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Started by Marty, July 26, 2014, 01:07:28 PM

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Marty

Attached is a picture I have of a 1936 Basketball team it is captioned "1936 High School Basketball team. Trying to find out if it is of the Elk Falls Team or Towanda KS team can anyone help me listed on back Carl Ingel (Supt) Casida (coach)
The reason I question if Elk Falls or Towanda players on back row have "T" on the shirts, My uncle Melvin Martin was listed on the team, my mom and family lived both Towanda and Elk Falls




ddurbin

Marty,
This isn't 100%, but most likely this photo is of the Towanda team.  Checking the U.S. census records, Marion Francis Martin, (Melvin's father) and his family lived in Towanda in 1930, and were still there in 1940.  As part of the 1940 census, it states that they lived in the same house in 1935 as they did in 1940.
Melvin (age 19) is still living at home with the family in 1940. 
Further clue is the photographer's name in the lower right-hand corner, being from El Dorado.  Much closer to Towanda than to Elk Falls.
Hope this helps.

ddurbin

Marty,
Just another bit of info.  In the 1940 census for Towanda, there is a Lee Casida, age 26, listed with his occupation shown as "athletic instruction".  Seems like another way of saying Coach.

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