Maxine Herbert-Hill can still recall the warmth inside the Alderton School when she was a little girl.
Both the school and red brick gymnasium were usually fueled by coal during cold weather in Pierce County, Herbert-Hill told The News Tribune.
Herbert-Hill, her sister, Anitra Sudderth, and their friend, Carol Thompson, told The News Tribune Wednesday that both buildings had hardwood floors that were “beautiful” and “fancy.” The now-abandoned grounds off of state Route 162 were usually occupied by children trying to play hopscotch or rollerskate, they said.
Herbert-Hill, Sudderth and Thompson told The News Tribune they attended the elementary school in the 1950s as young girls.
“It was a great place to go to school,” Sudderth said, recalling how most of the classes would combine two grades in different parts of the building…