The Family Photo Album: Lucia Arras, 6th Grade Class Photo

This photo of my grandmother’s sixth grade class was taken at Lincoln school in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, in the spring of 1935.  The original school building was located (and still stands!) at 200 W. Lincoln Street, a mere two or three blocks from the Arras family’s home at 519 W. Lincoln.

Grandma, Lucia (Arras) Benington, would probably not thank me for pointing her out in this particular photograph.  She is, after all, the one person who blinked at the exact moment the picture was taken!

Lucia Arras

I would just skip posting this photo, out of all the class photos in her collection, but there is something special about this one.  This is the only picture on the reverse of which she named every individual!  Thanks to her thoughtfulness, I can now (hopefully) identify most of the people in all the rest of the photos, with a little detective work.

I imagine it might be a little difficult to read the writing from your computer screen, so here’s a transcription:

1st row–left to right: Jack Krout, Tommy Marshall, Glen Houes, Robert Brewer, Dick Cramar [Cramer]

2nd row–left to right: Betty Weitz, Dorthy [Dorothy] McCall, Marian Saller, Lucia Arras, Jean Taylor, Jane Bish, Virginia Rose, Maxine Sink, Ruth Cliner

3rd row–left to right: Donald Marvin, Betty Ex, Jeanne Anne Athey, Wayne Brewer, Tom Vosslor [Vossler], Mildred Saller, Arlene Strouse, Helena Oman, Rosalyn Rabkin

4th row–left to right: Robert Galnta, John Tabb, Mary Lou McFarland, Shirley Ann Quis, Mary Katherine Varner, Martha and Egen [Eugene] Cuningham [Cunningham], Bob Deyers, James Quinlan

Mrs Driesback

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Other class photos from Lincoln School:
Lucia Arras: Lincoln School, Findlay, 1928-1929