Deering High School - Amethyst Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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lt, APPHE EIATIU lVlr. Linwood S. Elliott To Linwood S. Elliott, who teaches the Seniors Problems of Democracy and Modern European History, the staff of Amethyst would like to give its admiration, its respect, and its thanks. Mr. Elliott graduated from Deering after being Editor of the Amethyst his senior year and then returned in 1934 as a member of the faculty. After four years of active overseas duty in World War II, Mr. Elliott set up his quarters in room 219, where there is never a dull moment as long as he is present. Few teachers have as many school responsi- bilities besides teaching as Mr. Elliott. Advisor for the Amethyst for many years, this year he has accepted the responsibility of the Ramblings, Deering's monthly newspaper. Mr. Elliott has many interests outside Deering. He is a nature lover, and his hobbies are gun col- lecting, target practice, hunting, mountain climb- ing, and camping, all of which he enjoys most with his wife and three children, Dick, Roger, and Carolyn. We Will always remember our versatile history teacher, Linwood S. Elliott, as part of our high- school days at Deering, not only as a teacher and Amethyst advisor, but also as a helpful and under- standing friend.

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I DEDIEATIU ini fa Miss Bernice True Mrs. Ferne'Ross Weymouth Mr. Ralph Bragdon We, the class of 1959, dedicate this Amethyst to three praiseworthy teachers, Miss Bernice True, Mrs. Ferne Ross Weymouth, and Mr. Ralph H. Bragdon, Miss True, a Deering graduate, studied at Bay Path Institute and immediately returned to Deer- ing High School to teach. For forty years she taught shorthand and typing here. Since her re- tirement last year she has been traveling through the United States, gardening and dabbling in color photography. We hope that she will con- tinue to enjoy her leisure and we Want to thank her for the forty years she has given to our school. Mrs. Ferne Ross Weymouth, another outstand- ing Deering teacher, retired last spring after thirty-five years of service here. She acquired her education at the University of Maine. Then she taught Home Economics at the Maine Cen- tral Institute and Rumford High for two years before coming to Deering in 1923. A zealous Worker, she was instrumental in innovating the Pre-Nursing Course in the Home Economics De- partment. We shall miss her ingenuity and re- sourcefulness. Mr. Ralph Bragdon, one of Deeringis all-time greats, left us after thirty-seven years at Deering. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree at Tufts. Since then he has had a remarkable career. He was submaster at Abbin ton, in Massachusetts, and principal at Brownvilge, Wrenthem, and Ken- nebunk High Schools until 1921 when he came to Deering. He taught Chemistry and General Science and was also the Science Department Head. At present he is relaxing and enjoying his retirement on his farm in Limington. We are sorry to lose these three wonderful teachers, and We shall miss them. We hope that their lives will be rewarding and happy.

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