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Sun City School, Barber County, Kansas

Sun City School prior to 1901, Sun City, Barber County, Kansas.
The teacher MAY be J.E. Thomas.
From Elloise Leffler's photo collection, courtesy of Kim Fowles.

Sun City School prior to 1901, Sun City, Barber County, Kansas.
The teacher MAY be J.E. Thomas.
From Elloise Leffler's photo collection, courtesy of Kim Fowles.

Sun City School, 1901, Barber County, Kansas.
Teacher - middle back row - Lloyd Davis
First Row - 2nd from left - Lyle Bullock
First Row - 4th from left - no shoes - Cliff Hoagland, great grandfather of Kim Fowles
2nd row: girl standing - far left - Edith F. Hoagland (married Waldo Leffler, became mother of Elloise Leffler.)
2nd row: first girl sitting far left: Nina Pansy Hoagland
From Elloise Leffler's photo collection, courtesy of Kim Fowles.

Sun City School, 1903 - 1904, Sun City, Barber County, Kansas.
Bernice Woodard, Teacher: 6th person from right on back row
Lyle Bullock, holding horse - far left - 2nd row.
Nina Hoagland - 2nd row - 6th from the left.
Edith F. Hoagland - 2nd row - 7th from the left.
From Elloise Leffler's photo collection, courtesy of Kim Fowles.
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The Sun City School that was used before the brick building was built. Photo from the 1920s.
Sun City, Barber County, Kansas.
Photo courtesy of Brenda McLain.

Pupils at the Sun City School in the 1920s. Sun City, Barber County, Kansas.
Photo courtesy of Brenda McLain.

Pupils at the Sun City School in the 1920s. Sun City, Barber County, Kansas.
The sign above the doorway says "Standard School".
Photo courtesy of Brenda McLain.

Opal Garten's High School Graduation Folder, 1920 -1921. Courtesy of Bonnie (Garten) Shaffer.
The photo on the left side of the folder is of Opal May Garten.  

Class of 1925:
William Blankenship
Lela Blankenship
Pauline (Quinby) Bobbit
Alice (Williams) Burright

Class of 1926:
Beatrice (Dow) Harmon

Class of 1927:
Belle (Blankenship) Hankemeir

Class of 1928:
Pauline (Carriker) Morris
Harriet (Hoss) Brickey
Tom Marsh
Helen (Pierce) Bobbit
Byron Quinby
Clair Schumaker
John Walker

Class of 1929:
Dorothy Joseph
Pauline (Meisner) Riepe
Wayne Wilmont
Dorothy (Wolven) Lamb

Class of 1930:
Cecil Aldrich
Charles Barnard
Mildred (Bodenhamer) Hart
Fern Edwards
Rex Olmstead
Ruby (Olmstead) Quinby
Bill Wood
Violet (Wood) Clothier

Class of 1931:
Glen Adams
Louis (Saunders) Behnkendorf
Charles Walker
Adrian Ward

Class of 1932:
John Blair
Clyde Freeman
Goldia (Hamilton) Ewing
Fred Hoagland
Elloise Leffler
Dixie (Martin) Harris
Mariam (Massey) Moss
Wayne Riepe
Curtis Shutts

Class of 1933:
Chester Bodenhamer
Julia (Hamilton) Peddecore
Florence Aldyth (Larkin) Quinby
Joe Massey
Maxine (Riepe) Coffman
Wayne Thrasher
Gilbert Ward

Class of 1934:
Stanley Quinby
Orland Quinby
Addie (Shutts) Hogard
Olive (Walker) Salazer
Alma (Ward) Hathaway

Class of 1935:
Bob Adams
Alvin Bruch
Nola (Carter) Bernard
Barbara (Fager) Egge
Dorothea (Fager) Marion
Leta (Harmon) Keener
Ernest Larkin

Sun City High School Graduates - 1935

Barber County, Kansas

1935 Sun City High School graduates, Sun City, Barber County, Kansas.
Clockwise from top: Bob Adams, Dorothea Fager, Ernest Larkin, Nola Carter,
Supt. W.W. Camien (?), Barbara Fager, Alvin Bruch, Leta Harmon.
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From the collection of Gary R. Egge.

