The Clover Park High small performing choir with their director Peter J. Barden. The small choir travelled and performed for various school organizations and clubs. Their sweaters display the Clover Park emblem. The choir was featured at the Easter morning sunrise service held at Mountain View Memorial Park. (TNT 4/4/1950, pg. 30 names included with picture)

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Construction of the new Clover Park Junior High School has begun and plywood forms for the reinforced-concrete are being installed. According to Clover Park superintendent A.G. Hudtloff the structure would house 20 classrooms, two home-making rooms, two science rooms, a band room, a choral room, general shop, art room, library, two teachers' rooms, a cafeteria, a conference room, kitchen and gymnasium. Capacity of the building would be 900 students. The building was estimated to cost $848,000.The building was designed by Charles Reuger. Standard Construction Company was the building contractor. (TNT, 9/l27/1952, p.10)

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ca. 1943. Clover Park High School orchestra.

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The $152,000 Vocational Training Center at Clover Park High School was nearing completion by the beginning of February of 1943. Included in the high ceiling shop area were an airplane hangar for studying airplane construction, a large machine shop, automotive shop and sheet metal shop.

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Overview of new vocational training center at Clover Park High School. the $152,000 center was built with federal grants obtained by Superintendent A.G. Hudtloff and would be used for training skilled workers in the vital defense industries. Autos and busses surround the building as classes begin in February of 1943. Demand was so high for skilled workers, that classes ran around the clock.

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Construction materials littered the site of the newly constructed vocational training center at Clover Park High School in February of 1943. Classes were ready to begin in the eagerly awaited center, where they would be teaching the skills needed in the defense industry. Special shops were available for airplane construction and maintenance, large machines, automotive and sheet metal work. Spaces were also available for training in welding, shipfitting, woodworking and drafting.

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In February of 1943, the $152,000 vocational training center at Clover Park High School was completed. Classes would immediately commence there for both men and women. The facility included an airplane hangar, large machine shop, automotive shop, sheet metal shop and space for training in welding, shipfitting, woodwork and drafting. The facility was built with federal grants obtained by A.G. Hudtloff. There was such a demand for vocational training to fill positions in the wartime industries that the school ran 24 hours a day. School would commence despite the large piles of construction materials still lying about. (T.Times 2/4/1943, pg. 3; TNT 2/4/43, pg. 1)

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By February of 1943, the vocational training center at Clover Park High School was ready for use. With demand for skilled war workers at a record high, classes ran around the clock at the facility. Pictured is the facility's automotive shop, where students learn to work on military and commercial vehicles. (T.Times 2/4/1943, pg. 3; TNT 2/4/1943, pg. 1)

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Interior of shop building at the new vocational training center at Clover Park High School. Classes ran 24 hours a day at the new facility which opened in February of 1943, training skilled laborers for the defense industry.

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Mrs. Mae Needham demonstrated the proper technique for welding steel for her unidentified instructor at Clover Park High School while Mrs. Margaret Needham (center) and Mrs. DesCamp watched on January 27, 1943. With the war came a new demand for skilled tradesmen - both men and women. The school had provided vocational training for nearly 1000 men and was starting classes for women beginning with electric and acetylene welding. A new series of classes soon followed to train women for jobs as automobile mechanics at the Mt. Rainier Ordinance Depot, Fort Lewis. (T. Times 2/5/1943, p. 3 & 2/25/1943 p.33 photo).

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Women attending welding class at Clover Park High School. The classes had been offered to men wishing to enter the defense industry for over a year, but now for the first time the school was also training women.

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Women attending welding class at Clover Park High School. The vocational program, which started a year ago for men, is now opened to women affording them an opportunity to aid in the war effort. The program offers classes 24 hours a day.

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On November 21, 1942, Congressman John Coffee, center in overcoat and scarf, visited the Lakewood area to check out the progress on the construction of the addition to Clover Park High School. The $225,000 addition was the result of a federal grant that he had helped obtain. The finished addition would include four classrooms, a cafeteria and a gymnasium. Pictured left to right are Walter Hedlind, Mrs. Nellie Wootan, Hugh Fotheringill, Stanley Lytle, Ivey Alice Mann, Congressman Coffee, John Maas, Mrs. H.E. Liebe, A.G. Hudtloff and Paul Olsen. (TNT 11/23/1942, pg. 11)

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Congressman John M. Coffee, center with mortar, was photographed helping with the construction of an addition to Clover Park High School November 21, 1942. His biggest aid was his assistance in obtaining the federal grant that made the $225,000 addition possible. Pictured left to right in front of the wall are Superintendent A.G. Hudtloff, Congressman Coffee, Olai Hageness, Clarence Rueger and Walter Hedlind. Back of the wall are Paul Olson, Charles Rueger, Stanley Lytle and Pete Hansen. The addition was scheduled to be ready for occupancy by mid-late Spring 1943 and would include eight classrooms, a gymnasium and a cafeteria. (T.Times 11/23/1942, pg. 6)

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Congressman John Coffee, center in overcoat and scarf, posed on November 21, 1942 in front of Clover Park High School with a group of men and women. Congressman Coffee was visiting the school to view the construction of a new addition, the result of a federal grant that he had fought hard to obtain. The $225,000 addition would add eight classrooms, a gym and a cafeteria.

