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News The Shortline Alumni Association will be selling a bound booklet detailing the history of the Shortline Area Schools, complete with pictures and stories. All proceeds will go into the SAA's funds for the Annual Banquet & Dance. For more information or to reserve your copy, please contact any SAA officer. Contact information can be found on the SAA Website by using the link below. |
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SHORTLINE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 35TH ANNUAL SHORTLINE ALUMNI WEEKEND
of Yesterday & Today
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Allister
Anderson
Archer's or Arche's (Dogtown) 1910
Atwood 1882
Bane 1888
Barker Run
Bear Wallow
Big Run
Bland's or Blenn's Run
Buffalo Run
Buzzard's Glory
Burchfield
Chiselfinger (Vincen) 1901
Coburn or Morgan's Run
Creswell (Criswell)
Crows Run
Deadfall 1877
Eight Mile
Elm Grove
Fairview 1850
Fallen Timber 1912
Fire Break
Folsom 1885
Four Mile 1917
Fluharty
Gilbert 1911
Hastings
Hemlock 1888
Hickory Knob 1887
Jacksonburg Grade 1918
Jacksonburg High 1918
Kendall Gate 1925
Kodol 1913
Long
Lowman Ridge
McKimmie Ridge 1921
Merrifield (Wileyfork) 1910
Minnie 1917
Mobley 1915
Morgan Ridge
Mountain Tea 1866
Mt. Hope
Mt. Morris 1926
Noland 1882
Oak Grove 1896
Otter Den 1899
Pine Grove Grade 1918
Pine Grove High 1918
Pine Point
Piney 1910
Piney Fork
Piney Ridge 1893
Porters Falls 1884
Pricetown 1868
Pride of Green 1922
Reader Grade 1880
Reader High 1880
Richwood Run
Upper Richwood
Ross 1871
Shenango
Shortline 1979
Shuman
Smithfield Grade
Smithfield High 1920
State Run
Stout Run 1916
Sugar Camp
Teagarden
Tunnel 1892
Union 1908
Upper Run
Utt Ridge
Valley High 1960
Willow Grove
‘Twas a long time ago in the West Virginia hills,
That I went to school with many other Jacks and Jills.
It is my fondest memory, ‘twas fifty years ago
All happy days, in so many ways, that I cannot let them go.
Oh, that one-room schoolhouse so sturdy and so trim
With two rows of desks all neatly arranged within.
Up front a large table served the teacher of us all
And stretching behind, a blackboard, from wall to wall.
Then there was the recitation bench which all did share
As each grade took turns reciting its lessons with care.
In season a coal stove sat in the middle of the room
Which, on occasion, would grow red and fairly bloom.
There were two cloakrooms, one for boys and one for girls
Oft times a bit confusing as some boys still had their curls.
The water bucket was handy with its single dipper of tin
Which by today’s standards would be the unpardonable sin.
In mid-morning and mid-afternoon fifteen minutes for recess,
As the boys with their dexterity tried the girls to impress.
Just below the schoolhouse there was a splendid sled run
Which, in winter, would provide all with splendors of fun.
We studied reading, writing, arithmetic and all the rest
And if we tried hard enough would get “A” on every test.
Oh, those weekly spelling bees, such excitement and fun
Especially for the last one standing, with the victory won.
In the fall a single teacher to our school was assigned
Each one capable and dedicated and to patience inclined.
Without reservation they gave their all, their very best
As even now I remember them with relish and joyful zest.
While the country school was without glamour and pretense
It ignited the lamps of knowledge and washed away ignorance.
Today, my little schoolhouse has disappeared without a trace,
But in my heart and memories it still remains in first place.
