Sunday, July 8, 2018

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S CLASS PICTURE FOR GRADES 1B AND 1A - KENWOOD SCHOOL BRANCH 3 AT WHAT WE CALLED "THE COTTAGES" IN PARK AT 53RD AND KENWOOD - THESE WERE NOT LIKE TYPICAL PORTABLES BUT VERY PLEASANT WITH BIG WINDOWS AND THEY SAT IN A PLAYGROUND - I ACTUALLY HAVE A PICTURE OF THE COTTAGES - THEY WERE STILL STANDING IN 1968 WHEN I VISITED - THE WONDERFUL MRS. NOLAN WAS MY TEACHER - THIS WAS WHEN WE SANG THE SONG "THE SQUIRREL'S SECRET" AND I STILL KNOW THE WORDS - SAME FOR "OVER THE WOODS AND THROUGH THE SNOW TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE WE GO" - I'M THE ONE IN THE DARK SHIRT WHO LOOKS LIKE AN EAST EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT IN THE SECOND ROW - MY FRIEND GEORGE-ANN IS FOURTH FROM THE LEFT IN THE FRONT - SHE AND I USED TO DO MRS BEAU'S WINDOWS AND CLIMB ROOFS IN THE ALLEYS - FEB 1952 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE