Does anyone remember the steam heat pipes banging away down in the auditorium area where we had assemblies and gym?
Or how about most of us walking home for lunch? Jeez... does anyone do that in any other school today?
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Craig, I do remember those noisy pipes... and I think we ALL walked home for lunch... they actually have a light now in Bloomsbury by the school to drive 15 mph when school is letting out... seems so weird ... my cousin, Donna Gardner, is the lunch lady in the school now. I guess the population hasn't grown because there's no place to build in town, so the school is still very small...
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of walking home from lunch, I used to love watching Ramar of the Jungle during the lunch hour. It seemed like much more than an hour. I also remember that 7th and 8th graders would take turns ringing the school bell. The key had a way of gettin stuck sometimes (or was that just for me???) and it would ring for what seemed like forever! I wonder if they still do that?
ReplyDeleteI remember heading home for lunch, walking in the front door of the house and out the back door and grabbing my fishing pole out of the shed and fishing for my lunch time.
ReplyDeleteI remember going home for lunch. Mom would sometimes let us run over to "Leo's" to buy a bag of Dipsey Doodles to have with our sandwiches. Remember? Donna, do you remember when our teacher (Was it Mrs. Connelly?) let us clean out the hall closet, and we would leave each other notes there? I loved that school more than any other I've ever attended!
ReplyDeleteJackie, there were a FEW kids who ate lunch at the school. I remember that they were too far from home to walk the round trip. That's why there was a small kitchen/lunch room off of the auditorium.
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ReplyDeleteWould that have been the same room where the Girl Scouts had their meetings? or was there another room in that same area?
I remember one boy who remained at school for lunch who lived on a farm quite a distance from Bloomsbury. Can't remember his name as that family only lived there for about a year.
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ReplyDeleteI don't know about the Girl Scout meetings, Faye, but the Boy Scouts used a small room at the left side of the stage - the opposite corner of the auditorium from where the lunch room/kitchen was. I remember this because I used to collect the weekly dues from the scouts. I think it was 10 cents a week.
ReplyDeleteCraig,
ReplyDeleteThe Girl Scouts met in a room across the gym from the stage. It seems to me that thre were two rooms in that area - maybe one of them was a lunch room? Or was the Girl Scout room used as a lunch room when needed?
Wasn't that stage wonderful? With all the curtains that could be moved around for whatever was called for - I've never seen quite a set-up like that one was. And the steps that were brought in for special occasions and placed in front of the stage - graduation, etc.
Faye, I have a photo of the 1960 class graduation (my year) which I'll post. I don't think I can add it to a comment on a previous post, so it will be a new post here.
ReplyDeleteYes, Pat, I remember cleaning out the hall closet and leaving notes! I remember cleaning out the closet a lot, actually. I remember Mrs. Connelly, Mrs. DeWire, Mrs. Fredericks, Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Hamperian -- can't quite remember the kindergarten teacher -- Mr. Rath, Mr. Engle (yikes, he scared me). I also remember recess and running down to the back of the McQuaid's house to pet their little Shetland pony. That was a thrill. And Dodge ball -- I don't think they even allow it these days. It was pretty vicious when you think about it!:)
ReplyDeleteOk going to memories. Craig you remember getting your turn to ring the BIG bell and also the buzzer? I do. I also remember standing in the hallway where you keyed the bell on graduation day and sobbing. I felt life was over as we knew it, and I was right. Air Raids, fire drills I think we talked about them before. Which ones were we supposed to do what for? Ladies the room next to the furnace room is where you are talking about. And yes those old pipes would hammer away. Baseball, if anyone mentions Grace Fredericks I think baseball. I hated baseball and still do. I was saying the other day to Jerry I don't remember it ever being too cold for us to go out to recess. Dependant upon your age you could have one or two a day. And all in the lot where the expansion of the school is today. I remember in a more devilish moment taking windex from the girls room and shooting it out the window and hitting Mrs. Fredericks with it........... MAN O MAN WAS I IN TROUBLE lol
ReplyDeleteOh an honorium for Mrs. Hamparian. She was a wonderful woman and teacher. When I was in my Sophmore year in high school I had taken Spanish, I was having problems forming sentences as I didn't know my parts of speech. I mentioned this one time to her. She offered to help (now I see that meant tutor FREE) after I'd get out of school. That was going well and all of a sudden I was told I was no longer welcome in the school as I was no longer a student. Boy talk about rubbing me the wrong way. I went thru the entire, MY GRANDFATHER HELPED BUILD THAT SCHOOL. WITHOUT HIM IT WOULDN'T EVEN BE THERE. OH If I didn't mention it before the school was built as a WPA project. My grandfather did work it. ;)
ReplyDeleteSome of the kids who lived at the far end of town out Willow Avenue were the Gragas family. Later Tommy Robertson. I hope I spelled Gragas right.
ReplyDeleteHey Guys... Bob and I talk about Mrs. Hamparian all the time. We are beach nuts and we look constantly for shells and can identify them only because of Mrs. Hamparian (spelling?)... one day we were in a sea shell shop having a ball looking at all of the different shells and we were talking about our 3rd and 4th grade teacher who taught us so much about rocks and shells and a woman called us over and said... I am a teacher and I am so happy to hear you talking about how a teacher from your past made such an impression on you... and guess what? Bob told me he was the teacher's pet... He was smart and the son of a teacher and Mrs. Hamparian LOVED him. But truly, I can not think of a teacher EVER who left such a lasting impression as Mrs. Hamparian with both Bob and me... I really didn't like her but obviously she means a lot to me now... gotta run, damn I have so much more to say but have to make dinner.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone remember the sandbox in Mrs. Morgan's classroom ("Beginners" or 1st grade)??
ReplyDeletecraig, i remember the sand box and it was miss peterson. one of the sisters that lived next to the catholic church. mrs morgan 2d & 3rd. no sand box. bill sanderson
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