Anyone who went to school in the early to mid 20th century will remember that big red and white box with the slot in the top where we dropped our valentines. I reposed on a table up in front of our classroom, usually next to the teacher's desk. It was a serious annual custm. Would SHE like that mushy one I sent to her? Will SHE send me one? Will anybody send me one? Hey, if you didn't get to experience the classroom Valentines Day box opening ceremony, you haven't lived!-
SJBill said... After you put your HEART into cutting the red construction paper heart, and personally inscribing the message to HER, you made it official by either folding the heart in half (to keep the message a secret), or by gluing the heat onto a paper doily - the bigger the better. This completed your third grader vision of life.
There was a transition period that we all went through. First, all official school gluing was done with LePage's Mucilage, with the rubber squeege head that got really gummy after time.
At some time in the 50s or 60s, the world quickly changed to Elmer's Glue-All. 
Tom Glover said...We didn't have those rubber tipped mucilage bottles back in my day, Joe. The war effort demanded that all rubber products be rationed. We had white wheat paste (mmmm it tasted good) along with a wooden doctor type stick to spread on the paper to be glued.
Tom Glover
After you put your HEART into cutting the red construction paper heart, and personally inscribing the message to HER, you made it official by either folding the heart in half (to keep the message a secret), or by gluing the heat onto a paper doily - the bigger the better. This completed your third grader vision of life.
ReplyDeleteThere was a transition period that we all went through. First, all official school gluing was done with LePage's Mucilage, with the rubber squeege head that got really gummy after time.
At some time in the 50s or 60s, the world quickly changed to Elmer's Glue-All.
We didn't have those rubber tipped mucilage bottles back in my day, Joe. The war effort demanded that all rubber products be rationed. We had white wheat paste (mmmm it tasted good) along with a wooden doctor type stick to spread on the paper to be glued.
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