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Life is Simple
Life is Simple
The Midwest Cattleman · September 30, 2021 · P5

Copyright 2021, I attended, was present. Both ries were stirred, as I roamed board. Ah, memories.
Jerry Crownover
of us were there. the hallways and classrooms I broke away from the
It was a fun day, but I was of the old building. There was crowd to make my way to
shocked at how many old the science lab, where Betty the old Vo-ag classroom and
people were there. My class- Lou vomited while dissect- shop, where I spent most of
mates and I, representing ing the frog. There’s where my high school days (and a
the class of 1970, were abso- the principal’s office used to lot of nights, as well). Alone,
lutely still young, but anyone be, and where the infamous I walked around the perim-
from the class of 1969, and black paddle hung on the eter of the room, where doz-
prior years, seemed to have wall. There is the old shop ens of plaques, won by hun-
the market cornered on walk- building, where Wayne cut off dreds of FFA members, hung
ers, canes, and wheel chairs. the tips of four fingers, while
A lot of nostalgic memo- jointing the edge of a walnut continued on page 10

At my old high school last
weekend, I attended the all-
school reunion. We were sup-
posed to have a big bash,
last year, for my class’s 50th
year, but it was canceled due
to the pandemic. I guess the
51st anniversary didn’t hold
as much prestige, since only
six of us, out of a class of fif-
ty-two, showed up for the fes-
tivities. On the other hand,
my entire first-grade class of
1958, at the one-room school

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