Clairton High School - Clairtonian Yearbook (Clairton, PA)

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TEACHERS AND DEFENSE VOCATIONAL TEACHERS PLAN DEFENSE: MISS OLGA COLEMAN, sewing teacher, gives advice on the proper dress in wartime . . . TO MISS MARY ANN FRITS, homemaking and related science teacher, a victory garden is the thing . Students study sewing projects for defense in MRS. VIRGINIA PORTER'S classes . . . MISS LENA TOMASELLI aims for defense projects in her cooking classes plus victory gardens at home . . . MR. DAVID ARNETT, machine shop teacher, completed a night school course on the study of machine technique . . . Air-warden and now Naval Reserve Ofhcer, MR. VVARREN BROWN 'S students in the wood shop build model airplanes for the army navy, and civilian defense . . . MR. WILBUR MONKS, shop supervisor, prepares men for future defense work . . . MR. WILLIAM PARSONS, mechanical drawing instructor, takes a first aid course . . . MR. VVALLACE PATTERSON, related English teacher, urges students to buy defense bonds and emphasizes word-power in war time . . . Air-wardens learn civilian defense from MR. JOSEPH C. SCI-IRECK of the Electric Shop . . . MR. C. B. TOYNBEE'S students of the Auto Shop build model planes for the army, navy, and civilian! defense . . . Movies for visual-education are shown by MR. ANTHONY V ITORI, teacher of related vocational subjects. r -fl Miss Olga Coleman Mr. Warren O. Brown Mr. William Parsons Miss Mary Ann FriLs Mr. Willnn' K. .Monks Mr. Wallace Patterson Mrs. Virginia M. Porter Miss Lena M. Tonmsclli Mr. David Arnett Mr. Anthony Viluri oper- ntcs the projector while Mr. Edgar D. Bleilcr looks un.

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Leonard C. Lehman, who is Assistant Chief Chemist in the mill and is President of the School Board, heads the Messenger Service in this zone . . . Mrs. Sadie K. Keffer, former Postmistress in Clairton, is Chairman of the Cafeteria Committee . . . Superintendent of the Rolling Department, Mr. james A. Ormond, who is chairman of the Purchasing Committee takes First Aid and belongs to the Stretcher Crew . . . Dr. J. Schmitt, Chair- man of the Athletic Committee, belongs to the Medical Defense Unit . . . After forty- hve hours of training, Mr. D. G. Johnston, who is the retired Chief Time Keeper of Clairton Mill, has become an Air Raid Warden . . . Among its other services, the School Board has installed a switchboard in the main office,in order to notify all schools quickly in case of an air raid. Similar to those used by large systems everywhere, the private cable connections will enable students to be evacuated within hfteen minutes of any call sent from the central listening post for the Pittsburgh District. . . . The Board has set up defense classes for girls on Saturday and Sunday afternoons in the machine shop, two groups of boys in the machine shop and one group in the electric shop who must work fifteen hours a week, and a group of thirty boys who work in welding classes at Marine W Elys in Elizabeth two and one-half hours for six days a week It has cooperated with the draft board for sugar, gasoline, and army registration and, best of all, it has bought 328,000 worth of defense bonds, using money from the Sinking Fund. Standing: Mr. Charles P. Lewis, Solicitorg Mr. Salmuel H. Sharpnackg Mr. james A. Ormond. Dr. Joseph Schmitt. Sitting: Mrs. Caralena Cort, Secreltaryg Mr. H. D. Teal. Superintendent of Schoolsg Mr. Leonard C. Lehman, President, Mrs. Sadie Kefier.

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MAPS CHANGE IN HISTORY CLASSES: VVeekly war discussions are held in MISS SARA BABIC'S World History classes . . . Training future citizens is MISS MARGARET BARCLAY'S job in her P.O.D. classes . . . MR. RUSSELL DOBBINS, economics teacher, is chairman of first aid instructors and teaches two first aid classes . . . MISS MARY STOKES, history teacher, relates current events with regular work . . . MISS ELEANOR W'ILSON'S United States History classes hold discussions on What the Vlfar Means to Us. SCIENCE INTERESTED IN BOMB COMPOSITIONS: MR. EDGAR D. BLEILER, biology teacher and athletic manager, will help keep America's morale through sports . . . MR. EDWARD CARTWRIGHT teaches his physics classes the need for defense . . . Besides teaching chemistry, MR. C. K. CHRESTENSEN delivered a speech to air-raid wardens on incendiary bombs and poison gases, and demonstrated the characteristics of bombs and poison gases to police of the valley. PROPAGANDA REVIEWED IN ENGLISH: MRS. ELIZABETH T. BAY LES, teacher of Senior English, has studied at Pitt this winter to become afirst aid instructor. . . An, industrious student at first aid and drafting classes is MISS JEAN DAVIS, teacher of junior English . . . Students discuss the general War situation in MRS. FRANCES DERSAM'S English classes . . . MISS SUZANNE PHIL- LI PS, teacher of Sophomore English, joinedaFirst Aid class . . . MISS CATHERINE E. STEN TZ, Junior English teacher, is an ardent booster for the sale of defense stamps and believes literary study boosts morale . . . Junior lirst aid classes and air-raid wardens are taught by MISS ALMA M. TRAINOR, Sophomore English teacher, who has her pupils study and criticize editorials on War . . . MISS HELEN D. VVILSON is going to join a first aid class. PHYSICAL EDUCATION, A GREAT NEED IN WAR TIME: MR. STEVE BARKO explains the use of fire extinguishers in his Senior Science Class . . . MISS LOUISE CLARK, who has added 'first aid instruction to her health classes, entertains the boys at camp with her tap dancing and chorus routine . . . Another first aid instructor is MR. GEORGE K .HARTMAN, football coach. Joseph C. Schreck Mr. C. B. Toynbce Mr. Anthony Vitori Miss Sara Babic Miss M. Barclay Mr. Russell Dobbins Miss' Mary C. St Eleanor Wilson Mr. Edgar D. Bleiler Mr. E. T. Cartwright Mr. Kay Chrestensen Mrs. E. T. Bayles Miss It-an Davis Mrs. Frances De Suzanne Phillips Miss C. E. Stentz Miss Alma M. Trainer Miss Helen D. Vllilson Mr. S. M, Barko Miss Louise Clark Mr. G. K. Hartn a