When I posted a vintage picture of my second grade classmates last month, I never imagined another photo from that same year would surface. I recently connected with Lenrose Killegrew Fears on facebook. After viewing my old photo, she showed me this wonderful full color photo from the same year.
Her recollection of the names:
First row: [...]
My favorite elementary school teacher was Mrs. Elsie Hutto. I snapped this picture of my rowdy sixth grade class with my parent’s “Instamatic” camera (anybody remember those? Magicubes?). I’m fairly certain that Mrs. Hutto had left the room because, even though she was a nice lady, she would never have allowed us to cut up [...]
Would you believe I can name almost every one of my second grade classmates? Mind you, I’m fairly pathetic when it comes to remembering the name of someone I met yesterday, but I’m semi-remarkable when it comes to 1968. I’m the tall girl in the back row of this photo, first one on the left. [...]
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