George Catlin School, 1966

• Opened September, 1966
• Cost $587,000 to build
• Built on the very southwestern edge of the city
• 11 classrooms, 2 kindergarten rooms, a library, a multi-purpose room, and a kitchen
• Total of 33, 700 sq. feet
• Formal dedication was on May 7, 1967
• Dr. Owen A. Knutzen, OPS Superintendent
• Mrs. Caryl Hultquist, first principal
• Mr. Charles Beelby, first PTA president
• Enrollment: 459
• Social Highlight: PTA "Spring Spaghetti Supper" fundraiser
• Summer School started in 1967

• 1972, enrollment was 577 and growing
• Largest attendance area in OPS at the time
• PTA purchased playground equipment, two asphalt areas
• PTA sponsored safety patrol, monitored by moms
• School newsletter: "Catlin Cougar"
• Bake Sale was held at fall Open House
• 4 portable classrooms were added 
• Sixth graders go on to Beveridge Jr. High School (7th-9th)
• Part time librarian added
• 6 noon aides and a school clerk were added to help
• 1973- new four room classroom addition to the building  was opened

Popular Gifts:
Spirograph, Twister, Barrel of Monkeys, Crazy Maze, View-Master

Popular Kids Shows:
Captain Kangaroo, Tom and Jerry, The Jetsons, The Bugs Bunny Show
Most kids shows were only on Saturday mornings!

Popular TV Shows:
Bonanza, The Andy Griffith Show, Green Acres, Bewitched, The Beverly Hillbillies

Top Song:
"I'm a Believer"  by Monkeys

Sports Champs:
NFL - Green Bay Packers
AFL- Kansas City Chiefs
World Series-Baltimore Orioles
NBA-Boston Celtics

Source: https://pop-culture.us/Annual/1966.html

Catlin Kindergarten, 1966

Catlin's Cafeteria, late 1960's

Catlin "Mothers' Patrol", directing traffic, April 4, 1974

Catlin Kindergarten

April 20, 1967
July 27, 1967
March 10 1972.pdf
June 21 1973.pdf