In his book, "They Knew Me as Buddy and Other Tales" Lee R. Christensen records some very interesting memories of his era (1930s) at Hamilton Elementary School. With his permission I would like to share some of those memories with everyone here. "As I look at the Hamilton School picture - north side of school - I'm trying to remember if I was ever in the belfry or on that little balcony. And I don't remember ringing the bell. I do remember ringing the bell at the Southward Church."
"The glorious memory of Hamilton is the fire escape. Verl Johansen and Marsden Allred loved to throw us onto the slide during fire drill. I wonder if anyone has a record of how fast we vacated the school. I would want it recorded at the time of the event. By now, the time is 30 seconds or less. Two minutes, more likely. I don't recall anyone getting hurt, but we did pile up at the bottom."
"Remember the iodine pills we took in class for goiter. How did that get started? Lasted about one year. You could not dispense medicine in class these days - not even in the Mt. Pleasant schools. And how we lined up for our shots. Just like the Army. There was always someone who fainted. Fern Olsen, I remember, fainted once. Marsden Allred carried her outside for fresh air. This activity always gave us boys a chance to show how brave and tough we were while the girls cringed, whined and fainted. We boys were terrified that we might faint".
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