If you went to school in Montgomery County from the 40s to consolidation in 1971, you would probably give about anything to sit in your old gym and listen to the school band play the school fight song. For many of the county schools, the only time only time the fight song is heard now is when the former school cheerleaders stand up in front on their respective alumni banquets and lead the former students in the school song. Unfortunately, most of the school gymnasiums are gone; only Crawfordsville, Ladoga, and Waveland are still standing. The Crawfordsville gym is a part of an ongoing renovation and may soon become apartments, the Ladoga gym is still used by the Ladoga Elementary, and the Waveland gym is now a community center.
As for the yearbooks and school newspapers, there is an incomplete collection at the Crawfordsville Library and North Montgomery and Southmont also has an incomplete collection at their respective libraries. It was with this in mind that I decided that if we were not to lose these important memories, both tangible and intangible, completely, it was time to reach out to former students of the now defunct schools and try to get the school songs, names of newspapers and names of yearbooks so that we would have a record of the Golden Age of Education and Athletics in Montgomery County. Sadly, this too is incomplete, but I hope to add to it as this material is disseminated.