Ella Edna Miller Harrington
(Mrs. Leon B. Harrington)
The May 9, 1903, Lowell Souvenir (page 4, columns 3-4), found in the Local History Files in the drawer labeled "Old Newspapers," lists Ella Miller as resposible for the "Valedictory" part of the Eighth Annual Commencement Program of the Cedar Creek Schools on May 11, 1903. Class motto was "From the stepping stone to the bank; class colors were purple and lavendar; class flower was the carnation.
A excerpt from a May 16, 1903, Lowell Souvenir article (page 1, column 5) about the West Creek Commencement stated:
In some well chosen words Ella Miller expressed the affectionate farewell address, to the school officers, instructors, classmates and friends.
The article further added:
West Creek certainly ought to be proud of the class of 1903, being the largest class in the county, and second for high grades. The youngest pupil in the class, passed with good grades, completed the sixth, seventh and eighth grades, in two years.
The 1903 class of graduating eighth graders consisted of nineteen students.
This September 7, 1916, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 4, column 5:
Miss Emma Miller, who has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Louise Miller, and other relatives here for some time left for her home in Riverside, Calif., Monday evening. Her sister, Miss Ella, accompanied her as far as Chicago.
This July 12, 1917, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 1, column 2:
Mrs. Robert J. Miller has returned to her home in Odebolt, Iowa, after a visit here with her mother, Mrs. Louise Miller, and other relatives. Her sister, Miss Ella Miller, accompanied her as far as Chicago.