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| May 1996 Library building of Concord Junior High |
This photo was taken in May of 1996, from Harding road (CR
13). It shows the library building of the Concord Junior High School
in a state of demolishment so as to rebuild. The building was originally constructed as the high school in the
1920s.
The center of the
building, second story, is where, the library operated in 1969-1975.
It had originally been an auditorium. To the far left of
picture was the stage. The center of room sat under a very beautiful stained
glass sky-light. I did not realize in 1969, 1970, and 1971, as a student, just
how beautiful it was. Working during the summer of 1973 as a student- custodian
at the school, I set up a scaffold in that room, carried a vacuum up the
ladder, opened the sky-light, and cleaned the outside of the glass. Decades of
dirt gone, the light poured through highlighting the colors. Those colors in
the glass seemed to take ordinary sunlight and transform it into majestic
ambiance. I felt very accomplished!
The first floor of
that building is where the science classrooms were. Remember Arly Waggy?
The entrance of this building was saved and relocated to what is now Concord Intermediate School.
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| original entrance to 2-story building |
This was my favorite
building of the junior high. Back to second story…
The far side of the
building, facing the parking lot, is where we had algebra with Mr. Duell.
Speaking of Mr. Duell…
During the springtime of 1970, convocation was called for all
students. These convocations were often interesting and humorous.
One such convocation was about springtime.
I remember Chibby Briscoe inviting Mr. Duell out onto the gym
floor where paper mache trees had been set up. She instructed him to run
through them while she read from a script.
The script ended with “and if you listen very closely, you
can hear the sap running through the trees!”
Just another fond memory from school years.
