“The 3rd grade teacher was Mrs. Cusack. She used to favor you girls. She hated the lazy good for nothing boys. She would have the students with 100′s in spelling tests stand up for recognition and mention how many weeks in a row that Mary Eberhart, Dorothy Koch, Cathy Riordan, Maryann S. and others received 100′s and say nothing about myself and any other boys. I can’t forget her. Pat”

It must be Mary Ellen Eberhardt that you are mentioning Pat, as I am pretty sure I had Sister Malcolm for 3rd grade. I don’t remember having a lay teacher at all.