Northside High School - Bruin Yearbook (Fort Smith, AR)

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1 Office Personnel-Mrs. Leo Cretnik, Peabody clerk, Mrs.Kelly Draper, canteen manager, Mrs. Bascom Freeman, clerk and cashier, Mrs. Virgil Hix, cafeteria supervisor, Mrs. Ewell Lee, guidance clerk. Mrs. Buford Poe, athletic clerk, Mrs. Carl Rose, attendance clerk, Mrs. Nora Speer, bookkeeperg Mrs. Anna Lee Womble, registrar. Below: This may ap- pear to be a social gathering, but it's really only a typical scene in the business office. Every daymany students go there to purchase school sup- plies and transact var- ious business matters. 27

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Activity is keynote for office personnel Sad story of student sorrows: These are people. They are in the of- fice. They are there for many reasons. Chorus: Oh, woe is me. Right: During lunch periods, many students purchase tickets for games from the athletic office. This group includes jane Dawson, Lila Person, Lila Carter, Bruce Roberson and Glenn Ann Blakemore. 26 The telephone rings 120 times a day on three dif- ferent lines--itis busy place, the main office. There Mrs. Carl Rose, with the help of 24 student workers, answers the telephone, sends messages and answers innumerable questions. In the office, records date back to 1889 in 16 different filing areas, most of which Mrs. Anna Lee Womble oversees as registrar. Among her many duties, she also furnishes transcripts to college-bound students and assists in scheduling. Mrs. Ewell Lee, guidance office clerk, is in charge of student personal records, including filing of test scores. Thousands of dollars spent annually and thousands of fans mean work in the athletic department. Mrs. Buford Poe, in charge of this office, fills every day with such duties as correspondence, records and ticket sales. In the business office, Mrs. Nora Speer is finance officer and bookkeeper, and Mrs. Bascom Freeman, cashier. Various money matters are transacted and school sup- plies sold there. Three blocks away at Peabody Annex, Mrs. Leo Cretnik keeps the general office, making it possible for sophomores to have a 'ihome away from homen feeling. E

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Above: The congtanteffort of the custodians to keep things fixed up proves that efficient mechanical operation in a school is no accident. Upper right: A new look is always refreshing, and that is just what the auditorium gained this fall when it received a coat of green paint. Right: Keeping the shrubberyon the campus neat and well-trimmed is just one of the manyand varied jobs performed by the custodial staff. 28