Miles Standish 

2200 East 40th Street - closed, demolished
Minneapolis 6, Minnesota

Miss Selma Louise Saam, Principal
June 11, 1956, last day of school

DOB: 8/31/1890   DOD: 10/15/1966
 

Standish Elementary was located at East 40th Street between 22nd and Standish Avenues South. 
It was built in 1915 and opened in 1920.  Students used portables from 1915 to 1920 when the main building opened.  The portables were wooden structures along the west side of the school. 
An addition was added in 1923 and a stair tower was added on the north side in 1960.  Standish closed in 1981 and was demolished in 1983.  Perhaps the front of the school was the last part completed, because I remember the cornerstone was dated 1925.


~ school front, south side ~
 

The Standish neighborhood is bound on the north by 36th Street East, on the east by Hiawatha Avenue, on the south by 42nd and 43rd Streets East and on the west by Cedar Avenue. 
Miles Standish Elementary School was named after a work by the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.  The area was considered the outskirts of the city until immigrants, mostly Swedish and Norwegian, began building
their homes here early in the 1900s.  Now it is mainly residential neighborhood.  The new light-rail train line along the Hiawatha Avenue corridor connects the neighborhood with downtown, the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and Mall of America.  New homes are being built along this corridor.




~ Sixth Grade Graduation ~
Miss Lilly A. Anderson
Room 212, 1956
DOB: 3/18/05  DOD: 7/13/82 (not verified)

Row 4:  Glen Peterson, Kay Paddock, Barbara M. Carlson, Bob Winkler, Harold Bergquist, Susan Wood, Kay Moir, Dick Swenson.  Row 3:  Denis Villella, Jimmy Fritz, Diane Bryant, Lois Carlson, Karin Wakefield, Tom Lundquist, Aldis Inde, Patty Prentiss, Sandy Larson.  Row 2:  Sharon Sutton, Lester Filipa, George Theilmann, M. Lynn Davis, Nancy Nessel, Judy Kingsberg, Ron Moey, Colin Quinn, John Ekberg.  Front:   Dick Lembecker, Janis Jagers, Gail Sonntag, Susan Ackland, Beth Cote, Dorsey Kleckner, Kathy Steiner, Janet Christiansen, Miss Lillian Anderson - Teacher

Source:  Colin Quinn

Mrs. Evelyn Beatrice Foster
Room 213, 1956
DOB: 7/21/08  DOD: 11/13/81

Row 4:  Enid Burlingame, Janet Egeberg, Janice Anderson, Raymond Christianson, Judy Stroberger, Irene Doubrava, Sylvia Peterson, G. Mona Houser, Sandra Guest.  Row 3:  Karen Liljemark, Sharon Potter, Harold Streeter, Tim Hastings, Bobby Kerswell, Mike Strauss, Eunice Hallin, Lani Greenfield.  Row 2:  Gretchen Ohlsson, Darrell Larson, Jane Gwiazdon, Tommy Haiker, Gary Henderson, George Antoine, Paul Lamberger, Glenn Troness.  Front:   Ritchie Willits, Susan Kovar, Beverly Hill, Tommy Case, Darlene Debe, Dick Runman, Gail Armstrong, Melvin Larson, Mrs. Evelyn Foster - Teacher (not pictured)

Source:  Lani (Greenfield) Covey

Mrs. Gertrude Viola (Ziller) Johnson
Room 214, 1956
DOB: 10/21/07  DOD: 10/16/01

Row 4:  Lynn Newton, Roger Gates, Wayne Pfuhl, Michael Kupka, Carole Oas, Catherine Raymond, Joyce Holm, Roger Toreson, E. Jane Bennett.  Row 3:  Larry Hartman, Terry Hayes, Donald Ellenwood, Diane Franzen, T. Kathleen Haaland, Shirley Clark, Charles Payne, Allan Ness.  Row 2:  Frances Brown, Cleon Larson, Kenneth Ring, Pamela Warner, Julie Granoien, Colleen Skovbroten, Douglas Larson, Bruce Brown.   Front:  John Miller, Jon Faulkner, Cheryl Larson, Cynthia Fritzke, Winifred Moberg, Claudia Kerswell, Donald Greven, Mrs. Gertrude Johnson - Teacher (pictured in the choir photo below)

Source:  Cynthia (Fritzke) Fath

Sixth Grade Choir
1956

Row 4:  Donald Ellenwood, Kathy Steiner, Beth Cote, Lynn Newton, Sandra Guest, Diane Bryant, Tom Lundquist, Mike Kupka, Roger Toreson, Mike Strauss, M. Lynn Davis, Gretchen Ohlsson, Gail Sonntag.  Row 3:  Paul Lamberger, G. Mona Houser, Kay Moir, Sylvia Peterson, Carole Oas, Susan Wood, Bob Winkler, Karin Wakefield, Kay Paddock, Janice Anderson, Janet Egeberg, Enid Burlingame, Janet Christiansen.  Row 2:  Donald Greven, Larry Hartman, Patty Prentiss, Diane Franzen, Pamela Warner, Fran Brown, Nancy Nessel, Judy Kingsberg, Harold Streeter, Bruce Brown, Sandy Larson, Dick Runman.  Front:   Colleen Skovbroten, Sharon Sutton, Tommy Case, Cheryl Larson, Winnie Moberg, Darlene Debe, Shirley Clark, John Miller, Gail Armstrong, Susan Ackland, Jane Gwiazdon, Julie Granoien, Teri Haaland, Mrs. Gertrude Johnson - Choir Director

