Central School. 1B Class. (T.Times) [Also dated 04-17-1943]

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The lunch room at Central School, April of 1943. The first graders are studying a unit on making good choices for nutrition and also on preparing nutritious foods. (t. Times 4/24/1943, pg. 5)

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Instead of dyeing Easter eggs in April of 1943, Central School's first grade class learns to cook while the country is at war. Barbara Johnson points to the recipe on the blackboard which indicates the amount of hot water needed to make hot cocoa. Allyn Pollock and Roland Morris are attentive to her instructions and are ready to proceed with preparing the meal. (T.Times, 4/24/1943, p.5)

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On April 20, 1943, Simone Bland (right) tied Bennie Deschington's apron so that he could help prepare lunch for Miss Mildred Vaught's first grade class at Central School, 601 So. 8th St.. Miss Vaught was teaching her students basic cooking skills and nutrition in a unit based on the theme "Helping to win the war by keeping well." (T.Times 4/24/1943 p.5)

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In 1943, Miss Mildred Vaught's first grade pupils at Central School abandoned the usual Easter festivities in favor of learning about preparing nutritious foods. The children, using materials and cookbooks provided by the Washington Dairy Council, studied a unit entitled "Helping to Win the War by Keeping Well." As many mothers left home to work in defense plants, filling shifts as needed, children were required to care for and feed themselves at younger ages. The children are lined up to receive supplies from Billie McDonald for their cooking lesson, which incorporated lessons in reading, writing, math and hygiene. From left to right: Kay Francis, Verle Wagner, Don Clarkson, Billy York, Rose Marie Guillaume, Bennie Deschington and Jack Heath. (T. Times 4/24/1943, pg. 5)

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The students of Central School's first grade, led by their teacher Miss Mildred Vaught, are learning to cook on April 20, 1943. With so many mothers involved in the war effort, many kids were caring for themselves and siblings at younger ages. The lesson was geared to teaching them to prepare nutritious meals and included exercises in reading, math and hygiene. The students are lined up to get supplies for the day with Billie McDonald dispensing the supplies. (T. Times 4/24/1943, pg. 5)

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The first grade students in Miss Mildred Vaught's class at Central School gather at a table to study their cookbooks during the lesson on "Winning the war by keeping well." The children studied cooking and nutrition, while also practicing reading, writing, math, hygiene and good manners. (T. Times 4/24/1943, pg. 5)

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Midland School, view of gymnasium. Original school by Hill and Mock, Architects, 1926. Complex remodeled 1943. (T. Times)

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Midland School, general view of complex. Main building by Hill and Mock, Architects, 1926. Complex remodeled 1943. Date of June First is likely wrong, as there is snow on the ground. (T. Times)

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Midland School, close up of main building by Hill and Mock, Architects, 1926. Complex remodeled 1943. Date of June First is likely wrong, as there is snow on the ground. Midland was once the half way point on the Puyallup to Tacoma street car line. (T. Times)

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Midland School, rear of main building by Hill and Mock, Architects, 1926. Complex remodeled 1943. (T. Times)

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ca. 1945. Thrift is a community south of Orting in rural Pierce County. Charles & Minnie Thrift began farming in the area about 1893. The Thrift School District later consolidated with the Kapowsin district. It is now part of the Bethel School District, which was created in 1949. This class photo was taken by photographer Chapin Bowen about 1945.

Manitou School Baseball Team. The Manitou team won the grade school baseball championship for the southern division. Team members, L-R, were: seated; Jim Larsen, Judd Dockeray, Ron Schermerhorn, and Ron Christensen; kneeling; Bob Wasser, Loyd Norris, Michael Howell, Bob Naylor, and LeRoy Herzog; standing; Dave Wiksten, Paul Lemley, Tryg Blix (coach), Ray McGallison (captain), Mark Gordon and John Sisul. (T.Times, 6/6/1947, p.15)

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Manitou School group. A group portrait of one of the school classes at Manitou School. There are thirteen girls and sixteen boys.The School Board was faced with tough questions in 1911. How to provide for a school population that was increasing at the rate of nearly 1,000 new students per year? Voters approved a special levy on May 6, 1911, for several new elementary schools and a new high school. A portable was secured for the Manitou neighborhood and in September, Sara Cochrane began teaching the first three grades in the one-room building. (For the Record, a History of Tacoma Public Schools, 1869-1984, by Winnifred L. Olsen) Format 5" x 8"

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Manitou School group. A group portrait of one of the school classes at Manitou School. There are nine girls and ten boys. The girls all are wearing dresses or skirts and blouses. Members of the Manitou Improvement Club began petitioning the School Board in 1910 to locate a school in their neighborhood in the southwest area of the city. Instead, the Board moved a one-story building from Tacoma to District 38 and furnished transportation for students to attend there. (For the Record, a History of Tacoma Public Schools, 1869-1984, by Winnifred L. Olsen) Format 5" x 8"

