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Howell High School, Howell, Michigan,  Superintendent John S. Page,  Retirement Party, June 4, 1958

Item

HCDL-ngp-S002-06-0029_u.jpg

Title

Howell High School, Howell, Michigan,  Superintendent John S. Page,  Retirement Party, June 4, 1958

Description

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.  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; he died in Howell, in 1965.

This photograph is of the John S. Page family.  Back row, unknown, unknown, Bonnie Page, unknown, John S. Page.

Subject

School administrators

Format

image/jpeg

Type

Image

Date

1958-05-08

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Citation

“Howell High School, Howell, Michigan,  Superintendent John S. Page,  Retirement Party, June 4, 1958,” Howell Area Archives Digital Archive, accessed May 11, 2024, https://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/8389.
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