| Lena Hakes taught school in Towanda as well as in Mosherville and other
places. She was first cousin to my grandfather, Lee. D. Tice. Lena's parents
were Leticia Tice and Willis Hakes. Lena lived from 1887 to 1939, and she
married Tracy Everitt. A couple of boxes of her postcards and photos came to me
in an unusual way. Some of Lena's family had moved to Florida and apparently
some of her items were with them. In 1999 a person in Florida bought the boxes
of her "stuff" for $1. He contacted Phil Green who has a web page on the Everitt
Family and sent the box to him. When Phil realized that Lena was cousin to my
grandfather, he turned it all over to me, and no one could appreciate it more.
It includes postcards to Lena from my grandfather and his siblings teasing her
about her boyfriend, Tracy. It includes three of the souvenir booklets and at
least two school photos with Lena as teacher. They are undated, but assumedly
match with the booklets, although I can't say which photo matches which year. I
already had photos of Lena in my grandfather's collection. She is recognizable
in any photo at any stage of her life from infancy on, by her unusual and
distinctive eyes. The collection also includes a photo I take to be the
Teacher's Institute held at Towanda as I have postcards she and Tracy exchanged
about that. Tracy was also a teacher. |