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Manitou School group. A group portrait of one of the school classes at Manitou School. There are thirteen girls and sixteen boys. In 1912, land was purchased in the Manitou Grove Addition as a new site for the school. But, when parents asked that portables be added on the park site, they were told students could attend Edison or Oakland schools. Transportation was furnished for fourth and fifth grade students to the schools. More portables were added in 1913. (For the Record, a History of Tacoma Public Schools, 1869-1984, by Winnifred L. Olsen) Format 5" x 8"

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Manitou School group. A group portrait of the third grade class at Manitou School in 1948. There are seven girls and fifteen boys. Economic pressures of World War I caused building of a new school in the Manitou neighborhood to be postponed. After approval of a bond issue a four-room tile structure was erected in 1919 at the new Manitou site. Additions and remodeling were done in 1924 and 1957. (For the Record, a History of Tacoma Public Schools, 1869-1984, by Winnifred L. Olsen) Format 5" x 8" TPL-9843

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Tacoma Philharmonic at Tacoma Schools. Students sit two to a seat listening to recorded music as a preview to the second young people's concert of the season that was held February 16, 1949, at Temple Theater. Pupils from 4th through 9th grades in public and parochial schools attended. Ann Deyo, a fifth grader in Miss Hilda Meisner's class at Lowell School is about to play a recording of "Die Fledermaus" overture by Johann Strauss which they would hear performed at the matinee concert sponsored by the Tacoma Philharmonic and Meadowsweet Dairies, Inc. (TNT, 2/14/1949, p.2)

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6th Grade students, Stanley School, Mr. Thune. The graduating 6th grade class posed in front of the school in May of 1949. Several of the boys are wearing safety patrol badges and shoulder straps. Elmer Thune was the school's Principal.

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Two workmen standing on scaffolding are removing plywood forms from a ceiling at Lowell School. A new building was necessary since the older school had been declared unsafe after the April 1949 earthquake. This was the second disaster survived by the school. The log cabin school at the corner of North 28th and Starr streets burned in a mysterious fire in 1875. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Mr. McCallum. (For the Record, Winnifred L Olsen)

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Progress photograph at Lowell School. With its roots in Old Tacoma Lowell Elementary School is the Tacoma School District's oldest school. It was originally known as the First Ward School serving families living west of Division Street. Classes opened in 1869 in a log cabin built at the corner of North 28th and Starr streets. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association. (For the Record, Winnifred L. Olsen)

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Exterior picture of completed Lowell Elementary, 810 No. 13th. Established in Old Tacoma in 1869, Lowell holds the distinction of being the district's oldest school. It was originally known as the First Ward School and served families living west of Division Avenue. After several locations, it was renamed Lowell School and was located at No. 12th & Yakima. When Tacoma's earthquake hit at noon on April 13, 1949, Lowell student Marvin Klegman was killed by falling chimney bricks when leaving his classroom to take his post as a patrol boy. Two other Lowell students were hurt and the school was condemned. Students finished out the year at Grant, Bryant and Jason Lee until they moved into their new classrooms on No.13th St. in November of 1950. Construction on the school was completed in February of 1951.

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A new electric stove has been installed in the kitchen at Lowell School. Ordered by Washington Stove Works, Everett, Washington.

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A new electric stove, an "Alaska Range", has been installed in the kitchen at Jefferson School. During a one week period in December of 1951, new stoves were also installed at several other elementary schools including Lowell, Park and Reed. Ordered by Washington Stove Works, Everett, Washington. TPL-7186

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A new electric stove, an "Alaska Range", has been installed in the kitchen at Reed School. Ordered by Washington Stove Works, Everett, Washington.

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The exterior of A.V. Fawcett Elementary School that opened in 1950. The eight-room school was named for Angelo Vance Fawcett. He was elected Mayor of Tacoma five times and served longer than any other mayor. He was also a state senator and a Pierce County Commissioner. Ordered by Washington Stove Works, Everett, Washington. (For the Record, Winnifred L. Olsen)

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Jefferson School originally opened in a portable at North 12th and Stevens Streets. In 1908 the school was built at 4302 North 13th. Improvements were made in 1913, 1919, 1950, 1957 and 1971. The school was named for Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and the third President of the United States. Ordered by Washington Stove Works, Everett, Washington. (For the Record, Winnifred L. Olsen) TPL-7185

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Jefferson Elementary School, detail view of end wall. Brick building with double doors and a small curved roof above. Ordered by Washington Stove Works.

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The 12-room Lowell Elementary School at 810 North 13th Street, built to replace the original Lowell School, was completed in February 1951. This view of the exterior of the school shows the concrete steps up to the entrance of the two-story school. Lowell School can trace its history back to the first school in Tacoma, a cabin built at North 28th and Starr streets. The school shown replaced the Lowell school built in 1892; that building had to be torn down after being damaged by the great 1949 earthquake. (Ordered by Washington Stove Works, Everett, Washington.)

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The exterior of Jennie Reed Elementary School which opened in 1951. The school was named for Dr. Jennie M. Reed who was noted throughout the Northwest for the testing program she developed in the 1920's and 1930's as director of the District department of educational research and psychological clinic. The school had 300 students in 1952. Ordered by Washington Stove Works, Everett, Washington. (For the Record, Winnifred L. Olsen)

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