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Some Stuff I Wrote and Some Stuff I Didn't (2011) H. Morris Williams

the most important part of what made a home-“loving deeds that last a
thousand years.”

She taught the cooking, sewing, management and chores that run a
home, but ended with some thoughts about the members of the family
and how they should be loving and caring for each other. When someone

calls me a housewife today I say, “No, I am a homemaker.” She made
homemaking a very important career to me.

I remember Monday, December 8, 1941, when the students were circled
around the old wood-burning stove before classes began.

The Japs bombing of Pearl Harbor was being talked about. The students
that did not know about the bombing until then, cried.

A teacher brought a radio to school. Everyone in high school went into
the auditorium and listened to congress declare war. This event made

such a change in our lives. War, separation from loved ones, the A-
bomb, and the world would never be the same again.

All teachers I had through the years contributed to my growing from a
little girl on to a young woman. They, as well as my parents, had a part

in forming my life. I appreciate all of them and the time and patience
that they had with me.

I visited with Miss Myrtice Witt a few days ago. She taught at Mason
School when it began and was among the group of teachers that were

transferred to Lake City School when Mason School was closed.

The last graduating class was in 1958. A few years later the lower grades

were moved to Lake City schools.

Mason School is gone now. The only buildings that remain are the

lunchroom and the girl’s restrooms. The need for a voting house must
have saved this small part from destruction.

The Agriculture building was sold to Herman Hartley. He moved the

building to Lake City and used it for storage and a shop.

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