1935 Sun City High School graduates, Sun City, Barber County, Kansas.
Clockwise from top: Bob Adams, Dorothea Fager, Ernest Larkin, Nola Carter,
Supt. W.W. Camien (?), Barbara Fager, Alvin Bruch, Leta Harmon.
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From the collection of Gary R. Egge.

 

Class of 1936:
Hope (Massey) Howard
Max McLain
Byron Shutts
Lena (Shutts) Quinby

Class of 1937:
Wayne Fittro
Lucille (Humeston) McKinght
Don Riepe
Kathryn Sooter
Mildred (Ward) Hogard
Ray Wiltshire

Class of 1938:
Pearl (Bodenhamer) Ward
Henry Bolejack
Earnest Bolejack
Ralph Hoagland
Don Larkin
R.D. Olmstead
Raymond W. Teufel
Roland Worley

Class of 1939:
Ellis Bruch
Maudine (Dillee) Kaminska
Margarette (Fittro) O'Haver
LaVonia Krestin (Gregory) Larkin
Arlie Kaminska
LaVeta (Kramer) Rounsavel
Iona (Moad) Braden
Maudine (Riepe) Hoagland
Mary Ellen (Shepler) Larkin
Mary Belle (Winnop) Bolejack
Dora Mae (Winnop) Kaufman

Class of 1940:
Stuart Clawson
Mary Alice (Cornthwaite) Gearhardt
Hattie Ethel (Gaddis) Clarkson
Harold E. Hoss
J.R. Massey
Juanita (Williams) Brock

Class of 1941:
Mead Adams
Charles J. Fittro, Jr.
Roberta (Froman) Bruce
Earnest Keller
Marlon Kramer
Mark McLain
Ellen Teufel
Helen (Ward) Axtell

Sun City Girls Basketball Team, 1940-41, Sun City, Barber County, Kansas.
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Photo courtesy of Brenda McLain.

Left to right: Grace Mae Smelser, Ethelda Winnop, Emma Ellen Keller, Evah Mary Larkin, Robert Ann Froman, Minnie Lee Massey, Helen Ward. In back: Coach C.R. McDougal.

 

Class of 1942:
Louis Bissantz
Loren Bodenhamer
Marion "Pat" Clawson
Jack Gaddis
Zeta (Hamilton) Chinn
Minnie Lee (Massey) Ives
Helen (Olmstead) Martin
Billie Joe Sooter
Ethelda (Winnop) Clark

Class of 1943:
George Bissantz
Jimmie Clawson
Bill Hugh Froman
Nathan Massey
Donald Shields
Grace (Smelser) McCarter
Arthur Dale Winnop
Dixie (Wolf) Adams

Class of 1944:
Maxine (Lauderman) Kramer
Bill Sears

Class of 1945:
John Warren Hamilton
LaVone (Harrington) Bissantz
Maxine (Moad) Sutton

Class of 1946:
Gayle (Hamilton) Brauch
Arbey John Keller
Harold Kramer

Sun City School, Sun City, Barber County, Kansas, 1946-1947.
Photo courtesy of Marilyn (Collins) Cramer.

4th row (top) - Elizabeth (Keller) Goodnight, Martha Sloan, Virginia Walker, Glenn Hamilton, Wesley Bennett, Marion Lee Freeman, Floyd Statts, Kendall Quimby, Wanda Hamilton.
3rd row - Blythe (Collins) Cramer, Betty Brown, Wanda Walker, Otilia (Hamilton) Garten, Melba Jarnigan, Velma Davis, Barbara Cobble, Judy Howard, Mable Minor (teacher).
2nd row - Myrna Henson, Naomi Hentis, Mary Ann Fittro, Janet (Knowles) Boggs, Lois Freeman, Bobbie (Houchin) Freeman, Marilyn Davis, Faye Troutman.
1st row - Duane Joseph, Billy Johnston, Dean Houchin, Ray Troutman, Bobby Payne.

