 2009 20:00:39 GMT -5
By mb2foru at 2009-04-18 Mr Freese's retirement anouncement in The Republic June 7th 1980 and he is shown reading the gradution invitation I sent him in May 1980 a few weeks before the article on his retirement. It is funny that he also taught at Story and Van Buren in Brown County where many of my relatives and dad went to shcool. I wish my father had been like him.
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Post by Babs on Apr 19, 2009 13:09:40 GMT -5
Tim, Thank you for your kind words. Whether you kids ever knew it or not, he thought the world of "his kids"...though I have to say he'd never use the word "kids". He always said "a kid is a baby goat"! You were his "children and his students"!
In my dad's papers I did find notes and cards from some of his students, he kept them all and treasured them so much. He was a pretty rough "father" to have to live up to because he did expect a lot from us. If he came home in a bad mood because some of his students misbehaved that day, my brother Ronnie and I got the short end of the stick that day...not literally mind you...just that he would be in a bad mood. He always felt that as long as the student tried his utmost, then he was proud of what he had done. If you didn't live up to your potential, he was a bit on the tough side because he knew you could do better. Yes, I had him for a teacher and not just because he was my father, but he was a great teacher. Even though it was hard being his daughter and even harder trying to figure out what to call him at school (not gonna say Mr. Freese and sure didn't think dad would go over very well) so I just usually began speaking and never called him anything during class. Likewise he seldom called me by name in class, just would look my way (and I sat way in the back of the classroom) and would nod and I knew I was "on". Also I did learn that if I held up my hand and acted like I wanted to be called on, he would not call on me...so a lot of the time I'd just keep my head down and not act like I knew the answer and sure enough he'd ask me for the correct answer. I think it was sort of a game I wanted to play so I could show him I knew the right one.
He lived a long and relatively happy life...though I know being alone for the last 20 years or so of his life was hard. He played cards at the Senior Center on Monday but on Wednesday he was not feeling up to playing so he stayed home. On Thursday when my brother went to take him some chili, he was not good so the ambulance was called and he died as he wanted to, still living on his own, still cooking, doing his own laundry and trying to keep his house in order. One of his last wishes God did grant as he was only in the hospital for less than one day and he never had to go into a nursing home, which he always said "he surely did not want to have to do".
Thanks again and through all of his students and their many and varied accomplishments, he will be remembered. One can hardly ask for more than that!
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Post by Babs on Apr 28, 2009 7:12:56 GMT -5
I was just notified yesterday about donations made to our website in my father's memory and so far I do not have any of your names, but please know how deeply these donations were appreciated by me.
I want to send out individual "thank you's" but until I get your names, I hope this will suffice for the time being. Thank you so much for thinking of my dad. He was a good man and a wonderful teacher as witnessed by so many people who cared for him both showing up at the visitation and the funeral and all the kind words and cards that we have received. I even had one long distance phone call from a classmate who never really knew my dad or was in any of his classes but yet he took the time to call and express his condolences. All of these gestures mean so much to me and the family.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Babs :-)
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Post by David Sechrest on May 5, 2009 11:33:20 GMT -5
Here is a picture of faculty and staff from State Street School, 1954-1955 (thank you Babs!):
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Post by David Sechrest on May 5, 2009 11:35:32 GMT -5
Here is a picture, faculty and staff from State Street School, 1955-1956 (thanks Babs!)
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Post by jdhinkle on May 6, 2009 11:47:24 GMT -5
I'M A PICTURE MAN I LIKE LOOKING AT OLD PICTURES AND SEE IF I RECOGNIZE ANYONE IN THE TWO PICTURES OF THE STATE STREET FACULTY I RECOGNIZE MR BEN WALKER
I BELIEVE HE BECAME THE PRINCIPAL AT CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH THE YEAR IT FIRST OPENED WHICH WAS 56,57
I THINK HIS DAUGHTER ANITA WAS IN THE SAME CLASS AS ME AND WAS PICTURED IN ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE STATE STREET BASKETBALL TEAM AS A YELL LEADER.
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Post by Lucky One on Jul 16, 2009 22:44:26 GMT -5
Babs, I am so sorry to hear that your dad passed. I have been to this site before but it has been a year or so since my last visit. I wish I had known he was your father. I am so sorry that I missed the opportunity to let him know how special he was to me. I can see from your prior posts that you have a similar nature. You have the same caring and comforting way of expressing yourself. I am sure he was very proud of you. I had him for 6th grade at State Street. He could spot children who needed extra care and encouragement. He was willing to step up and try to make a difference. He let me do special art projects for his class room. I did a large landscape picture of a tree and swing that he proudly displayed in the class room. He said he thought it was pretty but I suspect that he was really trying to help my self-esteem. I will always carry his memory in my heart. We were so lucky to have him. Thanks so much for sharing him with us.
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Post by Babs on Jul 17, 2009 9:19:47 GMT -5
Thank you Lucky One for the kind comments about my dad. He was indeed a very dedicated teacher. He used to talk about "when the light came on" in a student's eyes and he knew he'd gotten through on some particular subject or problem to be solved. That "light" was the reason he loved teaching so much because when he saw it, he knew he'd made a difference to that student. He did love "his kids" though, as I've said before he never called them "kids". A kid was a baby billy goat and he was very firm that he did not like that word in reference to his students.
It's nice to hear from another of his students that he did make a difference in their lives and I'm quite sure he truly did like the picture you did for the classroom. If he did anything to raise your self esteem, then he did his job quite well.
Thanks again and don't be such a stranger from now on. If you only check out the website once a year or so you will miss a lot and have so much to catch up on. Keep coming back and how about joining?
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Post by richard on Jul 22, 2009 20:50:43 GMT -5
The date of this picture is unknown. It appears to me that it was taken in front of a Cummins Building. I see several having Name Badges and I recognize some of the East Columbus/State Street staff, however the purpose of this group photo is unknown to me. Scan Courtesy of Member Babs
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