Jean Bormann Herald

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My favorite elementary school memory is that of performing the "Wizard of Oz" in Mrs. Burnett's second grade class at Buerkle Street. The cast was me as Dorothy, Derek B. as the Scarecrow, Paul H. as the Tin Man, Jimmy H. as the Lion, Angie as the Wicked Witch, and there were various others -- I think Tim B. was one of those flying monkey senechals. Whose mommy has a picture? That is the only year of my 42 where my hair was cut short!

In high school, I laughed the most in Mrs. Dardenne's World History class immediately after lunch. She was very pregnant that year. John M. would be poker-faced as he unwrapped crinkly candy. John C. would wander in "I'm not tardy!" wearing flip-flops. One day, the guys (I was the only "thug-ette" in this class first semester) even rigged a bathroom stall door in the room so when teacher waddled in late from the lounge, she had to move the door out of the way. Kudos to Tim B., Bobby D., Richard D., Jason S., and the Johns for the fun. Penny W. moved into the class with me second semester.