Martha Lentz

Birth: She was born around 1928 in Canada.  

Family Information: Daughter of Nick Lentz and Olive Pearl Lentz.

Sister of Philip, Jane, Joseph and Noel.

Description:  

Pre-Colony History:  

Home in Colony:  

Job in Colony:  

Other Info: In March 1934 Mr. Lewis, Dr. Cecil and Mrs. Fay took the first graders including: Joan Wooley, Opal Ogden, Violet Quipp, Blair Pickett, Roy Peecher, Martha Mahler and Martha Lentz to Leesville to give a demonstration of their singing to an audience that included around twenty-five Leesville teachers plus Superintendent Honeycotte.

Each child stood and introduced themselves as they did each morning, with name, address and rule. For example: My name is ...; I live in Newllano (Noo-yah-no); Vernon Parish, Louisiana, on Highway 171; My rule is the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you." Mrs. Harlow-Fay then demonstrated her method of teaching with the children.

In 1934 Dr. Cecil took the first graders to the picture show. It was a talkie picture show, apparently with a character named "Nick Lentz".

Post-Colony History: In 1940 the Lentz family was living in a home in the unincorporated New Llano, Louisiana (site of the old colony).  

Death:  

Sources: Photo Archives; "Llano Colonist": March 31, 1934, April 7, 1934; US Census: 1940