Lutesville High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Lutesville, MO)

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CASTLE Lutesville is situated on the west side of Crooked Creek. It was laid out as a town in 1853 by Eli Lutes, in whose honor the place was named. In order to secure a station on the Belmont Branch of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Rail- road, Mr. Lutes gave to the railroad company ten acres of ground for station purposes, the right-of-rail- way through the town, and one-third of the lots. The first passenger train passed through here August 29, 1868. Then there were only four or five houses. The first school was taught by Ex-Congressman R. Smith ina small frame building. The school house was situated where the residence of Mr. Henry Lutes now stands. The first merchant in town was C. E. Rowe, who began business in a small box house, and continued until the time of his death. Eli Lutes was also one of the early merchants. The first mayor of the town was F. S. Frautwein. In 1910 there were five general stores and the usual number of smaller business estab- lishments. There were three churches in the town, namely; The Southern Metho- dist, which was erected in 1872, the Northern Methodist in 1894, and the Presbyterian in 1905. Lutesville now has a population of 694. The school grew very rapidly and four years of high-school work was approved in 1917. 4

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DEDICATION MR. ORA WELKER The CARDINAL annual has been dedicated this year to another per son that helps to keep this school under its pros- perous and good conditions, Mr. Ora Welker. Mr. Welker, with his fine sense of humor and ability to get along with children, is an outstanding person to have working in school. His knack and system of keeping the school going in topnotch order makes him one of the best of custodians. The CARDINAL staff is proud to dedicate the 1954 CARDINAL to Mr. Ora Welker and also wishes him many more years of successful work in Lutesville High School. 3

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CAMPUS This is the Lutesville Gymnasium. Some of the im- provements made in the gym were: refinishing the floor and redecorating and painting the interior. The Vocational Agriculture Building was completed and started being used in the spring of 1951. It con- tains class rooms and a big shop. Here we see the building bought by the Lutesville Board to be used for the Home Economics Cottage. It is located right at the edge of the school property onHighway 51. It waspurchased in 1953 and is hoped to be ready for use by fall 1954. Gerdhart's Construction Company, Cape Girardeau, Missouri 5