 

Class of 1947:
Barbara (Adams) Richenberge
Dean Bissantz
Jack Douglas Cramer
Ed Harrington
Glen Knowles
Chris Kramer

Class of 1948:
Hershel M. Fittro
John Robert "Red" Hunter
Lucy Mae (Knowles) McCarthy
David Massey
James Edward Smith

Class of 1949:
Colleen (Collins) Delp
Betty Lou (Freeman) Cramer
Patsy (Jarnagin) Fittro
Juanita (Kramer) Gerber
Arlene (Shellenberger) Scherer

Class of 1950:
Gerald Bruner
Elmer Thaine Collins
Fred Garten
Billie Ed Hamilton
Everett Hamilton
Daphna (Hamilton) Baessler
Lewis Harmon
Kent Massey
Betty (Naaz) Wilson
Lucille (Newport) Snider
Virginia (Newport) Garten
Vera Lee Rose

Class of 1951:
Robert Bruner
Velma (Hart) Basnett
Maurine (Jarnagin) Gaddis
Allen Walker

Class of 1952:
Claude Freeman
Fred Rose

Class of 1953:
Betty (Brown) Davis
Don Bruner
Blythe (Collins) Cramer
Marion "Toby" Freeman
Lonnie Garten
Otilia (Hamilton) Garten
Noris Hayes
Melba Joe (Jarnagin) Soerries
Fay (Troutman) Davis
Wanda (Walker) Anderson)

Class of 1954:
Mary Ann (Fittro) Rose
Lois (Freeman) Schoonover
Janet (Knowles) Boggs
Kendall Quinby
Joyce (Stone) Smith

Class of 1955:
Dale Compton
Wanda (Hamilton) Wright
Dean Houchin
Bobbie (Houchin) Freeman
Elizabeth (Kelelr) McGee
Eldon Stone
Michael D. Svoboda
Virginia (Walker) Norton

Class of 1956:
Mary (Martin) Massey
Charles Moss
Marilyn Murrow
Phillip Rose

Class of 1957:
David Barnhill
Denton Collins
Patty (Cook) Hart
Jim Hart
Lyle Keller
Avon (Morris) Gilchrist
James Quinby
Marvin Tuefel

Class of 1958:
Dick Compton
Dorothy (Fittro) Hasselbrink
Ronald Hoagland
Shirley (McGrath) Stone
Kenneth Riepe
Vernon Shellenberger
William Harold "Bid" Smith
Mildred Lee (Ward) Davis

Class of 1959:
Vera (Garten) Wood
Madeline (Hall) Teufel
Norma Jean (Janson) King
Clifford Keller
Mary Ann (LaCore) Houchin
Kenneth Larkin
Patricia (Myers) Fuller

Class of 1960:
Sunny Juim Arwood
Wayne Fittro, Jr.
Keith Knowles
Dorothy (LaCore) Keller
Carol (Larkin) Jester
Donna (McGrath) Young
Glenda (Stone) Fischer

Class of 1961:
Joyce (Cook) Hindman
James Garten
Kent Hart
Richard "Dick" Hoagland
Phylis Lorrean (Keller) Sturgeon
Jan Nittler

Class of 1962:
Ronald Freeman
Dorwin Freeman
Harvey Harger
Janetta (Harrison) Hutson
Deloris "Dee Dee" (Hoagland) Freeman
Veloris (Morris) Hoy
Kenneth Ward

Class of 1963:
Donna (Harrison) Coonrod
Helen Ann (Keller) Wiles
Wanda (LaCore) Shellenberger
Ralph Pardee

Class of 1964:
Marvin Dow
Vida (Harger) Ruiz
Mickey (McGrath) Redpath
David Sawatzky

Class of 1965:
Shirley (Braden) Bromlow
Keith Danley
Terry Freeman
Jesse Harger
Helen Ann (Hogard) Ewing
Linda (LaCore) Rickard
Raydene (Weaver) LaCore Hughes
William J. "Jean" Myers
James Teufel

Class of 1966:
Elaine (Cooke) Nicholson
Karen (Davidson) Page
Viola Arlene (Keller) Davis
Carol (Keller) Blankenship

Pupils at the Sun City School. Sun City, Barber County, Kansas.
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Photo courtesy of Brenda McLain.

Sun City School Students, Sun City, Barber County, Kansas.
Photo courtesy of Kim Fowles.

