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From: "Metz, Dale" <>
Subject: RE: [PA-CAMERON] RE; down county
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 14:13:54 -0500


Boy Bernie, did you bring up a memory with West Ward! Not only did I attend
6th grade there in 1957-58, but Bessie Almeda VanWert Metz, my Grandmother
graduated from there in 1913. I loved that building. The town kids were
lucky often because we got to walk home for lunch. I went to either my Aunt
Ellen's(Ellen Nickler Lyons) right across the street from West Ward or Aunt
Helen Metz's(Bert's family) on Fifth Street. Does anyone recall a building
in that general area of Emporium(may have been a church) that I might have
gone to kindergarten/first grade in. I have tried to recollect what it was
but can't find any facts. Thanks for the jog, Bernie! Dale

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> From: Bernie Oswald
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> Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2000 5:05 PM
> To:
> Subject: [PA-CAMERON] RE; down county
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> Sorry for all who didn't understand when I referred to "down county".
> I
> don't remember that referring to kids or people that were of lower class.
> At least, I wasn't aware if it. I thought it simply meant the southern
> part of the county. But when I went to grade school, there was a
> segregation of the country kids and town kids. The country kids, one
> of
> which I was, went to Plank Road Hollow and Sweasey (I'm not sure of the
> spelling) schools, while the town kids went to West Ward. My father also
> tells of his school days and how the town and country kids would meet on
> top
> of the hill across from the Homestead and battle it out with rocks!
>
> Bernie
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