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The names of the persons in the photograph are unknown but according to the Livingston County Press, May 14, 1958, the following women served at this refreshment table, Mrs. C. W. Itsell, Mrs. Robert McDonald, and Mrs. Kenneth Bucknell.

The man on the left is John S. Page; the names of the other persons are unknown.

Bonnie and John S. Page are in the foreground of this picture; the other persons' names are unknown.

The man standing on the left is John S. Page; the other persons are unknown.

The names of the persons in the picture are unknown but according to the Livingston County Press article/picture the ladies serving at that table that evening were Mrs. C. W. Itsell, Mrs. Robert McDonald, and Mrs. Kenneth Bucknell.

Graduates from early Howell High School classes were honored guest; the names of the persons in this photograph are unknown.

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Howell Public Schools, Howell, Michigan, Superintendent John S. Page Retirement Reception, May 8, 1958

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This is a photograph taken at Howell Public Schools, Howell, Michigan, Superintendent John S. Page's retirement party, held May 8th, 1958. The Reception was held at Howell High School's Auditorium and Cafeteria. Miss Florence Warner was Hostess. Over three hundred people attended. There is a detailed article in the Livingston County Press describing this event on May 14th, 1958.

John S. Page was superintendent at Howell Public Schools for thirty-six years, 1922 - 1958. Superintendent Page came to Howell schools in 1922 after teaching in Blissfield schools. He also served the community by helping organize the Howell Rotary Club, the University of Michigan club, oversaw the construction of four new elementary schools, helped consolidate the rural schools into Howell Public Schools, and had an athletic field named after him, "Page Field". Superintendent Page was born in White Pigeon, Michigan in 1890 and married the former Bonnie Decker. They had two sons, Wendell and John. John S. Page died in Howell, in 1965.