Recently I received a nice email from one of my old classmates named Frank Zabrecky. Frank went to Masson School as well, and some of his high school years were spent at Admiral King (my Alma Mater). I remember his sister Monica was at King as well. Frank commented that he enjoyed my blog and that it brought back some pleasant memories for him.
"In regard to the Masson section, I especially took note of the picture showing your first grade class with Mrs. Pierce," he wrote.
Here's the class photo that he was referring to. That's me in the second row, second from left. (Mom helpfully drew a little arrow on it.) As you can see, it was taken March 29, 1966 – 59 years ago tomorrow.
Frank continued. "As I recall in a past site visit," he noted, "you had stated that Mrs. Pierce and Miss Duskey were somehow related.
Yes, Mrs. Pierce and Miss Duskey were cousins (and the subject of this post).
"I was in Miss Duskey's first grade class, and I happen to have the picture of the class taken on the same date. It is in good condition, and I thought you may possibly be interested in a copy of it to post."
Here's Frank's photo of Miss Duskey's class, taken the same day as mine, and with the same classroom as the backdrop. That's Frank in the front row, second from left.
It was neat to see kids in Frank's photo that I instantly knew. Frank felt the same way about my photo. "I was even able to recognize almost all of the people in your picture as well," he commented.
It's funny how even though I might forget people that I worked with over the last forty years, I can almost always remember classmates from elementary school. I certainly remember all of my teachers, such as Mrs. Pierce, who were all terrific. And although I didn't have her as a teacher, I remember seeing Miss Duskey at Masson and thinking she was pretty, with her distinctive hairdo.
My thanks to Frank for sharing, and letting me take a peek at who was in the classroom next door.
8 comments:
I used to have the hots for one of my grade school teachers.Just like Beaver did with Miss Canfield.But I actually think that my teacher did like to tease the boys a little bit and loved the attention that she received and played along.Maybe a little too much.So that just made it worse as being that young it weighed on our young horndog minds.
Dan... The boy in the back row, looking off to his left while everyone else is facing the camera. Without giving his full name, can you tell us anything about him?
Your friend Frank was quite dapper. I’m a year older than you Dan and remember the same type of class photos taken at Harrison. Do they even take class photos today? If so, they sure would look different(students and teachers). Todd
Yes.The kids sure were innocent looking back then,and they were.The kids of today would have a few bolts in their noses and lips.One or two in their eyebrows.About 10 earrings in each ear.And have tattoos all over their necks and throats.Even at this young age.
Dan,
You have better memories of Mrs Pierce than I do, I'm afraid. I remember her as a less than pleasant lady.
Hi Mike! I was wondering if you would comment, seeing as I forgot to mention that you're in the photo (front row, white shirt and tie). Mrs. Pierce was a little intimidating, I agree. But I remember her as being nice to me, as I was kind of scared since we had moved mid-year, making me the 'new kid' that came from Charleston.
I wonder if that's the same Mrs. Pierce that I had at Larkmoor in 82? She looks similar to what i remember. If so, I also remember her as less than pleasant. Or maybe i was the one that was less than pleasant.
It probably was her, since she had a long, productive career in Lorain City Schools, right up to 1998. I pretty much idolized my teachers, so I liked them all and was driven to not disappoint them (or my parents) with bad grades. To be fair, some teachers were rather stern (mainly the older ones), others more personable and fun (the ones that were just starting out in their careers).
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