From the 3rd floor
of the Webb City Public Library
August 21, 2024
Robert Thullesen has donated this photo of the Tower of Light School, which was taken in the 1930s. (It looks like someone did not care for the teacher!)
Tower of Light School was located north of Oronogo on D Highway. The school was established in the mid to late 1800s. The original building was replaced in 1921 and was used as a school until 1951 when Tower of Light merged with the Oronogo School District. The new district would be named the R-16 District. The school house was purchased by a church in 1952.
(FRONT) Neal ?, Mary Lynn Gillard, Virginia Riggs, Madeline Gillard, Doris Bull, Faye Gillard, Leroy Nelson, ? Smith, Betty Riggs, Betty Lou Forsythe, Teddy Forsythe.
(BACK) Ellen Ortle (teacher), Abe Tate Tallon, Ruth Bull, Eulelia Riggs, Don Bull, Mary Petefish, Junior Wilson, Francis Gillard, Philip Potts, Una Workman and Delores Yocum.
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