Joyce Gray:  

School I attended Eliot Elementary KG through 4th grade (1959-1963) Part of that time I lived on 20th Street across from The National Food Store. We later moved on farther down 20th just past the corner of Newhouse. My teachers were Miss Wernle KG, Ms. Schwink 1st, Ms. Munch 2nd, Ms. Muffler 3rd, Miss Mull 4th. What I remember about Eliot the most is when we had our school parade.... walking out in the middle of the street. The parade was always fun. I remember the bugle boys, (both my brothers were one), and the batan twirlers. Then we had the fun of going to the picnic at Chain of Rocks. We had many picnics there. I loved the riding spook house, even though I was afraid of it, I rode through it many times. And I also liked the walk through spook house, (I think that's what we called them back then.) I remember walking over the dead body,(which I think was just a mattress.)It was soooo scarey back then, but so much fun. Can you imagine if they were still here today, exactly the same, how silly they would be. At Eliot I also remember at recess how the boys played on one side of the school yard and the girls played on the other side. I was really sad when the school boundaries changed and I was no longer considered to be in Eliot School distr...Expand for more