Elinor Platt, Greensburg High School yearbook photo
Elinor Louise (Turner) Platt was born November 27, 1914 in St. Paul. She graduated from St. Paul High School in 1932, and DePauw University in 1936. She married Gilbert Platt on June 23, 1936 in St. Paul.
Elinor taught English and Latin at Clarksburg High School and New Point High School, and then at Greensburg High School from 1953 until her retirement in 1976. She passed away on October 5, 2009 at the age of 94. She was buried in Paul Hill Cemetery in St. Paul.
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Elinor Louise Platt obituary, Greensburg Daily News, 13 October 2009.
Cecil Clark, taught English and French at Burney High School. Wonderful man who taught by example,things
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It would have to be Mark Craft from North Decatur High School.
ReplyDeleteLewis B. Huddelston, principal in Burney mid 1950's. One swell teacher who taught by example.
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