UNDER CONSTRUCTION 11/14/17
GLENDA'S FAMILY PICTURES ARE BELOW.
BUT 1ST HERE ARE SOME tHAT SHE BOUGHT AT A LOCAL GARAGE SALE YEARS AGO.
do you know who they are? SHE WOULD LIKE TO give THEM TO A FAMILY MEMBER.
Unidentified. Photo 3602
This one was posted as unidentified. However, in April 2019, Fran Blecha recognized it! Meet Frantisek & Rosalie (Fidermuc) Horalek!
Labeled Blanche Hubka.
This one was posted as unidentified, but it has been tentatively identified now..
In July 2017, genealogist Linda James said that a Blanche Hubka is in her line, and married Ivan Skalak. She will go through her materials and see whether this photograph might be her Blanche Hubka.
In April 2019, our Fran Blecha said she believes it is indeed Blanche Skala. Fran wrote, " It's identified as "Blanche Hubka". I believe it would be Blanche Viola Hubka, daughter of Joseph Michael and Mary Anna (Blecha) Hubka. Blanche married Milo Amil Skala, and is buried at Mahaska, Kansas. I found her on Findagrave at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46649571/blanche-viola-skala
In July 2017, genealogist Linda James said that a Blanche Hubka is in her line, and married Ivan Skalak. She will go through her materials and see whether this photograph might be her Blanche Hubka.
In April 2019, our Fran Blecha said she believes it is indeed Blanche Skala. Fran wrote, " It's identified as "Blanche Hubka". I believe it would be Blanche Viola Hubka, daughter of Joseph Michael and Mary Anna (Blecha) Hubka. Blanche married Milo Amil Skala, and is buried at Mahaska, Kansas. I found her on Findagrave at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46649571/blanche-viola-skala
Unidentified. Photo 3604.
This one was posted as unidentified, but it has been identified. Ray Musil brought in part of his extensive family pictures for scanning, and there it was! The same photo, with names! Meet Louis Voutrobek & Lillian Yoble! It is also Photo 7650, with Ray's collection.
still unidentified
This first one is a wedding picture, as can be ascertained by the young man in the center back holding a buggy whip; as Historical Society member Bob Blecha has explained in showing one of his family photos from this era, the driver of the wedding buggy/carriage was a place of honor in the wedding party. Brides were not necessarily wearing white in those days, but the couple fo the right are probably the bride and groom, leaving the couple on the left as the maid/matron of honor and best man. This is all guessing but maybe it will get someone to thinking.
Unidentified. Photo 3600.
Labeled Emil Welkey and friend. It may be in Colorado. It's not in Table Rock. Photo 3601.
family photos of
glenda alderman blecha
This is the Theodore & Sarah Alderman Family circa 1905 or 1906.
Front row: William Arnold, Grandpa Theodore, Grandma Sarah holding Emerson, Cora, and George.
Back row: Grace, Orville, Maude, Katy, and Ralph.
This is a photocopy of a photo. An image of the photocopy with dates of birth and death annotated on it is below.
Front row: William Arnold, Grandpa Theodore, Grandma Sarah holding Emerson, Cora, and George.
Back row: Grace, Orville, Maude, Katy, and Ralph.
This is a photocopy of a photo. An image of the photocopy with dates of birth and death annotated on it is below.
Photo 3616.
The Alderman family again. Names are annotated on the album page that Glenda has and that page is after this picture.
Glenda identifies her Grandma Alderman as the older woman in the front row, far right.
The names as they appear to be annotated in the margins above and below the photo:
Back row: Emerson (wife Velma), George (wife Sylvia), Orville (wife Pearl), [Grandpa], Will (wife Myrtle)
Front row: Grace (husbands Harry Carter then Henry Boltjes), Maud (husband Pearl Morton), Katy (husband Floyd Hayes), Cora (husband Henry Epley), and Grandma.
The names as they appear to be annotated in the margins above and below the photo:
Back row: Emerson (wife Velma), George (wife Sylvia), Orville (wife Pearl), [Grandpa], Will (wife Myrtle)
Front row: Grace (husbands Harry Carter then Henry Boltjes), Maud (husband Pearl Morton), Katy (husband Floyd Hayes), Cora (husband Henry Epley), and Grandma.
Will Alderman in front of his home in Table Rock. Photo 3605.
Myrtle Alderman, Will Alderman's wife. Photo 3606.
