Knox Memorial High School - Seymour Yearbook (Russell, NY)

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jack Welclm and Stella Van Ornum The teachers were boarded around at the homes of varrous tamrhes rn the dxstrrct Benches served as seats Among hrs class mates were Chester Van Ornum and Myron and Byron Barry In later lnfe Mr Van Sant was trustee for 8 years and collector for 5 years ln Drstrrct No 17 Durrng that time he bmught and Installed the bell on the school house Ezen rn thofe day! the rehool uaf lhe 60011711171 J renier zrhere Ihey had Srrndaj Srhool Jorlal actrzmer and 1el1g1o1rf ferr leer was Mr Van Sants evaluation of school Myron Burt second generation member of th Burt famrly mentrons qeute a lrst of principals who came and went durrng the time he vs as rn school These xx ere Mrs Hart Messrs Louls Mott Hanson Srmmons crpal It vsrll be rememb red that for a tlme he was School Commrssloner In school mth Charles Cameron Michael Coloton j Clalr Wrlln1arth Mavon Burt IS non a r may man' clerk hvmg rn Utica Mabel Van Sant lP1keJ proudly states Avian' Geralrhne john and Rrfhafa' haze 713161 altended an, Mayon vsere and the late The School and Community Make Use of Over 10 000 Volumes in the Library other school Thxs Knox Memorral famrly member ev plams that the hrgh school courses vsere grven rn the study hall fnoxn the freshman roomj and In the small room besrde rt called Mrs Grbbons Room At tha tlme and untxl comparatrvely recent trmes the large room m front was used as a chapel There she humorously adds bender program: ue heard alto rom the przn crpal 1 anythrng ua: urong Mrs Prke hsts as some of her school companrons Ethel Guyette Eva Burvsell and the elder Stanley Dygert When Florence Shavs CHxllJ attended hlgh school rn Mr Gibbons teaching staff besrdes hrs vufe were the MISSCS Susan Maher Mildred Rnch Maude Holden and Mabel Clark For a year Home Economlcs was taught at that tlme bv Mlss Clark Her most vrvrd re membrance, she states, was that of the gxrls' basketball team led by Miss Holden Mrs Hrll can recall the ded: cation of Knox Memorlal Hrgh School, also the work ln elocutron and smgmg, so gracrously donated to the school by Miss jeannette E Gibbons Among the pupils of her trme she hsts the Mlsses Ella Curtls and Maude Wrlcox and Mrlfred Hewlett and Kenneth Harmer james Burt began hrs schooling under Mrs Grace Busses Line Up In New Loading Area Moore Gerald Curtis taught some of the grades The school became departmentalrzed at this time Durmg hrs school years the Mlsses Dorrs Hornumg and Ruh Clark Albert Loucks Norman Broun and Wrltz Trel Sanford Chase and Mlchael Mrller were wxth htm too There were tvso outstanding teams at that time the champronshrp basketball team and the champronshrp baseball team Mr Burt states that h can swell remem ber playmg on both teams and havrng as has coach Hugh Kelly We zz on I1 rhamp1onrh1p hafheihall game from Hanrfzllle III an ozerlmze peuod by one porn! al rhf Bfruef F1eld Home rn Canlon he sand Pro Gila hone