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Jensen students going on a plane ride, 1962
Jensen Beach sixth graders were given airplane rides on 15 Dec 1962 through the efforts of their principal, Ernest Varvil. Ernest "Ernie" Varvil (1925-2007) worked in the Martin County School System as a teacher, principal, and personnel director; he was also a pilot and an author. -
Class portrait at Bruner's store, c. 1955
Mrs. Dora Lowery poses with her second grade class in front of Bruner's 5 &10 Self Service store. Storefront decorated for Christmas and all of the children hold lollipops. -
Mrs. Lowery's second grade class at train station, 1952
Teacher Dora Lowery and another teacher pose with their second grade class next to the Stuart railroad tracks before embarking on a train ride. Businesses on Old Dixie Hwy in view behind the children, including B. F. Goodrich Tires and Stuart Glass Co. -
Mrs. Lowery's second grade class on field trip, 1955
Group of second graders with their teacher, Mrs. Lowery, inside Bruner's 5 &10 Self Service store filled with toys and other items, with each child holding a lollipop. The owner of the store, J. Herbert Bruner, stands beside Mrs. Lowery. Published in the Stuart News (22 Dec 1955) with the caption: "Mrs. Harris R. Lowery and J.H. Bruner pose with 28 of Mrs. Lowery's 2nd grade pupils from Stuart Elementary School. The class visited Bruner's 5 & 10 cent store toy shop last week as one of its unit of work for a preview of merchandising, selling, wrapping and making change. The work unit correlates reading, writing and spelling with buying and selling." -
Mrs. Lowery's second grade class on field trip, 1954
Group of second graders with their teacher, Mrs. Lowery, in front of a store with the staff. -
School field trip on the train, 1954
A crowd of students entering a train for the annual field trip.
Published in the Stuart News (20 May 1954) with the caption: "Nearly five dozen 2nd graders in Stuart Elementary School crowd around the train steps preparatory to boarding for the annual 2nd grade railroad trip to Jensen Beach. Watching the two trainmen help the youngsters aboard are teacher Mrs. John Dumieh (next to train), Supt. John W. Martin (in background), teacher Mrs. H.R. Lowery and Supervisor Lillian Armstrong (far right)." -
Students on bus, 1959
Martin County High School students on a bus. -
Students lined up for bus, 1959
Martin County High School students lined up by a school bus. -
Senior class trip portrait, 1950
Martin County High School Senior class in front of school bus in preparation for their trip to the Bahamas. -
Party of children at train station, 1939
Children from all eight grades of Warfield Elementary watch a train the Seaboard Air Line railway's "Silver Meteor" at a railroad station.
When this diesel-electric stainless-steel train made its inaugural trek from New York to Miami in February 1939, it was greeted at many stations by crowds of people.