Greenwood childhood.
School
was
the
center
of
community
activities
during
my
Sometimes there were amateur productions directed by Miss Dorothy
Earp and later by Mrs. Harrison Waite.
There were plays or variety shows, the
latter featured our dignified fathers dressed in "beach pajamas" doing the Can Can.
The teachers and parents staged a Fall carnival with a parade, games,
bake sales and a supper.
In the Spri ng t here was an operetta with all of the
elementary children taking part.
There was one unforgettable year when Mrs.
Ruby Young was my teacher and I was the spirit of the Redbud tree.
Just at
the time the parents were to bring their children to dress for the program there was a
storm and a power failure.
I
remember riding around the dark
school with my Mother and Father saying, "There is no use in your going in, there can't be a play without electricity . " were to be here no matter what."
I replied, "Mrs. Young said we
Thanks to several fathers who held lanterns
to light the stage the show did go on!
This was on the small stage when the
auditorium was upstairs. Every year the Girl Scouts, who also had their meetings at the school, painted pine cones and decorated a community Christmas tree on the lawn in front of the main door.
Members of the community and local choirs came and
sang carols on Christmas Eve .
Colonel William R. Washington and his future bride at VPI in 1940.
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