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 Clinton Twp School Bus 1917 |
 Clinton Twp 1919 |
 Clinton Freshman 1920-1921 |
 Kankakee School 1927 |
 LaCrosse 1919 - 7th/8th Grades C. Shinabarger, Teacher Per Bill Mathews, an Elva Shinabarger was the sister of Dr. Funkhouser’s wife, Catherine. |
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 Stillwell Circa 1948/49 |
 Mill Creek 1936 1st & 2nd Grades |
 Stillwell School Baseball Team 1949 - See *** Below |
 Springfield 8th Grade Contributed by Ilaine Church |
Stillwell School Baseball Team 1949 -
Back Row: Jack Goethals (Jr. Reserve), Gene Jones ( Sr. Short Stop), Everette Dunfee ( Sr. Pitcher), Gail Swing (Sr. Catcher). Bill Singleton (Sr. F. B.),
Donald Bradfield (Sr. L.F.), Bill Turnham (Junior),
Front Row: Dean Robison (Junior), Allen Dickson (Senior), Deverl Ames, (Junior), Bill Loucks (Senior), Gerald Felton (Junior), Richard Gillen (Senior),
Mr. Hobart Martin - Coach - II YearDr. William Nicholas Hailmann was the Ninth Superintendent of the La Porte Community Schools 1883 - 1894. He was and remained a Nationally acclaimed scholar and brought many new
ideas to various education systems in various states such as LaPorte County Indiana , Washington D C and Dayton, Ohio School System, to name a few. Dr. Hailmann was born in Switzerland in about 1836 and died in 1920.
While at La Porte Dr. Hailman developed the "New Education" concept which encompassed the belief that a student's whole personality of "head, heart and hands," rather than merely the head. He introduced a curriculum for both the study of Manual arts and Fine arts. He also started a kindergarten class which at that time was only being used in one other city in the United States.
Dr. Hailmann's wife Eudora (Lucas) Hailmann and his daughter, Bessie Hailmann, established in LaPorte a National School for the training and education of kindergarten teachers, bringing wider fame to the LaPorte School Corporation. Eudora and William had wed in Jefferson County, Kentucky Dec 25 1857.
Dr. Hailman left LaPorte County in 1894 to accept an appointment as National Superintendent Of the Indian Schools in Washington D.C. It should also be noted that William Nicholas Hailmann and spelled as Hailman in many instance, served in a Kentucky unit during the Civil war as a Major.
In 1956 LaPorte Community School Corporation built and dedicated Hailmann Elementary School to Dr. Hailmann's memory.School Information in progress. Stop back and see us.
If you have information you would like to contribute, please feel free to contact me at laportecountyin@yahoo.com
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