Aurora High School - Borealis Yearbook (Aurora, OH)

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Il lmrc our app:-01111. It's fl Il'llIlll!'l'-fill Many problems face the Board of Educa- tlon. Among these are more classrooms and facilities for an increasing enrollment: maintenance and improvement of school property and grounds: replacements and additions to the school furniture and equip- ment: and adequate salaries for teachers and janitors: and all this on a limited bud- get. The outstanding improvement the past year l1as been to the athletic field. The lloard of liducation is indebted to the Class of '4S and the Aurora Rotary Club for tak- ing the initiative in this project, with help from other organizations. X form-letter was sent by the class 0-Hicers ot lil-L8 to the presidents of Senior Classes ot S139 to 19-LT asking their opinion of us- 1 IQ the Senior Gift Fund for lighting the football field. Their answers were, in effect: Mlm. The Senior Gift Fund amounted to Yff1,544.ti3. The total cost of lights came to 3F4,635.T6, which included lights, poles, cost of linemen and equipment. The breakdown on the cost on lights is as follows: The General Ifllectric Company, SlF2.!lS1.48: The Vopper Company. lnc., for poles, 2l51,tltl-1.451 lndiana l'ublic Service, 32483: Lille t'onstrut-tion Crew of the l.l'.S., 3B625.0tl. The A.H.S.A.A. and the lfloard of Education added to the Senior Gift Fund to take care of the cost of lights. The fencing of the field, the grading, seed- ing and bringing water to tl1e field was fin- anced by tl1e Board of Education at a cost of rE1,50U.62. The Aurora Rotary Club took the initia- tive in sponsoring the bleacher seats with contributions of 2Hil,82!l.l0. Other contribu- tors were the Lions Club, i'F1S0.00g the Yet- erans of Foreign Wars, 3'510tl.00g the Ameri- can Legion, SHS-L0.tltl-a total of Ell5I.!,1-19.10. Il.x1, li. lbmvnu S11pcr:'ntf'.':1ir nf One section of bleacher seats have been de- livered. The plan was to sell the seats at 3520.00 each. ln return, the donor would have a reserved seat for all home games for the next three years. ln the gymnasium, improvements consist of a broadcasting booth and additional seats above the door. Several pieces of equipment have been added to various departlnents including five new typewriters in the commercial depart- ment, a metal lathe in industrial arts. two musical instruments for the band and a new urinal in the public rest room in the High School building. Among the repairs for Aurora Schools was the repair of the chimney at lligh School, and the boiler in the North Build- ing. Uaulking and window stripping were applied to the windows in the entire North Building by the t'hamberlain tlompany of America. Improvements for the grade schools con- sist of one rooln of new desks for the fourth grade at Southside, and at the West Aurora School, a new curb and gutter, walk and wall, plus filling, grading and planting new shrubbery. Page Fire

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lDouo'I'nY l'11Lx1.xNs1l4:K With an l'l'l9lltll'V smile und :1 l'llt?6l'flll word Dot keeps the office going. Besides her duties as St'l'l'9f2ll'j' for the oliiee, she supplies the students' needs for peneils and paper. keeps the teuehers supplied with passes, und answers the eonstnntly-ringing telephone. i L i :'qf' . Page N ii.1: Q lr 4, ft' .Im l'l'AMl4llINK To .limi-our thanks for nmkinggg sehool more lW2l1'3llllt'. llis rendy wit und liuppy smile rzldiutes illl'tlllg1'll the sehool, lllillilllgj everyone huppiei' for it. Alwuys present for extru- t'lll'l'll'lIlZll' zietivities, he helps nnlke them u sueeess. Few people know of the extensive use ol' the lligh Sc-hool und Vom- munity Building in addition to the l'i'g1'lll2ll' zu-tivities oi' the sehool. 'Phe givin hus been used illltlllf 25 times ln' outside oi-ggunizutions the pust yeur.