Fairmont West High School - Dragon Yearbook (Kettering, OH)

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Located in the community of Kettering, the school that Kettering built was made pos- sible by 49,000 parents, mer- chants, and other taxpayers who voted and approved many bond issues. Ideas of the fac- ulty, the Board of Education, and laymen of the community were pooled with those of an architect and the Educational Consulting Firm of New York. The combined efforts resulted in a modern seven-building dream school. Fairmont is one of the few high schools of its type in the country. MRS. 1. W. ASTBURY, P-TA presi- dent, and Mr. Astbury display the voting spirit which was typical of the community. The community has con- sistently been in favor of the various bond issues, showing an interest in the training of the youth of Kettering. This is th Vital tothe life of each Fairmontonian is the interest shown by the twenty churches of Ketter- ing. They hold the local Prince of Peace speech contests each year and through youth organiza- tions develop the youth of Kettering into useful mem- bers of society. MR. AND MRS. PAUL WAGNER, shown leaving Fairmont Presby- terian Church, represent the many faculty families who are active in community life.

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community behindthe school. New traditions have begun with the new school, but old standards and traditions set by those before them live as proof that Fairmont does some things merely because they have been done before. Many parents and adults of Kettering have attended Fairmont since it began sixty-eight years ago and now back the school, sometimes subtly, in its various activities. Nothing, from homework to class plays, would be ef- fective without the cooperation of these adults. MR. WALTER CREACER, father-in-law of Mr. Dwight l.. Barnes, Superintendent of Schools, is honored at the half-time ceremonies of the homecoming game as one of the oldest living graduates of Fairmont. The sixty-two year old one-time student attended Fairmont when it met in the fire hall on Dorothy Lane. Although not known as Fairmont then, it was the begin- ning of the Fairmont of today. Band Parents, Athletic Boosters, P-TA, Lions Club, and other organizations backed Fair- mont in various activities. From speakers at club meetings to spec- tators at ball games, each joined in to help develop good citizens from the students of Fairmont. STUDENTS were not the only ones who cheered the basketball team on toward victory. Parents, faculty and other inter- ested adults squeezed in the already- packed gymnasium.