Monday, October 25, 2010

The Old Farmer's Hall at RBHS

My two oldest daughters attended Red Bud High School. The eldest graduated in 1991 and the second eldest in 1995, so I am familiar with the old "Farmer's Hall" at RBHS. My eldest grandson is now a sophomore at RBHS and tells me this hall no longer exists. I thought about asking Colin if they had replaced this hall with "Gothic Hall" or something, but I haven't seen a lot of gothic people hanging around in Red Bud, so I thought I'd leave that comment alone. Thank God my Colin is a "jock" or are they called "athlete" today? However, back in the day, the school had one certain hall where the local farm boys and their "red neck" friends would congregate. That tells me that farmers and red-necks were basically in the same catagory at the old RBHS. My second daughter and her group of friends liked hanging out in Farmer's Hall, too! Amy ended up marrying one of those boys. Tim is from Rocher and is an awesome man, son-in-law, a wonderful husband, and fabulous father. I have liked ole' Tim-Bob, though, since the day Amy brought him home to meet her parents. Doing my research on the Nuernberger Farm, I have had the opportunity to meet a lot of farmers lately and in my personal experience, I have found them to be very kind and giving people. Oh, some like to complain and some seem to always find the "glass half empty", but when push comes to shove, they have a heart of gold and a helping hand to always lend. The old Farmer's Hall at RBHS may have fresh paint and new faces today, but for a lot of RBHS alumni, I would love to hear some of the stories told in that hallway back in the day.

2 comments:

  1. What exactly is this hall? Is it an annex to RBHS or is it a hallway with a nick-name in RBHS itself. I am just a little confused on this point. How exactly does the Nuernberger Farm realte to this hall? Is it the connection to the fact that it was called the Farmer's Hall and that the Nuernberger's are farmers? I would just like to know more about this and the relevance it has to your research.
    Have you made any recent progress on your "ghost" from the farm? This would probably be an interesting story to tell as part of the myth and legend part of your paper. I look forward to more.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Last year the seniors hun g out in farmers hall more than the farmers did. The farmers where there in the morning but at lunch we all went downthere

    ReplyDelete