Athens Community High School - Athenian Yearbook (Athens, IL)

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APPRECIATION The faculty and student body take this means of expressing their appreciation to Mr. S. D. Cantrall and Dr. G-. S. Van Wormer for their years of loyal service as members of the Athens Community High School Board of Education. It was with feelings of regret that we learned of their intention to retire from active ser- vice, but we have their assurance of their continued interest in the success of our school. Mr. S. D. Cantrall Mr. Cantrall has been a life-long member of this community, having been born and reared on a farm near Athens. He was elected November 5, 1917, as a member of the first board of the Athens Community High School, and he has given twenty-five years of faithful service to the school. Mr. Cantrall served as president of the Board three terms: 1924-25, 1925-26, and 1931-32. He is the father of three children: Mrs. Theodore Rein- ders, Ashland, Illinois; Mrs. Merle Estill, Springfield, Illinois; and Henry Cantrall, Athens—all of whom at- tended A. C. H. S. Dr. G-. S. Van Wormer Dr. Van Wormer, who was born in Virden, first came to Athens in 1905. He can be justifiably proud of hav- ing been a member of the grade school board which fathered the present community high school. He was elected to the board in 1920 and has been a member con- tinuously. Since that time Dr. Van Wormer served as president of the board four successive terms, 1927-28, 1928-29, 1929-30, and 1930-31. Since 1931 he has been its secretary. As a token of his loyal interest in the school, Dr. Van Wormer is leaving a plaque which will be engraved annually with the name of some outstanding student. His daughter, Miss Marjorie, of Chicago, Illinois, was graduated from A. C. H. S. in 1934. Both Dr. Van Wormer and Mr. Cantrall are ardent fishermexi and basketball fans. Their Wednesday fishing excursions have long been a tradition in Athens, and a basketball game without-JtJtiein just doesn't seem right. We hope that they will continue to attend all our school functions, and we wish to assure them of a warm welcome.