Class Photos & Schoolhouse Memories Archive
Graduating Class Photos
1933
This image shows the 8 th grade graduation for the class of 1933. These 8 th graders were drawn from sixdifferent Barkhamsted one room schools for a graduation ceremony at the P.V. Church.
The boys in the back row, from left to right: Harry Chatfield (age 14, P.V. School); Dwight LeGeyt (age 13, Northeast School). The identity of the third boy is unknown. Other 8 th grade boys listed in the official school registers, but who are unaccounted for here are: John Pranka (age 14, Center School); Dominic Carkasio (age 15, Wallens Hill); Kenneth Butler (age 15, Riverton) and Matthew Puhalski (age 14, Mallory School).
The girls, from left to right, are: Louise Jackson (age 14, P.V. School); Alma VanMeter (age 14, P.V. School); Murial Dowd (age 13, Center School); Eleanor Parsons (age 13, Riverton School); Helen Buanowski (age 13, Mallory School).
1938
Back row: (left to right) William Sterpka, Walter Rowley, Frank Ansett, George Allen, Douglas E. Roberts
Front row: (left to right) Bertha LeGeyt, Vera LeGeyt, Norma Burke (Fairy), Arlene Case, Jean Burke (Fairy), Maize Bernier, Edith (Brnice?) LeGeyt, Arline Pease
Digital image: MD-52
1939
Back row: (left to right) Bruce Laughlyn, Ernest Burchardt, William Day, Edward E. Jones, Donald Wright, Philip Sneider
Front row: (left to right) Barbara Ellis, Clifford Dodd, Shirley Burchardt, Nicholas Eddy, Eleanor Doty, Clarence Anstett
Digital image: MD-53.
1945
Standing: (left to right) Doris Dunbar, Raymond Callahan, Leland Adams, Donald LeGeyt, Francis Callahan, Robert Lavieri, John Hall, Flora Bennett
Seated: (left to right) Paul Haynes, Albert N. LeGeyt, Jr., Bentley (Frank) Tiffany
Missing: Clinton Rudd
Digital image: MD-41.
1947
Standing: (left to right) Reginald Kelly, Richard Bean, Charles Dunbar
Seated: (left to right) Joan Norton, Lillian Wagner
Digital image: MD-42.
1948
Left to right: Either Mary Callahan or Eleanor Weidner (both are listed on class register), Charles Holcomb, Shirley Mellon, Carmine Lavieri, Charlene Whiting (Hayes)
Digital image: MD-43.
1949
Back row: Paul Hewey, Joan Insolio, William Jacquier, William Fuller, Jr., John P. Lavieri, Nancy Norton (now Winn), Clifford Tiffany
Front row: Jean LeGeyt (now Seymour), Jack Bourquin, Gail Ellis
Missing: Glenna LaForge
Digital image: MD-48.
1950
Left to right: ?? Either Mary Callahan or Eleanor Weidner (both are listed on class register), Charles Holcomb, Shirley Mellon, Carmine Lavieri, Charlene Whiting (Hayes)
Digital image: MD-43.
1951
Back row: Eva Ferne Conklin, Donald Pranka, Theodore Church, Ronald Prout, Paul Joseph Onion, Shirley Kilbourn
Seated: Elizabeth Doty, Gail Ransom, Patricia Haynes, Marilyn Schaffer, Elaine Schlapak, Linda Hines
Other names on official register: Lee MacCullum, John MacDonald, Mildred Carrozzo, Jack Thibaud
Digital image: MD-45.
1953
Standing: (left to right) Charles Schwartz, Charles Day, Jr., George Ransom, Jack Carrazzo, James Cappabianca, William LeGeyt, Edward Weaving, Leo Roy, Ronald Conklin, Lee Kittredge (?)
Seated: (left to right) Joyce Jacquier, Valerie Kriss, Marion Gillette, Peggy Cutler, Carol Johnson, Donalda Morrison, Janice Heath, Shirley Onion
Digital image: MD-46.
1954
Standing: (left to right) ?, ?, ?, Dennis Blakesly, Lester MacDonald, Chester Pranka
Seated: (left to right) Lillian Isabelle, Ann LaFranchise, Justine Marek, Shirley Olivier, Nancy LeGeyt, Leona Weaving
Other names on official register: Robert Gillette, Thomas Keevers, Gerald Kittridge, David Prout, Pauline Carpenter
Digital image: MD-47.
1957
Back row: Richard Hazen, William Day, Richard LaCasse, Richard Cutler, Wallace Wainman, Larry Blount, James Carrozzo, Allen Brown
Center row: Lucille Carpenter, Sally Hoffman, Judy Gallup, Linda LeGeyt, Joann McArthur, Penny Church, Sherry Winslow (teacher), Linda Fenn, Helene Banks, Geraldine Cook, Barbara Nasiatka, Judy Fortune
Front row: Bonnie Church, Rachel Centrella, Carol Gillette, Adrian Thomen, Muriell Gagne, Dottie Centrella, Gloria Conklin, Carrie Carpenter, Barbara Jane (B.J.) Fuller, Virginia Kelly, Sharon Neumann
Other names on register: Gail Roberts, Ruth Drolet, Alan Fredricksson, Donald McDonald
Digital image: MD-54.
1959
Back row: Peter Tullar, Edgar Beardsley, Nancy Mangle, Frank Cappabianca, Carole Eastman, John Pranka, Patricia Onion, John Day, Donald Day
Front row: Arm of William Case, Russell Maroni, Laverne Machowski, Janet Lloyd, Christine Brown, Jeanne Machowski, Aurelia Sherman, Albert Wright, Clarke Broughton, Robert Johnson
Digital image: MD-55.
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Please note that there are images of school groups in this collection about which we have no current information. Also, not every student in every picture is identified: sometimes the handwriting is too hard to read. So, consider this a first step in locating the available pictures of your ancestor. There may be more in the collection if you dig a bit deeper.
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