Attending the Gander Lane School in Selby Township was a family affair for Carolyn (Fiste) Barkley. Her mother, Etta (Schlund) Fiste, had attended back in the 1920s, and she attended the school with her sister, Lorraine, and brother, Roger.

Barkley started first grade in 1944 and attended through seventh grade in May 1951, when the school consolidated into another district and was closed.

“When it consolidated, there were only eight children in the entire school, and I was the only one in seventh grade,” Barkley said.