Myrtle and Will Alderman. Photo 3607.
at "the rocks" east of town (goat hill)
Photo 3622 -- "Grandpa & Grandma, Uncle Walter & Aunt Mary"
Photo 3618: "Mom, me, June"
Photo 3619
Photo 3620 - "Uncle Walter with Aunt Mary and Grandma"
school pictures
Glenda has a variety of school pictures that were passed on to her. They are obviously from Table Rock except for two. They gave no names or clues, other than one in which the students are holding a sign saying "Seniors 1938," which turns out to be the Class of 1939!
Glenda and her dad, Art Alderman, Class of 1945, looked over the photos and recognized a few people, as did Willard Binder, also in the Class of 1945. Some of the students like Arvid Blecha, Norma Wopata, and Lois Mae Binder, are recognizable and the alumni records list those three as in the Class of 1939.
Glenda and her dad, Art Alderman, Class of 1945, looked over the photos and recognized a few people, as did Willard Binder, also in the Class of 1945. Some of the students like Arvid Blecha, Norma Wopata, and Lois Mae Binder, are recognizable and the alumni records list those three as in the Class of 1939.
THE SIGN SAYS table rock senior class 1938 -- BUT IT IS THE CLASS OF 1939 IU THE 1ST SEMESTER OF THEIR SCHOOL YEAR
We know this one is the graduating class of 1938! Wouldn't you think? But no! That is definitely Arvid Blecha in the back, fourth from the left, and Norma Wopata Binder in the middle row, far right. They both graduated in 1939. They would have been seniors in 1938, at the beginning of the school year. So this would be the seniors who would graduate in 1939, but in the first half of their senior, in1938.
Below this photo are the names of the students in the classes of 1938 and 1939 so you can compare for yourself.
Below this photo are the names of the students in the classes of 1938 and 1939 so you can compare for yourself.
Photo 3609
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Here are the names of the graduating class of 1939, who were seniors for the school year 1938-1939. As of April 2017, the records of the Table Rock - Steinauer Alumni Association reflect that Frances Gillespie Talbot and Roy Hruska are still alive.
Lois Mae Binder Lynch Arvid Blecha Lawrence Bloom Lorna Boston Eckert Norman Covault Frances Gillespie Talbot Vinton Hall Lyle Herrick Roy C. Hruska Donald Jennings Joe Karas Margaret McKernan Trompeter Lawrence Miller Frank Mraz Harry Rottman Delores Sandusky Ireland Anna Svanda Barthel Norma Wopata Binder |
FYI,
Here are the members of the class that graduated in the Spring of 1939, according to the Table Rock-Steinauer Alumni Association. Three are still alive according to their April 2017 records -- Erma Gold Lewellen, DonaldHorton, and Arlene Vondrasek Holecek. Shirley Bonham Hadsell Marguerite Frank Mertes Erma Gold Lewellen Norma Hall Jacobson Donald Horton Frances Johnson Mertes Arlan Kalina Erma Karas Bstandig Eleanor Marfice Harper Orville McKnight Mabel MertesMorse Emil Michal Orena Oellerich Shaddon Dorothy Plihal Kubick Milford Spier Bernice Svoboda Michal Katherine Tomek Webb Robert Tucker Arlene Vondrasek Holechek Irma Vondrasek Gilbert Jean Wilcox Herink Raymond Wilcox |
the class that graduated in 1939 -- but in a previous school year
Norma Wopata and Arvid Blecha are readily recognizable, back row, 3rd and 4th from the left. That looks like Lois Mae Binder in the bottom row, third from the right. Those three all graduated in 1939. Thus, it seems that this photo includes students who would graduate in 1939, but prior to their last school year.
Note: This picture has four more students than the number who graduated in 1939. Did four students leave before the senior year? Or is this some combination of students from that class and another?
Note: This picture has four more students than the number who graduated in 1939. Did four students leave before the senior year? Or is this some combination of students from that class and another?
Photo 3608.
Some of the same kids again. Looks like Norma Wopata Arvid Blecha again standing next to each other, 3rd and 4th from the left, back row. Which school year was this? And which classes -- above or below the 39'ers?
Photo 3615.
very cute, but who?
Photo 3613
Photo 3612
Students of different ages
There seems to be a wide disparity in ages. Elementary school? This is definitely not the whole school. Art Alderman spotted Micky (Orville) McKnight (front row second from right); he was in the Class of 1938.
Photo 3614.
HUMBOLDT?
Photo 3611.
Whoever these students are, the photo was taken the same day as the one below -- the same vase of flowers is on the window sill. Is this photo from Humboldt? One young man has an "H" on his jacket, and the structure of the building appears different than Table Rock.
This photo was taken in the same place and time as the one above, Photo 3611. Observe the vase. Why are there only young ladies in the picture?
Photo 3610