Olney School class of 1943 alumna Marian Cowell, 91, receives the flag Boy Scout Nate Bryce to keep until the new facility is constructed during a tour and ceremony for Olney and Northwood Elementary April 9. A new facility for the school will open in the Fall.
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Ted Cowell, left, Marian Cowell, and Janet Cowell watch as the flag is retired during a tour and ceremony for Olney and Northwood Elementary. A new facility will be constructed in the Fall of 2017.
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Class of 1943 alumna Marian Cowell, left, 91, whose maiden name was Adkins, stands with her daughter Janet Cowell, right, and watches the flag being retired in front of Olney Elementary School. Marian Cowell was the class president and valedictorian of her class. She will receive the flag to keep until it goes to the new facility in the Fall.
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Alumna Ruth Wilson-Bolan, class of 1956, right, sits with her husband Robert Bolan, left, and listens to the speaker during a tour and ceremony for Olney Elementary School in Northwood.
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People gather outside of the school to see the flag retired. A new facility will be constructed in the Fall of 2017.
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Alumnae Evelyn Gerwin, class of 1953, left, and Ethel Hughes, class of 1951, right, speak during a tour and ceremony for Olney and Northwood Elementary.
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Boy Scout Troop 112 from left: Nate Bryce, Nicholas Genzman, Toby Cufr, and Sean Kovacs, retire the flag during a tour and ceremony for Olney and Northwood Elementary.
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A yearbook from 1942 was avaible to peruse with a stack of other yearbooks during the tour of Olney and Northwood Elementary.
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Northwood Elementary. A new facility will be constructed in the Fall of 2017.
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Janet Clough, right, joins family members in the hallway to take pictures of historical photos during a tour and ceremony for Olney and Northwood Elementary.
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