Eighth Grade

This grade meant that we went upstairs, that we moved around from teacher to teacher, and that we were almost grown. Much happened to me this year. For one thing, I finally joined the band. I said "finally" because my friends had already joined. After much talk and trial I settled on the clarinet. The instrument cost $22.00 and lessons cost $1.50 a month. As I recall, I also joined the high school chorus that year, and since I also joined my church's choir that year that means I've been in that group for 70+ years, except time spent in college and Military. In the eighth grade Miss Clarice Guillebeau, of the Lincoln County Guillebeaus, was our home-room teacher and our geometry teacher. In that year I also began my illustrious athletic career, of which the less said, the better. I suppose the brightest spot was beginning to court my classmate Louise.