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Port Oneida School - Last Class - 1939

L-R:  Chris Eckhert; Leonard; George Burfiend; Donald Eckhert; Rebecca Burfiend; Arlene Basch; Ilene Dechow; Greta Baker; Charles Miller; Charles Eckhert; Rosemary Miller; Ann Marie (“Annaree”) Miller; Mrs. Selby (Loraine Richardson); Mary Lou Miller.  Not shown:  Pete Burfiend.

This was the last year the Port Oneida School was used as a school, before consolidation with Glen Arbor.   In winter the kids sledded down the hill behind the school.  "During the 15-minute recess you had all you could do to get dressed, get your sleigh up on top of the hill, & take one slide down before it was time to go in again.”

Note that all of these children’s surnames are still represented by existing historic farms around Port Oneida.

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