Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-29
le4sey u Lives % sehooIboys Of Iowa
FslIs il the Lats Sixties Published BY
oae q Their Numbsr-All Have Led
UsssuI Lives and Several Have Risen
~ prominence In State and Country.
Iapscial to r.:nes-Republican.

This history Of the class details the NE
work az ten lads who were "boys to-
xether,. IN Iowa Falls while this place
was yet village on the Iowa prairies
1 ana Il from the pen of Frank w. Thax-
ter. ! former county official and BANKER
In Eidora and Iowa Falls. but now an
exnert accountant in Kansas City.
The class has naturally become WIDE
IL scattered and only one Of the num-
Der sim remains q resident OF Iowa
Falls-w. n. Woods, president OF the
FIRST National Bank. OF the others
Nixon -. Jones, the oldest Of the class.
Il = resident Of Des Moines where ne
has lived for forty-two years ana
!, thriyed as city auditor. In 1910. he was
fl1e democratic candidate for railroad
commissioner.
B 800 one served as Soldier.
John "A. Kennedy completed MS eou'
cation at the state university a0d mas
devoted many years Of his life 70 the
instruction Of the deaf and dumb IN the
state schools Of Iowa and Illinois. he
~ the only one Of the class that en-
listed during the civil war. he no"
lives In Los Angeles.
stephen G. elayton now resides "A
De1 Moines where he is engaged IN
business in University Place.
WlINam A. Greer IL now an attorney
N the treasury department at Wash
inRton. His father was one Of the plo-
neer newspaper men OF Eldora n sne
a:.;: e 9ch Mcbride. Mr.. Greer grad
mated from the state university ana
! Dracticed law at Eldora for q time.
George e. Richardson Is now prom
Trent business man Of LeMars. After
leaving school he located at Marengo.
where he married. In 1873 he located
It LeMars ana engaged in the real es-
tate business and has prospered.
DR.. w. n. Morton entered the meol-
cal department Of tho state university
and then located here Tor pracuce
which continued until year or so ago
when he moved to California.
IN 1870 Frank W. Thaxter went to
Fadora where he became deputy re-
cnrder-at the age Of 1S. Three years
later no entered the Hardin County
f3asak and in 1875 came to Iowa Falls to
become cashier Of the Wasner bank. A
year later he became confidential clerk
for Lyman r. Wdsner with whom ne
remsined five years. After few years
II the Dakotas he located in Kansas
City. his present home.
frederick A. Graves learned the drug
business and later was engaged for
several years as commercial traveller
FIFTEEN years ago. he located in the
furniture Business In Memphis, Tenn.
where he now resides.
Four Graduate From s. U. ].
Frank A. Gibbs. was one Of the four
to graduate from the state university,
ana after several years in tho east ne
entered the government service as
A. - aNhnA10 md IA
now located 1t Stillwell, Okla.
Tho first school attended by these
lads was . private one in 1868. in a
frame building near the old Ad Wells
place on West Rocksylvania. Later.
the boys attended school in the old
stone shop on River street. now used
a. cement block factory. Among the
first teachers there were Frank Taylor.
Of Alden, and Charles Packard, who
still resides in Georgetown. suburb OF
lows Falls. The first teacher the class
had In tho first brick school house in
iowa Falls was Miss Sue l. Hillock.
This school house was torn down this
year to make room for the new high
school building. The other teachers
were Professor Seaman and Mrs. Helen
H Bacon.
Glass Reunion Planned.
Mr.. Woods. the only member or the
class who staid at home has been
prominent in the affairs Of the city.
and besides serving several terms as
mayor, has been connected in an Of
Acial capacity with several Of the city's
banking institutions. He is the only
bachelor of the class. A reunion cf the
class is planned and II is hoped to bring
this about before death invades the
ranks for while all are still alive. the
majority Of the "boys" are now past
60 and the chance Of broken ties be-
comes greater each year.