Group Photos of People and Events

Civil War era

Christopher H. Jergens, Christian John Jergens and a friend

ca. 1875-1880

the Adelbert D. Palmer family

1887

the Thomas Black Family, ca 1887

1888

the John L. Worley homestead

1889

graduating class

ca. 1890-1895

students in front of old Main St. School

1890

McNay family, ca. 1890

Livingston children

Andrew John Livingston family

Late 1890's

Abraham Ritter and Mariah Hamann Ritter

Henry and Mary Heiser

1894

Gertrude, Nathan and Emma Davis

Students in front of Creston School

1895

In front of the Lowell Tribune:

The Nicholas Berg family

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard F. Hilzley and baby

Zada Ackerman and other high school graduates

1896

The Clark family

Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Cheeseman

1897

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sauer and son

Dinwiddie reunion

1899

Adelbert and Marietta Palmer 50th anniversary

in front of Grant's Department Store

ca. 1899-1900

Elvah Glen and Hannah Fern Pletcher

1900

Civil War Reunion

Early 1900's

The Buckley family in front of home

Country teachers, early 1900's

1901

Cedar Creek Twp. Schools 8th Grade Commencement Program

Wedding photo of Joseph and Lucy Sanders

1902

Charles and Elizabeth Ritter Hoevet and their children and grandchildren

Lewis and Julia Childress family

1903

Cedar Creek Twp. Schools 8th Grade Commencement Program

Caroline, Anna, William and Johanna Berg

1904 or 1905

Dickinson family reunion

1905

Lowell's Beef Trust football team

Pearl and Ruby Davis

Michael School students and teacher

1906

Lowell baseball team

Lake County Board of Education

ca. 1908

a bunch of Lowell Girls

1908

V.U. students from Lowell

Black/Fuller family

1909

Milford and Marie E. (nee Hoevet) Childers, 1909

1911

1911 Lowell High School Graduates

first annual Sanders family reunion

Ireta Mae Childress and unidentified friend

Gwyneth, Ed and Castle Brownell

1912

Lowell High School Commencemet Exercises Announcement

Cedar Creek Twp. 8th Grade Grads, 1912

Pine Grove School pupils

Metcalf, Davis and Domke children, ca. 1912

1913

Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler Stilson

Eagle Creek Twp. School, District 2

Cedar Creek Twp. School, District 3

Shelby School

Shelby High School

Velva Domke and Foreman Davis

1915

James Grant and George L. Foster

Henry W. and Mary Massoth

Joseph, Barbara and Jesse Sanders

Florian John Heiser and Robert E. Schmal

Maurine Schmal, Florian Heiser, Viola Schmal

Otis Dickey and 4 daughters

Cheeseman/Vassmer family members

1916

Delia and Alberta Miller

the Worley family

Pauline Lamphier and Castle Wolverton

Pauline, Loyal and Lydia Lamphier

Lowell High School junior class

Lowell High School sophomore class

Lowell High School freshman class

1917

The LHS senior class basketball team

LHS Girls' Glee Club

Velva Moxell and Ernestine Belshaw

Ruby and Pearl Davis

Helen and Sanford Bales, Aug. 4, 1917

5th grade, Lowell Grade School, 1917/18

Harry Randall Wheeler and friend

Harry Randall Wheeler and 2 girls

World War I Era

Ken Surprise in the cavalry

Ken Surprise with WWI buddy

1918

Pat O'Brien and his mother Margaret

In front of the Heiser Hotel

Pearl Davis and Floyd Hamilton, ca. 1918

Katherine Ritter and children

Jess Lamphier and friend

1919

Millers, Worleys, Minningers

Kin of Cora Dinwiddie Anderson

Ellen Castle, Kate Jewitt, Lydia and Pauline Lamphier

1st Craft family reunion

ca. 1920's

Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Heiser

Ellen Castle, Kate Jewitt, Lydia Lamphier

Ellen Castle, Pauline Lamphier Hettinger, Janny Blue

Gertrude Davis, Maude Poole and another young lady

Dick Schmal and Mary Heiser

1920

Lowell High School senior class

Henry Heiser and sons

Mary and Florian Heiser

Elizabeth Berg, Mary Berg Heiser and Henry John Heiser

Mary and Pauline Lamphier, July 4, 1919

1921

LHS junior class

LHS sophmore class

LHS freshman class

LHS steno and typing class

LHS Skyrocket staff

LHS Round Table Society

LHS Athletic Association

LHS Varsity

LHS girls' basketball team

1922

Skyrocket staff, 1st semester 1921/2

Skyrocket staff, 2nd semester 1921/2

c.a. 1922/3

1923

LHS Athletic Association

Skyrocket staff, fall semester, 1922-23

Skyrocket staff, spring semester, 1922-23

1924

LHS freshman class

LHS Athletic Association

Emma Rachel Hendricks Davis and grandson Randall

Childress family reunion

1925

Hill relatives

