John A Johnson High School - Maroon Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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'-Q 1896 . . .1897. . .1898...1899... .1 1 . L Payne and Case - 1900 Hockey Team - 1910 A - ln1roduc1ion1Turn ofthe Century1 '97 Ievelanb igh School ommencement, You afe cordially invited. Gustavus Hbolphus Church Cor. Sims anb Wcios Sta. june wth. at S D- IIS. program . , Commencement, Wednesday,1une 16, 97 Uxtrlull, mtyuf. sultmnhfy omnon. llseny, Urullmx Musif. Oratmxl, umtit n :nn M1s1r4'as Lu Ovexlnu 8:00 P. M. V t - Uu'1nuxtYll :md Uxutmn - Y Sc11-mn41rXIv1x' .num plum- namnmte. V - l1mn1rt , xx'1111mn,1.11m rmm., , , , V 1-A Renum t nt ,mm 1vu.11.11. x1tuu1x0fh. . - 1,inkQu1L3runth . Gertrude .Xelncv Fxschvr , Y . . Hruhextrn. . - ScIt'Re1izmce 51.91111 Chmlottc Knudsnn ' 1 x1.1efem.,fy. A Y --.mf Q.,f.r', 1.1mm Xnmmlu Rischalsrh. Llu- Claw. ' - Rev. George W, Iizuxs lweauxuatimx .11 na,.n.,mt.S. , clraheaun. 1 z. l f 11, , W 'New' J.H.S. opens - 1910

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When Johnny comes marching home again, told of the feeling people shared when the doughboys who fought in the War to end all wars came trudging home from France in 1919. They felt they had made the world safe for democracy. Another song of the teens, Pack up your troubles in yourold kit bag and smile boys, smile, symbolized the post-war happy-go-lucky spirit that infected the growing nation when Model T's zipped through the muddy eastside streets at l0 mph. This was the time when young fold spent much of their free time taking relaxing walks around Lake Phalen or watching in their multi-striped jackets, aWinter Carnival skating contest. Barb Kruger and Lee Ann Safer, l9l4 Model T 6 - lntroduc1ionlTeensl