No running water. Two of us would have the duty to go up to John Scibi’s farm (Now Henry Camps Farm) with a water container. We would put the handle over a special stick so two of us could carry it back to the school.

Outdoor toilets – every day some group cleaned them.

Clean the blackboards each day at the end of school.

We would have speaking contests at Community Hall to determine which boy or girl would speak at graduation.

Graduation would be held at Harwinton Congregational Church decorated with laurel and a special stage put up front.

I remember teachers Matilda Dezinno and Mildred Walsh. They would walk from the Capel Farm to respective schools that they taught at – Locust Road and Four Corners.

We would give our teacher a ride on our sled in the wintertime down the hill from Cleveland’s house.

After Harwinton Fair we’d run down at noon hour to see if we could find dimes, quarters, nickels and pennies that people or concessionaires dropped on the ground.

I remember Lewis S. Mills visiting periodically in his Oldsmobile and cane.

I remember see Governor’s visiting the Harwinton fair and we all sang songs on the bandstand.

I remember the Casting Campbell’s acrobat team always performing at Harwinton Fair. They practice on Cronin Farm. (Steve Bekasi, Rose Delgobo, Jim Delgobo Etc.)

Bill Arnold and I were the only two boys graduating 8th grade at Locust Road as I recall.

There were the State children Mrs. Hart took in that went to Locust Road – Bertha Burns – Raymond Curtis – Frank Sesko and more)