Lucille Harrison was born in Malad
City, Idaho in 1918. She taught school in Holbrook,
Idaho for two years and the rest of her teaching career
was at Malad teaching the 5th and 6th grade pupils. She
also taught the 8th grade P.E. during war years. Lucille
Harrison taught school for forty years.
Lucille was raised in Elkhorn on the family farm.
During Lucille's school years in Elkhorn she rode her horse
four miles to school.
During the war years Lucille worked in Burbank at Lockheed
helping build bombers. She was called "Rosie--the
riveter:. She also worked at the supply depot in the
summer at Ogden during the war years. She said the women
were needed as workers for the war effort in these jobs as all
the men were gone to war. She worked as a ticket agent
at the railroad depot in Ogden and says she saw many horrible
things with the soldiers returning from the war.
Lucille was a very dedicated teacher. She never
married and her pupils were "her children" She
figured you could find good in every student--No matter how
mean some of them were at times.
Lucille has been a very involved member of her church and
community, donating many, many hours of service to her
neighbors, friends and community.
She is still going strong at the age of eighty three.
She was an active bowler until a couple of years ago and still
enjoys line dancing with the "Boot Scooters"
and performs with them at many events throughout the years.
Following is a tribute by one of her students -
I would like to pay tribute to my 5th grade teacher -
Lucille Harrison. She had a great influence
on my life.
"Miss Harrison was a strict teacher and sometimes
frightening to us little country bumpkins. She never
made a threat without carrying it out. We soon learned
to love her and found she was our friend. I never
remember her having any "pets" in the
classroom. She treated everyone fair and equal.
She didn't let us get away with anything and I swear she had
eyes in the back of her head as she knew everything that went
on in the classroom. She knew how to have fun and
encouraged us to work together and get along with each
other. She was always concerned for the slow student and
gave them a little extra attention and if needed, a boost in
their morale. She was one to listen to your problems and
help if she could."
"Miss Harrison also grew up in the country and
attended a country school as did I. We had a two room
school and learned much faster than the town kids as we could
learn from the older classes. She knows what it
means to ride horses to school and to walk in the snow and be
cold. It seems we had much more snow in those years and
lots of drifting, sled riding and etc. Things are
different now but I am sure we will all agree that some things
were better then."
"Miss Harrison taught for over forty years and indeed
was a great influence on our lives. She has followed the
progress of her students and knows where most of them are and
what they are doing. Even though she has no children of
her own she has certainly cared for a bunch of us."
"A group of her 5th grade girls still meet with her
monthly for lunch. She calls us 'her girls'."
"Even though in her eighty's Lucille is still active
and line dances with the best of them. She is also a
regular at the Bingo games."
"I take my hat off to you Lucille Harrision, we love
you!!!"
Class of '55 student - Patsy Bybee
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