ca. 1925-30

Berg relatives in Stuttgart

Carl and Charlotte "Lottie" Mahler

1926

Marian and Robert Surprise

1926/7

Sheridan School photo, 1926/7

School photo, 1926/7

1927

Ken and Ida Surprise

Oliver E. and Carlinda Surprise

1928

LHS freshman class

Lake Prairie School students

Oakland School students

1928/9

Lowell Grade School faculty

1929

Visitors at the Carl and Lottie Mahler home

LHS sophomore class

Sheridan School 4th grade

Sheridan School

Oakland School students

Late '20's; early '30's

Leonard Collins and Harvey Steuer in front of Orchard Grove School

1930's

Class photo, Oakland School

Ten women

1930

LHS junior class

the Frank and Matilda Koonce family

1932

Henry Heiser, Jr., and Thomas F. "Spark" Yates

Close-up segment of above photo

Holy Name School students

1932-33

LHS senior class

1933

LHS band

Nick and Adeline Beiser

1934

Rob Surprise and friends

Lake Prairie School students and teachers

1934/5

Liberty School students and teachers

ca. 1934-6

Bernice Nelson, Edgar and Bob Hajic, Gladys Bastear

1935

Lois Dahl Heiser and baby, William

Florian John Heiser and William

Worley and Fisher families

1936

Shelby baseball team

ca. 1936-40

Carl and Charlotte "Lottie" Mahler

1937

1936/37 LHS freshman class

1936/37 LHS Basketball Squad

Harry Bastear, Bob Hajic, Don Nelson

Phyllis, Lilly, Bud, and Bob Hajic

Bud Hajic and Lottie Mahler

the John Arthur Worley family

1937 Lowell High School seniors

1938

1938 Liberty School 8th grade graduates

1939

1938/39 LHS junior class

1938/39 LHS Ag Club

1938/39 LHS Football Squad

Ambrose Bennett and Rochelle Ellen Bisig

Bernice and Fritz Karlsson

Lottie Mahler and Bernice Karlsson

1940's

1939/40 LHS track squad

1939/40 LHS football squad

Uhter reunion

Harold G. Cowan and crew

Harold G. Cowan and others in a game of chance

1941

1940/41 LHS freshman class

1940/41 LHS football squad

John R. Taylor and Jon Smith

Hermie Tilman and husband

Joann Geer and Fred Montague

1942

1942 LHS junior class

1942 LHS Mixed Glee Club

1943

Janet, Bill, Dave, Mary Lou and Gary Heiser

1944

Harold G. Cowan and crew

1945

Lowell baseball team

1946

Lowell High School senior class

1948

Bonnie Spry/Thomas Combs wedding

ca. 1948-1952

Lowell Fire Department

1950's

Carl Mahler and Edgar Hajic

1952

Christina Worley and Ida Shurte

Lowell Fire Department

Childers kin

Louis Miletich with the Kennedys

Getting a beard trim

Roy Greer and Angie Matury

Ralph (Sr.) and Mary Massoth

Matt and Ruby Parthenakis

Carl and Irene Kenney

Glibert "Doc" and Violet C. Westerberg

Harold "Bus" and Ella Amelia "Katie" Brownell

Chuck, Rose and Jerry Koble

Five ladies

Glen and Harry Clark

1953

Cast of the junior play No More Homework

LHS class of 1953

1954

James F. and Janet Irene Worley

George Jonathan and Mary Ann Hitzman

Mr. and Mrs. Hamlet B. Taylor

1955/56

Oakland Grade School, 1st and 2nd grades

1956 Adeline (nee Childers) and Robert Menefee

1957

Raymond and Mrytle Frashour

1959

Sadie Parker, Tena Worley, Mary Reed

1960

Duane and Keith Bisig

Clay, Rick and Helene Strickland

Bert and Lou Strickland family

1961

Children of George and Mary Ann Hitzman

Reunion of 1931 LHS football team

Mr. and Mrs. William Viers

1962

Andrew and Robert Childers

1974

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Childress

1977

LHS 53rd reunion

1983

LHS 50th reunion

1985

Loyal W. Combs and Gary Prah

John Rowlinson,

Alice

1993

Beiser sisters -- Barbara Sullivan and Virgina Viers

1998

Five Worley siblings

1999

Monet Relatives

2003

Park dedication

2009

LHS Class of 1949 -- 60th Reunion

Not dated

Zada Ackerman, teacher, and students

Fern Bailey and baby Helen

Fern and Helen Bailey and another woman

Fern and Helen Bailey

Helen Bailey and Glen Pletcher, 1918

Nick and Adeline Beiser

Adeline Beiser and daughters

Virginia Beiser, Chuck Menefee, Nancy Buche

Virginia Beiser and Chuck Menefee

Charles and Ida Berdine and Denise (nee Frashour) Franklin

Peter and Katherine (nee Heiser) Berg

Ann Heiser and Katherine Berg

Virginia and Dorothy Berg

George Berg and Henry and Mary (nee Berg) Heiser

Louis Berg and 5 sisters

Bisig family

Bisig relatives

Mr. and Mrs. Charles John Bisig

Charles John Bisig and sons

Charles J. and Oscar Bisig

Charles K. Bisig and Molly Peterson

Helen Bisig and Alice Peterson

Helen Bisig and Alta "Peggy" Light

Oscar Charles Bisig family

James and Josephine Black, Joann Geer, "Aunt" Reba"

