I started 1st grade when I was 5 years old. In the photo above, I am in the front row, fifth from left. My first girl friend, Helen, lived across the street from me. She is in the second row, third from left. We walked to school together nearly everyday. Margaret Beth, the girl third from right in the third row was my high school steady girl friend. Miss Martha, was my favorite teacher of all time. I enjoyed school and was eager to go.
Nearly all that are in the picture continued on together through graduation from high school in 1938. Thelma, the girl fifth from right in the second row, died last month, leaving me as the sole survivor of my first grade classmates.
I think every little girl in that photo had very short hair and bangs. Was that fashionable back then or was it just for no fuss, no muss?
ReplyDeleteIt's funny Kris, that's the hair cut I had quite often as a child. I'd say it was one that Mother could tend to easiest....and often as not I had a perm! Why would anyone give a perm to a 4 or 5 year old? Just to hear them cry that the rollers hurt??? LOL!
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