South Park Grade School

 
Built in 1906 at 634 S. 10th (10th & Charles) to replace the first school that burned in 1904.  It was closed in 1964, razed, and the lot is now the Steve Hawley Park, named for Salina's shuttle astronaut (SHS class of '69).

Kindergarten, Lorraine Voss (1944-1945)

Back Row:  Naomi ?, Judy Dodge, Phil Rinard, Agnes Sue Heuser, Larry Crook, ?, David Currier, Eugene Forrey, Eugene Larsen, ?, John Dawson, Dan Wiggans, Ronald Brown.

Row 2:   Jake ?, ?, John Scott Pyle, Rosie Allen, Robert Pickard, Ernest Ramsey, Harriett Larsen, Donald Bradley, Carolyn Delano, Jimmy Nothern, ?.Front Row:  ?, ?, Charles Case, ?, ?, Mary Kay Sullivan, Louis Niemann.

Photo courtesy of Phil Rinard

First Grade, Miss  Rose (Neuenschwander)  (1945-1946)

Louise Crabtree, Gary McCausland, Larree Ann Todd, Louis Niemann, Dixie Lee Zug, Marlene Pinkham, Barbara Bratton, Allene Kraft, Lucille Snyder, Judy Dodge, Ernest Ramsey, Miss Rose, Donald Bradley, Charles Youngdahl, Jerry Cunningham, Ross Hargis, William Blosser, Larry Crook, Jimmy Nothern, Phillip Rinard, Mary Kay Sullivan, Eugene Larsen, Robert Pickard, Harriett Larsen, Jon Scott Pyle.

Photo courtesy of Phil Rinard

First Grade Dutch Dancers,  March 22, 1946

Harriett Larsen, Jon Scott Pyle, Allene Kraft, Gary McCausland, Judy Dodge, Donald Bradley, Larree Ann Todd, Phillip Rinard.

Photo courtesy of Phil Rinard

 

Second Grade, Vera Beuchat.   (1946-1947)

Back Row:  Jimmy Northern, Laverne ?, ?, Donald Bradley, David Webster, Vivian Ripple, Dixie Lee Zug, Mary Kay Sullivan

Row 4:  Crayton ?, Jerry Cunningham, Scott Pyle, Verna Armstrong, William Blosser, Phillip Rinard, Larree Ann Todd, Marlene Pinkham

Row 3:  Allene Kraft, Ernest Brown (Sonny Robertson), ?, Harriett Larsen, David Currier, Larry C?, Ernest Ramsey ?

Row 2:  Louis Neiman, Ronald ?, Lucille Snyder, Judy Dodge, Barbara Brotton, Charles Youngdahl, Pat Kendrick

Front Row:  Max ?, Gary McCausland, Linda Knight, Edith ?, Dennis Saum, Sheila Hines, Robert Pickard

Photo courtesy of Harriett (Larsen) Duell

This photo shows the back side of South Park with its dual fire escapes from the second floor.  The kid with all the hair in 1947 (me) is leaning on his Western Flyer bicycle.  Mr. Lebow instructed novice musical instrumentalists from South Park and Franklin in the basement, which I now see by the windows wasn't totally underground.  You can conclude the same thing from the front view photos of the building shown at the top of this page.  The tallest swings I ever saw were just to the right and behind the photographer.  I think there were two softball fields to the right of the building along Charles St.

 

Third Grade, Lillian Willrich  (1947-1948)

Back Row: Christina?, ?, Barbara ?, Lillian Willrich, Larry Christensen, Ray ?, Carol Ann Heatwole, Allene Kraft.