Heny G. Bliss family

Robert J. Brannock and sisters

Amos and Sally (nee Taylor) Brannon

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brownell

Orville and Roma Buche

the Jim Burrell family

Cy, Myron and Catherine Burrell

Rose, Myron and Jim Burrell

Childers kin

Anderw, Milford and Elizabeth Childers

Andrew and Harold Childers, Ed Monet, George Kirchenstein, Bob Menefee

Jack Childers, Roma and Orville Buche, Bob Childers

Andrew and Nora Childers and family

Childers relatives

Childers siblings

Childers sisters

Andrew, Nora and Adeline Childers

Jack Childers and baby Mary Lou

Childers kin

daughters of Wanda Childers

at the Childers reunion

1988 Childers reunion

five Childers siblings

Andrew Childers and friend

Andrew Childers family

Ronald Cyril Childers and others during WWII

Wilbur Clark family

Wilbur and Harry Elwood Clark

Lorraine and John Clifford and Thelma Sanders

Harold Cornell and Henry Peterson

children of Jay James and Edith M. Brown Craword

Otis and Mary Jane (Markee) Dickey

Otis and Mary Jane Dickey and another couple

Otis Dickey and 5 daughters

Volney Dickey and 3 daughters

the Volney Dickey family

Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson

Neva and Gertrude Dickinson

Vernon and Lotus Dickinson

Edwin E. and Rose (Worley) Etzel

Donald Ray and Ellen (nee Willson) Frashour

Frank and Addie Naomi (nee Worley) Frashour

Milford and Inez "Ina" (nee Worden) Frashour

Ronald Gerald and Mary Jane (nee Logan) Frashour

Frashour sisters

Charlie and Ramona Gearman

Sarah, Frankie and Allen Gragg

Albert and Judd Gregg

Nicholas and Elizaberth (nee Childers) Haskins

Oliver Hazzard Perry Hathaway and Mary Elizabeth Drake

Herman and Mary Estella (nee Zartman) Hayden

Grant and Emma (nee Zartman) Hayden

the Grant Hayden family

Grant and Emma Hayden

Grant and Emma Hayden and grandson

Hayden relatives

Emma Zartman Hayden and her sister Bertha

Sherman and Grant Hayden

Vernon and Lucinda "Lou" Hayden

Forest Hayden and sister Lou Hayden Strickland

Hayden siblings

Lou Hayden Strickland and Edna Hayden

Margaret and Lou Strickland

Hayden relatives

Peter and Maria Heiser and their 13 children

Peter and Maria (nee Spannan) Heiser

Edward and Jennie Heiser

daughters of Ed and Jennie Heiser

George and Edward Heiser

Ann and Katherine Heiser

Katherine, Matt and Susan Heiser

Ann Heiser and Maria Spannan Heiser

Heiser relatives

Charlie, Matt, and Bill Heiser

Joe and Lizzie Heiser

Henry and Mary (nee Berg) Heiser

Heiser relatives

Charles Heiser's grandchildren

Joe and Bertha (nee Heiser) Ruck

Heiser brothers in their Chicago grocery

Cenitta Rosetta Surprise Homan and man

The Allen Horner family

Robert and Charlotte Horner

Lois and Hugh Hunter

Hugh and Viola Hutton

Viola Hutton and Catherine Parry

Sons of Conrad Jergens, Civil War veteran

Josephine Jewett and class

Johnny Jones and Lovisa Surprise Love Jones

Bruce, Margaret and Frances Jean King

Four Lamphiers

Donald and Gwendolyn (nee Frashour) Lawliss

Mrs. Carl Mahler and Viola Hutton

Carl Mahler and Guy Surprise

Markee females

David Leon and Michael Ray McIntire

McIntire brothers

Louis and Adeline (nee Childers) Miletich

Bill Peterson, Betty O'Neill, Judy Walters

Edward H. Peterson and Emma Bennett

Henry and Molly Peterson and Bisig and Horner children

Owen Peterson and sister Bessie

