Bell Township High School - Bee Tee Vie Yearbook (Salina, PA)

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w y yy y y yy Ira!! In Q. THE Freshman Class -gg , of 1934-35 hrst as- sembled as a class on September 4. IQ3-1. Thirty-seven members i of the class came from Bell Township, ten from Loyalhanna, live from Kiskiminetas. and ten from Salem. They came by busg they came in cars, they walked sometimes they even ran. Thirty-four students enrolled in the Academic course and were 'Astarted up in the way they should go by their home-room teacher, Miss Snively. These thirty-four were Anthony Ama- rose, Harry Barker, Velma Bor- ing, Viola Caldwell, William Campbell, Laura May Carnahan, Donald Dando, Ronald Dando, Glenn ljdder, ,loe Franko, Grace Freeman, Guy Grimm, john Kontra, Ruth Lenz, Agnes Mickey. Ray Muflley. Steve Olex. lvlike Pendlyshok. Andrew Povlik, Stanley Repos, Anthony Resnick, Pauline Rugh, jack Saxion, Cameron Scalise, Vera Schall, Mildred Shaffer, john Shusko, Mary Shusko, Andrew Simon, Lester White, Vincent Wilson, Ralph Woods, Frank Zerebnick, and Robert Zukas. This group elected as their home-room officers, Robert Zukas, presidentg Guy Grimm, vice presidentg Mildred Shaffer, sec retary-t reasu rer. The remaining thirty-three, who chose the Vocational course, were Dorothy Aikins, Dean Ashbaugh, Frances Boyd, Chesna Browell, Marie Burtyk, Robert Carnahan, Evelyn Cattoi The Seniors As They Were ln '34

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BEE TEE VIE became exclusively school except for economics room, had years of service and demned as a fire hazlard. This required action on the school board again, a grade the home seen many was con- part of the and so in 1936 the membersgID. P. Bow- man, president, V Williams, secretary, corn, treasurer, L. memberg and Mr I. C. Mc- R. L. Al- . Weister, . Grayce Nixon, member-beglan negoti- ations for a P. W. A ., grant to help Finance such a project. A grant amounting to 4572, of the total cost was received and a bond issue started on December 7, 1937. When this new building was started, Mr. Willard, who began his work as supervising principal in 1921, was still at the head of the township school systemg and Mr. Gerheim, who started his career as high school principal in l932, was also still commanding officer of the high school. fgx ll

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BEE TEE VIE Gallek, Eugene Day, Stella Clarence Hall, Elmer Hall, Law- rence Harkleroad, Eleanor Kor- chok, Virginia Lan fair, Rose Malami, Earl lVlom ferger, Roy Newhouse, Catherine Posney, iffer, Dale hank, Vic- Mollie Repos, Lysle Schrecengost, Irene toria Shermenti, Leonard Stover, Erank Sucheck, Helen Turko- vich, George Ukish, Vincent Vantoney, Rose Virpish, Dean Walker, William Whitesell, and Gllie Yakim. Mr, Brpce tackled the problem of being heir home- room teacher. The officers elected for this home-room were Lysle Riffere president, Virginia Lan presidentg Stella Gallek, secre- taryg and Mollie Repos, treas- urer. On the very first day of their dfair, vice George E. Willard, Principal high school careers these stu- dents became acquainted with their commanding officers, George E. Willard, and lvlearl Gerheim. Mr. Willard was born March ll, l877,at Salina, Pennsylvania, and part of his grade school work was done in that same town. He also attended Duffields School and Shaffers, where we have heard tell he was a champ- ion paperwad shooter. In 18950 and 96 he studied at the Ligonier Classical Institute, and the following year at Lock- haven State Normal School, Two years later he entered the Greensburg Seminary and was there during the 1900-l90l school year. He followed this with a year at Indiana State Normal and two at Grove City College, This work has been supplement- ed by ten summer sessions at the University of Pittsburgh. During his year at Lockhaven, Mr. Willard was a member of the debating teamg and his friends note that he can still put up some good arguments. For seventeen years lvlr. Will- ard served as a class room teacher in Bell and Loyalhanna Town- ships. In addition he has a record of twenty-two years as supervising principal in Moon, Franklin, Loyalhanna, and Bell Townships. Mr. Willard's interest goes beyond the field of public school work into that of religious edu- cation, for he is Director of