{AMISH COMMUNITY NEWS} Vol. 4 No. 11
Back to School By Rachel Miller
When I was in seventh and eighth grades I had chores to do before breakfast. Then I washed dishes and swept before I started out for the schoolhouse. I think I had about two miles to walk. It was good exercise. When we got home from school, we had chores again and we gathered and cleaned eggs. It was good for us.
Start of School … a Grandma’s Thoughts By Kathryn Detweiler
When this gets published, school bells will be ringing, calling the lads and lassies from their work and play and summer vacations. This grandma will probably shed a few tears watching our little grandson Marty Jr. next-door leaving for his first year of school. Seems like only yesterday he was a baby …!
August 22, 2012
Start of School Memories By Jacquie Foote
While school was on, I never wanted it to end … and while summer vacation was on. I never wanted IT to end! This meant being content except for 2 days a year … the last day of summer break and the last day of school. Sometime in the third week of August, my Mom would take me shopping for school shoes. My Aunt Wanda made all my school clothes until high school (where I had to wear a uniform). My Mom ordered supplies such as paper, pens, crayons, etc. from the school ahead of time to take advantage of the discount offered. So, when I got there the first day, all my school supplies were waiting on my desk. But we went shoe shopping for school. I got a new pair of Sunday shoes and a new pair of “tennis shoes” for gym. My old Sunday shoes got repaired and became my school shoes. My new gym shoes would eventually become my summer shoes. If they had (continued on pg 03)
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School Benefits … still to come For Woodlin Hill School Benefit Dinner, Silent and Live Auction Friday, Aug. 31, at Joe’s Window Shop Pizza, wings, salad bar, ice cream and pie Carryouts at 3:30 p. m. Dine in starting at 4 p. m. For Grand River Valley School Benefit Haystack Dinner, Silent and Live Auction Friday, Sept. 14, Joe’s Window Shop Carryouts at 3:30 p. m. Dine in starting at 4 p. m. For Georgia Road School Benefit Dinner, Auction Friday, Sept. 28, Joe’s Window Shop Pizza and wings Carryouts at 3:30 p. m. Dine in starting at 4 p. m. Auction at 5 p. m. Followed at 7 p. m. by silent and live auction Joe’s Window Shop is located at the corners of Shedd Rd. and Rt. 168 in Burton.
September Memories By Jane Attina
Birth Month Flower of September – The Aster Birth Month Stone of September – The Sapphire September has always been one of my favorite months – and not just because I celebrate my birthday on Sept. 13. When I was a little girl, back in the 50s, my mother would take me down town shopping for new “going back to school” clothes. The ride on the Rapid Transit Train was always exciting for me, but the biggest treat was stopping at the Frosty stand at the bottom of the escalator at Higbee’s department store. A Frosty was a malted chocolate shake that was so thick I remember trying to drink it without having that big solid glob of malted chocolate hit my nose. (It always did.) Going back to school was fun for me for a variety of reasons. Seeing friends I had not seen during the summer
months was always exciting. I really loved having new books and school supplies. Our teachers most always had us write a theme about what we did on our summer vacation and then we would read them in class. It was a way of sharing fun times with others as well as helping us develop our reading and writing skills. Though for me those days are long gone, I am fortunate to visit the Amish Schools once a year to prepare for the book delivery program. Just going into the classroom and seeing alphabet letters above the chalkboard, and the way the teachers have prepared the room makes my heart sing! School is indeed a special place and time in our lives. I hope all of the teachers and students have a successful year teaching, learning and making memories.
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