Long ago on independence square (Liberty, Washington: coupons, tornado, live in)

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by nannaphil

Good picture, that is the school I remember. I erred in my time there. First thru fourth grade, '52 to '56. The year a school was built was not of much interest to a 6 to 10 year old. I would guess it was built in the mid 40's. More interesting would be when it was torn down and why.

I found some additional information on DeKalb.

It was built in 1925 as a country school. There was a Dekalb school at that site before 1925 having been built in 1857 and rebuilt in 1881 and again in 1901. The school was supposedly named for Dekalb Township, but I am not familiar with that township.

Dekalb was annexed into Independence School District in 1951. From 51-63 it was an ISD grade school. From 64-74 it was an ISD special education school.

ISD sold the school in 1974 to the Holy Ghost Revival Outreach

DeKalb was torn down in 1992 to make way for Jackson Drive from Ringo Road to M-78.

Don’t know when the city obtained it for Jackson Drive but that thoroughfare seems to have been diverted to the east and now segues into Holke Road going north, a few hundred feet from M-78.

However, there is a four-lane portion of Ringo Road which stops abruptly about one-half mile from Speck Road and seems that it might be headed there one day, maybe.

[CaseyMO]

From April of 1967...

[papawmik]

When I graduated from WCHS in 1948, the Jr High was still Junior High School. Three years later, my sister moved from Ott grade school to Jr. High and it was called Palmer Junior High. Therefore it must have been named Palmer in 1951-52 school year.

[WCHS'59]

Welcome aboard Papawmik.

I sure wish MAD would find something out about this, chuckle.

Here is a screen shot of the Independence Junior High School "Cub Yearbook" from 1954. I have all of my yearbooks---if I could just find them.

1954 was my first year at the school and I was in the 7th grade.

I went to Chrisman beginning in 56-57 school year.

I graduated from William Chrisman in 1959 and the junior high was named Palmer sometime after that--probably in 62 or 63

[papawmik]

Looks to me like US40 east of Indep. Perhaps near Stevensons Orchards on the north side of highway.

[papawmik]

Thanks, I meant that last post to be connected to the picture of the Sinclair station, earlier.

Anyway, I was interested in the Cub year book.....I was the press editor of the Echo for Junior High in 1943,1944,1945. Still have copies as well as the Gleam, 1946,1947,1948. Makes some interesting reading!

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by papawmik

Thanks, I meant that last post to be connected to the picture of the Sinclair station, earlier.

Anyway, I was interested in the Cub year book.....I was the press editor of the Echo for Junior High in 1943,1944,1945. Still have copies as well as the Gleam, 1946,1947,1948. Makes some interesting reading!

I thought it might be on Highway 40 also since it looked to me to be a divided highway but MAD brought up whether the Highway 40 was divided back then. Was it divided in "your day?"

Did you by any chance know a Jimmy (James) Ford when you attended jr or sr high?

That was news to me about the yearbook being at one time the Echo. But, Echo rings a bell with something but I cannot pinpoint it. Maybe I am thinking of Envoy, which was the WCHS newspaper.

[papawmik]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

I thought it might be on Highway 40 also since it looked to me to be a divided highway but MAD brought up whether the Highway 40 was divided back then. Was it divided in "your day?"

Did you by any chance know a Jimmy (James) Ford when you attended jr or sr high?

That was news to me about the yearbook being at one time the Echo. But, Echo rings a bell with something but I cannot pinpoint it. Maybe I am thinking of Envoy, which was the WCHS newspaper.

No. US40 was not divided until after 1950.

I cannot remember anyone by the name of Ford in my HS days.

The Echo was a weekly newspaper published by the Wm Penn Club and bound at the end of each year.

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by papawmik

When I graduated from WCHS in 1948, the Jr High was still Junior High School. Three years later, my sister moved from Ott grade school to Jr. High and it was called Palmer Junior High. Therefore it must have been named Palmer in 1951-52 school year.

Welcome to Old Independence, and thanks for your input.

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

Welcome aboard Papawmik.

I sure wish MAD would find something out about this, chuckle.

Here is a screen shot of the Independence Junior High School "Cub Yearbook" from 1954. I have all of my yearbooks---if I could just find them.

1954 was my first year at the school and I was in the 7th grade.

I went to Chrisman beginning in 56-57 school year.

I graduated from William Chrisman in 1959 and the junior high was named Palmer sometime after that--probably in 62 or 63

Okay, okay, I finally caught some spare time to Polk about. The 1960 directory shows Wm. Chrisman Hi Sch. Div. 2 at 709 W. Maple (phone CL4-7400). At 218 N Pleasant it shows Junior Hi Sch. (phone CL4-7474). 1211 N Noland is Wm. Chrisman High Sch. Div. 1 (phone CL2-1200).

The next time I'm at the Library I'll check post-1960.

[WCHS'59]

This is from the Examiner of fifty years ago making it April of 1967, eight years after I graduated.

“Gen. John R. “Jack” Chiles, deputy commanding general of the Fifth Army with headquarters in Chicago, came back to his hometown to perform double duty for the William Chrisman High School ROTC. He presided at the dedication of the indoor rifle range in memory of Sgt. Haskell C. Dean, who headed the corps here from 1935 until his sudden death in 1943.”

This item makes it sound like the rifle range was new, but the range located in the sub-basement underneath the main gym floor was there when the school opened in the late fifties. Likewise, the old William Chrisman had a rifle range in the basement underneath the girls’ basketball floor, I think.

These ranges were not for .30 caliber M-1 rifle firing but were for smaller .22 caliber rifles and were used for competition matches between area ROTC schools. From what I have recently read in my old yearbook, a girl’s rifle team was created the year I graduated but I do not have any recollection of that.

Looks like something was left out of the Examiner story concerning double duty.