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Historic Postcards
The school building shown in the last two postcards, built for the Lutheran Home, was used as housing for 'displaced persons' after WWII. The DP's as we called them attended Avon public schools ( the children among them that is ) as did the regular Lutheran Home kids, and had a 'total immersion' introduction to English. That is they were just placed in classes a year or two below their grade level. They learned English very rapidly, became our good friends, played sports in Avon etc. On good Friday 1952 the Gifford school (which housed 1/2 the town's elementary school children and the entire junior and senior high school ) burned down in a spectacular fire. The elementary kids were placed on double sessions at the Littlefield school ( now the Avon VFW post) and additional classes were held in the Avon library and in the basement of the Baptist church. The town was then allowed to use the Lutheran Home school for the junior and senior high schools. They were there for 4 or 5 years. The AHS classes of ' 52, ' 53, ' 54 ' 55 ' and (I think) 56 ' graduated from this building. (Notes Courtesy of Mr. George Lally) Postcards and Notes from George Lally
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