“Up in the mornin' and out to school (Chuck Berry Lyrics), the teacher is teachin' the golden rule, American history and practical math, you studyin' hard and hopin' to pass, workin' your fingers right down to the bone, and the guy behind you won't leave you alone. Ring, ring goes the bell ” ... wait ... stop (that was from my school days).
I meant to type: “School days, school days (Words and Music by Cobbs & Edwards), dear old golden rule days, 'readin' and 'ritin' and 'rithmetic, (are you singing yet?) taught to the tune of a hick'ry stick” ... that is ... Miss Blanche Coulling's hickory stick at the District No. 5 village schoolhouse in Victory.
Miss Coulling was a teacher for more than 50 years, and most of that time, was spent at the Victory village school. It was said she was a very strict, but a very good teacher. As we have read many times, the teacher in the country school was responsible not only for teaching multiple grades, but also for keeping the school furnace stocked with wood and the building maintained. Children walked several miles to go to school each day and had many chores to do when they got home.
The picture shows the students in the late fall semester in 1926 - 80 years ago. Many are the great-great grandsons and granddaughters of the town's founding fathers.
The children had their picture taken in late fall, and when developed, Miss Coulling gave each student the class picture, wishing them a “Merry Christmas” on the back of the picture.
Other “children” from Victory not in the picture but who attended this school and outlying country schoolhouses in the town in the 1920s and 1930s were: Ed Raiti, Winfield Hall, Ellis Hall, Thad Littlefield, Joey Seminara, Marjorie Hall Benton, Gerald Butts, Paul Barton, Gertrude Hubbard, Melly Raiti Shaffer, Maynard O'Bryan, Harris Barton, Lloyd Smith, Beula Haws Lunkenheimer, Howard Mehan, George Follett, Ben Reynolds, Frank Bird, Halsey Foster, Howard Sliter, Georgie Reynolds Mosher, Maude Thompson Butts, Jenny Thompson Burghdorf, Grace Reynolds Bisgrove, Nellie Kerr Lynch, Stella Timerson Manroe, Stanley Kerr, Ruth Timerson Hager and Ed Timerson.
Okay, here's the rest of that endearing old song, “I was your queen in calico, you were my bashful barefoot beau, and I wrote on your slate, ‘I love you Joe,' when we were a couple of kids.”
Best wishes to all our hard-working teachers out there in our area schools, and I hope you and the children have a wonderful school year.
Beverly Sayles grew up in the
town of Victory and writes about its history
Miss Coulling was a teacher for more than 50 years, and most of that time, was spent at the Victory village school. It was said she was a very strict, but a very good teacher. As we have read many times, the teacher in the country school was responsible not only for teaching multiple grades, but also for keeping the school furnace stocked with wood and the building maintained. Children walked several miles to go to school each day and had many chores to do when they got home.
The picture shows the students in the late fall semester in 1926 - 80 years ago. Many are the great-great grandsons and granddaughters of the town's founding fathers.
The children had their picture taken in late fall, and when developed, Miss Coulling gave each student the class picture, wishing them a “Merry Christmas” on the back of the picture.
Other “children” from Victory not in the picture but who attended this school and outlying country schoolhouses in the town in the 1920s and 1930s were: Ed Raiti, Winfield Hall, Ellis Hall, Thad Littlefield, Joey Seminara, Marjorie Hall Benton, Gerald Butts, Paul Barton, Gertrude Hubbard, Melly Raiti Shaffer, Maynard O'Bryan, Harris Barton, Lloyd Smith, Beula Haws Lunkenheimer, Howard Mehan, George Follett, Ben Reynolds, Frank Bird, Halsey Foster, Howard Sliter, Georgie Reynolds Mosher, Maude Thompson Butts, Jenny Thompson Burghdorf, Grace Reynolds Bisgrove, Nellie Kerr Lynch, Stella Timerson Manroe, Stanley Kerr, Ruth Timerson Hager and Ed Timerson.
Okay, here's the rest of that endearing old song, “I was your queen in calico, you were my bashful barefoot beau, and I wrote on your slate, ‘I love you Joe,' when we were a couple of kids.”
Best wishes to all our hard-working teachers out there in our area schools, and I hope you and the children have a wonderful school year.
Beverly Sayles grew up in the
town of Victory and writes about its history
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