“Most of us went to Guardian Angels Church, and we were just all really close.” “It was a tight-knit community,” she said. It was just heavenly.”Īnderson’s siblings went to the same school, and their family knew all of the other families in the area, she said. “When you were done with your schoolwork, you went into the library and you did flash cards with the younger children,” she said. Mary Anderson, 81, of Forest Lake, shares memories of attending the Hudson Road School in Oakdale during the late 1940s and early 1950s during the Rural School Reunion sponsored by the Washington Count Historical Society at the Hay Lake School Museum in Scandia on Saturday, Sept. The Oakdale school’s teacher that year was Miss Gonzalez, she said. Mary Pierre Anderson, 81, of Forest Lake brought a black-and-white photo of Hudson Road School’s 1950-1951 class. Some alumni brought photos and mementos to share with other attendees. ![]() “Because out there they only played baseball, and we played softball.” “When I went to Forest Lake, they laughed at me,” he said. The main “gym” activity was softball in the field behind the school the field is gone now, Lindell said, replaced by mature trees. I liked everything about going to school here, but I didn’t have a choice. “When we had our lessons, we went up front with the teacher,” he said. There was a bigger desk in the back for Billy Lind, who needed the extra room, he said. ![]() Lindell said he sat at the second desk from the front on the right-hand side of the schoolhouse. “The boys were on the right, and the girls were on the left, and there was a woodshed in between.” “The outhouse was out back,” said Lindell, 77, of Scandia, who attended the school from 1953-1958. They would dress in old-fashioned clothes, play games like Red Rover at recess and attend class in the one-room schoolhouse, which was heated by a wood stove. Valleen, who taught at Scandia Elementary School for 44 years, every spring brought her fifth-grade students on a field trip to the Hay Lake School Museum. By the early 1960s, all of them had closed, said Brent Peterson, the society’s executive director. Washington County had 79 rural school districts and one joint district with Chisago County that were slowly consolidated during the 1940s and 1950s. The event, sponsored by the Washington County Historical Society, was open to anyone who attended a one-room/two-room school anywhere in the county. Valleen, 73, of Chisago, was one of about 45 alumni of rural schools in Washington County who attended the first Rural School Reunion at Hay Lake School Museum in Scandia on Saturday. I would go home and ride my horse after school.” They have many, many fun activities that they’re involved in, but they have very little downtime. She went from an all-grades elementary school in Sauk Centre, Minn., to Goose Lake School, a one-room schoolhouse that was separated by a partition - a combined third- and fourth-grade class on one side, and her combined fifth- and sixth-grade class on the other. ![]() Bennett, for her unwavering support of legislation favorable to veterans and their families during the time she has served as state senator for the 20th District.When Sandra Lundin Valleen and her family moved to Scandia in 1960, it was like stepping back in time. Joy Padgett (R-Coshocton) was presented an Outstanding Legislator Award by Post Commander Dan Wiggins and Third Vice Commander John R. 29, a day that only comes once every four years.ĭuring a meeting of AMVETS Post 70 in Cambridge, State Sen. Boyd, working mom Sharon Amore and others will have a chance to celebrate their official birthday. Young Scott Fabian, businessman Bernard C. Today is an extra special day for some area residents. Voice of Democracy winners from Guernsey County are: George Lekorenos of Cambridge High School, Sue Betts of John Glenn High School and Bill Ferguson of Guernsey Catholic Central. Sixth Street, joined the sales staff at Ken Bender Motors. Schomak, Lakeside Drive, retired after 32 years with the Federal Aviation Administration. Senecaville High School students winning the American Legion essay contest were: Waneda Drumm, Janice Keller, Louise Murphy, Laverna Collins, Robert Erskine, Paul Stoney, Wilford Hill and Lloyd McGilton.
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