Handwritten PTA & LUNCH notes

PTA and “Lunch” handwritten NOTES [date & author unknown]

• 1931: first Lockwood parent-teacher Association at Central School

• 1941: lunches were 2 ¢

• Mary Piccolo was Secretary of the PTA in 1941.

• April 3,1942 lunch prices raised to 5¢

• September 1943, a motion was made to discontinue hot lunch

• In 1950 at a cost of $169,000 the elementary school was completed.

• In September 1951, hot lunch program [re]started by Myrtle Trulock with the help of Ruth Ostrum and one lady who came in on a part-time basis.

• In 1951, the enrollment was 247( grades one through eight)-- most everyone ate and the price [lunch] was 20¢

• In 1954 Myrtle and Ruth were joined by Phyllis Hopwood and Alice Senechal. Alice continued to work for 34 years.

• The kitchen was in the elementary building and is now used as a [unknown] and the elementary gym was used for a lunchroom. The gym has been converted into [unknown]

• Mr Jake Rudolph [(Jolie) this is just for your information but Jake lived in the house you’re living in now, and the house across Piccolo from you was the Piccolo family] was janitor and he had to remove the tables everyday [after lunch] so gym classes could be held

• The ladies in the kitchen had no dishwasher, the dishes were washed by hand and rinsed in very hot water. The silverware was washed and put in racks and into a hot oven to sterilize.

• No steamer so potatoes and vegetables had to be cooked in large kettles on the stove. The lunches were very good and they always have been considered the very best.

• In January 1958, the new cafeteria was opened in its present location. When the 9th graders were still at Lockwood, as many as 1,000 [lunches] were served in a 1 hour lunch period.