Brenda Bock:  

School days were wonderful at school # 59! Miss Katz was my first teacher and I started school in 1958. That was the first year of integration and the first African American child was allowed in school. His name was Reginald and he was in my class. I was four years old and I loved it. I remember the walks from Park Heights Avenue and Reisterstown Road we lived in several different homes as we moved once. I remember the Hebrew school that sat across from #59 and we went there everyday for lessons. There was a park on the side of the school and my mom took me there in the spring for picnic lunchs and to smell the wonderful flowers. My mom was very active in school as a helper. She came often to collect the milk money. I remember walking home at lunchtime and enjoying lunch with my mom. Do you remember the Hop Scotch contests? How about jumping rope and the hand games? I remember the Avalon theatre and I remember seeing Elvis in" Blue Hawaii" and" Where the Boys Are" with Connie Francis. I remember Park Lane and taking a walk every evening in the summertime to get a goodie. Do you remember five cents coddies and seven cents cherry cokes? How about when Mickey Mantle signed autographs at the corner of Park Heights and Keyworth(at the gas station)? I remember Eddie's grocery store and Goldberg's where we bought tennis shoes every spring for summer fun. I remember some of the teachers such as ; Ms. Pinkerton, Ms. Lutz, Ms. Greenberg (she was my last teacher in 6th grade). How about the Enoch Pratt library? We all spent a good bit of time there. I remember the bomb drills and when President Kennedy was shot and the whole school was sent outside and everyone cried. How about Towanda Park? We took t...Expand for more