PUPILS OF BECKER # 1 1933-34 BACK ROW....FROM LEFT.. MILFRED WARD, REVA GATES, ELEANOR LUNDELL, MILDRED WARD MIDDLE ROW...ALDEN WARD, HELEN (HEDRICK) PETERSON, ALICE PETERSON FRONT ROW...SHIRLEY WARD, GLENN HEDRICK, RUSSEL LUNDELL, KNUTE HEDRICK, VYRLENE GATES, HARRY HEDRICK, LOLA GATES, LEROY ARCHUT. TEACHER.. JULIE BERG Thanks to Millie (Ward) Rowland for the picture

FROM THE HISTORY OF SISSETON, SD According the plat book of Becker Township, there were six schools. Becker No. 1 was on the James Paul land later owned by William Peterson. Two of the first teachers were Mabel (Gardner) Behrns and Emma Welk.

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