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Class of 1954
Hartford Michigan

Minnie Smith - Teacher
4th grade photo taken about 1946
4th grade class of 1954 abt 1946 - Hartford Michigan
October 29, 2009 - photos submitted by Sally (Johnson) Germinder HHS 1980

Front Row L-R
1.   Claudette Grosse
2.   Brian Shafer
3.   Janet McConnell
4.   Maurice Tuttle
5.   Joanne Hover
6.   Brian Maurig
7.   Bonita (Bonnie) Plants
8.   Earl Zaleski
9.   Marvis Rowley
10. Ronald Cleary
11. Joanne King
12. Richard Keech

 Second Row from Front L-R
1.   Mary Bergen (?)
2.   Leona Weston
3.   Nancy Davis
4.   Gerald Kidd
5.   James Hester
6.   Ralph Arnold
7.   Florence Yates
8.   Billie ___________
9.   Joan Stillwell
10. Bonnie Hammond
11. Maryann Szewczyk
12. ________________
 		 Third Row from Front L-R
1.   Victor Austin
2.   Nyle Bisbee
3.   Clair Bullard
4.   James Dyer
5.   Dale Penwell
6.   ______________
7.   Shirley Teeters
8.   Anna Dorkowski


 		 4th Row from Front L-R
1.  Minnie Smith - Teacher
2.  Roberta Root
3.  Roberta Avery
4.  Loretta Gembecki (?)
5.  Leola Weston
6.  Ronnie Tibitts
7.  Billy Thompson
8.  Fred Kroboth



 		 5th Row from Front L-R
1.  Charles Carlock
2.  Haynes Woolcott
3.  Roger MacLeod
4.  John Smith
5.  Dale Teeters
6.  Richard (Dick) Smith
 
From the collection of Sally's mother, Donna (Drake) Johnson. Photos are from the treasures of Donna's late Uncle Murl and Aunt Sadie (Smith) Haney's sister, Minnie Smith - 4th Grade Hartford School Teacher.

Please help identify these students.  For memory joggers, check the 1954 HHS graduate database for a list of students or the 1954 class composite.  Email the webmaster with names.

Thanks to Barb Olds, Brian Maurig, and Earl Zaleski for identifying a few of the unknown students.


 

L-R
1. Joanne Hover  2.  Brian Maurig   3. Mavis Rawley   4. Ronald Cleary  5. Joanne King   6. Richard Keech  
7.   Bonita (Bonnie) Plants   8.  Earl Zaleski   9.  Janet McConnell   10. Maurice Tuttle   11. Claudette Grosse
12. Brian Shafer   13. Minnie Smith, 4th Grade Teacher
 

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