Clayton Class 2

Eighth Grade Graduating Class of 1943 - 1944. L - R. Deloris Wessling, ?, George Hand, ?, Lorraine Milner, Carlyne Jarrett, ?, Teno Costa & Doris Gibson.

This is a very difficult class to identify as no one has stepped forward to identify one student. (Until December 11, 2009) The following is from an email received from Chuck Stewart: The little boy kneeling on the lower left corner is my uncle Weldon Lowell Kelso. He was born in 1913, right after the family moved to Bigfoot Valley in 1912. Since he appears to be 8-10 years old in the picture, it must be from 1921 - 23. In 2012, Eddie Kingrey added that Glenn King , is 2nd from left in front
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So many small students, so few identified.

This photo from Mae Huffman Fishbach shows the Clayton Camp Fire Girls group. Mae is in the front row third from the left.

This photograph and the accompanying story by Mary & Minnie Williamson are in the 1924 Clayton yearbook. L to R. Donna Lowe, Charlotte Schonfelt, Esther Olson, Trula Barnes, Catherine Gibson seated and the Class advisor Edna Roweder.

This May day Pole picture was taken at the new Brick school location in 1924 Heralding that May Graduation celebration.

A large group next to the Clayton Community Church.

Clayton Grade School, 2nd and possibly 3rd grade. 1931 or 1932. The students were identified by Mr. Clayton (Art) Stelting and Mrs. Minnie Westby Hayworth. Frnt Row. Ruth Stewart, Lorreta Peck, ?, Mable Christianson, Doris Gagnon, Ethel Sweeney, ?, Second Row. Frank Etier, Miles King, Colvin Hempel, Ellen Berg, Rudolph Foresberg, Leonard Renner, Back Row. Silvio Costa, Art Stelting, Joseph Smith, Bruce Demaris, Darwin Lambier & Teacher Nina Mangis. ,

The Williams Valley Grange in 1930. The new Williams Valley Grange is on the right. Thanks to Betty Burdette for this photo.

5th & 6th Grades - Clayton

Front row, left to right: ? - Nita Jarett - ? - Irene Peterson -2nd row, left to right: Chester Sebright - Neil Compton - Lonnie Jenkins - Donald Faye - Larry Lewis - Dickie Faye 3rd row, left to right: Louise Lewis - ? - ? - ? - Shirley Lewis - ? - ? - Dorothy Lewis - Margie Tobeck Back Row, left to right: Lyle Holcomb - ? - ? - Harold Tobeck - John Welch - Larry Clouse -Jack Vanslyke - Teacher(?) (Information courtesy of Eddie Kingrey)

Mr. Lumberg's (left) and Mr. Gardiner's (right) Sixth Grade Classes, 1957.

The Eighth Grade Graduating Class of 1944 - 1945. Front Row. L - R. Mira Costa, Luella Milner & Catherine Baker. Middle Row. Minnie Westby, Evelyn Casberg, Phyllis Sloan & Nancy Viles. Last Row. Wayne Jensen, George Heffley, Mrs. Sweeney 8th Grade teacher and School Principal, Tommy Lewis, Don Steele & Bob Clouse.

Clayton Baseball Team: 1950

Back row standing, left to right: Neil Compton—Bill Sebright wrote, I don't know the cook's name. I started school the next year and Mrs Henry and Mrs McBeth were the cooks.-- Bruno Costa--Bob Krick-- Gerald Endinger-- Eddie Kingrey (known as "Robertson" at that time)-- Donald Faye-- Jack Van Slyke -- Mr. Clarence Nord (School custodian, janitor and baseball coach, he was a local farmer, see the "Nord" pages of CDPHS), Earl Engle. front row sitting, left to right: Larry Lewis, Lyle Holcomb, Harold Tobeck, Lonnie Jenkins, Frank Sims, lived on Belstar Road west of Farm to
Market Road (now Williams Valley Road). They ran a saw mill. Dickie Fay. (This information is courtesy of Eddie Kingrey and Bill Sebright.)

Clayton 1956 - 1957, 6th grade girls. Front row- left to right- LaFern Ramsussen, Carol Tatum, Shirley Stanford, Pat Flock, and Pam Dyck. Second row- Frances Forrester, Nancy Kilgore, Pat Blanchard, Sharon Hudson, Sandra Darnold, Bonita LePoidivin, Betty Ann Hare, and Connie Clary. Back row- Nancy Lyons, Loretta Lee, Ann Nilsson, Karen Bates, Mr. Lumberg, Sharon Pulliam. Diane Weldert, Florene Eickmeyer, and Dorothy Roberts.

Deer Park 8th grade class. John Lloyd is in the suit at the right side.

These young men are assembled for some special occasion. It was labeled, "Clayton School," We aren't sure of the location.

Grace Jones and Charlotte Schonfeld

Labled the Olson and Stelting girls

An early Clayton School group photo. Jack Coffin is in the back row looking to the left. Leno Prestini is in the back row 2nd from the right. Bob Huffman is in the middle of the front row.

Clayton's 8 th grade Graduating class 1937

Left to right- ?, Edith Christianson, Miles King,?, Art Stelting, Darwin Lambier, Lyle Nord, and Carl Lindh. These students would go on to be the graduating class of 1942 from DPHS.

Clayton High School 1930-1931:

Bottom row, sitting, in the middle, (5th from right or left) is my Uncle and Namesake, Eddie Roy King. As side note: This is in the middle of the King boys, Glenn and Eddie's (older brother, Walt Jr. was fighting professionally at this time) amateur boxing heyday. Eddie would die of pneumonia less than a year later, in
1932, at 17 years of age. 2nd row from front, kneeling, 3rd from left, is Eddie's older brother, Glenn King and to the right is Johnny Barnes (4th from the left). Front row sitting, 3rd from left is Gene Cox, who would later marry the king boy's younger sister, Evelyn King. (Information courtesy of Eddie Kingrey).

Clayton Grades 1-2-3 in 1932-1933 In 2012, Eddie Kingrey, nephew of Miles King, has identified Miles, sitting front row, 2nd from left, as his Uncle Miles, born in 1925. Art Stelting is sitting, front row, 3rd from right. "That would be Art Stelting sitting, front row, 3rd from right" in the same photo. (Information courtesy of Eddie Kingrey)

This picture is identified as, "1900s Clayton School Children." This almost certainly was taken beside the Clayton Community Church.