Witherspoon School

The closing of Witherspoon on May 29 closes a chapter in the lives of many of us who attended elementary school there. It was the only school I ever attended from 1946 until 1952 and it holds a lot of memories, some good and some not so good. In 1946, a lunch cost fifteen cents and a bottle of milk was three cents. A bowl of soup was five cents and included a slice of bread. I remember the smell of the oil on the mop heads that were used to clean the floors and the smell of the chalk, especially when we would go outside to beat the chalkboard erasers. We spent almost as much time with our teachers as we spent with our parents and I'm sure many of them never realized what a profound influence they had on us. Do any of the other former Witherspoon students have memories you'd like to share? Peggy Edwards