GERHARD, WF - Waynetown School Reunion-1881
Source: Waynetown Despatch Friday, June 13, 1913
The following letter received a short time after the old school reunion which we proposed to give in the school edition is still as fresh and good as ever and will do you good:
“I wish to express myself as a non-resident yet within the circle of the home corners. Surely the people of Waynetown entertained us in the very best manner. I do not remember when I enjoyed myself as I did at the Old School Reunion and Home Coming. To look ahead thirty-two years seems a long time, but to view it from the past seems short. It was on the morning of Oct. 10, 1881, that the old bell called us to books for the first time, and we marched in to the taps of that memorable old drum. I had a complete list of the names of my class mates but have lost the list and can recall only part of the class. Little did we think while we were attending school for the first time in the new building that we would attend the last day thirty two years hence. The people of Waynetown have reason to feel proud of the way they entertained the wanderers. The time was too short.” (more of the letter)
W. F. Gerhard, ‘81
Mellott, Ind.
The Old School Building Has Just Been Torn Away To Give Place For the New One
The New School Building As It Will Appear When Completed