Old School Memories

 

I've got one of my Dick and Jane workbooks from kindergarten or 1st grade at Bloomfield in Trenton.

 

Larry Brandenburg was an assistant principal when I substituted at Edgewood in the 1990's.

Bobby socks and saddle oxfords, penny loafers

Pleated skirts, sack dresses, A-lines, ruffled blouses

Anyone remember the Ben Casey shirts?

Girls wore cashmere sweaters backward....so they buttoned down the back instead of the front.

Poodle skirts, going steady rings.....spoolies, boys wore ducktails, circle pins,

some of the slang was: groovy, fake jake, wipe-out, neat, cool dad-e-o, cherry,

 

Some of the teachers at Madison High were: Larry Brandenburg, Marilyn Hermann taught Home Ec, Mr. Bowling taught accounting, Floyd Hann was guidance counselor, Donald Guimm Chorus teacher, Mrs. Short taught typing and shorthand, William Holmes taught Math, Bette Bee was the librarian, George Kinslow, the principal was Darrell Root, School secretary was Jane Burgess and Ester Miller taught English,and Michael Dutko taught Science.

Anyone remember the teachers: Laura Cox 1st grade, Alma Decatur 2nd grade or a Mrs. Roberts 3rd grade at W. Midd. Elem?

 

Remember the old "ditto" or "mimeographs"...you could smell the ink from these things all thru the school.

Patrols....For those of us that walked to school, we had patrols. Each week a student was selected to be the patrol.We only had them while walking home from school (little W. Midd Elem. School).

Milk came in these little glass bottles with a cardboard cap. We could have our choice of chocolate or white milk.

The teachers used whistles to let us know recess was over

Remember Dick, Jane and Sally ...see Spot run?

We had bomb drills. We were taken to the downstairs hallways where we sit on the floor and covered our heads with our hands. (This was elementary school)