Clairton High School - Clairtonian Yearbook (Clairton, PA)

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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

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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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INSTRUCTION AND STUDY MR. EDWARD PORTER, physical education instructor, plans to join the Army Air Corp as a teacher of Physical Education . . . Teaching her students the art of first aid fills Hygiene Instructor MISS VIRGINIA REESE'S time . . . A petty officer, in the Naval Reserves is the present position of MR. JOHN SNIZIK, former swimming coach and assistant football coach . . . In addition to trigo- nometry and algebra, MR. JOHN SOICH keeps busy as basketball and assistant football coach . . . MR. VVILLIAM VVYKE, track champion coach, builds up the strength of A1nerica's youth and administers hrst aid . . . First aider, MISS AGNES LYTLE, is learning all she can about mathematics for defense plans . . . MR. CHARLES PATTON, our geometry teacher, trains future engineers and draftsmen . . . MR. JOSEPH SVVARTZ, who taught algebra and trigonometry, is now a com- gfnissioned officer in the Navy . . . First aid teacher, MISS JANE VVALKER, who teaches general X math, in 206, studies drafting in her leisure time. COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT TYPES FOR DEFENSE: MISS GERALDINE ASHTON, typing teacher, hopes to get into defense work soon . . . Besides teaching secretarial practice, MISS HELEN BILLY types for first aid classes and draft registration . . . MISS ROSE CONSOLI, book- keeping instructor, teaches the advantages of buying Defense Bonds . . . MISS MARTHA MARO- VICH, shorthand instructor, prepares students for Civil Defense Examinations and for defense in- dustries . . . MISS FRANCES ORTNER, commercial teacher, studies first aid and administers it among the Junior High pupils . . . The need for conserving is urged by MR. JOHN YOUNG, sales- manship teacher. Mr. Edward JL Porter Miss Virginia Reese Mr. John Snizil: Mr. John Soich Mr. VVillian1 Wyke Miss Agnes Lytle Mr. Charles Patton Mr. Joseph Swartz Miss Jane P. Walker Miss Geraldine Ashton Miss Helen Billy Miss Rose Consoli Miss Martha Mamvich Miss Frances Ortner Mr. John Young Miss Mildred Maloy Miss V. Nassimbeni Dr. G. A. Calhoun Miss Emma Will Miss Martha Craig Miss Catherine Joyce