The Adorable Alta Jane Boomer

Born Alta J. Chaffee, in Adrian, MI in 1890, Alta was the daughter of Frank A. Chaffee and one of his several wives.  Alta is about 18 years old in this photograph, which we obtained from Delaware, and holds a bouquet of hope and promise.  She married Roy Deville Boomer, also from Lenawee County, and for many years they lived in Adrian and Ann Arbor, where Roy would work as a carpenter for the railroad or in construction, and Alta would take in laundry in order to help make ends meet.

Later, the dreams would catch hold, and they moved to the fertile Yakima valley of Washington to pursue farming.  Enduring a hard life, Alta died in 1938; only 47 years old.  Roy lasted until 1947, at the age of  59; and both are buried in the Old Sunnyside Cemetery, in rural Yakima County, WA.

Teachers @ Verona School, PS 6, Battle Creek, Michigan

Vivian E. Beers, b.1891 in MI
    Lived mostly at 91 Fremont and at 290 Garfield

Irma M. (Kemp) Verble, 1913 - 2001
    Born in Nebraska, I think she started here in 1940.

Florence M. Nagel
    Lived at 187 Hubbard; traveled the Southwest every year.

Cornelia M. Osborn,  1896 - 1988
    Born in Eckford, she lived at 385 East Ave. N.

Margaret B. Randolph, 1892 - 1985
    Husband ran a shoe repair shop @ 214 W. Mich. Ave.

Beatrice J. Gall, b.1926 in Detroit
    A UNM grad (1947); lived at 26 Chestnut for many years.

Anne Johnston
     Lived on Sylvan Drive

Maybelle (Spooner) Matherly, 1904 - 1994
    Lived at 104 Sellers Ave.

Margaret O. Giddings, 1903 - 1983
    Lived at 208 Garrison after many years on Union St.  Her husband,
    W. Eugene Giddings, had a small real estate business.

Glenn Wesley Alday, born June 1927
    Lived at 238 Briar Hill.  Mr. Alday was a Marine at the end of WW2.

Hazel M. McKibbin, 1903 - 1987
    She commuted to Verona from Charlotte for a few years until they got
    a house at 49 Clayton.  She was a Social Worker before teaching.

Beatrice Wenger, 1912 - 1998
     Lived several teaching years up in Nashville

Avis Madge Hassel, 1929 - 1998
     Wife of Carl Hassel (1926- 2011) a counselor at WKKJH.

Corinne Keithley
     Her husband, Earl, was an auto mechanic.
 





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Teachers at W.K. Kellogg Junior High School in Battle Creek, MI

Elizabeth Torongo, English                    
Born 20 July 1905, in BC; died 14 April 1998, in BC.  Lived at 224 Eaton St.


Emily A. Kaufmann, Typing
Born c.1922, in Saginaw.  Lived at 221 N. Washington St.

Leverett L. "Bud" Hinkle, Woodshop                                

Born 7 Mar 1920, in Wisc.; died Dec 13,1997, in MD.  Lived at 80 East Ave S, in BC.  By 1958, he had been assigned to Southeastern Junior High.

Warren E. Brezette, Drafting
Born 13 June 1910, Kalamazoo?; died 15 May 1992, BC.  Lived on Winter & Lois Sts.

Jasper L. McKay, Science                              

Born 19 Feb 1919; died 18 Jan 1981 in Detroit.  Lived at 319 N Kendall.

Wayne L. Schroeder, Science

Donald S, Newcomer, English                        

Born 3 Jun 1921; died 19 Feb 2007.  Left BC to join Mr. Nault at World Book Encyclopedia.

Arthur W. Lower, Music
Born 29 Jun 1913, in Marshall; died 22 Jun 2000 in BC.  Also taught at Verona.

Lois Mae Penty, Art                                    

Born 3 Jan 1910, BC; died 25 Jan 1996, BC.  Lived on Hamilton Lane, Lkvw.
Her twin brother Amos died in infancy.  Photo is from 1934 @ Western.

John Vydareny, Gym & Coach                                  

Born 27 Jul 1904; died 21 Nov 1996 in Kzoo.  Lived at 47 N 31st.
Photo is from 1928 @ Western, because none of us saw him with hair!

Joan C Bordner,
Lived at 73 Fremont St., in 1958.

Mabel M. Nichols, Counselor
Born 1908, died 1979
Wife of Kenneth Nichols, of Clark Equip., they lived at 127 Milton.

Carl C. Wirth,  Math & Drafting              

Born 21 Jan 1920, in Nebraska and died 22 Oct. 2008, in Marshall.  He and his wife Lois (LtCol-USAF) lived many years at 122 Kellogg St.     (Photo from Kieth Burkhead)

James W. Stone, Printing
Born 6 Feb 1920,
Wife, Marian, taught at Ann J Kellogg; they lived at 163 N 25th.

Alfred J. Reynolds,
Lived at 86 Hilltop.  Mr. Reynolds was a 1949 grad of Calvin College.

William H Nault
Born 9 June 1926, in Ishpeming, MI.  He got his MA in 1949 at UofM
Left BC to be an editor at World Book Encyc., in Chicago.