Crossing Guard Finally Retires After 57 Years
Claire Bauman is finally hanging up her stop sign after nearly six decades on the job.
The 94-year-old crossing guard got the celebrity treatment when she arrived at Horace Mann Elementary School in Cherry Hill in a limousine.
Family, friends, alumni and current students gathered to celebrate her lengthy career and send her off on a happy retirement.
Snow, sleet and rain have been no match for Bauman since her first day – November 29, 1965.
However, she wasn’t always confident she could do the job.
“I said I’ll give you a week, and here I am 57 years later,” she joked.
Nearly 60 years have passed, and in that time she’s seen three generations of kids cross her path.
