God bless you Ms. McLaughlin. Linda McLaughlin was my very first ever school teacher.....kindergarten. She was a wonderful teacher. I remember her as being very pretty and petite. She would always have some brightly colored cartoon characters (like Tom & Jerry) posted on her schoolroom walls. I vividly remember learning to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in her 1959 class to a flag with 48 stars as Alaska and Hawaii were added that year and L.R. Pietzsch Elementary hadn't yet updated their classrooms to the new 50 star flag. Thanks for the memories Ms. McLaughlin. You are very special in my life.