Thanks to Chris for sharing those pictures of the Copake Grange Hall and the old school house I attended, as well as a few others in the community that are still here. At the school there were two separate rooms for the students - one for lower grades and the other room for students up thru the sixth grade. There were two teachers I remember while I was there: Mrs. Edna Moore, wife of Wally Moore our local electrician, and Virgil Thompkins. I believe there were three grades in each room, each student absorbed all the information taught to each grade - not bad, right? Our class had a formal graduation in 1941 at the Roeliff Jansen Central School, placing us in the seventh grade there in the fall. We left there with many happy memories - with great anticipation of being a part of the infamous 'big school - Roe Jan'. However, I am sad to see that our little old country school was not preserved as a memorable part of the past of Copake.
I also attended many meetings at the Grange Hall with my parents who operated Center Hill Farm until 1949 when they retired and moved to Florida. The meetings were all very informative and of great interest to a then mostly farming community, composed of very tight friendships and helpfulness among neighbors. Copake was a very special place to grow up - where neighbors really cared about each other and our town.
Iris
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