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Post by klsm54 on Mar 20, 2009 16:22:53 GMT -4
This came up on another thread, but I thought it was worthy of it's own thread. It was a big part of the lives of those who attended school there. This was posted by brucie2000...... Mr. Administrator......Hrrrumph You are older than dirt dude!!! Nice photo of the old school. a challange for the masses. Can you name the year the school started, all the faculty and the grades they taught, and what year did this fine facility of my youth quit operating. From my memories:
Kindgarten--Mrs Sinclair
Grade 1--Mrs McClelland
Grade 2--Mrs Shupinis
Grade 3--Mrs Ankeny
Grade 4--Mrs Showers (my favorite teacher)
Grade 5--Ms Smith
Grade 6--Mr Gordon wesley Tomb (Also a favorite)
Any body know of any others beside Mr. Gusheroski, please post!!! Reply by klsm54....... Your class was the last to have Smitty for 5th grade, us youngsters...  .... had Mrs. Leech.reply by longbeard...... I had Mr Faller for sixth gradeand brucie2000's last post....... Anybody find out when the old school first opened and when the last year of operation? Good memories running up and down the terraces and playing softball on the coal cinders harry winters threw out after he cleaned out the furnace.... |
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Post by klsm54 on Mar 20, 2009 16:46:43 GMT -4
Harry Winner was the janitor the first couple years of my time, but was replaced by Bill Tudor.
I can remember Mr. Tudor being the one to come around to our classrooms and tell us that JFK had been shot. I was in Mrs. Ankeny's third grade class at that time.
According to the book......
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania; Her Pioneers and People 1800-1915
by William James McKnight, M.D.
"The schoolhouse in the borough of Falls Creek, a large brick building of 8 rooms, was erected in 1902. The members of the first school board of the borough were, Dr. Jay C. Booher, F.E. Dixon, G.H. Jones, J.C. Abel, J.E. Carrier, and J.J. Lukehart."
I'm sure we can figure out the year it ceased operation from some of the younger members.
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Post by shadylady on Mar 30, 2009 18:08:44 GMT -4
How about Mr's Federici and Mr's Miller?
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Post by klsm54 on Mar 30, 2009 19:40:44 GMT -4
How about Mr's Federici and Mr's Miller? Must have been before my time, don't remember those names. |
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Post by brucie2000 on Apr 1, 2009 15:12:36 GMT -4
I don't either but Shady is QUITE a bit older. perhaps bloodshot could add shed some light..........Am trying to get my 50 posts for another star.........
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Post by shadylady on Apr 9, 2009 0:34:21 GMT -4
Listen up, Boup! Perhaps a bit older but not QUITE a bit older!
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Post by chrispy09 on May 19, 2009 10:15:15 GMT -4
When I went - the Kindergarten teacher was Mrs. Parks- 1st grade teacher was Mrs. Miller (Betty Miller), 2nd grade was Mrs Shupinus. And that was the last year the school was open. That last was the 1975/1976 school year. Then we were bussed to DuBois.
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Post by teabab on Jun 26, 2009 22:05:46 GMT -4
I've always thought it a shame they can't do something with that building. It just sits there from what I can see when I come home. Is there still a Korean museum in there or whatever it was? Weird.
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Post by klsm54 on Jun 26, 2009 23:02:18 GMT -4
They're fixing it up teabab. No more Japanese Holcaust Museum. Someone bought it and is living in Miss McClelland's old first grade room. They have finished the new roof and replaced a lot of the windows. Not sure of the plans, but there seems to be hope for the old building now.
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Post by johnm on Jun 27, 2009 2:24:15 GMT -4
therer was no kindergarden when i went,,,first grade in 1948,,,jack harriger was the principal some of the time i went....a great big,,,paddle with holes in it,,,,to get a better swat at you,,,lol,,,that was 5th or 6th grade
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Post by klsm54 on Jun 27, 2009 9:06:54 GMT -4
Do you remember who all, or some of, the teachers were when you went to school johnm? Might be some names we haven't heard yet.
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Post by teabab on Jun 28, 2009 18:41:32 GMT -4
Maybe they are turning it into a bed and breakfast? That is a huge scary place to live in. I am pretty sure it is haunted. I can tell you a story when I was a teenager...... My sister, myself, Barb Staley and Debbie Anderson went up there on a rainy night. There were 2 boys sitting on the steps....we asked them why they were sitting there and they wouldn't talk to us. They were dressed in what looked like old fashioned clothes...and looked grey and misty. At this point we got scared and ran like the dickens! We waved our hands at their faces and they just ignored us! I truly believe to this day, we saw 2 ghosts. I still shiver thinking about it! Anyone else see any ghosts at the school?
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Post by klsm54 on Jun 28, 2009 23:46:18 GMT -4
 Yikes!!! That's the first ghost story I've heard about the school.
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Post by bucket on Jan 5, 2011 3:37:50 GMT -4
Jack Harriger was principal back in the 50's then Gusher came in.
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Post by musicianstill on Feb 21, 2014 23:41:32 GMT -4
I remeber Jack and his wife Hun. They lived next door to us on Taylor Ave.Jack was Superintendent of schools then.
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.... had Mrs. Leech.
Yikes!!! That's the first ghost story I've heard about the school.