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Memorable Teachers and Staff Members
Hartford Public Schools - Hartford Michigan |
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Alleyne Markillie Myers - 63 years of
service
Photo from 1941 HHS yearbook
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Alleyne Markillie
Photo from
HHS 1942 yearbook
Alleyne married
Charles Norman Myers HHS
1939
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A
1936 graduate of Hartford High School, Alleyne Markillie began her
career at the old high school in the fall after graduation. Her first duty
was as secretary to Superintendent Berton W. Robinson. She supported many
others during her 42 years as Superintendent Secretary.
Dedicated,
faithful in attendance, she had a gentle spirit and soft-spoken voice that
greeted many students. Her appearance was always neat, well-kept, and
she never had a hair out of place.
She didn't
drive, but walked to and from school every day - winter, spring, and summer
.... through the snow, wind, rain.
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After 22 more years in the business office as
Bookkeeper, Mrs. Myers retired in October 1999.
The most popular section of this website is
the
HHS Graduate Database. The graduate
names were derived from her organized records. Many aspects of the
History of Hartford would be lost without her diligent recordkeeping.
Thank you for your dedicated service to the
staff and students of Hartford High School from 1936-1999.
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Alleyne Markillie Myers
Photo from HHS 2000 yearbook
Alleyne Markillie Myers
b 9/13/1918 d
7/16/2011
Hartford MI
Hartford MI
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Mildred Toogood |
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Mildred A. Toogood, graduated, I believe, in 1922
(note: the HHS grad database shows 1915. She is in the
1922 all-high school photo). She was my high
school English teacher in the mid-forties - a fearsome, loved educator.
When I went to Michigan State University after graduating, my English
professor asked if I had gone to Lansing Eastern High School, I asked him
why he asked. His reply was that my English usage was excellent, and that
I must have had Miss Toogood. I still have the term paper I wrote for
her. She was an institution there, and is remembered at many of our
reunions. I'm surprised I don't see more about her on the internet.
This photograph is from The
Lantern, 1944 Eastern High School Senior Yearbook.
The
Dedication, which is not clear in the photograph, reads:
"To Miss Mildred Toogood, tolerant and congenial tutor of Advanced
Composition, energetic and forceful head of the exceedingly progressive
English Department, a lady endowed with an enlightened mind whose
precepts stimulate a genuine desire for knowledge, we, the staff, dedicate
this 1944 Lantern."
Charles K. Stuart
Worcester, Massachusetts
September, 2006
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Rose Robbins
Henderson |
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Rose is a
1958 Hartford High School graduate. After graduating, she receiving
an Associates' Degree from Benton
Harbor Junior College (now LMC),
a Bachelor's Degree with an
elementary teaching certificate from
Western Michigan University, and her Master's Degree from Michigan State
University. She also has 15 credit hours beyond the MA. Prior to
coming to Hartford, Rose taught in Marshall MI for 1 year and Coloma MI
for 1 semester. The remainder of her 31 years of teaching were in
Hartford at Woodside Elementary and Hartford Middle School. Rose retired
in 1993, but continued to keep in touch with the staff and students as a
substitute teacher until 2007.
 Loyd
James (Jim) Henderson and Rose were married June 8, 1963 in Benton Harbor
MI. They enjoyed 33 years together until his passing in November,
1996. Jim and Rose had two sons and a daughter and were blessed with
five grandsons and one granddaughter. Rose lives in Bangor since
relocating in 1998 from the Hartford-Lawrence area.
Rose
is involved in a number of volunteer activities including president of the
Van Buren County Chapter of
the Michigan Association of Retired School
Personnel and has served as Area 22 Assistant Director for MARSP, (Area 22
encompasses 5 SW Michigan Counties).
Other volunteer activities include being
chairman of the Deaconess group at her church, Sunday School
Superintendent, church clerk and various other projects. She worked with
Borgess Visiting Nurse Hospice for 7 years. Rose volunteered at the
Lawrence Elementary School, the Lawrence Boy Scout Troop, and sold tickets
at the Van Buren Youth Fair for more than 20 summers. In 2007, she chaired
the committee for the Hartford
High School 40+ Alumni Reunion.
Thank you, Rose, for your
dedicated service to the staff and students of Hartford Public Schools.
You have, indeed, been a very productive member of the Hartford High
School Class of 1958. The dedication you persevered during your teaching tenure,
assured all of your students
the solid
skills necessary for reaching their life goals.
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Jim Walls |
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Mr Walls was my
favorite...he seemed to always go that extra mile for me....he was my
drivers Ed teacher, I was his aid my junior and senior year....A lot of
people may not have liked him but he had a impact on my life...
Pam Smith Laws - Class of 1982 |
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