Alfred F. Howes (1863-1946)

Alfred F. Howes (1863 - 1946) was the principal of the West Hartford High School from 1889 to 1897.

Howes was born in 1863 and attended Amherst College in the class of 1887.

During the school year of 1887 to 1888, Howes spent the time in Duluth, Minnesota, trying to fill the principalship of one of the city schools. His efforts were so successful that he was offered for the next year a position in the Duluth High School to teach Greek. A disagreement in regard to salary finally resulted in his accepting a position in Kingston, Rhode Island. In 1889, he accepted the position as principal of the West Hartford high school, work that was so successful that he earned two increases in salary.

Since his graduation from Amherst in 1887, he took courses of study in German and vocal music. He wrote newspaper articles and was an activist for low tarrif and civil service reform. In an address in 1892, he noted that his great interest was in church and Sunday School work.

In 1946, Howes died in Manchester, Connecticut.

Family
Howes married Sarah Pierce Clark of Kingston, Rhode Island on August 24, 1892.
 * Robert C. Howes - m. Phyllis Greene

Organizations

 * Principal of the West Hartford High School (1889-1897)
 * Helped organize a class of the Young Men's Alliance in the winter of 1895; was President in 1896.

Real Estate

 * Purchased two lots on February 6, 1896 from Arthur Lyman on Buena Vista (current Gin Still Lane); those two lots were sold to Lillian M. Russell on December 4, 1909.

Personal

 * After resigning from the principalship of the West Hartford High School in June 1897, he took an advanced training course at the Willimantic Normal School in October 1897 and removed to Brandon, Vermont as principal there in November.
 * Visited town in the summer of 1898; August 1899; July 1900; July 1901; July 1902; October 1907; March 1911; June 1912
 * Was principal in Middlebury, Vermont in April 1904 when the school burned down.
 * Served as superintendent of schools in Manchester (1915); and South Windsor until 1920. Continued to serve as superintendent of schools in Manchester at least until 1930.