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Lockwood Legends Project--preserving the history of Lockwood School and community
Description: Images, handwritten notations and correspondence about Central school. Click on images to enlarge them.
Central School, [author unknown]
Central School, [author unknown]
Top of image: Playground equipment consisted of two swings, a merry-go-round and a slide. There was a bare-ground area used for softball.
Left of image: Outdoor toilets, 1 for boys and 1 for girls
Right of image: teacherage used to lunch Gov't (government) surplus foods & family donations, mothers took turns cooking and serving
Bottom of image: Lockwood Central was a two-teacher school. One teacher had grades 1-4 and the other had 5-8. This is the front door view as seen from U.S. Highway 87
A huge coal-fired furnace, in the basement, provided heat. During a particularly cold winter (-40 degrees for a few days) school was held around the perimeter of the furnace.
Close-up view of Central School
Bottom of image:
Central School 1942-1943
Left to Right
Front row: Leslie Stapelton, Edward Tyler, Arthur Cormier, Don Repnak , [Jimmy] Rogina
2nd row: Barbara Englin, Virginia Vermandel, Lois McFarland, Evelyn Campbell, Stella Therkelson, Wanda Cormier, Colleen McGrail
3rd row: Bill Repnak, [unknown], Medford Stapleton, [unknown], Roy Kaufman, Ralph Kaufman, Harry Stiverson, Clyde Finley
4th row: Esther Campbell, Edna McGrail, John Yurian, Irvin Cook, Ruth Ray (lower grade teacher), [unknown], Eunice Stiverson, Betty Lee
Handwritten notes:
After school, Medford and Leslie were given a snack and allowed to [listen] to "Jack Armstrong, the all American Boy" on the radio. Then, they were obliged to do chores, such as filling the wood box, feeding the chickens and gathering the eggs, feeding and watering the livestock, etc.
Description: Forwarded correspondence from Billings Gazette writer, Luella Brien to school superintendent Eileen Johnson message originally sent by Ed Farrington on August 5, 2008.
From: Luella Brien [Billings Gazette]
Subject: Lockwood
To: Eileen Johnson
One bit of history for your big book of Lockwood School factoids. I know you guys are interested in the history of the school. Maybe Ed can give you guys more detail.
Original Message
From: Ed Farrington
Sent: Tuesday, August 5, 2008
To: Luella Brien
Subject: Lockwood
Was reading your article on Lockwood and you state the first school in Lockwood was a 14,000 square-foot building constructed in 1950. My mother taught in the Lockwood school in 1942-43-45. It was a 2 room school on the corner of Piccolo Lane and Old Hardin Road. She taught grades 1-4 and another teacher in the other room teaching grades 5-8. My sister was in grades 7 and 8 at that time. That was well before 1950.
Ed Farrington
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