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Here's Pugh School - Grades K-6 and the start for many of us

 

Kindergarten Pugh School 1945

Back Row:  Mrs. Maude Vigels (principal), David Reed, David Curtis, Gary Doolin, Danny Weber, Ronald Pitman, Billy Eckert, Margery Knierim, Minnie Nixon, Mae Myers, Mrs. Ellmin Herrin (teacher): Middle Row: Bob Kirby, Marilyn Chaney, Janet Curry, Linda Vance, Carol Durbin, Karen Bartels, Patty Noonan, Margaret Barnstable, Cecila Camp, Linda Lou Tate, Harold Cazier: Front Row:  Sammy Ann Latch, Jackie Anderson, Linda Jones, David Smith, Patricia Krohn, Sammy Dempster, Cheryl Garver, Ronald Childs, Virginia Rogers

Linda Lou Tate standing between Harold Cazier and Cecile Camp

 

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Ethrington's Pugh School First Grade Class - from Cheryl Garver

 

Row l (closest to the right),  Linda Vance, Cheryl Garver, Dean Lanckton, Beverly Lanckton, Teddy Oakley, Bob Kirby, Jerry Lambert; Row 2, Linda Tate, Eugene Pyle, Karen Bartels, Larry Harris, Robert Head, Elizabeth Nixon, Donald Whitacre; Row 3, Diane Brown, Sonia Brooks, Jeanne Carr, Bob Calvert, Robert Sorrell, Bruce LeBeau (?), Margery Knierim; Row 4, Larry Varvel, John Frede, David Reed, George Elliott, Rosemary Runnels, Janice Moore, Betty LuAllen

  

Linda Lou Tate in the First Grade at Pugh

 

 

 

 

The 1951 Birthday party - from Cheryl Garver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From Cheryl Garver - Sammy Ann Latch Birthday Party 1949

The left four are not identified: back row - Carol Durbin, Patty Allen, Marge Knierim

Front row right side: Sammy Ann Latch, Linda Lou Tate and Cheryl Garver

 

 

 

 

 

 

5th Grade Pugh School 1950-1951 - Miss Cohron

Back Row:  Miss Cohron, Dean Lancton, Margery Knierim, Lois Abraham, Marilyn Willhite, Pat Hoffman, Barbara Hilderbran, Mae Myers, Pat Allen; 2nd Row:  Linda Cahail, Linda Lou Tate, Vernon Fitch, Bob Sorrell, David Reed, Billy Eckert, David Schultz, Bob Kirby, Marilyn Chaney, Patsy Parker; Front Row:  Nancy Rubin, Kay Guise, Sharon Wicker, Patty Piers, Sammy Ann Latch, Phyllis Heir, Judy Corn, Janet Banfield, Stephany Garver; On floor:  Gary Catlin, Ronnie Wilber, Jim Andrews

Linda is in the front row, standing between Linda Cahail and Vernon Fitch

 

 

 

Pugh School - 6th Grade - Courtesy of Megan Rainey - Teacher is Miss Henneberry - May 5th 1952

Starting with the standing boys and going from left to right: Fred M., David Smith, Keith Wright, Larry Rogers, Ronnie Hill, Dale Maddox, Donald Ryan, Bob Kirby, Ronnie Wilber, Johnny Frank, Homer Kelsheimer, and Dean Bloom.

Seated girls (and one boy) left to right: Nancy King (checkered dress), Joyce Reed, Linda Tate, Phyllis Heyer, Marilyn Schmitt, Carol Durbin, Janet Reindl, Judy Beiderwieden, Martha Warner, Barbara Crawford, Lonnie (June) Vording, David Redding, Patsy Parker, Janice Holderby, Marilyn Chaney, Pat Major, Patty Allen, Linda Vance, Elizabeth (Sibby) Nixon (plaid skirt), and Lee Ellen Albrecht. 

Linda is seated on the left, in front of Nancy King (checkered dress)

 

 

 

 

And progressing to Junior High at Roosevelt

Two Special Teachers Remembered

Hannah Guenther Wallace (Wally) Barnett

 

Left side of Roosevelt Junior High School about 1954 - Linda 4th row, 4th from left

Linda - right in the middle - 3rd row in this photo

 

 

 

On to Stephen Decatur High School for 2 years

 

 

Then to MacArthur High School for Graduation in MacArthur's First Graduating Class - '58

 

 

Graduation Yearbook Photo MacArthur Class of '58

 

Latin Club, Advanced Girls, Choraliers, Prom, Junior Talent Show, Vespers, "Sweethearts," "Brigadoon," Glee A, Tri-Y, Dedication Assembly

  

 

 

Linda and Nick at the Prom

 

 

Second Row (seated) L-R: Sam Dempster (seated on stool), Janet Wicker Dobbertin, Linda Tate Nelson, Gloria Shields Bates, Betty Fuqua Harris, Sandi Rutherford Esworthy, Jean Willms Holderby, Alice Eversole, Marilyn Schmitt Harris, Nancy Taylor Wade, Marilyn Chaney, Sharon Essex Walters, and Phil Blankenburg (kneeling in dark jacket)

Some scenes from the 50th Reunion - 2008 (click to expand the photo)

Linda and Sheila Hicks Mannweiler Karen Bartels England, Linda Tate Nelson, and Mae Kater Karen Bartels, Linda Tate Nelson, Brenda Mathis Sensenig, and Mae Kater

 

 

This section is reserved for photos of Loren at NAS Glenview

 

 

 

 

 

 

And some scenes from Linda's family from Facebook

Proud Grandparents of Alex Nelson Jelainey Mykelle Cooke and Linda Tate Nelson
   
Terra Patient and Linda Tate Nelson Linda and Loren
   

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