Marilyn's Musings

Delevan Drive as it looks now I went to a grammar school in Los Angeles (in a bit of it that bordered on Glendale and was on the edge of Eagle Rock. The school itself was a 2 story brick structure that looked on the outside like Mt. Vernon. It sat on a large corner lot with many eucalyptus trees and playground area. Inside, it had a staircase on either end with mid-way landings, and restrooms in the basement.  I didn't attend kindergarten there as the first five years of my life I lived in South Pasadena. I don't remember much about that school at all, except playing outside with huge blocks, and my teacher was Miss Fairy. Delevan went through the sixth grade only, and the last half of the 6th grade I had rheumatic fever and had to stay home. My teacher, Mrs. Brown, brought me my arithmetic papers to do--the only subject I had a problem with. And I walked to school and back every day, about three long blocks.  Back to the school and my dreams--quite o...