Information from the reference librarian at the Burlington Public Library:
There were 11 schools plus the high school in 1924 in Burlington. Wm. J. Samson was listed in the 1924 City Directory as the principal at Salter
School on 7th and Maple. All the teachers listed are females: Lillian S.
Russell, Harriet V. Shelby, Sadie E. Bershee, Linn E. Kurchen, Hattie L.
Peterson, Gertrude Swan, Helen D. Riehle*, Marie K. Krieg, Hazel Cox, and
Frances Shumate. The directory did not list which grades they taught. Salter
was previously South Hill (no South Hill is listed in 1924).
Submitted by Peggy Carey
*Helen Riehle married Robert M. Hertzler in Burlington in 1928 and lived there until her death in the late 1970s.
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South Hill/Salter School
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 A list of the names of the principal and 19 students from the inside cover of an 1888 commencement program. |
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 Class photo of Room 5, South Hill school, 1888. I guess that's the principal, Mr. Sampson, at the left rear. The teacher is at the far right. These photos, courtesy Linda Miesner. Can you identify anyone? |
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The eighth grade graduating class at Slater (South Hill) in February 1924.
Back row: Eugene Igoe, Jean Turner, Dorothy Dirth, Alden Gladman, Alice Eilers, Lyle Shamp, unknown, Chester Reipe. Front row: Geneva Essex (Peggy Carey's mother), Mr. Sampson, Virginia Chestnut, Albert Warth, Edna Cooperman. Photo from Peggy Carey. |
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