I started to School at Chestnut Glade in 1955. It was 8 grades with 4 teachers in 4 rooms.....Mrs. THOMASON was the 1st and 2nd grade teacher and what a wonderful teacher she was. The 3rd and 4th grades during this time was a Mrs. MILLER......a little woman but a good teacher. OH the next two teachers .......5th and 6th grade, Mr. B. O. (Beecher) FINCH, a no nonsense guy that scrubbed your head with his knuckles and used a ruler to the hands......I later had him in the 7th grade, his final year of teaching. The 7th and 8th grade gave us Ms. Mignone MORRISON, the principal and a character.......but the best of all was......... Mr. Harbert WATTS, lived in the school in one room........he would have the pot belly stoves red hot time we got to school. Our rooms were clean and ready for us.......I don't know to this day why Harbert and a school bus driver got into it one morning in Mrs. THOMASON's room........but it was a full blown fight!!!!!!! I was in either the 1st or 2nd grade and scarred to death cause us kids were right there in the room with desk, books, papers and you name it flying everywhere........best I remember Dent McMINN, Cecil BARBER and Johnny Lee SIMPSON, all bus drivers came in and broke up the fight.......I might have too many but they were all bus drivers at one time or another........ We had scrub bushes in front of the school. Jerry DOUGHTY would chase me out of school everyday......as we went by Harbert he would grin and say Ms. Mignone gonna get you.......sure enough if we even dared to touch those bushed she had us and what a speech we got.......every day!!!!!!! I don't know who Harbert WATTS was nor who his family was but everybody loved him.....well almost......hehehehe......... Does anyone on here know his family? The lunch room was in the basement......we would have to go outside to go eat lunch but it was worth it........the meals were really good......... Chestnut Glade was known for it's basketball teams, plays, field days, etc..........in 1955 my cousin Patsy and I won the parade contest.......my Mama had made our little dresses out of crepe paper and decorated my tribycycle with the same thing........I am calling it a triby because it had 3 wheels.........you can see a picture of it on the Weakley Web Site that I put on there when I was the hostess of the site.......that beautiful site belongs to all of us........... Chestnut Glade also had a baseball team. There was always a lot of activity at Chestnut Glade......I even won the prettiest baby contest at 6 months so my Mama told me.......I sure miss it to this day..........pj