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Photo Gallery

When the Clayton Grange Hall was reduced to ashes, it took with it a vast array of class photos as well. They are slowly being replaced from all walks of life.  Here are but a few of the hundreds taken at Clayton, Deer Park, Loon Lake, Williams Valley and Big Foot Valley Schools.

Clayton High School 1924. Back row. Principal Edna Rodweder, Esther Olson, Charotte Schonfeld, Donna Lowe, Trula Barnes, Catherine Gibson, Rest unknown. Middle row. Third from the right Dora Jones Jarrett, Front row. middle Roy De Merice

Clayton Grade schoolers about 1930. Says Eddie Olson who supplied this photo.

Clayton Grad 1930 - 31. Far left, Hazel Shonfelt Renner, Fred Wind. Others unidentified at this time.

Clayton Grads. 1932

Clayton High School. Class of 1932. row 1. Johnny Barns, Jimmy Hone, Buster Brown, Bill Sater, Orin Link. Row 2- Edith Christianson, Ella Christianson, Jean Portor, Francis Wind, Ruth Hanson, Jacquline Swanback, Olga Marconi, Ester Michals, Marie Loomis, Mable Link. Row 3- Elain Hanson, Mae Huffman, Albert Michals, Forrest Biddle?, Milton Carr, Beryl Twidwell, Ted Fischback, Marjaire. Row 4- Clifford Klawunder, Harrison Dano, Mr. Murry (Teacher), Mr Ramsay (Teacher), Mrs. Wallace (Teacher), Gene Cox, Couglas Cone, Glen Herr, Bob Sater.

Clayton High School 1930 31. Row 1- Paul Honamond, Harrison Dano, Gene Cox, Bill Sater, Eddie King, Kennth Trapp, Beryl Twidwell, Jim Hone, Roy Honamond. Row 2- Milton Carr, Arnold Johnson, Glen King, John Barnes, Clarence Lemeaux, Buster Brown, Roy Fosberg, Ted Fischback, Douglas Hone, Fred Wind. Row 3- Mr. J.J. Murray, Mr. C. Ramsey, Mrs. Wallace, Edith Christainson, Hazel Schonfeld, Gene Portor, Ariel Stewart, Ella Johnson, Ruth Hanson, Josephine Biddle, Bob Sater. Row 4- Mary Tarconi, Grace Carr, Mable Link, Mildred Luhr, Marie Loomis, Francis Wind, Mae Huffman, Smart Girl, Ella Christianson,

One of these graduates of note,Ted Fischbach married his childhood sweetheart Mae Huffman. Mae spent her life where she was born and reared in one house in Clayton. Following their marrige the moved to a neat little house on the north side of Spokane, where she lives to this day.

This is the second School house in Clayton. Two rooms to hold this student body.

Even though this is Clayton School house number two, no photo of the first school seems to exist.

The Students are identified by Lawrence Zimmerer as follows in the lower picture in this 1911 photo.

Loon Lake all class photo, 1940 - 41

A Lawrence Zimmerer photo, he also identified the students. The older kids on the left and the further the right the younger. UPPER GRADES CLAYTON SCHOOL 1911. Dick Enright, Fanny Stroup, Edith Johnson, Rose Burke (Front left), Pete Berg, Alta Enfield, Mytrle Christenson, Mandy Berg, Gertrude Enright, Cap Westby (third on right), Ruth Olson, Hannabelle Huffman, Frank Cure, Cowan, Einer Westby.

Student names of picture above. Loon Lake 1940 - 41

All class Clayton WA. spring of 1945. Student I.D. listed below

Another Historic picture from Peter Coffin. Sunday School and Church services were conducted at the Big Foot Valley School. Some of the folks in attendance this day are,

At the risk of straying off course a bit, this is a class picture from our neighbors at Hunters, WA.

Clayton Grade School 1951 - 52. These little cutties are not only grown up now, they are also retired.

Another Peter Coffin family picture of the Big Foot Valley school. Charolette Coffin is on the right, front row.

The original School Bus

In this Peter Coffin photo, Florence Coffin is third from the left in the front row at the one and only Big Foot Valley School.

Some of our school teachers during the 40s. Far left, Mrs Inga McDonald, second from the right, Mrs Lenhard, far right, Mrs Sweeny, 8th grade teacher and school Principal.

Photo by Lillian Koehler. Williams Valley School, 1940. Students identified by Luella Milner Dow. Front row L - R- Edward Schmitt, unknown, Jim Reilly, Kay Krick and Bob Krick, Middle row, Virginia Johnson, ? Lefores, Anni Huntsman, Kathleen Schmitt, Charlotte, Luella Milner, George Heffley, Floyd Reilly, Carol Ann Hurt (Teacher's daughter), Huntsman, and Mrs. Hurt, teacher. Back row- Lorraine Milner Ball, Anna Jo Bowen, Bobby Hamilton, Joyce Lefores, Freida Heffley and unknown.

Thanks to Carol Baker Betz for this sequence of photos of the Clayton classes during the early to mid 1940s. Front row L - R- Jean Lewis, Marie Peak, Arletta Casberg, Darleen Baumgardner, Emma Lynch. Middle row- Buddy Lamberton, Russel Male, Jimmy Reilly, Eddie Schmidt, Kay Krick. Derris Schliemann, Edward Aurthur. Top row- Carol Baker, Mrs. Inga McDonald, Jack Goodwin and Bill Sims, Charles Shallbetter, Jack Lewis, Kenneth Maier, Dona Lambier, Agnus Baynes. 5th & 6th grades at Clayton School. 1944 - 45.

1939 - 40. This photo was taken prior to Carol beginning school at Clayton. But Agnes Baynes Daurgherty has furnished the names as follows, Clayton Grade School 1939 - 1940. Front row. Orland Peterson, Gerald Inman, Douglas Gray, Conrad McNeill, Leland Lambertson, Buddy Lambertson & James Tobeck. Middle row, June Tobeck, Josephine Michelle, Jack Lewis, Robert Rearden, Jerry Caldwell, David Gray, Geraldine Casberg, Darlene Schliemann. Back row- Mrs. Slater, Jean Lewis, Marie Peak, Anne McGrorty, Dona Lambier and Barbra Robertson.

All Class Clayton 44 -45

7th Grade 1945 - 46. Agnus Baynes, Miss Eberly, Jean Lewis, Carol Baker, Kathleen Schmidt, Dona Lambier, Kenneth Maier, Charles Zicklefoose, Bill Sims, Jack Goodwin, Edward Aurthur. Jack Lewis must have skipped school again.

2nd grade little Darlings, 1940 - 41

Speaking of Darlings. We have picture after picture of all the Baker kids but none of Sharon, She tagged along way after all her older siblings. So we felt it was no more than proper that you see what happens after these kids grow up. Clayton is a proven winner.