Remarkable Finds

We've been cleaning and packing a lot recently. There is just way too much stuff that needs to be gone through. So here we are, filling up and tossing bag after bag of junk.

Yesterday while hip deep in a cabinet that hadn't been cleaned in years, I came upon an old ledger from 1900. It was the school board records and expense accounts for the Village school. Below that were three other similar ledgers dating back to 1887. The oldest of the bunch dated back to 1867. It was all a remarkable find.

For me, though the most interesting of all of the books was the student record book for 1920-21. There the teacher wrote notes on various students. They were charming and curious.

One girl was described as "mischievous" and another as "industrious." I really would have loved to have met both of those children. If they are alive, they are both in their 90's. I wonder about their lives and hope they lived a good life. A good, full life, even despite the ups and the downs.

The books are now in the hands of the school again. I hope they will not be packed away and forgotten as they were with us. They are so much more than just crumbling pieces of paper.

TARB