The next morning all was well, so the four of us students walked to our school (not too far away) for the next four weeks, enjoying ourselves and meeting all the students who were attending the school as well. We went to a few picnics, toured the places here and there.

Finally, our School Sessons were over. We were given a great talk by our Supervisor, who seemed to be quite pleased with the goings on, bade us farewell and a safe trip home. Hold your breath – give out the diplomas. How happy I was when I saw my diploma with an "A" in every subject. Two of us received an "A" in the subjects we had taken. Others in the class were not too happy, but I think each one received a pass.

By the time September came around, I was given a school in my own Parish (about 25 pupils in all from Grade 1 to 9). I taught school for 16 years in the Parish of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, ending up with the last six years as Principal in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel school, teaching grade seven to eleven (about 25 or 30 pupils). We had four classrooms in the one school.

I enjoyed these sixteen years as a teacher. I resigned in June 1959 and was married in September. I relaxed for a few years. Then, in August 1967, I became Postmaster of Mt. Carmel. I did this for seventeen years in my own home. I have been married for 42 years to James Nolan. He retired after 31 years as a firefighter.

Mrs. Annie Nolan and her class of 1959
at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School