Sunday, September 04, 2011

September 4, 1963 The Frances Hubbard Diaries

September 4, 1963, Wednesday, cool, cloudy, and little rain.  Wrote to Dougie and Marilyn.  I ironed most of the day, picked corn for supper.  First day of school.  Frank Wyckoff bus driver.

Comment: Vegetables still coming in from the garden.  Another school year.  Gilboa Central was a Class E school at the time which meant that it had less than 50 boys in high school for sports.  Girls sports were restricted to cheerleading and girl's basketball which was kinda like a half-court game apparently designed for the lady's weaker physical attributes.  No Title Nine stuff going on.  The small school meant that many boys could experience the high school athletic experience without having to be super talented and many played the four sports available:  baseball, cross country, basketball and soccer.   In 2011,  the whole school district was devastated by Hurricane Irene with the towns of Prattsville and North Blenheim pretty much ruined....here is the school in 1956.....

No comments:

You're always young in your mind it is said, No matter the face in the mirror, That you see with surprise then say to yourself, "What is that old man doing here?"