Back Row: Harold Hoss, Ellen Tuefel, Juanita Williams, Jessie Alsbrugh, Sonora Lee Ward, Euva Huse, Crola Mae Rogers, Helen Ward, Bonnie Freeman, Mr. James Stranathan, Billy Howard Martin.
Front Row: Marlin Kramer, Meade Adams, J.R. Massey, Mark McLain, Harold Urton, Marion Hastings, Harold Walker, Wesley Urton, Phil Davis. Photo caption courtesy of David Massey.

Old Sun City Schoolhouse
It is now used as a gift shop. It is just west of Buster's Bar and Grill in Sun City, Kansas.
Photo by Nathan Lee, 15 December 2006.

Listing of students who attended Sun City and for one reason or another did not graduate from Sun City perhaps moved away, quit school, or were required to attend Medicine Lodge when the school closed

Donald "Jack" Adams
Geraldine (Adams) Harrison
Kathleen (Adams) Maricle
Mike Blake
J.L. Campbell
Thad Cantrall
Carol (Collins) Kramer
Anita (Collins) Kimball
Dalton Compton
Betty Lou (Gestenslager) Counterman
Ray Louis Counterman
Timothy Danley
Priscilla Danley
Velma (Davis-Eldrige)
Eddie Freeman
Kevin Freeman
Fred Freeman
Sherri (Freeman) Dimit
Bob Garten
Bonnie (Garten) Shaffer
Leon Garten
Joe Goodwin
Anita (Hall) Chambers
Robert Hall
Jon Ann (Hamilton) Jacobs
Glen Hamilton
Elmer Hamilton
Myrna (Heinson) Russ
Ellinor L. (Hoss) Bible
Herbert Hoss
Janet (Hoss) Strunk
Sandra Dee (Houchin) Devine
Teena Ann (Houchin) Thurber
Terry Janson
Thomas Ray Jarnagin
Eva (Keller) Carnagie
Emma (Keller) Brock
Ervin Keller
Everett Keller
Erma (Keller) Downing
Esther (Keller) Potter
Alvin Keller
Beverly Colleen (Keller) Small
Zelma (Keller) Hall
Dewayne Klingberger
Rick Kramer
Donna (LaCore) Renner
Michael LaCore
Tammy LaCore
Toni (LaCore) Rucker
Betty (LaCore) Paasch
Julie (LaCore) Hern
Beth Y. (Larkin) Davis
Emerson R. McGee
John McGrath
Steven P. McGrath
Gordon Myers
Patsy (Naasz) Billings
Ivan Phillips
Betty Joe (Roark) Smith
Rita Robbins
Daniel Sawatzky
Elizabeth (Sawatzky) Van Druff
Lucile (Shellenberger) Winnop
Delores (Shellenberger) Session
Theresa M. (Shellenberger) Gee
Lahoma (Shellenberger) Warrington
Opal (Shellenberger) Houchin
Harold Shippy
Tom Sooter
Vera (Stone) Compton
Lynn Stone
Doyle Stone
Karolyn (Stone) Rolins
Diane (Teufel) Horner
Ervin Walker
Casey Ward
Isabel (Ward) Bennett
Imogene (Ward) Stewart
Elsa Mae (West) Chitwood
Frankie White
Bob Williams
Gene Wright
Doris (Wright) McClausky
Sherry (Young) Garcia

TEACHERS:

Joseph H. Lee
Ruth Montgomery
Autry V. Rector
E.M. Whorton
Rosa (Adams) Rose
Maude (Archibald) Cline
William Barnhill
Dan Blankenship
Lowell P. Briggs
Dr. & Mrs. L.L. Camien
Verl Case
Laverne Danley
Glenn R. Farmer
Mrs. Orville Freeman
Oscar Hanke
J.A. Hendricks
Wayne J. Holmstrom
Martha Hunter
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Johnson
Julia Knowles
Douglas Landsdowne
Katie Love
LeRoy Marks
Clyde McDougal
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Miller
Dixie Molz
Gerald Morrison
Howard Muse
Lena Phillipa
Eugene Smith
Elsie Vylinder
Perry Wiley
E.M. Worton
Hattie Mae (Yekle) Ellsworth
Chester Yoder

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Also see:

Photos of Sun City Basketball Teams

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