uadded a neu hal rrp and threu ll 17210 lhe alr ll mme doun 111 Ihe froud and he nezer tau hlf haf affarn The home uaf all Since leaving school james has umprred hlgh school brscball games Loulse Plke tl hasey hrst vsent to school rn South Russell where MIS Madelme Wcrr was her teacher Other grade teachers xx ho taught her were Blanche Touslev and Ray Loope In the high school Mr Gibbons nrst was prmclpal then Alb rt Loucks Other teacher xt ere Mrs Byron Greenfield Mlss Vrrglnxa Snell Wrltz Tlcl and Miss Ruth Clark Among hcr classmates vsere Dorothy Hughes Rosahe Smlth and Kathleen Tovx ne The currlculum covered French Latm economlc geog raphy chemistry physics mechanical draw mg trrgo nometry busrness arxthmetrc English and hrstory Instead of the two squads of cheerleaders me have today there were only tvso girls rn those years to rnsplre the team on to vrctory These were Rosahe Smrth and Louise herself Each mormng of this year of 1951 52 to the doors l l Home Economics Department Otters Courses In Cooking and Sewing , ,Jas 1 ' I 4 ' K - Q - ' - ' - - 41 411 4, I .li ' ' . ' ' ' ' U l I I ---- r v U 1 ' ' el' 4 M. '? 5 1'f - . . . ., . . n , Y ' I . and Cole. I.ater Mr. Forrest H. Glbbons became prln- taught. Stan Dygert, Wesley Scouten' Harold Toqrne, .. k v Y Y , ' ' I , y ' . 1'-, ' ' , . I ' all ' . . I 5 V . - ff I 4 . ,I I . I ' 1' ' 1 I ' I 4 Q J K 2 ' . 1 'rl ' .' v J . . A 'I ' ' , e 1' . s -- h 1- ' .. ' ' ' y' ' , ' 7 I . A v I Q S - A 3 7 1 7 -I 7 I yr ' , ' ' V' ' ' A , . - a V - - 1- - , H 5 , ' I . . . ' . ' ' ' Y ' ' , fr , 'r , . , ' lr ' l ' - , . . , . , .f I . V U .,, . . 3 I I . g I

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A Wmdmg Road he we moved slowly down the corridor to stand ln the lower hall xx her two plaques stand mserlbed to the memory ot Forrest C lbbons and Carrre Glbbons Hoxx many youngsters have read the two plaques as elasses pass daily through the halls up the slxghtly xxorn stalrs past the Tlffany w lndow on the landing and on down the eorndors The lett hand plaque wrth rts Latln IIISLIIPIIOII had nexx meamng today S1 monumentum requlrls erreum spree It you seet a man who dedleated hls llfetlme are the reeolleetlons of hlm rn th role of Sehool Com mlssxoner prlnelpal board member and good extlzen Our eyes xx andered to the rrght hand plaque Carrle Caswell Gnbbons teaeher and preeeptress He legaey w1ll long endure rn the llxes and eharaeter ol those xx ho were prxvlleged to haxe her as a friend and teaeher Tl e elamor and moyement ln the hall qulekened xxlth the adxent ot another busload ot puplls and as they crowded past us the thought eehoed It you seek a monument look about you And nt xx as then that we looked atea er young faees and saw a lrvlng monument a monumen beyond prxee KNOX NL HORI141 CI:1NTRAI SCHOOL CENITRAL DISTRICT NO 1 TOXVNS OF Russell Clare Plerrepont Canton Hermon Ereeted 1931 BOARD OF EDI CAYION Theron L Clark Presldent Harold R Curtls Vlee Presldent Kenneth G1fT1n Mxgnon W Hateh jesse S Rumfeldt I-Iattle S