Morris, New York

The topic of this bank blotter is one that has not
been of great concern in recent years. When our
coins were made of silver or gold filing a bit off
may have been a profitable undertaking, but not
today with our "sandwich" coins. The US quarter went
to a "sandwich" in 1965 when Johnson was president and is
sometimes call a "Johnson Sandwich." The current clad
version is two layers of cupronickel, 75% copper and
25% nickel, on a core of pure copper. If no one
has filed the edge off the coins 80 quarters should
weigh one pound.

The text under the image reads:

Before the days of the inexpensive ballpoint pen people used pens with ink that had to flow easily.
The ink didn't always dry quickly so to prevent smearing people would "blot" the ink.
Some banks gave out free ink blotters just for this purpose. Five ink blotters loaned
by Rene Elliott are shown here. Some were used and if so the back side is also shown.
Most had no dates, but a few were from 1953 when the First National Bank of Morris, NY
celebrated its "Sixtieth Year of Sincere Service."

Barbara Knapp Weaver, MCS Class of 1964, supplied the photograph of the 1957 Junior Band and the names of those in the photograph.

Barbara Knapp Weaver, MCS Class of 1964 shared this composite photograph of her brother, Tom's, 6th grade class.

The names of the children do not appear with the photograph in the yearbook.
Mrs. Mabel Wassenaar is on the far right and Mrs. Mae Milliken is on the far left.