New Liberty School, about 1912

New Liberty School, about 1912

This is a photo of the students at the New Libery School, also known as the "Chicago School", taken about 1912 judging from the approximate ages and known birthdates of some of the students. Some of these same student appear in the class photo of the New Liberty School, 1907.

On back of photo are these names and nicknames, with some corrections and given names in parentheses:
Front row: Alva Russell, Flosie (Flossie Alma) Swift, Martha White, Pauline Finley, Ola White, Ava Evans, Cecie Cheek (teacher), Ona Evans, Kitty Evans, Clint (Clinton E.) Shembarger, Swift boy.
Second row: Lillie Eisman, Lester Yates, Alma Newhouse, Luenis (probably Amos Bruce "Doss") Swift, Charles Swift.
Third row: Dewey Swift, Effie Shembarger, Ervin Newhouse, Lee Swift, Oss Russell, Cecie (Cecil) Newhouse, Ethel Yates, Alta Russell, Ercell Newhouse, Eicnie (Ernie Ewart) Tibbs.

There is an arrow pointing to this Tibbs saying he was killed at Pearl Harbor. He did indeed die 12/07/1941 on the USS West Virginia.
Underneath the names is Ercell Newhouse written out.

Photo submitted to the Dallas County MOGenWeb by Linda Crawford.