One morning just before the first bell which signaled the start of kindergarten class, my friends and I were playing by the east fence of the school grounds. The east fence had been declared “off limits” since it bordered on a large swampy area. Of course, as inexperienced kindergarten children we didn’t know that. Soon we saw a few safeties running towards us. We knew we were in for it then. They took our names down and then said, “Scram!” We took off running like crazy. It was a long time before I even dared do anything wrong again.
Every morning when the bell rang, we listened to the bugle call. This was a group of fifth and sixth graders who assembled to play their trumpets, trombones, and drums to start off the day. At the first sound of the bugle call, we rose from our seats, placed our hands over our hearts, listened to the bugle call, and then recited the Pledge of Allegiance. At that we sat down to listen to the morning
announcements from the office. There was a speaker in our room which the announcements came over. It was rather ingenious, serving as an intercom also. When someone from the office wanted to talk with our teacher, they called over the speaker and she would respond. We got some memorable announcements from those speakers. Once it snowed so hard they canceled school for the rest of the day. Mr. Holmes, the principle, made the announcement. We all cheered so loudly that he heard us from his office. He was a bit angry at this outburst. He said, “If you kids don’t be quiet right now, you’ll stay here and get snowed in!”
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