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Madera High School 1909

Photograph courtesy of Gregory Heiskell Desmond.

This is the 1909 graduating class of Madera High School.

Seated left to right are Hallie Gleason, Chester Eno, Frank G. Desmond, Harry Ross, Ray Scott.

Standing left to right are Russworth Bennett, Lucile Heiskell, Gladys Hunter, Edith Hall, Jeanette Bailey, Helen Whitehead, Henry Clay Daulton.

Source: postcard of 1909 Madera High School Graduating Class. The verso of the card was annotated by Lucile Heiskell Desmond on June 19, 1965. She recorded the following:

Lucille Heiskell married Frank Desmond and became a school teacher. She retired in 1952.
Hallie Gleason became the City Attorney of Turlock, California
Chester Enos moved to Los Angeles
Frank G. Desmond, farmer, died May 9, 1963
Harry Ross retired from the National Forestry in Montana (deceased by 1965)
Ray Scott was a mail carrier in Madera (deceased by 1965)
Gladys Hunter Wilson, owner of Hunter Drug Co., Madera
Edith Hall became a school teacher in Santa Cruz
Jeanette Bailey became a school teacher in Oakland
Helen Whitehead became a school teacher in Madera
Henry Clay Daulton, cattleman in Madera
Russworth Bennet, grocery store in Fellows, California

 


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