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School Bus to Baker?

Created on: 09/20/10 03:38 PM Views: 374 Replies: 3
School Bus to Baker?
Posted Monday, September 20, 2010 10:38 AM

Question for Harry and Henry Holmes and any others who lived near Winterfield Elementary and the South Columbus Boy's Club.

As I recall, we did not have school bus service to Baker High School from where we lived. Harry and Henry grew up just around the corner from me, so I will assume that you did not have school bus service to Baker either, is that the case? Mickey Christensen lived off of Cusseta Road and did not have school bus service either. No, we did not walk 20 miles through the snow to get to school, but I will tell you that it was a healthy walk during the winter to Baker from where we lived. Maybe a mile or two.  Had we lived about 10 blocks away, there was a school bus, but we were not allowed to ride on it because we lived on 32nd Avenue. Needless to say, we did not want to ride a bike to Baker because how "uncool" would that have been. :)

Sid Man

Sid Welch

 
RE: School Bus to Baker?
Posted Tuesday, September 21, 2010 01:59 PM
Hey Sid,
 I lived near Mellon St and recall bus service for at least 1 year. Get this though, you had to walk appx 3 blocks in the opposite direction of BHS/Wf elem school... go figure. If not raining or freezing was faster to walk to school!
 Speaking of Winterfield, I rode by it last week and didn't recognize it!  Do you know of a website for Wf elem w/class yrs?
 r n
 
RE: School Bus to Baker?
Posted Tuesday, September 21, 2010 06:32 PM

Sid, I lived very close to BHS and spent the first 4 years of gramer school at Baker went back for the 7th grade and then back for all of high school. No buses but I did have a Schwinn springer front end and I did ride it to football practice as a freshman then Warner got a car and would let me ride to school with him. Boy that was the days!!!!! 

 
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