jones Clerl XY!1ll1am G H Wrese SLIPCIYISIIIE Prrnexpal Clarence E Armstrong Dxstrlet Superrntendert Benedler Ryan 84 Sayer Arehrteets Suecessors to A W Inman Rouse Putman Co General Contraetor CHAPTFR Ele HT FRO Xl CI:Nl:RATION 70 fI:NERATION 'I HINK tl e ulmolf 111111 rfwnelul lmzv been fire 11111111 my 0 111 11Il11ge says Mr George Burt former president of the Russell Board of Edueatlon for three years Mr Burt ehaxrman ot eyery sehool meeting tor txxentv years or more and one ot those taking an aetxve part xn the eentr 1l1zat1on has been 1 vrtal part of the evolution leadlnv to our sehool system of today 'ilu ufwol hm n1e11111 ezuyffvzflg 171 my Ftflllltl 111111 remarked A B Shaw trustee tor tlurty srx years and treasurer nearly as long He too has long had the xx eltare of the sehool at heart and xx as espeelally lnter ested IU Htllllflg the musle department Looknng baek oxer the years Mr Burt and con tempormes Mr Shaw and joseph Van Sant note w1t1 satnsfaenon the great ehanges both m taerhtnes anl eurrleulum slnee they went to sehool They are happy that their deseendants can be among those to enjoy the Improvements which haye ween aehleved througn th years Mr Shaw and Mr Burt b 1th attended tlve l11Sf0I'1L Old Arsenal Tllffll' teachers rneluded Ida Hostord Lena Boyd Inez Fairbanks Marx Farrell Mary Clark Jen me Xxfhxtmarsh and Mllton Clark Tezrfwll 111 thrive 1!11y they report 1efe1ze1f 11pp1ox1n1111eIy 11111 lynn fre! 11111111 1 y1111 Elght grades xx ere taught the tlrst three or tour on the low er floor Mr Burt says that th ars nal was heated by two box stoves one upstalrs and one dow nstaxrs Wtmod was the tuel and nt was carrled rn by the puplls morning reeesstlme and nlght O111 lfllllklllq 1111141 he adds was fimnglvt 171 by 11 llplf 1111! IIC 1111 111111114 0111 111 1101 uzme d1ppe1 Algebra was taught rn 21Ll1ellfl0U to the usual subyeets Reeallxng h1s el smates Mr Burt mentlons Fred C lbbons Roy and john Smith Iztta Caswell Frank and Rome Jenne A B and Wxll Shaw George and Chase Daniels The pleasures of the day were skating and sliding down lull rn wlnter and playing baseball ln summer There were no league games at that early day Mr loseph Van Sant started sehool at the age uf 5 IH Dxstrlet No 17 at Sllyer Hill Beeause ol his tender ye rrs lus teaeher used to allow hnm to take a nap on a beneh b slde the stove That teaeher must have been Anna Gale whom he refers to as hxs frrst Others who taught lum were Mary jane Stevenson Lottie Colton Plaque Ill New Wing Jamtors Hull, Howland and Moore Discuss Day's Work .I , , 1 ' A ll ' F 1 ll R ' Y ' ,. ,. 1. , ' . I . A v y - I A . O . , , y H . , .4 '.l ' ' . 1 1 ,I i Y y 'Q . V ' . ' I - 1 . -' ' , 11 ft 1 ' ' ' 4' , . - - 2 ' , . . ' . , ' ' V. ya ' ' W '- ' -. 1 1 1 .AM s . R I . 4 V ,g W , , I . A 5 1 'i 1 Z , - '. a l Q ' V Y 7 . , I ' ' I Q A a A y s U J, , , - . l a . .v I ' A ' 1 I 1 1 'Q A ' , . , ' V V , V I v 0 . I . . . . . . S I V 'V ' . . , - , K - W A ' - ' , I. 1 'v '- ' ' ' - . V. lu , - A 4 '. V- 1 - - 1- y S - - ,y 1 yy l to education and his loyalty to thrs school. How' v1v1d I 1, 1 Q ' V , K- ' , . . . . g. . K LW t gl ' - I ' 1 ' - 'ass . . . 