The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-03-16
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Chapter Out of Early History OF Orc.
VILE and the School Children OF
Fifteen Years Ago.

relics of the past come to light that
make interesting reading. Sometimes
they are dug out Of some depository
where they had been placed by per-
sons directly interested in their con-
tents with the aim of resurrecting
them at some future time and conned
over as mementos Of former years,
and then are forgotten until acciden-
tally brought to light and again they
may be unearthed in unexpected places |
under unusual circumstances. A case
that would come under the latter
head was brought TO our attention
last week.
Recently Fred C. Hart had charge |
of selling the hay damaged in the fire |
at the Beale & Payne warehouse.
While paving over the ruins he came
across printed and Illustrated leaflet |
entitled Souvenir Oroville High
School, l9OS-9" How it got there,
who 1t belonged to, are questions that
Mr.. Hart is not In a position to ans
wer. but it was there all the same,
escaping the flames, and barring evil
dence of a drenching from water, is
none the worse for the fiery ordeal.
This souvenir is made up OF four
sheets with gray paper cover, the
leaves tied with a yellow ribbon On
| the cover is a photograph of the old
frame school house situated in tne
south part of town, the first building
| of any pretention where young ideas
were cultivated in Oroville. The pho
| tograph is not a picture of a building
to be proud Of, although when first
constructed the school house was
looked upon as quite an important
addition to Oroville, tnen just coming
into existence. Even III the picture the
school house has a drab, unpainted,
unattractive appearance. However 1t
housed many of the youth of Oroville.
few gone to their last account, the
balance as men and women have TAX
en- on the problems q life and most
OF them scattered to the four winds
No debut to most Of the survivors
many pleasant memories survive or
the hours spent in the old school
! house in the days Of youth, really the
only happy and carefree period OF lie.
The first page of the souvenir is
!, group picture of the two teachers
and some ten pupils. The second page
J picture Of the girls basket ball team
, composed of Helena McCammon, Mil
: dred Mitchell. Edyth Shaffer Margu-
| erite Williams and Cora Morris. The
| next page shows the boys basket ball
team and is composed of Jas. East,
, Leslie Stansbury. Herold McCammon,
Henry East and Glenn Mitchell. The
3 last page is a roster of the various
r grades of the school with the names
, of the teachers and the school board
e The teachers were e. B. Grinnell
e principal and Lizzie" NJ. Ryan, assist
= ant principal, that making up the
: corps Of teachers. The school board
g consisted of Fred III. Finsen, clerk;
y E. A. McMahan and Chas F. Sigrist. O
n the teachers, Prof. Grinnell is now {
resident of Tonasket and was elected
t county superintendent last fall. Miss
= Ryan's whereabouts is unknown. AL
e of the members of the board are nov
i living Oh the coast. Mr. McMahan ant
= Mr.. Sigrist in Seattle, and Mr. t1nsel
in Sedro- Woolly. The following is
list Of the scholars and their whera
Ibouts so far as can be ascertained:
Tenth Grade-Blanche Bissell, tn
Is daughter of w. l.. Bissell, an old pic
1t neer of Oroville. Her present where
ID abouts could not be ascertained. Ethe
al Finsen. married to a gentleman nan
lg ed Sharp, living at Anacortes, and W
Id regret to say only recently died
rs her home in child birth. Alice Horr
Id gan. wife of C. j. Casad, still living
c. Oroville. Glenn Mitchell, now in tn
,e, government service as forest supe1
ny visor and stationed at Chelan.
ng Ninth Grade-Marguerite William
he who married a gentleman by the nan
ng of Kratzer, after having moved awf
es from Oroville, dying Of consumptle
wv some two or three years ago. 81
ed was a sister of Mrs. f. B. Crime
an of Tonasket, whose husband was prl
ny cipal of Oroville schools fifteen yea
on ago. James East, now married and Ii
Ill ign in Colorado Henry East who
ch connected with the Standard Oil COZ
no pany and has station at Seatt
Leslie Stansbury who is one of t
few still residents Of Oroville. Elm
Stansbury who at the present time
somewhere in California. Herold
ion Cannon who was losDted at Chel
m the last we knew of his whereabou
,oy He mas been married and divoro
7 since attending the rambling
rs- school on the flat.
sail Eighth Grade-Cora Norris, n
married and living near Nelson.
dred Mitchell, recently married
var Vern Sexson and a resident of o
lville. Ruth Bowerman, married to
gentleman named Chas. Hastings a
when at home living at Harringt
the She has been spending the winter
the California. Ora Metcalf now the "
this of Red Finsen and living at Anac
ica tes. Helena McCammon, married t
out Mr.. Gleason and living at Colvi
re- Trevor Mallory, married and liv
ave at Portland Chas. Powell, married
Florence Mills, who attended the sa
!, school at the same time, and now
ian. ing at Seattle. George Methven, wht