Row 1 (L-R): Sue Shelton, Margie Wallace, Jo Ann Walker, Jimmie Sue Hard, Erma Ashley, Betty Granderson, Pearl Ervin, Joyce Brown, Mary Ellen Hottendorf, Ruby Ann Hones, Doris Hand, Beverly Henry, Mary Lou Hicks, Delores Kerchief, Dorothy Hoover, Eileen Egan, Ramona Coleman, Jerine Burton, Gertrude Bayes, Helen Daub, Peggy Erwin, Mary Helen Carter, Doris Anson, Myrtle Jo Hedges, Bessie Keown, Gloria Georgette, Betty Kanowsky, Jean Corns, Verna Mae Braun, Marion Baumgart; Row 2 (L-R): Teddy Fields, Herbie (Herbert) Roth, Alice McFarland, Mary Lou Townsend, Jeannette Frank, Dolores Lehman, Kathryn Gowdy, Beverly Gerard, Betty Graham, Archilee Hobgood, Charlotte Rupp, Mildred Millard, Cora Mae Sims, Dorothy Wessel, Patricia Hedges, Lois McAtee, Maxine Miller, Mildred Caudill, Florence Ford, Marjorie McWilliams, Dorothy DeWeese, Mary Ellen Cox, Beth Seiler, Dories Simmons, Alma Riley, Joyce Fisher, Esther Newman, Betty Russell, Freida Blandford, Lorraine Robinson, Hazel Harmon, James Shrode, Ronald Hilgeman; Row 3 (L-R): Larry Morris, Gordon Klahn, Charles Pease, Ernest Hancock, Richard Fuchs, J.C. Egli, Leonard Gentry, Bob (Robert) Southwood, Bill Moss, Ellis Hines, Gilford Pinkston, Gene Carlton, Bill Haas, Paul Peters, Wilfred Helford, Donald Gray, Bill Rommel, Charles Brust, Norman Brumley, Earl Bradley, Al Brandau, Jim Wolfe, John Tucker, Jack Boheleber, Bruce Waterman, Lawrence Montgomery, Louis Abney, Ray Seibert, Donald Koring, Allen Lashley, Robert Kraemer, Billy Pigman, and Howard Egli. Centennial High School 8-A Class of 1942. In the latter part of the 19th century, Evansville as it stands today did not exist. In addition to Evansville, there were small, independent pockets, one of these being Independence, which was roughly the area west of Pigeon Creek. This area was annexed into the city in 1870, and one of the benefits was the 1875 construction of a 3 story, 12 room school to serve the needs of a growing west side population. It replaced a smaller school on Wabash Ave., which in turn became the "colored school." The bell tower shown here was removed in 1945 due to poor condition and thereafter displayed within the school. Centennial School was closed in 1965 when a newer school, Helfrich Park, was constructed to serve these students. "When public higher education came to Evansville, the school served as the regional campus for Indiana State University. ISUE (Indiana State University-Evansville), now the University of Southern Indiana [owner of this photographic collection], opened in September 15, 1965. By September of 1969, the university moved out to its present location leaving the building vacant" (http://historicevansville.com/site.php?id=centennial). Centennial School was razed in 1972.