Photo shown of a young man who might be Tommy Rawson with two early Hemet High School seniors, circa 1901, shown at the Hemet Heritage Foundation presentation Nov. 13. Valley News/Tony Ault photo
The Hemet Heritage Foundation hosted a presentation by the granddaughter of one of Hemet’s champions of education, Tommy Rawson, who saw one of the first schools in Crown Valley built and watched as the Hemet Union School District grew.
Gail Barton, the granddaughter, whose lecture about Thomas Rawson and the Rawson Ranch entitled, “As the Twig is Bent so is the Tree Inclined,” on Nov. 13 brought a good number of Hemet Heritage Foundation members and guests at Memorial Funeral Services at 1111 S, State St. in Hemet to give a rare, mostly unknown slice of Rawson’s life, promoting better education in the Hemet Valley. It took place during National Education Week.
Barton, who still lives at the ranch in Crown Valley, was pleased to talk about her grandfather, Thomas Rawson, the loca
