These are two reels from a batch of 14 of Kodachrome Super 8mm films which have come from the estate sale of Stephen Robert Bauman. Twelve filmed by Stephen along with two by his wife Audrey . These two reels show the first day on the school bus for Francine and Susan. Steve had worked many years as an electrical engineer with Comsat and Fairchild. He served in the Merchant Marines from 1944 to 1969 and was a radio electronics officer. He was a life member of the Frederick Elks and at one time an active member of the Columbia Lodge # 058, AF & AM, of Frederick, the A & A Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, Frederick Lodge and the Ali Ghan Shriners, Cumberland. He was a member of the Frederick Amateur Radio Club and was a past president. Audrey Bauman graduated from Frederick High School and received her undergraduate degree from Hood College in 1943. Audrey then received her master's degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. A career educator, she was a biology teacher at Frederick High School, Walkersville High School and at one time was put in Brunswick High School to replace a teacher that had been drafted into the military during World War II. Mrs. Bauman loved to teach and co-authored several books on biology. Upon her retirement in 1973, she became active in the Frederick Community in numerous organizations such as the Retired Teachers Association, The FMH Hospital Auxiliary, The Garden Club, The American Heart Association-Frederick Chapter and the Hood College Alumni Association. She was also a member at Frederick First Baptist Church and led the adult education for many years. Audrey and her husband were married in 1969. Upon her diagnosis with dementia, they were interviewed and featured in the Frederick Magazine in an article investigating Alzheimer's Disease and the impact on families