09/12/2024
Colorized photo of the Clay School students from 1939. This is the last known photo from the Big Mountain schoolhouse (Coal Township, PA) even though the school didn’t close until the beginning of the 1941-1942 school year.
Bottom row: Calvin Schell, George Schell, Martha Demczko, Hezekiah Demczko, Samuel Fryberger, George Fryberger
2nd row: Irene Schlegel, Dorothy Schlegel
3rd row: Martha Schlegel, Florence Schell, Lorraine Fryberger, Elva Schell, Unknown Lahr
4th row: Dora Smallets, Gloria Schlegel, Ethel Schell, Julia Marena
5th row: Kathryn Marena, Jack Taby, Daniel Demczko, Leon Taby
The last surviving member of this class photo, Elva Schell, died in 2022 at the age of 86.