MEMORIES FROM 
THE LOWELL SCHOOL ERA

Do you remember . . . ?

THE GOOD TIMES:

’ Matthews Drugstore (candy and soft drinks --  remember
   cherry cokes and vanilla phosphates?)

’ Being on safety patrol

’ Graduating from the 6th grade

’ Amy Moore

’ Bake sales on Election Day in the Spring Street lobby

’ Albert Owens

’ Sports (soccer, T-ball, basketball, bicycling)

’ Mrs. Weadock reading stories

’ Puppet shows

’ Edie Frinck

’ Teachers — Mrs. Shook, Miss Nelson, Mrs. Weadock

’ Friends

’ Ceramics with Mrs. Weadock

’ CARNIVAL

’ Square dancing with Mrs. Weadock

’ Cake Walk at the Carnival

’ Debbie Morris and Jenny Harter     Thanks Bob (Martin)

’ Vicki Stuart

’ the kickball-eating German shepherd (King)

’ Getting OUT of Miss Nelson’s class

’ Being able to walk to school

’ Four-square and jacks

’ (Poignant) When Miss Nelson cried in the hall the day Kennedy was shot

’ Sitting behind a little red haired girl in Mrs. Clark’s class - what was her name? [Katrina Schroeder?]

’ Getting to know Clarence the janitor quite well while spending a good portion of Mrs. Shook’s class in the hall.

’ FRUIT ROLLS

’ Visiting Mrs. Shook in the evenings

’ Hankie drills in Miss Nelson’s 4th grade

’ Memorizing a poem before Robb and getting a star on the chart FIRST

’ Mrs. Weadock’s favorite saying, “Patience is a virtue”.

THE BAD TIMES:

’ Spell downs

’ Miss Nelson

’ Calling Miss Nelson  Mrs. Nelson

’ Getting sick during a Valentine’s Day Party

’ Apologizing to Miss Nelson for insulting her when she hadn’t heard the insult.

’ The day JFK was shot.

’ Being SUBSTITUTE patrol

’ Boys playing jacks at recess

’ Finding out the school boundaries were changed and I was transferred to Roosevelt.

’ Standing in the corner for talking too much