Row 4: ?, Charles Youngdahl, Harriett Larsen, Marlene Pinkham, Karen ?, Dixie Lee Zug, Larree Ann Todd, Rex Yates

Row 3: Robert Pickard, Crayton ?, Lucille Snyder, ?, Judy Dodge, Donald Bradley, Phillip Rinard, Vivien Ripple

Row 2: Jerry Cunningham, Gary McCausland, Sheila Hines, Ernest Ramsey, William Blosser, Rosie Allen, Louis Niemann, David Webster

Front Row: Linda Knight, Jon Scott Pyle, Vera Armstrong, Jim Nothern, Laverne ?, Mary Kay Sullivan, Pat Kendrick

Photo courtesy of Jim Nothern

Second Grade Band, Vera Beuchat Teacher (1947)        Photo courtesy of Harriett (Larsen) Duell

Fourth Grade, Lois Lindeman.   (1948-1949)

Back Row:  Allene Kraft, Dennis Saum, Karlene ?, Larry Christensen, Marlene Pinkham, Donald Bradley, Miss Lindeman

Row 4: Tommy Houk, Harriett Larsen, Rex Yates, Carol Ann Heatwole, Charles Youngdahl, Judy Dodge

Row 3: Pat Kendrick, Wanda McDonald, David Webster, Dixie Lee Zug, Jerry Cunningham, Larree Ann Todd

Row 2: Vivian Ripple, Louis Nieman, Rosabelle Allen, Ernest R ?, Sheila Hines, Gary McCausland, Sonja ?

Front Row:  Linda Knight, Scott Pyle, Mary Kay Sullivan, William Blosser, Laverne ?, Jimmy Northern, Verna Armnstrong

Absent: David Currier

Photo courtesy of Harriett (Larsen) Duell

Fifth Grade, Fern Fulton.   (1949-1950)  

Back Row:  Harriett Larsen, Miss Fulton

5th Row 5:  Larry Christensen, Donald Bradley, Jerry Davis, Larree Ann Todd, Wanda McDonald

Row 4:  Tommy Houk, Marlene Pinkham, David Currier, Judy Dodge, Dennis Saum, Jerry Bennett, Charles Youngdahl

Row 3:  Vivian Ripple, Ray Newlon, Carol Ann Heatwole, David Webster, Allene Kraft, Jerry Cunningham

Row 2:  Sheila Hines, Jimmy Northern, Verna Armstrong, Gary McCausland, Louise Crabtree, Robert Pickard

Front Row:  William Blosser, Robert Kurtz, Iva E, Pat Kendrick, Mary Kay Sullivan, Louis Neiman, Rosabelle Allen

Absent:  Jon Scott Pyle, Virginia Whelchel

Photo courtesy of Harriett (Larsen) Duell

Sixth Grade, Lillian Ziegler.   (1950-1951)

Back Row:  Miss Ziegler, Donald Bradley, Wanda McDonald, Larry Christensen

Row 4:  Jerry Bennett, Allene Kraft, David Currier, Myrna Laffere, Jerry Davis, Harriett Larsen

Row 3: Tommy Houk, Marlene Pinkham, Dennis Saum, Charlene Oelschlager, Jerry Cunningham, Larree Ann Todd

Row 2:  Betty Wicks, David Webster, Leota Burks, Robert Pickard, Carol Ann Heatwole, Robert Kurtz

Front Row:  Jon Scott Pyle, Judy Dodge, Gary McCausland, Rosabelle Allen, Louis Neiman, Mary Kay Sullivan, Pat Kendrick

Photo courtesy of Harriett (Larsen) Duell

Hawaiians for the Spring Music Festival (sixth grade)

Rosie Allene, Charlene Oelschlager, Leota Burks, Allene Kroft, Myna Laferree, Carol Ann Heatwole, Marlene Pinkham, Betty Wicks, Wanda McDonald, Larree Todd, Harriett Larsen, Mary Kay Sullivan.

Photo courtesy of Harriett (Larsen) Duell, names from Virginia (Horn) Stelk

 

Roller Skating Party.       Rosie thinks this was her birthday party.

Perhaps you can spot Don Bradley, Jim Nothern, Judy Dodge (in the shadows), Jon Scott Pyle, and Rosie (far right), among others unknown.

Photo courtesy of Rosie (Allen) Kiene

 

 

 

South Park in 1962

This is (was) the south side on Charles St.