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Halloween in elementary school was a wonderful day. We would take our costumes to school and after lunch we would all get dressed and have a party in the classroom. If the weather was nice the entire school would go outside for a parade on the playground. Then when the school day ended we would go home and do a little light trick-or-treating until dinner. After dinner the neighborhood would explode with trick-or-treaters, sometimes twenty or more deep at each house. We got huge hauls of candy and even sometimes money. No one worried about poison candy or bad people, everybody just had a great time.
Unless you live in a small town or neighborhood where everyone knows each other, these days most parents would not even consider letting their children go up to unfamiliar houses and take candy from strangers, and for good reason, just read the newspapers or listen to real horror stories on the nightly news. Even though there are families who know each other where I live, no one comes to the door to trick-or-treat. Halloween seems like just another day, not the crazy wonderful holiday of my childhood.
The world of the 1950's was not as idyllic for everyone as some of our politicians today would like us to believe. And the civil rights movement, Vietnam war, Roe vs. Wade and womens' lib would soon change the world forever but for the little baby boomer kids of the 1950's in my neighborhood Halloween was a hugely BIG deal and just about as good as it gets.
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I grew up in Baynesville. Right at the corner of Oak & Pin Oak Rds. I went to Baynesville Elementary School in 1960. That was the last year the school was open. There were two rooms. One was first grade and the other was second grade. The school was located next to a Toy Store called Kiddie Town. Great toy store; they had everything a 6 year old could want.Great Memories!
I went to Baynesville School in 1956-57. My teacher was Mrs. Watson, and I would bet that's her in this photo. The building was on Joppa Rd, and was two rooms divided by a narrow room/closet that held the mimeograph machine and also was our library. The air raid siren was on top of the building next door, and I remember going outside and leaning on the wall with our hands over our heads to save us from the nuclear bomb. This was the perfect place for me as a first-grader. I walked to school from White Oak Ave. Thank you so much for these sweet memories.
Hi Debbie Elliott!
Baynesville was a great place to grow up. My family moved to Black Oak Road in 1953 and I started school at Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1956, but I definitely remember Baynesville elementary school. There was a large pine tree growing in the back of the school that was very easy to climb. As kids we would spend hours up in that tree. In the early days there was a Harley Davidson dealership next to the school on Joppa Rd.... before Kiddie Town. Johnny’s Sub Shop was on Yakona Rd. near Loch Raven Blvd. and was the hangout for the early “BBB’' guys. (Bad Bastards of Baynesville) They had the letters BBB tattooed on their arm along with a graphic of “National Bo”. Halloween was a great time. We loved making a spook houses. Ridgeleigh ball park became a 2nd home during the summer. Not to forget the ultimate hang out at Shures Drug Store. I’m thankful to have lived through it.
Ronnie Fink
I went there too. I think I had Mrs. Kyle? I went for first and second there. I was born in 52, so I guess I went there in 57 and 58??? I remember the cloak room too. So glad you posted a picture of the school. I was sorry when they tore it down that I didn't have a picture.
Thanks so much for this!
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