This week for a change of pace, we are providing our readers with Elmer Aldrich’s memories of attending one of the one-room schools in the Town of McDonough. Both Mrs. Robb and I hope this “memory” proves to be of interest to all and to recall pleasant and unpleasant memories by anyone who attended the ‘old one-room schools of the past.’

“I attended a one room school for 8 years. I started in September of 1934 until it closed in 1944. It was the District #4 school and sometimes called the Daniel School (August 16, 2012 article). It was located a short distance east of County Road 8 in McDonough, about half way between McDonough and East Pharsalia. My family lived about a mile north of the school on Route 8. There were six girls and three boys in our family and all eight of us attended for eight years except Eleanor, my youngest sister, attended six years. The school was closed in 1944 when she finished sixth grade. After that the students went to the district school in McDonough.