1930
MARCH 29, 1930
Lowell students win a prize.
OCTOBER 4, 1930
An art exhibition will be held in the auditorium at Lowell.
OCTOBER 12, 1930
The art exhibition is deemed a success, with $60.15 being raised. The money will be used to buy pictures for the school.
1931
1931
Aerial view of Lowell, 1931.
AUGUST 29, 1931
Teacher list for the 1931-32 school year.
DECEMBER 20, 1931
Lowell pupils host their annual Christmas program.
1932
SEPTEMBER 2, 1932
The teacher list for the 1932-33 school year.
1933
JULY 14, 1933
The owner of the three remaining lots/houses on the block that are not owned by the school district offers to let the district buy them. The school board plans to consider the bids they received at their next meeting.
JULY 28, 1933
The school board decides not to go through with buying the three lots on the block that were offered to them. The lots, which face “I street directly behind the Lowell school” were offered for a price of $12,000.
SEPTEMBER 1, 1933
Principal Garretson goes on a sabbatical and is replaced by Miss Johanna Johnson.
The faculty roster is announced for the upcoming 1933-34 school year.
DECEMBER 17, 1933
Students prepare for the annual Christmas program.
1934
FEBRUARY 20, 1934
Lowell students perform “The Toyland Revue.”
AUGUST 31, 1934
Teacher list for 1934-35.
OCTOBER 22, 1934
A wind storm damages Lowell’s roof.
1935
MAY 25, 1935
George Weyerhaeuser, an eight-year-old Lowell student and great-grandson of Weyerhaeuser founder Frederick Weyerhaeuser was kidnapped and held for ransom. He was kidnapped after he left Lowell school to walk to Annie Wright school, where his sister attended.
MAY 26, 1935
An article about the kidnapping, containing photographs of Lowell.
MAY 27, 1935
An article showing an aerial photograph of the area Weyerhauser was when he disappeared. Lowell is in the lower right corner.
JUNE 1, 1935
An article which depicts Lowell as seen from Annie Wright school.
As for the kidnapping – thankfully, Weyerhaeuser was released, alive.
SEPTEMBER 3, 1935
Teacher list for the 1935-36 school year.
1936
FEBRUARY 4, 1936
Upper right photo caption: A group of Lowell school children are finishing a snow man.
AUGUST 29, 1936
Teacher list for the 1936-37 school year.
DECEMBER 11, 1936
The school board votes to ask the city to vacate the alley behind Lowell, in order to expand and regrade the play area.
1937
JANUARY 9, 1937
The school board’s request for the vacation of the alley behind Lowell is protested by the land owner of the property on the corner of the block.
FEBRUARY 24, 1937
The city council approves the vacation of the alley. This will allow more room for the playgrounds.
MARCH 12, 1937
The school board authorizes the city to maintain the light poles in the vacated alley.
APRIL 6, 1937
Students threatened to strike “if Lowell grounds weren’t given the same amount of manicuring other school grounds are receiving.” Luckily, the strike was averted when a WPA (Works Progress Administration) crew arrived to work on the school grounds.
AUGUST 30, 1937
Teacher list for the 1937-38 school year.
1938
SEPTEMBER 1, 1938
The faculty roster for the 1938-39 school year is published.
1939
SEPTEMBER 2, 1939
The teacher list for the 1939-40 school year.
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