1 , , . ,. - 1. M f ' v ' S A , ' ' . , . ., 1 ' 1 I . I ' ' , . ' ' el, . , , A I y y , 4 Y . , , ' ' , , ' . . . . ' . V e 5 I - I . A F . A U 1 vs A 6 U ' 'fe ' , I ' 'N '- D ' fa ' ' .- . ' ' ' H 'A .2 , ' .. - Y ' - , 1 ' . ' ' V X . - 95' . , . . s . ' l F V x F r ' Y . 3 , . . , , , :V , T NMMA. . 1 . . . , A 1 . A S ' U N 1 A A . .... F N . A ' , ...,,....ee,,,,......... ' I '

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gyf of Know Mumorial Ckntral School comes Bus 1 driven by Albertxe Hill The 111 t jam yan I f :ze Jfzzen fl rclmnl bllf explamed Albertle There NX ern no buses 11 the days of ITIS grandfather A B bhavx or ot hlS moth er Mrs Harold Hill Nov hns IS one of 1 fleet ot 9 huscs md 3 statnon xx agons Hummer durmg Ins salmon' days four Lars Qarrled thc Llllldrcn Wxlbgr F1sL drove the car from North Russell Gordon Extord the one from DeGrassc Mr Colton the one trnm Clare and herald 5IHltll from thc Stiles Dlstrmt I lulleze ll 1111 J 07 zz van I 0 If e :mes LIL puff 114 Thpse were used for DeGrassc and North Russell A station wagon agcommodated the chlldren from the Stlles Dxstrzgt Although Albertne started school m Russell 1 later moved to the btlles Dlstrlat where. he hnmhcd the gmdcs In this school Mrs jdrdm Mrs Etta etfcri Mrs Moulton and Karl Wlmlta were hrs tcaghers Dur mg, the tlme llc was ln School thc prmupals vue-re M1 Cnlwlmns Albert Loudxs and Hugh Kelly Others on thc fL'1Ll1lI'lg staff xx erc the Misses Cyeraldmn MLNILIDCV M1ry Mack Hazel bupernaxx Ruth BITLAIPIUL hor man Brown XXIIIIZ Tlcl and Carl Barber Txpmg xx as added to the Lurruulum at thls txme Also there were other mnovatlons The hrst year book was prmted ID 1958 and called The Knox Annual It um fJIlb!l1lLdIblUllQl7ffJ6 ffm! 0 ffl 11172107 F11 r 0 1111610 I um I1 menzluer and dcffzmlul I0 U1 Ixellg om nnzffpfzl 111 fha! mm he reports Om 11111 U7 1111 'Hur Hari: fzmllnz lug 11411 mc mntnnuu 1 x I 4 111101 Pmm The musm um tmxrnwlmul by tha hrst school orchestra composed of llxdm XX1ll1amS pmno bldmy Manning drumS Rmmnnd vUIlll.il'l1S glllfif Marilyn Curtis trumpet md Frcdernk Strate lmrmon 11.1 Mr Kenneth Burt xx as the dxrutor In this class xx cu Bmyton Sflllfll 1nd Dav1d XVl11t mush both killed m Wforld XXIII II In the freshman dass of today there IS a SP1'1f.Il1tlV ITIISS xx ho stqtcs that slmc enjms her subputs likes her sdmulmatcs md tcachcrs This g l IS Phyllls Clnsc Sha IS 1 mcmlwgr ot th X'lI'Slly mcarlmdcri of thc lwmd 1 L uf tm Qmrus Tm wart ut the nldltlon she 1 cs but IS thc j.,3lUI'l21SlLllH Her tuurxtc subjut IS Home hummmms lwcmuse lmcr hubby 15 umoklng FI here IS 1 very xxcll Lqulppcd kxtghcn she says ln xxhlph she can prag me thns hm lrt Ivlif 1 11111 gn J was thc erxthusmsxc declu mam of blond Edmund H111 seunth gradcr in spmknng of thc addmon Mrs Beaulneu IS hrs teacher The ZLXIWIIVISIUIII 'md Lxfetcru buth rmk lugh In