Name/Title
Emily Scanlan VincentDescription
Emily Scanlan Vincent began her career in the Pinole school system as a pupil at both the Plaza School and Pinole-Hercules School #1. After graduating from San Francisco State Normal School, she was hired in 1920 as a new teacher by her former teacher, Frances Ellerhorst. During the 1920s, Miss Scanlan was noted for her seventh-grade picnic outings at the Old Adobe Ranch in Pinole Valley. In May 1926, a pupil gave his account of the annual class excursion to the adobes: “We had hot dogs, sandwiches, cake and soda water after which we played games. At 1:30 ice cream was passed around, oh boy, but not enough to satisfy us. After a program of songs and dialogues, we had a water fight. Everybody got wet. Our teacher was one of the wettest of the bunch. She’s as good a sport as any of us. After thanking Mrs. Vincent for the splendid pleasure, we all started for home feeling pretty tired but happy. All of us, I guess, slept pretty well that night.”
Kids also recalled Mrs. Vincent’s love of dramatics and the fun they had in her class while performing plays. For example, in April 1921, Miss Scanlan’s (Vincent) troupe of amateur actors and actresses put on a “laughable farce” called the “Physical Torture Club.” Some of the seventh-grade players were Tom Aspland, Jovita Fitzgerald, and Mary Sassone.
NOTE: Emily Scanlan Vincent was the mother of George R. Vincent, who taught in the West Contra Costa Unified School District for 42 years and co-founded the Pinole Historical Society.Copyright
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Pinole Historical Society