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Elisabeth Kempkes Day Honors 64 Years of Teaching
Everett hosts a celebration for Elisabeth Kempkes, a pioneer teacher who began in Pella, Iowa in 1890 and spent 64 years in Washington classrooms. The event marks her dedication from Des Moines to Everett, including golf prowess, publishing a Dutch language poetry book, and continued teaching into the 1950s and beyond.
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George In
Everett
Elisabeth Kempkes
Pella
Washington Eduction
Washington Education Association
Chronicle
Scheoa
Washington
Marion County
Iowa
R Ooin
Seattle Tacoma
Theurney
Holland
Association of
Everett Congress of Parents and Teachers
Chamber of Commerce
First Presbyterian Church
Louis H. Unegelman
Jack Westland
Westland
Everett Golf and Country Club
Marion
Pella’s
Park School
Des Moines
Jay Kempkes
Everett High School
Bert Vanderwilt
Margaret
Matthew
U. S. Navy
Miss Kempkes
Inter
Josephine Hinckley
Kennewick
Wash
Adriana Schultz
Portland
Oregon
Snohomish County
Hawthorne
United State
Panne
Elisabeth
Charles A. Me