TODAY. 100 YEAR OLD JOSEPHINE SAID FINALLY RECEIVED HER HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA FROM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN MANCHESTER. SHE WAS FORCED TO LEAVE SCHOOL DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION TO TAKE CARE OF HER YOUNGER BROTHER. THEN SHE LATER SERVED IN THE WOMEN’S ARMY CORPS DURING WORLD WAR TWO, ALTHOUGH SHE WAS NEVER ABLE TO SCHOOL, THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE MAYOR OF MANCHESTER TEAMED UP TO HONOR HER SERVICE. IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL, YOU KNOW. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY SHE’S FULL OF SPUNK AND IT REALLY MEANT A LOT TO HER AND TO HER FAMILY. AND IT MEANS SO MUCH TO US, AGAIN, TO REALLY RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ALL THAT THEY’VE GIVEN HER SON. ALLEN ALSO SAYS THAT DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL, SOMETHING JOSEPHINE ALWAYS MENTIONED, AND THAT HIS THE CEREMONY IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT MEANS A LOT TO HER, AS WE CA