1944 Photo of Gordon School Children.
Miss Beatrice Brown is the teacher in this photograph on the right.
First Row
Abraham Lincoln, Larry Miller, Richard Moyer, George Mowry, Larry Bechtol, Robert Flory.
Second Row
Richard Harleman, Carolyn Burris Petering, Nancy Hoff Hofacker, Carol Shepard Ritz, Barbara Cawood Gay, June Flory Focht, Janet Harleman Harshbarger, Jay Scheiding, Harold “Bill” Stewart.
Third Row
Dwight Ressler, Richard Flory, Gerald Fisher, Jim Shepard, Carl Cawood, William Bechtol, Byron Harleman, William Shepard and Miss Brown.
Ms. Brown looks like a serious taskmaster, Abe. And, I wondered if you ever remained in contact with any of your classmates. What grades were taught at Gordon School?
Yes, I remained in contact with almost all of them. I wrote a book “Kids from Gordon” which was a record of all the kids who ever went to Gordon School and that became, “A Place to Live” that I wrote http://www.lulu.com/popslinc/ . And I had a “Reunion” back in 1995 and over 100 former students attended and came back from as far away as California and Louisiana.
This is a very interesting snapshot of life in small town Gordon, Ohio. I know that it is a posed picture but it tell a lot about Ohio and the United State of America back in the 1940′s. I was born in 1944! Very different world back then of course but a good snapshot of your era. Thanks of posting this reminder of what I imagine were gentler times.
We were worried, honestly, as young people, that we might well lose the war with Japan. I know we all worried about it and Miss Brown turned the radio on each morning to listen to the BBC broadcast from London. It was Edward R. Murrow calling and we could hear bombs exploding in the background while he read the news. We also had blackouts at night and they were strictly enforced.
Edward R. Murrow, now that was a real newsman! I am part of the generation that followed your but I did get to see some of his newscasts. Maybe at our neighborhood movie house. Grandma has one of those old radios that receive long and short wave radio broadcasts. When I hear some of your stories it takes me back to my own childhood. Gordon surely was a place to live!
Edward R. Murrow was on radio and television until he either retired or died. Person to Person, See it Now and the news on CBS were all his doing and made CBS a force to be reckoned with. He was our favorite news broadcaster for many years.
I love this kinds of photos, Abe.
Thanks for stopping and commenting.
I love the class photo. You have a nice smile. What where you thinking at that moment, I wonder? Oh! And I’d love to read the story about kicking the can!