written by Susan (Thompson) Ransier on September 22, 2007

Gay stopped by my desk the other day and we got to reminiscing (and giggling).  I remembered when we were REALLY young (freshman).....I am sure everyone remembers our Home Ec. teacher, Miss Freeman.....One day in HOme Ec. class Carol Bailey and I found some plastic blouse forms in a storage closet.  We stuffed them up our sweaters (we were quite voluptuous then) and crawled in the display case outside the Home Ec. class and pretended to be mannequins....we fooled a few kids, but we didn't fool Miss Freeman!!!!

There is another funny story involving Miss Freeman and Susan Olson!!!  We had an assignment to sew a blouse.  Well, Susan made a beautiful blouse!!!!  It was perfectly sewn, pressed and folded and she had it in the backseat of her car ready to be turned in the next day...... Her brother, Ken, used the car that night and it broke down.  He jumps out and does his stuff under the hood, but has a greasy mess all over and finds a rag in the back seat to clean up with!!!  You guessed it, he used Susan's beautifully handmade blouse!!!   But, it is due the next day and Susan turns it in, grease and all.  In fact, I think she got an A...... I think she was Miss Freeman's favorite!!!!   Carol and I weren't!!......

response by Susan (Olson) Henderson on September 22, 2007

I've never done a blog before, so I hope this goes through w/o a hitch.  Sue Thompson - you really opened up a flood of memories for me.  No, Miss Freeman DID NOT like me - remember when we let those frogs lose in her classroom?  I think we got them from the Biology lab or something.  AND, do I dare mention all the things we did to Mr. Nieuwsma (aka Nosema).  And to think I became a Business Ed. teacher!  That involved Renee Thomas, Donna Frick, Joyce Massey plus many, many more.  Remember when you, myself, Donna Frick and Paula Williams tried out for cheerleader our junior year??  Remember how we ended going into the splits?  OUCH!!!!  I have to honestly say that high school was some of the funnest years I've had.  I could go on and on - but I will leave you with one last memory that I can't go into - E D W I N !!!!!!!