>> I went then in 1969 to Westside,
where I stayed until I retired in 1991.
I had the opportunity of working with
such wonderful teachers as Rose Wing,
a 48 year teacher with a Marietta School system.
The Amanda Weems, who for
quite a number of years was a Marietta City Schools,
Martha Arnold, librarian there for many, many years.
Miss Mary Love, miss Carolyn Weaver,
miss James Newsome and I could just
go on and on and name just wonderful,
wonderful teachers who were
really effective with boys and girls.
I found that Westside was
a school that had lots and lots of parent involvement.
This to me was very gratifying.
My philosophy was the parents, of course,
were interested in what happened to
their children and how they were educated.
They were interested in having a part.
And so we developed quite a number
of volunteer programs while I was there.
And we had a couple
of building additions while I was there.
And so this was
a good experience for me to be there for so many years.
I have made lifelong friends
by being in the school system.
Oftentimes when I'm out in town,
I will have someone walk up to me, Mr. Brown.
Do you remember me?
This individual more or less quite often,
would be gray headed or have a beard.
And I have to say when they, wait a minute.
You didn't have that beard when
you were in elementary school.
Remind me who you are.
And so they remind me,
and of course, I remember lots of things,
and I'll remind them that, yeah,
I do remember them, but they changed quite a bit.
The only way I had changed was my hair changed colors.
>> So that's great.