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Morris High School, Class of 1900
A great grandson of Erle Amariah Smith, Sr, seen seated in the photo below, sent images of the Class of 1900 photo. The Morris Central School Class of 1950 did some research and compiled a list of the class members and reported on later developments in their lives. Click on the photo to see a larger image. Close that window to return here.
Morris High School, Class of 1900, with two educators
The names are not too clear in the photo above. They are transcribed below
Standing in the back
......Jennie...........Professor.............Claire...........Grace
......Stafford...........Frank...............Hurlburt.........Thurston
................................Stanbro
Seated
......Teacher............Mable................Florence.........Erle
......Miss Anna..........Greene............Naylor...........Amariah
......Shanessy.............................................................Smith, Sr.
Another pose of the Class of 1900. This photograph has the photographer's label, N.W. Carey, Morris, NY.
The Catalog for 1900-1901 for the Morris High School can be downloaded at the link below.
http://ourtownnews.info/morris-ny/sites/default/files/Morris-High-School...
The listing on page 8 of the Class of 1900 is copied below with their Regents totals
CLASS OF 1900
Mabel Maud Greene 66.... Erle Amariah Smith 74
Myra Claire Hurlbut 68..... Jennie May Stafford 64
Alice May Matteson 64... Fannie Grace Thurston 62
Ada Florence Naylor 68
The research shared by the Morris Central School Class of 1950 is copied below from their yearbook.
CLASS OF 1900
ERLE SMITH married Harriet Moore. They had three children all graduates of Morris Central School. Mr. Smith died April 9, 1950.
ALICE MATTESON (STAFFORD) has two sons. She now resides with her son, Richard in Morris.
CLAIRE HURLBUTT (WICKHAM), a widow and mother of two children. She now lives in Pasadena, California.
GRACE THURSTON (GREGORY) has one son, Dr. Gregory of Oneonta, with whom she now lives.
JENNIE STAFFORD (STANHOUSE) lives in Oneonta.
FLORENCE NAYLOR (GORMAN) resides with her husband in Tuczon, Arizona.
MABEL GREENE taught a few years after graduation. Is now deceased.