One of many nostalgic events of Longaberger's 2015 Bee was getting to eat lunch in the Old Union School House in Dresden, Ohio, and finding Jerry and Jeff Longaberger there. It was such a wonderful treat!
According to Jerry, all of the Longabergers passed through the Union School House. What a beautiful old building--the wooden stairs worn in the center with age, the classic old light fixtures and chalkboards all around the rooms, the big windows I would've been tempted to gaze out--Dave Longaberger actually had trouble with staring out those windows.
My own favorite year of school was fifth grade, and I loved teaching fifth grade for many years, so I was always particularly interested in Dave Longaberger's three years spent in fifth grade. In The Longaberger Story and How We Did It, Dave's book with Steve Williford, Dave said, "Actually, I thought my fifth grade teacher, Ruby Adams, was in love with me because she kept me in her class so many years."
I got to visit Dave's actual fifth-grade classroom in the Union School House. Isn't that neat?
When I looked back at The Longaberger Story to quote Dave Longaberger concerning fifth grade, I had trouble putting the book down . . . again. If you have never read it or haven't lately, you'll enjoy the good stories found there.
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