Chester Gooding was one of the most respected and beloved principals in the 100 year history of Stivers High School. He served the student body first as secretary of his Stivers class of 1943, and he served the student body as principal from 1959 to 1971. He graduated from Stivers […]
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Paul Schriber was the son of emigrants from Glaznieki, Russia, now Latvia. His father, Hyman, came to America as a single man of 24 in 1905, but was soon joined by his childhood sweetheart, Bertha. Their union produced nine children: Max, Rose, Louis, Ervin, Ellen, Minni, Paul, Tina and Tillie. […]
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Gene Schear was the 7th of 8 children raised by Sarah and Abe Schear, Russian immigrants who came to America in 1903 on the Maine. Gene’s brother, Herbert “Orby”, was inducted into the Stivers Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014. By the time Gene was ready to enter high school the family […]
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