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Answering Some of Your Questions (More of the Story)

11 years ago

Thanks for all of the replies to my post. I'll try to answer some of the questions you asked.

No, there was not a Catholic boy's school in that town. However there was an Episcopal Military Boys' school on the other side of town. We thought those boys looked mighty sharp in their uniforms!

Yes, I have heard all the stories of the mean nuns. I had 10 years of education by them and never saw this. Some of them could be very strict and sometimes cross but they were not mean and I never saw any physical punishment.

The school was in Faribault, in Southern Minnesota.

Yes, I do copy and paste so that I have a record of my postings.

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triciae
11 years ago
Seniorgal,

Wow, your school life posts are wonderful and have brought me out of lurkdom here at KT. I've been reading but not posting for about a year although I'm a member of the cooking forum and several of the gardening forums here at GW and have been around since 2004. There are several KT members here that can vouch for me.

Faribault, Minnesota. That gave me goose bumps! My ex-husband attended Shattuck. He spoke to me often about your school and how they looked forward to joint events such as dances. This would have been in the mid-1960s.

His descriptions of Shattuck have painted a gorgeous picture in my mind of both the school's facilities and the area surrounding the school. You grew up in a beautiful part of our country. I know the name of your school but since you've left it unmentioned I'll leave that to you.

I didn't realize your school had such a long history. I guess because it was younger than Shattuck my ex-husband just always thought of it as "new". lol Also, I "think" the two schools merged in the general timeframe of his attendance?

Unfortunately, he is recently deceased. My son now has his sharpshooter and archery medals, badges, and oodles of pictures including some of your school. He also played drums in Shattuck's marching band.

I've no doubt you received an excellent education - safe to say one of the best available in the country and look forward to reading more of your stories. You are an amazing woman and I'm thrilled to "meet" you, Seniorgal.

/tricia

This post was edited by triciae on Thu, Nov 6, 14 at 11:11
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11 years ago
Small world, isn't it Tricia!!!

My school, as you know, was Bethlehem Academy.

Faribault, in my time, was known as the "city of churches."

I've always thought that, because of this, we were all very ecumenical long before the word became popular.
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