About Budlong, Lyman A. Budlong Elementary School

Lyman Arnold Budlong (1829-1909): Gardener.  Budlong was born in Cranston, Rhode Island. He taught school for five years, then came to Cook County and began gardening. By 1860, he had become the world's greatest producer of garden truck. He was a member of the Board of Trustees for the village of Jefferson and served as a school director for 28 years.

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SCHOOL CLASS PHOTOGRAPHS

Thu, 12/10/2009 - 11:45am — ERIC C WISETTE

OCTOBER 1960 GRADE 5A-5B ROOM 207

JACQULINE MATTISON

OCTOBER 1960 SAFETY PATROL

JACQULINE MATTISON

SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS

Thu, 12/10/2009 - 11:36am — ERIC C WISETTE

NOVEMBER 1954 GRADE 1B ROOM 106

JACQULINE MATTISON

NOVEMBER 1955 GRADE 1A-1B ROOM 112

JACQULINE MATTISON

OCTOBER 1959 GRADE 4A ROOM 308

JACQULINE MATTISON

Yearbooks

Tue, 06/09/2009 - 12:59am — sabrinigreen

Does anyone have their Budlong yearbook?  I have one from 1986 and one from 1988. I scanned all the pages and put them up on the classmates website. I'll see if I can find my original scans and post them here. I would love to have yearbook from the eighties to fill in my time there.

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