Contributed by Teresa Douglass, Genealogy Specialist
These Laconia 1st– and 2nd-graders look eager to get started. Even their teacher is smiling!
To see more photos, visit HCPL’s Harrison County Schools Collection.
Laconia 1st & 2nd graders – 1939-1940
These children were 1st and 2nd graders at Laconia Grade School during the 1939-1940 school term. They posed for the picture outside of their school building, which was constructed in 1934 and served the community until 1986. Individuals in the photo have been identified left to right as follows:
Front Row: Cletus Russellburg, Jack Briles, Jimmy Sample, Johnny Boone, Billie Crosier, Roselie Johns, Shirley Boone, Phyllis Ann Crosier, Mary Jones, Rosella Johns. (The Johns girls in this row are twins.)
Second Row: Margaret Ellen Crosier, Ruby Faith, Marilyn Beckort, Francis Timberlake, Joyce Denbo, Doris Williar, Alice Biddle, Mary Ellen Williar, ______ Howell, and Allen Denbo.
Third Row: Teacher Violet Rooksby (Gassert), Jimmy Allen Beanblossom, James Mathis, Maurice Russellburg, Lena Mae Kingsley, Donald Faith, Gene Best, John Maurice Ashton, Maurice Fisher Williar.
