Worthington-West Franklin
High School
Worthington, PA
1933 - 1984
A
Eulogy
to
I
sat and looked at you today and my heart grew sad, but
I am one of the lucky ones and this made me oh so glad.
You
see, I was enclosed within your walls for all of those twelve years. It
took to make a graduate of me through blood, sweat and tears.
They
can keep their great big fancy schools where no one knows each other.
I’m proud you taught me to read and write and treat my classmates like sisters
and brothers.
And
so come June, to our dismay, they will close your doors forever, but for us who
hold you close to our hearts; this bond will never be severed.
No
matter what they do to you by renovating your beautiful style.
Those of us who used your halls will look at you and smile.
Your
pupils didn’t learn everything that you taught, but still there are no fools.
We turn to strangers and proudly say: “That’s where I went to school!!”
Good-bye
to our dear old Alma-Mater,
we are richer for knowing you. Laughter will always ring in your halls and
memories held fast by us privileged few.
words
by
Laretta Graham