For Some of Us..
• The journey began in 1971• Due to overcrowding at Woodmont,
we were put on a bus & shipped to Towaco to attend Cedar Hill School for kindergarten
• This was before Valley View and way before Hilldale
• It was very scary for some of us who had Mrs. Hill at Cedar Hill…..
Little Known Facts:
• After teaching us 3rd grade, Miss Drugach decided to get out of the teaching profession….
• A year later……Doris Garcia saw her stocking shelves in the Houseware’s Department at Korvette’s
• True Story!!• We also think she turned to binge
drinking…(not sure)
5th Grade Memories• Most of us were taller than Mrs. Harris• She was small, but deadly• What was that Latin song she made
us all sing? (Non Nobis?)• Remember when Robert broke his
leg? …– That classroom smelled like a hot
afternoon in China Town on garbage day!!
• Sorry Robert! : )
6th Grade Memories
• Miss Petillo was cool• She didn’t rat us out when she found
our notes• She had to give the girls “the talk”• She also needed a better bra
You Knew It Was Gonna Be a Baaad Day When…..
• Mr. D’Agostino showed up to your classroom with that orange sawdust and a mop!
• You are next on the confession line and you know its Father Myer in the booth!
• The wind was blowing north and the garbage was in the incinerator out back!
• It’s report card day and Fr. Myer decides to hand them out instead of Sr. John Mary
• Sr. Eileen Marie breaks out the Excedrin.
Mysteries & Marvels• Who shattered the “Virgin Mary on the
Half Shell” statue in first grade?– Don’t worry, you’re probably not going to hell
like Sr. Margaret Mary told you!!– Did she really end up in an insane asylum?
• In 5th grade we had 36 kids in our class– The girls outnumbered the boys 2:1
• By 8th grade, we were down to 9 boys• Some of us who went on to Morris
Catholic were “lucky” enough to get Mrs. Langmaid for another year when she switched over…… Can you say, “People!!”
Favorite Memories• The 8th Grade “Talent Show”
– Lisa Grawhr as Rosanne Rosanna Danna– Donna as Momma– Letitia as Mae West– Cindy as Shirley Temple– MaryRose & Carolyn as “Laverne & Shirley”
Letitia’s Favs
1. 1st grade David Rutzler stole my Atari handheld electronic football game. (Remember the ones with dashes as people?) My dad wrote a note to Sister John Mary and he returned it pretty quickly thereafter.
2. To this day, I do not hold a Montville Township Library Card. Thanks, to Donna Mammolite, I have been placed on a black ball list even as an adult, because she took out books using my card and never returned them.