Vol 12, Iss 4 We left off last week with the Class of 1938-39 of the Kemper Military School, in Boonseville, Missouri. This week we shall share the Class of 1939 and some of 1940.
Vol 12, Iss 4 Here is a second batch of the Class '39 Kemper Military School. Reading from the Top to Bottom, left to right.
Top: Joseph Russell Holland, North Little Rock, Ark; Preston Lee Hooper, Ft. Worth, TX; Floyd Houston Huddleston, Leland, MS; Harry Louis Johnson, Waukesha, WI; Robert Clinton Johnson, Perryton, TX; Herbert Joseph, Laurel, MS; Bernard Keller, Poplar Bluff, MO; Thomas Emmett Kearney, OKC, OK; John Lewis Keller, Iowa City, IA.
Vol 12, Iss 5 Last week we end with the class of 1939-40 (Alkire to Dean, LM), of the Kemper Military School (KMS) at Booneville, Missouri. This week we continue with the Class of 1940, Diehl to Sewing. On the top row, second from the right, is listed a clyde Winston Garrett, of Eastland, Texas. A descendant of Clyde W. Garrett had shared a few things in the OkieLegacy ezines a few weeks ago. Now we see a photo of his ancestor this week.
Vol 12, Iss 4 As we round the last corner of January 2010, we have had a couple or three days of reprieve from snow storms here in the San Juan mountains of Southwest Colorado, but it has been downright chilly with temps in the high 20s and low 30s during the day and dropping to negative figures at night. BUT … Isn't that to be expected during Wintertime?
Vol 12, Iss 4 The official Kemper Military School Alumni and College Alumni association website. -- Kemper Military school was a private military academy located in Boonville, Missouri. Kemper filed for bankruptcy and closed in 2002. The school's motto was … "Nunquam Non Paratus" (Never Not Prepared).
Vol 12, Iss 3 For those family genealogists searching proof of their ancestors that went to Kemper Military school, high school and junior college, in Boonsville, Missouri during the 1938 time period, you might want to run down the list of students that we have transcribed of the Class of 1938, 1939 thru 1943 classes.
Vol 12, Iss 3 Here is more of the Class of 1938 & 1939 (Mehew to Wyche & Adams to Bell, NE, respectively)
Top Row:
Fred Mehew, Kingfisher, OK;
Max Earl Meyer, Alliance, NE;
Harold Frederick Monson, St. Joseph, MO;
Robert Max Montagomery, Clay Center, KS:
Lester Taylor Mooney, Norman, OK;
Homer Gail Moore, Benton, IL;
Brady Lee Mootz, Gallipolis, OH;
Carl Edwin Morgan, Jasper, TX;
Russell Dale Mott, Des Moines, IA;
Vol 11, Iss 52 During the second week of january 2009 we experienced a big, bright Full Moon that really lit up the whole San Juan snowy mountains. AND … Our NWTechie was incorporating a random selection of our photos into each OkieLegacy Issue that change time you view the page. You might have notice these larger photos around the OkieLegacy Statistics area and business cards Ads submitted for viewing on down the page.
This Valentine unit was moved in to Cherokee brand new and was owned by Meno and Mildred Harms [more]... ~Marty Myers
regarding Okie's story
from Vol. 9 Iss. 14
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Vol 8, Iss 9 Opening of the northwest corner of the Old Castle on the Hill campus. In other words... only the rubble remains of the women's dorm (Oklahoma Hall) on the norhtwest corner of NWOSU's campus, in Alva, Oklahoma. What a sight!
This photograph was taken last week by R.L. Wagner. Thanks, Robb!
Vol 12, Iss 2 K. Racette (email: diamondfire1947@yahoo.com) says, "My cousin, the late Edward S. May, son of the late Stanley & Louise May of Alva, Oklahoma, also attended Kemper Military Academy … somewhere between 1937-1939. He was also a graduate of Alva High School, but I'm not positive about the year … somewhere in this time frame. His sister, the late Jean (May) Garvin told me she thought he attended Kemper about 1939.
Vol 12, Iss 1 Dan Garrett(email: dpgarrett390@hotmail.com) states, "My Dad attended Kemper Military Academy in the late 30's (37-39 I believe). His name was Clyde W. Garrett from Eastland,Texas. He was the son of the U.S. Congressman Clyde L. Garrett.