Bob Lemmon remembers well that a foreign language was required at Whitney School. He and a few of the students were particularly disadvantaged, because many of their classmates were from German-Russian families that settled in Whitney. "It was awful for those of us who couldn't speak German."

He recalled taking grade school classes in the east end of the school and later high school classes in the west end. A low-ceiling gym was in the basement, posing a real challenge to visiting basketball teams.

Most popular, remembers Lemmon, were summertime baseball games played on a field west of the school. "Us kids would choose up sides and play a couple of innings before the adults would play their game. Women would bring picnic baskets, and it was a real affair."

Bob Lemmon remembers well that a foreign language was required at Whitney School. He and a few of the students were particularly disadvantaged, because many of their classmates were from German-Russian families that settled in Whitney. "It was awful for those of us who couldn't speak German."

He recalled taking grade school classes in the east end of the school and later high school classes in the west end. A low-ceiling gym was in the basement, posing a real challenge to visiting basketball teams.

Most popular, remembers Lemmon, were summertime baseball games played on a field west of the school. "Us kids would choose up sides and play a couple of innings before the adults would play their game. Women would bring picnic baskets, and it was a real affair."