
The building shown here was once an elementary school and my mother actually attended here as a child. It has been used for businesses for quite some time and my very first job was here almost 50 plus years ago. I mowed the lawn, chopped firewood and just about whatever I was told to do. Back when I was working here Legionnaires disease was a huge cause for concern across the country because people were dying and no one knew what caused it? There were all kinds of possible causes tossed about but one of them had my mother in a tizzy. At one point Pigeons in large numbers nesting in attics and stirring up dust were rumored as the cause because there was one confirmed situation where this did happen. So this old school had an attic that was like a welcome center for pigeons and when you were upstairs you could easily hear them in the attic above. So my boss wanted to do some cleanup up there and when I told the family medical expert,{my mother} she about lost her mind and told me I am not to go up there! Well that directive went in one ear and out the other and the next time I worked, the boss ushered me up to the ladder which came down from the ceiling and had to be at least twenty foot long. I was somewhat nervous as I climbed step by step because the pigeons were flying around making their trademark cooing sound. When I got to the top and poked my head up to look around, there was a full size Wolf standing there looking at me. Obviously it was stuffed but it scared the daylights out of me at 12 years old! I never did return to the attic but the boss had a good laugh at my reaction.