Source:  Sandy (Larson) Conboy

Interesting sidelight:

"Mrs. Johnson had Bob Winkler, Tommy Case and me sing, 'We Three Kings' as a trio for the Christmas program that year."
~ John Miller ~
 

Do you remember Sturdy and Sparkle?

Pictured below, is Miss Margaret Kranz, dental hygienist who visited the Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools to educate primary school students in the proper method of maintaining good dental health.  At Miles Standish, we had a dental parade where we walked around the school blocks dressed in costume.  Sturdy and Sparkle are the puppets pictured below.  I happened to meet Margaret a few years ago, and she told me that she donated the puppets to the museum in Minneapolis.


Spring, 1950



6/1/1920 - 4/20/2007

Margaret (Midge) graduated from Minneapolis Central High School in 1938 and from the U of M School for Dental Hygienists in 1942.  She practiced as a civilian dental hygienist during WWII for the Army air base in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and also in Van Nuys, California at Birmingham General Hospital, neither facility is in existence today.  Midge worked in private practice in Minneapolis, San Francisco and also Alaska, where she was the first registered dental hygienist in Alaska.  She completed her career as school hygienist for the Minneapolis Public Schools, retiring in 1980.
 

Where Are You in These Photos?

Can you find yourself among these kindergarten students from 1949-50?  These are Miss Muriel Segolson's students from Room 106. 
Students who had birthdays from  January 1-June 30 attended kindergarten in the morning.  Those who had birthdays from July 1-December 31 attended in the afternoon. 
These were half-day classes.  In first grade through sixth grade, we walked to and from school and had a 75 minute lunch at home; unless the winter weather was severe and we lived
far enough away to have our mom pack a lunch to eat at school.  (I can still remember asking Janitor Howe to help me open my thermos during the winter of second grade.)

From what I can tell, the first two photos below are the morning kindergarten students and the last two photos are the afternoon students.

~ Students I think I recognize from . . . ~

1
 PHOTO 1
Row 1:  Donna Johnson, Cynthia Fritzke, Warren ___, Barbara Erickson, Unknown girl, John Ekberg?   
Row 2:  Unknown boy, Lani Greenfield (hidden), Claudia Kerswell?, Girl w/braids, Unknown boy, Janice Anderson?   
Row 3:  Colin Quinn?, Unknown boy, Pam Warner, Glenn Troness.   Row 4:  Mike Kupka?, Unknown boy, Unknown boy, Unknown boy?, Unknown girl.   Row 5:  Cathy Raymond, Unknown girl, Glen Peterson,
Unknown boy (hidden), Miss Segolson.

2
 PHOTO 2
 Row 1:  Roger Gates?, Pamela Warner?, Colin Quinn? or Barry Fox?, Unknown girl, Dick Lembecker, Glenn Troness, Donna Johnson.  
Row 2:  Deny Villella?, Unknown girl, Janice Anderson, Warren ___, Lani Greenfield, Glen Peterson.   Row 3:  Unknown boy.  Row 4:  Cathy Raymond, Unknown boy (head turned to right), Unknown girl, Mike Kupka,
Unknown boy, Unknown boy, Unknown boy, Doug Larson, Barbara Erickson. 

3
 PHOTO 3
  Row 1:  Janet Christiansen?, Susan Wood?, George Antoine? or Bruce Brown?, Darlene Debe?   Row 2:  Karen Liljemark, Unknown boy.
Row 3:  Sue Ackland, Roger Toreson, Jimmy Glander, Unknown boy, Unknown girl (above), Unknown boy, Unknown girl, Unknown boy (all three lower).   Row 4:  Unknown boy, Jane Bennett?, Unknown girl, Unknown boy, Unknown boy.   Row 5:  Diane Franzen, Dick Swenson, Mike Strauss?, Unknown short boy, Unknown boy, Barbara M. Carlson.

4
 PHOTO 4
  Row 1:  Janet Christiansen?, Susan Wood?, George Antoine? or Bruce Brown?, Unknown short boy, Darlene Debe?  
Row 2:  Sue Ackland, Roger Toreson?, Karen Liljemark, Paul Lamberger?, Unknown girl, Unknown boy.   Row 3:  Unknown girl, Deny Villella, Unknown girl, Jimmie Glander, Unknown girl.  
Row 4:  Unknown boy, Jane Bennett?, Unknown curly-haired boy, Unknown girl, Student hidden from view.   Row 5:  Diane Franzen, Dick Swenson, Unknown boy (partially hidden), Unknown boy, Barbara M. Carlson.

