This was both a sad and impressive story from a couple of weeks ago.
There was a secretary from a school right here in New Jersey who recently passed away. But she had been working there since the days of Camelot, when the Kennedys were in the White House. She narrowly missed working there when Eisenhower was still in office, in fact, by just a few months. But she attended the Lenape High School in Burlington during those days.
How long ago was that? The Soviets were considered our big, bad enemy, and they appeared to be winning the space race. Many countries in Africa still had not achieved independence yet. Nobody had heard of the Super Bowl, and Vince Lombardi was still trying to prove himself in Green Bay. Climate Change/global warming was not yet well-known, and did not yet drive policy. France, Spain, England, and Argentina had never yet won a World Cup. Cell phones and the internet were still a long way off, as was punk rock. Even the Beatles were not particularly well known just yet, still just four young lads from Liverpool trying to get their break. The United States was not extensively involved in Vietnam just yet, with the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution still some years away. All of that serves as an indicator of just how much time has passed, and how different the world was when she first took the job.
Recently, she died, and the school mourned her. They also honored her contributions and legacy with the school.
Below is the link to this news story:
N.J. high school mourns secretary who had been working there since 1961 Updated: May. 17, 2023, 4:26 p.m.|Published: May. 16, 2023,
https://www.nj.com/hunterdon/2023/05/nj-high-school-mourns-secretary-who-had-been-working-there-since-1961.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=njcom_sf&utm_content=nj_facebook_njcom&fbclid=IwAR26aFx9kslItiu4ew-kR4bYmP-s6OHyuzSprbza6B3pmDjaNTsi7CNGT24
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