One-room schoolhouses remembered in King Ferry

KING FERRY -- Several people swayed back and forth and sang to the music of "Jingle Bell Rock" and other Christmas carols during a holiday event at the Rural Life Museum's one-room schoolhouse on Sunday.  

Marylin Mann, who organized the museum event, said the purpose was to show people how the holidays were celebrated in the 52 one-room schools that now make up the Southern Cayuga Central School district.

"I don't know of any other one-room schoolhouses in the area that are open to the public like we are," Mann said. "Our school is also a museum, so this is our way of presenting the past history of the area to the residents.