Bedford High School - Echo Yearbook (Bedford, PA)

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SECRETARY BARBARA NEVITT Barbara Nevitt, a vivacious hazel-eyed brunette of the Class ot '49, has served as one of our secretaries for four years. As Mr. Sproul's secretary, Barb has many duties including the preparing ot requisition sheets, ordering for the jointure, and making forms and schedules, as well as caring for Mr. Sproul's personal correspondence. Another ot her many duties is the count- ing ot the money received from various collections in the home- rooms. The general operation ot the office is in the hands of our secretaries. ln her spare time, our gracious receptionist enjoys knitting, selling tickets at the theater and cooking. SECRETARY JOSEPHINE YAUKEY Josephine Yaukey, a blond, blue-eyed new-comer to our ottice this year, is a graduate of the Class of '5l. This pleasant recep- tionist assists Mr. Behrers every morning with the attendance and then types the absentee list. As Mr. Townsend's secretary, .lo- sephine takes dictation as well as typing it and also typing copy- work. Both of our able secre- taries run the ditto machine and type stencils to run onthe mimeo- graph machine. Working side by side our receptionists have pre- pared the new permanent record system for the jointure. ln her spare time Josephine enjoys skat- ing, reading or listening to the radio.

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--I1 que..- ,J ASSISTANT SU PERVISING PRINCIPAL ARTHUR V. TOVVNSEND Our assistant Supervising Prin- cipal, Mr. Townsend, is perhaps the busiest man in our school. On his shoulders tall the respon- sibilities ot business as usual plus the many other tasks which he feels can be most quickly and efficiently done by giving them his personal attention. Mr. Town- send serves as faculty manager of athletics, advisor to the Stu- dent Council and other student organizations, and treasurer for all school organizations. No matter how busy he might be, Mr. Townsend finds time to listen to the problems of faculty members and students, and in et- fect has gained a reputation of being a solver of problems . ATTENDANCE DIRECTOR DAVID G. BEHRERS Perhaps the most talked to man in our administration is Mr. David Behrers. E v e r y school morning he can be seen standing behind the desk listening patient- ly to the reasons of students for b e i n g absent. In addition to checking excuses, Mr. Behrers c h e c k s over each teacher's monthly attendance record, Stu- dents passing room IOS can look in and see Mr. Behrers serving in another capacity, that of being a teacher. He presides over sec- tions of seventh and eighth grade arithmetic. Mr. Behrers has been an instructor in our school for many years and commands much respect from the student body.

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MISS MARY MORSE SCHCOL NURSE For the past several years, the general health of our students has been diligently guarded by our school nurse, Miss Mary Morse. Each year she schedules half of our students for dental and physical examina- tions, administers audiometric tests to all students in the grades as well as in the high school. Her work is much heavier this year because she must administer in certain other schools of our new jointure. No position in our school system is more essential to our welfaretthan the one held by Miss Morse. YF Q1 W- Benjamin Franklin been with B. H. S. since the fall of 1942. Baker teaches Math- ematicsg has had 24 years teaching ex- perienceg he received his B. S. degree from Juniata College and his M. Ed. degree from the University of Pittsburgh. He has Mrs. Mary Jane Boering came to us from the busi- ness world in the fall of 1952. She instructs in typ- ing, shorthand, and busi- ness essentials. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Education from Indiana State Teachers College. Miss Betty Jane Brown teaches classes in Jr. High Home Ec. and General Science, and Personal Liv- ing to the seniorsg she holds a B.S. in Home Economics. She took a leave of absence in Feb- ruary to -continue work towards a master's degree at Penn State. Miss Mary E. Burgoyne holds a degree of B. S. in Music Education from Youngstown College. She is a member of Sigma Al- pha Iota, Music Fraternity. She is our instructor of Vocal Music in the Grade and High School. She has been doing this kind of work for seven years, but did not come to B.H.S. until the fall of 1951. Edward Clark came to B. H. S. in the fall of 1950, fresh from Pennsylvania State College where he had won his B. S. degree. He also has a M.Ed.degree from the same institution. He is a member of Phi Ep- silon Kappa fraternity. He graduated from B. H. S. in the Class of '44 at which time he was named the most versitile boy student. He teaches Health and Physical Education and is the olflcial trainer for our athletic teams. HOD