Francis and Ellen Pinkerton

the James Pinkerton family

Ragon family members

Cordie and Myrtle Ragon

Laura Jane Ragon and another girl

Myrtle E. Ragon Buckley and Lola M. Ragon Surprise

John Francis Ritte, wife and son

Mel and Ella Surprise Robinson

Gus Rodgers, wife and baby

Edward and (Mary) Lou Ruck

the Ruck family

Claude and Gertrude Sanders

Clayton and Ruth Sanders

the Fred Schmidt family

Leon "Jigger" Sirois and racing team

Howard Slocomb and baby daughter Helen

Joshua and Cynthia Spalding

Urvie and Raymond Spindler and others, 1908

the Spry family

Floyd, Imogene and Leslie Strickland

Bert and Nellie Strickland

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Forest Strickland

Thomas F. and Susan Strickland

the Thomas Forest Strickland family

Thomas and Bert Strickland at the Davis farm

Lou Strickland and baby Florene

Bert and Lou Strickland and baby Florene

Lou Strickland and baby daughter

Bert Strickland and Florene

Lou Strickland, holding son Clay

Florene and Gwyneth Strickland

Florene and Margaret Strickland

Gwyneth and Margaret Strickland

Florene, Gwyneth and Margaret Strickland

Florene, Gwyneth and Margaret Strickland, #2

Florene, Gwyneth and Margaret Strickland and Edna Hayden

Strickland / Hayden relatives

Lou and Gwyneth Strickland

Strickland relatives

Bert and Lou Strickland

Charles I. and Mary Strickland

Mary Strickland and great-granddaughter

Leslie and Marie Strickland and granddaughter

the Rick Strickland family

Clay and Helene Strickland

Surprises at Christmas dinner

Albert and Edith Surprise and baby

Bill J. "Willie" Surprise and Mabel Surprise

Charles, Clarence and Ernest Surprise

Charles and Lucille Surprise

Craig and Sandra Surprise

Ernest and Percy Surprise

Ernest Surprise and Hermoine Surprise Tillman

the Ernest Surprise family

Extended Ernest Surprise family

Harry and Evelyn Surprise

Ida and Jon Surprise

Ken and Ida Surprise

Ken L. Surprise family in Michigan

Ken L. Surprise family

Ken L. Surprise and co-workers

Ken Surprise and Pete Horner

Oliver E. and Carlinda Surprise

Oliver Ragon Surprise and son Mickie

Percy and Ken Surprise

Roger and Jeanette Surprise and baby Dick

Grandma Sophia Uhter and other family members

Sophia Schmedica Uhter and baby

Virginia Viers and relatives

Virginia Viers and other relatives

William and Gwyneth (nee Strickland) Viers

Larry and Bill Viers

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Vinnedge

the Lewis Webster family

Barbara Matilda Miller Worley and the Miller line of the family

Mr. and Mrs. Edmond L. Worley

John Henry and Christina Uhter Worley

children of John Henry and Christina Uhter Worley

Nathan Worley, Melissa Stone Worley and Edson Worley

the Nathan Worley family

Worley women

Edna and Rose Worley

John L. and Naomi Worley

Mr. and Mrs. William Zartman

Nate Davis, Leona Henderson, Bob Metcalf and others

Pearl Elizabth Davis and Ruth Williams

The Dewitts and the Mahlers

Fred Heiser and Bob Berg

Mrs. McDonald, Dessie Steward and her children, Lutie Chitwood Worley

Lois Parmley and Alice Black

Lowell Board of Trade

Wilbur Lumber employees

Frank Robinson, Herman Knisely, May Burhans at commencement

Ruth Metcalf and Edith Sirois

Lowell Women

Valparaiso College

Three Creeks Historical Association

unknown group

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