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Shaffer Lake School
1917

(Notice the difference in spelling - Shaffer in photo, Shafer in news article)

Photo submitted by Virginia Meachum in 2004.

Ruth Meachum Foster, teacher, is in the back row, #6 L-R. A 1914 Hartford High School graduate, this would have been during Mrs. Foster first years of teaching.

Probable year of high school graduation for the youngest students (age 5 ?) in this photo would have been approximately 1929. Check the HHS graduate database

If you can help identify the students, please email the webmaster.

Shafer Lake School
Hartford Michigan

Photo submitted by Virginia Meachum 2004

Ruth Meachum Foster, teacher, is in the back row to the far right.

Students are unidentified. If you know any of the student names, please email the webmaster.

Shafer Lake School is Destroyed By Fire
3-6-1940 Article from the Hartford Day Spring

Built in 1870 on the Hartford-Lawrence Michigan townline.

Notice the boy holding the sign in the middle of the photo above. The sign reads Shaffer Lake School 1917. The article to the right uses a different spelling of Shafer.

According to the article, Shafer Lake School would have been built in 1870.

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