Schools
Film of Southmont School by Walter "Pat" Suppes, 1945
The community's first school, at Hochstein School on lower State Street, started in 1902. It graduated five eighth-grade students in 1908 who then finished their schooling at Johnstown High School. In 1913 a two-room school was opened in what is now the Southmont Municipal Building.
Old Southmont School Building
When the Southmont School was opened for the 1925-26 term it contained ten grades. The first senior class was graduated in the spring of 1927. The last class to graduate from the high school was in 1958-59; the school building was later reused for apartments and offices. Because of the small size of Southmont High School, students played multiple sports and participated as majorettes and cheer leaders.
Southmont School Football team
Screenshot of John "Jack" Roberts from Walter "Pat" Suppes film
John "Jack" Roberts, father of John Roberts, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.