Photo from 1951 Midlander

"When I first started teaching, it was included that I was expected to see that the fire was built in the big pot-bellied stove on cold mornings.  [. . .]  I remember one year we had an ice storm, and it was cold, and we was out of coal to burn in the stove.  Some of the parents came and went in the woods nearby, cut wood, and brought it in for us to have fire during those cold days.  I've been through some of the difficult times, but they were good.  I was fulfilling what I thought was my place and work in life. "