Photograph of a bespectacled man, Jake Wilhelm, speaking behind a podium on stage at the dedication of Ross Elementary. Three other individuals are seated on stage with him. The man in the middle of those seated is Walter Hall, the school principal. To his right is the Minister James C. Buckner of St. Christopher Church in League City. A floral bouquet and a large, leafy plant is surround the podium, which has a built-in speaker.

Photograph of Nell Megown Ross, an elderly woman in a wheelchair, at the dedication of Ross Elementary. She is a matriarch in the Ross family, for whom the elementary is named. People are mingling all around her. Three individuals directly surround her.

Photograph of Nell Megown Ross, an elderly woman in a wheelchair, at the dedication of Ross Elementary. She is a matriarch in the Ross family, for whom the elementary is named. Jim Harris (right), Margorie Singletary Richards, and Lorena Harbison (left) are standing near her and children are visible behind them. Text on the back of the photograph says: "Lorena Harbison (left), 1969."

Photograph of Nell Megown Ross, an elderly woman in a wheelchair, at the dedication of Ross Elementary. She is a matriarch in the Ross family, for whom the elementary is named. Jim Harris (right), Margorie Singletary Richards, and Lorena Harbison (left) are standing near her and children are visible behind them. Text on the back of the photograph says: "Ross Elementary School Dedication. Lorena Harbison, lady on left; Nell Katherine McGowen Ross in wheelchair; Margorie Singletary Richards, Grand Daughter of George Washington Butler; Jim Harris, Ross's son-in-law on right."

Photograph of Nell Megown Ross, an elderly woman in a wheelchair, at the dedication of Ross Elementary. She is a matriarch in the Ross family, for whom the elementary is named. A few members of her family surround her. From left to right is her son-in-law, James Harris, her daughter, Betsy Ross Harris, and her granddaughter, Betsy Ross (later Betsy Ross Stephens).