Over the following two summers, he took a job as an assistant with a professional magician. During his first summer break, Stewart returned to his hometown to work as a brick loader for a local construction company and on highway and road construction jobs where he painted lines on the roads. He played on the football and track teams, was art editor of the yearbook, and a member of the choir club, glee club, and the Literary Society. He was active in a variety of activities. Stewart attended Mercersburg Academy prep school, graduating in 1928. As the family grew, music continued to be an important part of family life. When his father once accepted a gift of an accordion from a guest, Stewart quickly learned to play the instrument, which became a fixture offstage during his acting career. His mother was an excellent pianist, but his father discouraged Stewart's request for music lessons. The eldest of three children, young Jimmy was expected to one day inherit his father's hardware store and continue a business that had been in the family for three generations. He was descended from veterans of the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the American Civil War.
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