hrs LSYIINIIIOTI Ha Sayi that he is 1 memhnr of the 'IAB dub dancing, dub unmr Bmkgtblll md Iumor Bmd Dam Burt IS m the sixth gmdg vuth Mr Kenneth Hfarmur 15 tculmcr HQ gives hrs daily schcdulc 15 ful mms In flu nwfmzzx ur 111111 zlfvongll 01 Ibn fig 1 1: 1341 1721 t 4 Hag mlm: 'Ihr 1 bmmfzfzrf mm In ottlu Homffzy mm' W 4 fm uhm ue 171111 I5 Wllfillfff IN I U11 One me 1161711 ozelzlrlolno IP mln ufnmtmzz by U1 Plfbetllll The fe I 0 Ifvl du ue 111 ugn II lflfftf Wa nm 0 I0 1191211611119 am get ban good fmokr zmzfly 111103 114 m mor! 4 r I f .fl 1 gym IZIII7 fz um goal! Hum and fluff If an elertm fcofe hmnrd fi lor fl rrlwolr Joni Inu zlfljfblllg af :me nr fum Dam expresses his wholehearted appreciation when he Saks m wmlusxon 1 am rw, plain! o om nz zz hen I we Ifve lllhh lefzm mmm f 111 Q I Ruth Clark fOfXTCll SIOIX mom schools arc gluscd bome dly turned mm hunting, gamps homes have scrx cd tl1f.1r purpose IH souety xx as taught well They adequately The llttlc. unc. won thas max lc nr ucn buns They Wfhat thes taught prepared their puplls tor a pre XVOrld XV:1r One hte In our New School today new and mwrc ethuent methods nut down on the tlme required to mzmter thc tools of lcarnmg and leave Z1 portion of thc school d IX for actlxltles xxluch vslll gnc the Qluldrcn an op purtumty to 11v md work m groups XVQ lmpc ln thlS xx Ay to better prepare them tor hte. by axdlng, them tn work and Inc together By the tlmc that Sllvnr Hull Bcanh Grove Star Mlmol 'md other such names have begun to lose then' present mcanmg IH the minds of our puplls me hope to haw a program xxlmlm vslll bc effcctxvn for all the dnl dren of all the people m our dlstrlct DEDICATION AND CORNERSTOIXE LAX INC Knox hfCfDUl'I81 Central School Audltorlum Ma 3 1957 Knmcrt KMC S Band Mr USf.Pllh'1lll'9L DIFLLTIHK15 Dl DIC VIIOX PROCA HI 7 0 Stir Spmglnd Bmner KMC S Band Immatlun Rev George M Pnlbeam Plgdgeot Xllegumc Leader XV1ll1am Bremer Presxdent KMFS Student Couml Flag Bcarer Robert XX luteforl Prcildent KMCS benmr Clasa lu. I7I'LSldC.flf Btllfd of lducatlon Cmzcns ut Central DISUILY KMC 5 Band Bencdnt Ryu 1 and Sayer Ardutents Theron L Clark Prcszdent Board ot Iducatlon Sclectlon KMCS Cnrls Choru Introdugtmn of Dr FfCdf.I'lLh VU Crumb Prcsldcm Putsdqm bthatc Teachers Collcg XXIIHIIIN C H XXIILSL Nupprxnsm Prlnupll Knox IVILINUFIII Ccntrll Sdmul Xddrnss Dr hcdcrldx XV frumn Sclutmn Lord s Prayer KMCS Cnrls Chorus Ben dictum .1P1ClUSlK'lg Prucr Rev George M Pllbeam Alma Maru KMCS Band Insputmn of Buxldmg and Old Arsenal Museum Punch and Coolucs Homa Izgonomms Department C ummcnts Sclutmn Prnszntltmn ot BLIIIJIIIQ., AKLGPTTDLL of Blllldlllg 6 OU Alumni Banquet KMCS Cafeterla 1 l 1 1 O Dulxmtlun B111 joe Callplrx 1l'1dlllS Orchestl 1 , ' ,' I ,. . V ' - I ff - IJ ' , , J! , .' . . A , 4, ' . . ' v , , , . . . tl - ' '. I n ., V Y I ' .' - A ' V - A ' Y 1 , ' A . ' . . - Y . - . I ' V lv - ' ' A ' A 1 - .V V., xl A l I Y h -a n X' ' ' Y 1 ' ' 1' ' ' 'J' .H t V .V f . 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