This is the end of the school year. I attended Kindergarten in Butler in 1951/52. It was the beginning of the baby boom and the school was over crowded, so my class was held at the Butler Carnegie Library, in the basement. I have fond memories of that scarey place.

At the end of the first or second grade, we ended the school year with a field trip. My class all boarded a passenger train at the Depot in Butler and rode to Kendallville. From there we walked to the Kraft candy factory and took a tour of how candy was made. We all got free candy, as well. Then we caught another train later in the day back to Butler.

In all my years in the public school system, that was the most memorable field trip I can remember. What can you remember about a year end field trip in your school days?