PLEASE EMAIL ME. RE: THE KUSER SCHOOL 100TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

THE CENTENNIAL OF KUSER SCHOOL WILL BE CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR 2009. MONTHLY EVENTS WILL CELEBRATE THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BEST GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD. WE ARE CURRENTLY TRYING TO COMPILE A LIST OF KUSER ALUMNI EMAIL ADDRESSES. THERE ARE MANY WHO ARE NOT ON THE COMPUTER. IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS OR RELATIVES IN THAT CATEGORY, PLEASE GET THEIR PERMISSION TO INCLUDE THEIR MAILING ADDRESSE.

PLEASE EMAIL THE INFO TO ME AND I WILL SEE THAT THE ORGANIZERS OF THE CELEBRATION RECEIVE IT

I AM KUSER '47. BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOURS! IF YOU WERE A KUSER "KAT" AFTER THE SCHOOL CHANGED TO A K-5, PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR YEAR.

EMAIL: thomglo@verizon.net.

1913: BACK IN 1913, THE PTA WAS "THE MOTHERS' CLUB"

Whether they were known as "The Mothers' Club" or the PTA, grammar school parents have always been a valuable asset to the education system. Even though Halloween is two months away as I post this interesting Kuser School fundraiser, it is obvious that Kuser had great support from the parents in the local area.

1934: KUSER 4-H CLUB

HERE IS MUTE TESTIMONY TO THE FACT THAT HAMILTON WAS INDEED A RURAL FARMING COMMITY RIGHT UP TO THE 1940's, WHEN HAMILTON BEGAN THE PROESS OF BECOMING THE HIGHLY POPULATED COMMUNITY OF TODAY.

1927: KUSER SCHOOL TO BE ENLARGED

This public announcement is believed to be a request for authorization to add to the original 1909 Kuser School. "wings' were added to the existing building, and a large area around the back of the school with a court yard in the center, resulting in the Kuser School as it exists today. I had been under the impression that the above expansion was in the year 1924, but this is the apparent date.

1909: CENTENNIAL ON THE WAY!

THIS ARTICLE FROM MY EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF KUSER SCHOOL MEMORABILIA WILL BE A PART OF THE DIGITAL GRAPHICS COLLECTION WHICH WILL REPOSE IN THE "KUSER SCHOOL" FOLDER AT THE HAMILTON TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY'S LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTION. IF YOU ARE A KUSER SCHOOL ALUMNUS, BY ALL MEANS KEEP WATCHING THIS SITE; THERE WILL BE DETAILS ON THE VARIOUS CELEBRATIONS WHICH WILL BE HELD THROUGHT THE TWELVE MONTHS OF 2009. IN FACT AT THIS WRITING, THE CELEBRATION KICKS OFF IN DECEMBER, 2008.
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AN ASIDE: I AM COMPLETELY INTRIGUED BY THE STATEMENT IN THE ARTICLE THAT THE SCHOOL WAS ON
"THE KUSER TRACT, NEAR OLDEN AVENUE."
I HAVE FOUND NO MAPS WHICH INDICATE THAT THE KUSER PROPERTY EXTENDED BEYOND KUSER AVENUE (TODAY'S LEONARD AVENUE).

1989: Dr. Lois Braender

FROM THE "NOTABLE PERSONS" FOLDER IN THE HAMILTON LIBRARY LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTION, HERE IS DR. LOIS BRAENDER WHEN SHE WAS AT ALEXANDER SCHOOL. I REMEMBER HER FROM HER TIME AS PRINCIPAL AT KUSER SCHOOL. DR. BRAENDER IS NOW THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES OF HAMILTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS.

ONCE AGAIN, FROM KUSER SCHOOL, ONE OF HAMILTON'S TREASURED "NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS," THIS PHOTO FROM ONE OF MY "HAMILTON SCRAPBOOK" FEATURED IN THE MERCER MESSENGER. ONE OF THE MORE CHARMING FEATURES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL WAS IN THE FACT THAT THOSE OF US WHO ATTENDED CAN USUALLY FIND BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF CLASSMATES WITH WHOM WE ULTIMATELY ATTENDED SCHOOL. FLORA WURFEL IS THE SISTER OF MY HHS '51 CLASSMATE, AUDREY WURFEL KISH, AND ALICE SCHENCK IS PROBABLY RELATED TO BILL SCHENCK, A CLASSMATE FROM MY YEARS AT KUSER. LORRAINE MAY, THERE'S YOUR SISTER ALICE.

1952: Banking Day at Kuser School

How appropriate that I would be fortunate enough to receive this Trentonian photo of the Kuser School Banking Day program from Helen Lawton, a fellow "Kuser Kat." The centennial of Kuser School will be observed with a year long centennial celebration beginning in December, 2008 and running through each month of the centennial year of 2009. Details will be forthcoming. Those visitors to my site who want to be kept updated, please email me, and I will include your name in my email files for future information. Thanks Helen for this great photo. It is being preserved for posterity in the "KUSER SCHOOL" folder at the Hamilton Library's Local History Collection.