Dewitt’s Diary
for September 1, 1936 is very brief, but the sentiment expressed is one most
parents can understand. It was the start of school. For Dewitt’s daughter
Catherine, a very significant day. She was starting school, and at the new
school in town.
Dewitt, his
brothers Myron, Lemuel, and Pete had all gone to school up the road from the
homestead. Son Leland would have started his schooling at the same place.
Under the
headline “Interlaken Central School To Open Term Sept. 1st”
the August 28, 1936, Interlaken Review noted the
opening of the new school term and the list of teachers and administrators.
As you look
through the list, depending on your age or length of stay in the area, many of
the names will be familiar. A few were still at the school in the 1960s and
early 1970s when I went to school, others were names familiar for their legacy
in the community.
The faculty for
the coming school year will be as follows:
D. P. Norton, Principal
Helen H.
Currier, Vice Principal, English
Maurice L.
Patterson, Mathematics and Science
Catherine
Bassett, Latin and French
Sybil E. Adsit,
Homemaking
Arthur H.
Brokaw, Agriculture
Eva B. Dowers,
Librarian
Eva Krutenat,
Music and Drawing
Ruth Dence,
Commercial
Russell Herrick,
Physical Director
Pearl VanDusen,
Junior High School, English and Mathematics
Grace Hiltbrand,
Junior High School, Social Science
Elizabeth
Hewlett, Sixth Grade
Martha Goodwin,
Fifth Grade
Helen Tobey,
Fourth Grade [most of us knew her as Mrs. Burr, and was our introduction to
school as our kindergarten teacher.]
Phyllis Furbeck,
Third Grade
Marian Hill,
Second Grade
Harriet
VanNostrand, First Grade
Sheldrake District—Bertha
Munson
Ovid Center
District—Gertrude Limner
It is
interesting to note that while most of the local students would be attending
the recently opened consolidated school building on Main Street in Interlaken
there were still two rural schools in the district which remained open.
Dewitt’s Diary, Tuesday,
September 1, 1936
Catherine
started her first day of school in town today. She is six years old. (No
weather)
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