Room Mothers
I always look forward to my Mom's cut out sour cream sugar cookies at the holidays. A few of you may remember these cookies from our grade school days because when it was Mom's turn to be room mother, she would bake these cookies for our class and personalize each one. Donna Fairless Kizer recently saw Mom and told her again how much she loved those cookies. -Gwen Darr Vollintine
Speaking of room mothers, can you name these Moms from Bill Stutz's sixth grade class at Bethalto Elementary?
posted by Gwennie @ 3:22 PM
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Bill Stutz is easy.....;-)
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One of these young women could be my mother, but I do not remember my mother ever wearing high heels. Of course when you are 11 or 12, I guess you do not think much about what your mom is wearing. So maybe one of them is her.
In fact, that is coo coo ca-choo, Mrs. Robinson, on the very right.
Who is the little boy in the background on the right?
Linda,
It might be Alan Helmkamp, but I can't be certain. I have another pic from the sixth grade Christmas party that Alan is in and the shirt looks the same.
Can you tell who the other mothers are? Her children look just like the Mom on the left.
I'm assuming the mother on the far left is Gwen's mom. Total guess since I went to Meadowbrook Elementary.
The lady 2nd from the left looks very familiar to me. Was she a teacher in jr. high? Or maybe my mom bowled with her.
Far left Mrs. Davenport?
Next to Mrs. Robinson is Mrs. Golden?
Mrs. Darr-Hartman did not make the lineup in this photo.
Ann's correct on two counts...(1)Dr. Steve Davenport's Mom is on the very left. If Steve & his sister, Barb, don't look just like her, I'll kiss your foot. (2)My Mom, Mrs. Darr (now Hartman) is not in this picture. Threw you off with the room mother cookie story. Ha! But, Linda, I'll make sure that you get a cookie or two this Christmas.
The Mom 2nd from the left was not a teacher and I don't recall that she did any league bowling, but I can't testify to the later. The Mom 2nd from the right is not Mrs. Golden. Hint: both Moms in the middle have daughters in this 6th grade class.
My Mom would have some explaining to do if that was her in the picture since I spent grades 3 thru 8 at Our Lady Queen of Peace. I recognized Mrs. Davenport immediately, but have no clue on the others.
HMMM as I recall when Donna Aljets moved to town I had a huge crush on her, and I do believe if my aged fairly well pickled brain remembers correctly, she moved from Springfield in or around the sixth grade, so i think Steve is right on. Mrs Davenport, Mrs Aljets, not sure, and a dressed up Mrs Robinson, gosh I guess she is right, I did age her quickly!
The other mom looks very familiar but I just can't pull it out. I need a list of sixth graders. Better yet, I am going to e-mail this pic to my mom and she if she can remember! Although I am not going to hold out for that answer, as she still calls me by my sister's names occasionally. HA Ha
You guys have accurately identified the Mom 2nd from left as Mrs. Aljets.
What's up with the spray paint, Anna-Banana & Dr. Steve? We want details!!!
Tim, Great to hear from you. This puts you in the drawing for Helen's wonderful Christmas ornament. Good Luck!
2nd Hint: If unidentified Mom lived 1/2 mile east of where she lived, her daughter might have attended Meadowbrook Grade School instead of Bethalto Grade School.
Those guys are good! I don't recall Mrs. Aljets looking like this but then it was 40 years ago. Someone that lived near Meadowbrook is Mary Herrin. Is that her mom? Alan Helmcamp was out that way too.
I was just guessing that it was your mom Tim. Had forgotten about your switch over to OLQOP.
Good guessing, Ann! You're right on with Mrs. Heeren, Mary's Mom.
Now, don't avoid the spray paint question. What gives?
Steve, wow the confessions that come out years later on a public blog no less. I do not recall ever seing that spray paint on your alarm! But then again you may have scraped it off quickly.
That was a very romantic thing to do....Ha guess it was better than spray painting Anna Banana's house!
Mrs Herrin, gosh you folks are good at this.
Man, can’t believe that I missed one single word on the blog, let alone a whole love blog involving spray paint & an alarm clock. How romantic! Gosh, I don't recall my ninth grade boyfriend painting my intials on anything, not that I ever saw anyway. Maybe the broken arm prevented the use of spray cans and the like.
Gwennie,
Don't leave us in suspense...who was your boyfriend in 9th grade? Who was mine, for that matter. It has been a long time. It must be the coca-cola going to my brain...sorry Mr. Robinson. It is finally out of the bottle. I drink Coke instead of Pepsi.
Carla, Somebody has to drink the C thing, but as you said it can cause strange things to happen to your brain. As long as it isn't done in my face, I do realize that some people do that sort of thing. Living in the Bay area you have to be tolerant of many things, so I am learning to be more tolerant.
As for spray paint, I never have had that creative romantic streak like Dr Steve. I have written a little poetry, but that is about as far as it went, and that didn't work out too well!
HMM I wonder who Gwennie's 9th grade boyfriend was? It surely was some hunk of a guy...
drinks pepsi.
I do believe his initials are B.R.
Linda, I think you are on to something with the initials. They could have been BR.....
B.R. as in Benny Reinke - right, Bill Robinson???
Rene the initials near the heart are much more permanent than spray paint on the alarm...not near as romantic. It is a tough trade out though, but at least he came clean...
Ha Linda, you creativity is only out done by your incredible work ethic and overwhelming people skills.
Bill, I'm ready to hear more comments like your last ones now that I have my hip boots on.
Ladies, I believe I have you all beat when it comes to guys and my initials. Not to toot my own horn but there are a lot of guys out there wearing my initials on their clothes. I can prove it, too. Just look at the tags and you'll probably see them "Lg". See what I mean?
Small, small world. Jerome Wintjen is step-father to a great friend of mine, Debbie Giddings Miller, who currently resides in Vegas but grew up a Hartford girl. I think Jerome is a great guy, so your Hartford lineage is protected as far as I am concerned.
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