Alva Review-Courier -

If that heirloom of a wagon could just tell stories of the "olden days."

The now "getting older generation" in the Burlington area will remember "Miss Neff" as their beloved teacher, some say "a legend," who taught at Burlington School for decades. Besides teaching kids in fourth and fifth grades reading, writing and arithmetic, Miss Neff was fondly remembered for teaching each of her students to knit. She taught from 1927 to 1976 mainly at Burlington. Boys like Brett Ackerman loved that she let students watch the World Series during class and then she taught them to figure batting averages an...