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Interiors and exteriors of the new buildings at Clover Park School. This appears to be a science classroom, with lab tables in the rear of the room. Added to the school were both a biology and botany lab and a chemistry and physics lab. (T. Times 5/7/1941, pg. 3)

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Interiors and exteriors of the new buildings at Clover Park School. A birds eye view of the new library, already in use despite mostly empty shelves.

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Interiors and exteriors of the new buildings at Clover Park School; the music room. A few large instruments lie abandoned, waiting for their student musician.

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Clover Park High School, view of new Walter J. Thompson Field. Football field and grandstand. [Also dated 05-06-1941]

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An unidentified young man, possibly Jim Ladd, senior class president, cuts the ribbon on the newly completed addition to Clover Park High School while supporting himself with a crutch. The area shown is the new main entrance to the school. The addition, designed by Charles and Clarence Rueger, Architects, was completed in May of 1941 at a cost of $97,213. An open house for the public was held on Sunday, May 11. (T. Times May 7, 1941 p.3)

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New buildings at Clover Park School under construction. Included in the $97,000 addition was a new music room, greenhouse, biology & botony lab, chemistry & physics lab, modern food preparation lab, practice kitchen, health center, and the shell for a new auditorium. [Also dated 05-06-1941]

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New addition at Clover Park School. Greenhouse built on the roof of the new rounded music room. The greenhouse was just outside the new biology and botony lab. The addition was designed by Charles and Clarence Rueger, Architects. (T.Times, 5/8/1941, p. 3).

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New addition at Clover Park High School. Half circle one story music room attached to rear of two story brick building with a greenhouse on the roof. The greenhouse was built just outside the new biology and botony lab. The addition cost $97,213, over $39,000 from state grant, $77,000 from a bond issue and some local tax funds. Charles and Clarence Rueger, Architects, designed the structure. Although brand new, the school was already overcrowded with 770 students and a large increase in enrollment was expected. (T.Times, 5/8/1941. p. 3).

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Two hundred and fifty soldiers from the 41st Division graduated on May 8, 1941 from Clover Park High School. Unable to finish high school before their National Guard unit was called up, the young men learned to soldier during the day and completed their high school classes at night. This program would allow them to graduate with their class. (T. Times 5/8/1941, pg. 8)

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On May 8, 1941, 250 members of the 41st Division graduated in uniform from Clover Park High School. Their National Guard unit was called up for active duty before they were able to complete high school. A unique program was devised that allowed them to learn soldiering during the day and to complete their high school credits at night. (T. Times 5/8/1941, pg. 8)

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Members of the 41st Division of the Washington National Guard worked on their high school studies at Clover Park High School while in uniform in May of 1941. Even though they had been called up for active duty, they took classes to enable them to graduate from high school with their regular classes. The program was believed to be the only one of its kind in the United States. (T. Times 05/09/1941 p.2)

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High school basketball action, Fife at Clover Park. Clover Park Pep Band playing on stage in gymnasium. For 1941 "Klahowya", Clover Park High School Annual. Used in yearbook ad for Ted Brown Music Company.

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Cast of one-act plays given by Clover Park High School in November of 1940. The drama club would be performing three one-act plays at the school gym on Friday, November 29, 1940. Group of four boys and two girls includes (left to right) Medine Molinek, Harry Johnson, Jr., Bill Grondahl, Rodman Robson, Marcella Herr and Bob Tollefson. (T.Times 11-29-40, p. 20)

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Students--Lakewood--1940-1950; Actors--Lakewood--1940-1950; Actresses--1940-1950; Molinek, Medine; Johnson, Harry; Grondahl, Bill; Robson, Rodman; Herr, Marcella; Tollefson, Bob;

For 1941 "Klahowya," Clover Park High School Annual. Yell leaders Dorothy Witt, Merton Lee (Teen) Johnson, Garnet Miller, and Bebe Long strike a pose in front of building entrance. (Not used).

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood; Witt, Dorothy; Johnson, Merton Lee; Miller, Garnet; Long, Bebe; Cheerleading--Lakewood;

Eight of the 48 members of the Clover Park High School Rifle Club practice their target shooting skills under the supervision of physical education instructor Beulah White (seated, far left) in February of 1941. The club promoted the correct use of firearms both for recreation and for national defense. The eight marksmen are: (back row, l to r) Jean Dyer, Marilyn Mockby, Pat Rainwater, Nina Anderson; and (lying down, l to r) Willowdee Bailey, Peggy Harkins, Pat Lawlor, Dorothy Dell Dimmer. (1941 Klahowya, pg. 36)

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Public schools--Lakewood; White, Beulah; Dyer, Jean; Mockby, Marilyn; Rainwater, Pat; Anderson, Nina; Bailey, Willowdee; Harkins, Peggy; Lawlor, Pat; Dimmer, Dorothy Dell;