Others not identified that I recall from Miss Segolson's kindergarten classes:  Georgia Carlson [RHS first principal's granddaughter], George Theilmann, Melvin Larson?, Terry Hayes, Sandy Larson, Mary Alice Mueller?.

* To better view these students, try the zoom method (x-from 100% to 130%) by holding down the "control" key & scrolling on your mouse.  (This is a great tool for any page on this site.) 
The lower right corner displays the percentage.  Pictures 1 and 2 seem to be the same students (morning kgn.).  Pictures 3 and 4 seem to be the same students (afternoon kgn.).


I've tried to put these students in some kind of semblance of order!  Your help is always appreciated.
 

Standish Faculty After 1950 (ca. 1958)



BACK row:  Mr. Silverstein, Vernice West, Alice Hanscom, Edna Johnson, Mary Johnson, Evelyn Foster.
MIDDLE row:  Gertrude Johnson, Marvelle Murphy, Iranese Berg, E. Gillam?, Eleanor Dahlquist, _____, ______.
FRONT row:  Virginia Lewedag, Helen (Tressel) Smith, principal, Muriel (Segolson) Johnson, Adelaide Aasen, Mary Voight.


Faculty I Remember . . . September, 1949 - June, 1956

                            SEE LINK:  Planning for the Future for the blue print of the school in 1962, Plate 81, P. 417.
                       
                            Entries in RED are tentative.  Corrections are always appreciated.
 

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Dental Parade Photos Spring, 1950
Rosann, RHS '57 Majorette	Lani, Glenn & Irene	Miss Segolson, Kgn. Warren & Bruce	Karen, Jimmy? or John?	Lani  in Swedish attire
		Spring, 1950
		Lani, Barbara RHS '61 Douglas, John? & Jimmy?

	STANDISH ALBUM             School Colors:  Maroon and White
Miss Muriel Inez Segolson  Johnson Kgn, Rm. 106 5/16/20 - 9/19/11	Mrs. Marvelle E. Murphy 1st grade, Rm. 104 12/6/01 - 4/10/65	Miss Lois E. Dickinson Magnuson 3rd grade, Rm. 201	Miss Adelaide S. Aasen 4th grade, Rm. 204 1/3/02 - 1/25/99	Miss Patricia Ann Fawcett Spring & Lani, 5th grade, Rm. 208 9/16/31 - 9/16/10
Mrs. Evelyn Beatrice Foster 6th grade, Rm. 213 7/21/08 - 11/13/81	Miss Lilly A. Anderson 6th grade, Rm. 212 3/18/05 - 7/13/82	Mrs. Gertrude Z. Johnson 6th grade/choir, Rm. 214 10/21/07 - 10/16/01	Lani and Karen September, 1949	Mrs. Johnson's 6th grade, last day of school, 1956
2nd grade class, 1952	2nd graders?, 1952	"Waltz of the Flowers", 1952 Mrs. Judith N. Smith's 1st & 2nd grade class, Rm. 114	Miss Neoma D. Hoogner, 1950-51 2nd grade, Rm. 115	Susan Wood, 1954
Pamela Warner, 1954	Barbara Erickson, 1954	Mary Alice Mueller, 1954	Dorsey Kleckner, 1955	Donna Johnson, 1955
Gail Armstrong, 1956	Lani Greenfield, 1956	Standish Green Condos site was school's main entrance	Closer look at south entry May 5, 2008	North entrance, now the main entry. Photographed from parking lot
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View of north side. Parking lot is out of view,  to the north in the "playground"	Standish Green Condominiums
	"Daniel B. Tetzlaff, age 88, well-known trumpeter/musician/author/teacher died peacefully on July 11, 2008.  Accomplishments:  US Navy Band 1942-1945, Minneapolis Symphony 1948-1955, Musicians Union Local 30-73, Evergreen Club, and still playing until recently in The Classics Big Band, Como Park Summer Pops Orchestra, Zuhrah Shrine Band, Minnesota State Band, and Health Science Orchestra.  Tetzlaff grew up in Minneapolis, graduating from West High School in 1937.  He served in Navy bands during and just after World War II, playing at ports of call around the world.  Before the war, he played gigs around the Twin Cities.  Tetzlaff attended the University of Minnesota, graduating after the war.  He got a master's degree in music from the university in 1962.  He taught at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Hamline University and Macalester College in St. Paul and the University of Minnesota from 1952 to 1966.  Tetzlaff also taught music for the Minneapolis schools full time from 1955 to 1985.  Until he took a fall 18 months ago, he was still playing with the Classic Big Band and other groups."  Star Tribune
Daniel B. Tetzlaff Orchestra teacher 1955-56

~ Interesting Links ~

Planning for the Future

Fire Protection Engineering Report

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