A "noteworthy" teacher comes to town

I've had a great week back in Raymond so far. I was lucky to get a ticket to the Fireman's Dinner/Dance on Saturday night where I ran into a lot of old friends, including Darrell and Barbara Cannedy. Playing in the band was one of the highlights of my school years, and Mr. Cannedy had a huge impact on so many of us who went to school in the Panhandle District. He told me that he is still playing playing his trumpet with a group up in Springfield. 

Yesterday, I went down to the Montgomery County Genealogical Society office in Litchfield to look through old issues of The Raymond News and this was the first article I found from back in 1964: 

From The Raymond News, September 3, 1964