I came across this picture while going through some things the other day. My Mom had written on the back that this was 8th grade graduation, about 1907, but it could have been 1906. The girl on the far right in the first row of girls is my great aunt Mary Ellen Reilly, daughter of James T. and Lena Spratler Reilly. She was later married to Carl "Dutch" Withers, then Alva "Al" Brinker, and finally to Mark Griffin. This would be a companion picture to the other one I had sent for the site. This picture was taken in front of the Oregon Grade School, later known as Ruby Nash School, and now the Nash Recreation Center.
Sorry, but I have no idea who any of the others might be in the picture, altho I am pretty sure one of the boys is Clarence Elliot - a first cousin to Mary Reilly - just have no idea what he looks like!

Contributed by Susie Gillick

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