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St.James 3rd Grade Class 1968-69

St. James 3rd Grade Class, 1968-1969



Top Row: Mike Kim, Julia Popp, Philip Schimmel, Jean Chapman, Chip Miswald, Mrs. Schleifer
2nd Row: Robert Gawieler, ???, Dan Champman, Ann Moertl, Tim Trier, Peggy Thompson,
Chris Brennan, Katie Crowley
3rd Row: Audrey Coffaro, Callen Strunk, Julia Gebhardt, Rick Kress
4th Row: ???, ???, Tom Jansen, Jean Piekarski, Nick Glorioso, Clare Oberent, ???, Ceci Garvey
5th Row: Kris Baker, Jimmy Quinlevan, Theresa Dercola, Eddie Brown, Beth Turner, Tom Suh, Karen Engledinger, ???
Bottom Row: Josie Meer, Betsy McCabe, Ellen Sawall, Mary Semrad, Judy Aschenbrenner


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Tom & Helene Suh09-Apr-2008 01:44
Betsy, I thought #36 was you?!?
Guest 08-Apr-2008 22:24
Pretty sure you have misspelled S-c-h-l-e-i-f-e-r because it was a spelling word!
Is #36 Cheryl Runte? (Or Grunte...Dan Chapman?) I am pretty sure #8 is Irene Meier.
Betsy McCabe Nordstrom
Tom & Helene Suh15-Mar-2008 15:13
Third grade was my last year at St. James. I started 4th grade at Donges Bay the
following year. Looking back I did not realize how big our class was. I count
a total of 38 people. Our classroom was at the end on the east wing of the school
on the north side (left side as you walk away from the main entrance). I am sure
our teacher had her hands full. We did fun things in 3rd grade. I remember having
instructions on how to answer the phone politely (with a mock telephone from Wisconsin
Bell) and health class where we learned about the 4 food groups and how to brush our
teeth. We kept a "Tony the Tiger" diary where we recorded our food consumption for a week
to determine if we had a balanced diet. We chewed red tablets that looked like Sweetarts
which contained a red dye and showed us where we missed when we brushed. We memorized
the multiplication table and had to recite it before the rest of the class. "One times
one is one, one times two is two,..." up until 10 x 10. I think there was a short mass
each day before school. I am not exactly sure. We were very polite. When an adult
came into the room we stood by our desks and chanted "Good Morning, Father Weishaar" or
"Good Morning, Father Fleming" in unison. If we misbehaved we got demerits. If you got
too many "demerits" you got a note home with you and a seat in "detention hall" one day
after school. It was easy to misbehave since we had Danny Chapman and Jimmy Quinlevan
in our class. This assured a minimal level of mischief at all times. I remember that
Jim Quinlevan got a cranberry stuck in his nostril. He walked around showing it to all
of us, then he realized he couldn't get it out. I think he had to go to the doctor to
have it removed. We also took turns going into the bathroom and repeating "I believe in
Mary Worth" ten times in the dark. If you opened your eyes and looked in the mirror you
could see a brief image. I think the whole class raised their hand one-by-one and took
turns doing it. If you got caught doing something stupid sometimes you didn't get a demerit,
rather had to sit inside during recess. Recess was kind of fun since you could run around
on the parking lot or climb in the pine trees on the hill to the west of the nuns' convent.
We also had large cement tunnels (intended to be used as drainage pipes for large
industrial irrigation) on the playground to the north of the school. In second grade
there were rumors that the nuns would take out "The Golden Ruler" and smack you on your
palms if you were bad. I don't actually remember that happening. In any case, I had
to sit inside for recess one day. Luckily Jim Quinlevan had a recess detention that day, too.
(I suspect he had many.) He brought with him a bag of stickers from his Dad's car dealership.
These were the classic Wynn, Bardahl and STP ("Stop Teasing Pollocks") stickers you could
get when you went to the gas station. Jimmy had all kinds of stickers. We started throwing
them around the classroom like frisbees. It was more fun than recess. Unfortunately, one
of the stickers ended up on one of the fluorescent light fixtures near the ceiling. It was
impossible to retrieve it as the ceilings were so high. We kept quiet about it, but later
it started melting from the heat. You could smell the hot plastic in the classroom. There
was little doubt about how it got there. I think Jimmy got 5 automatic demerits for that.
We even did some work in school. I recall that there was a science fair each year. I had
a moth and butterfly collection at home. I presented "The Life Cycle of the Cercropia Moth"
with an example of the moth, its cocoon and a larva. I got a red ribbon which was second place.
I don't remember who got first place. We had fun in school, I think. I don't remember that
anyone was teased or picked on. By today's standards I am sure we were angels.
dan chapman 28-Feb-2008 23:32
19. jim moeller 20. allison baldwin 25. bobby gabherdt( bobby gerbil)
Tom & Helene Suh29-Jan-2008 11:32
Mary, thanks for numbering the photo and then putting check marks above all
the kids who were best behaved in class. Tom