W.G. Haan School, 1960s

Today we have a couple of photos of the Ainsworth school, courtesy of the Allendorf family. Several members of that family attended the W.G. Haan school in the mid- to late 1960s, the time period to which these photos date.

First, the front entrance, in color!


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… You have no idea how much I want to walk through that open door.

And then we have Mr. Horner, the sixth-grade teacher, standing next to what I assume is his car, beside the school. (A local vintage-car enthusiast tells me it's a 1968 Chevrolet Impala.)



Our contributor has this to say about Mr. Horner: "He was a wonderful teacher! He had pictures of both Pinky and Blue Boy in the room, and I can't ever see those pictures without remembering him."

I did a little searching of on-line newspapers to try to find out Mr. Horner's first name, but without success. (I did find a story about an Ainsworth grain elevator burglary in the late 1960s, and the obituary of John Paine of Valparaiso — born to Albion and Ethel Paine of Ainsworth in 1915 — which was depressing.)

Anyway — Mr. Horner, whatever your first name was and wherever you are now, you are remembered.

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[7/13/11 update] OK, we have a first name for Mr. Horner — Clinton (see Comments below).