Jim -
I also went to one room schools near Slippery Rock starting in 1948:
New Hope School 1st grade
Flat Rock School 2nd - 4th grade
Coal Town School 5th grade
Other one room schools with colorful names in the area were:
Rye Bread School
Pipe Stem School
I can't remember what kind of clock we had in these schools. I do
remember that they all had a pot belly stove in the middle of the
room. Above the blackboard there was a 48 star U.S. flag flanked by
pictures of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. And to complete
the picture there were outhouses behind the schools and a water pump
on the side.
Flat Rock School had 19 students. There were 4 students in my class,
two boys and two girls.
My family moved to Pittsburgh in the middle of 5th grade. I
remember that I was ahead of the kids in the big city school in
reading and arithmetic.
There is a restored one room school house on the front campus of SRU.
/Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 44 years
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On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:22:10 -0400 Jim Bohnsack said:
>I didn't see a picture of a clock that matches my 1st grade, 1949
>remembrance. I am positive it would not have been connected to any kind
>of master. The school was a stand alone, one room school with all 8
>grades in one room. The teacher would go down to the basement every
>hour or so to put some coal in the furnace. I don't even remember a
>telephone in the building. I think the clock was round with a black
>metal frame. Very utilitarian.
>
