Averill Park High School - Threshold Yearbook (Averill Park, NY)

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Dr Richard Folsom deliver Ing fhe prlnclpal address al' fhe ceremony F Mr. Dodge, erchi+ec+g Mr. Fuller, building principelg Dr. Folsom, speaker: and Mr. de Freilas, Board of Educafion presidenl meer before fhe dedicallon ceremonies. Parenfs and guesls enloyung re lreshmenls eller lhe ceremonles ,lu Sfudenl guudes showing guesfs lhrough The new buuldlng

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Z... F . f x in Fwgkw-Q. FEATURE STCDRTES Averill Pork Dedicotes New High School The new Averill Park High School was dedicaTed OcTober 24, l958, aT a ceremony held in The audiTorium of The new building. Principal speaker Tor The occasion was Dr. Richard G. Folsom, presidenT oT Rensselaer PolyTechnic lnsTiTuTe, who Talked on The educaTional his- Tory of The disTricT and The added responsibiliTies due To The space age. OThers who parTicipaTed in The program included Reverend Mary C. Vining, invocaTion3 W. Parker Dodge, archiTecT: John de FreiTas, Board oT EducaTion presidenTg Mrs. Percival Giering, presidenT oT The P.T.A.7 BeTsey Dingman, STudenT Council presidenT: Miss RuTh Kunz, soloisTf Adam Decker, band direcTor: and Reverend Francis P. AnThus, bene- dicTion. l'lerTord A. SmiTh read The sTaTemenT prepared by Elmer E. STahlman who was unable To aTTend because oT illness. The ceremony was Tollowed by open house during The evening and The nexT aTTernoon.

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ar ' xx.. If 4-f2K3'4-Al' i The begunnung of lhus school year broughl abouf many new changes One of lhe mosf amporfanf of fhese lues wnfhun fhe admnnusfrahon Mr Howard K Fuller fools over 'rhe enormous responsnbulnly of a new school wulh a rapldly uncreasnnq enrollmenl As our new principal Mr Fuller has nof only managed hrs responsnbnlnfy buf accomplnshed fhlngs far beyond any expecfahons As graduahng sensors none of us wall leave lhus buuldunq w1l'houfl'alclng wnlh us some edea or concepf unshlled an us by 'rhus man Page 108 .,, A M' Mb A 'M'----uv J s Wwi' .gl i ' s xx.: mfljqwnfwmvv V4 4+ W f