Binghamton North High School - Wampum Yearbook (Binghamton, NY)

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f , . .. ,ik Teacher! Active in Civilian e eme Faculty and Staff of North High School have been all-out for Vic- tory for some time. All teachers have given several hours to the difiicult tasks of rationingg the great majority are buying Defense Stamps regu- larly under a voluntary payroll deduction plang and practically all demon- strate positive patriotic, citizenship by active participation in various units of Civilian Defense. More than half of the faculty have had training in Red Cross first aidg a score have had the advanced courseg several instruct first aid classes. Many are enrolled as air raid wardens. Knitting and training in nutrition claim the out-of-school hours of many more. Many of the technical and vocational teachers work twelve or more extra hours a week teaching de- fense classes. Following are some of the teachers and some of their Defense roles. The list cannot be complete with many teachers joining new groups almost daily. Miss Mara Burke and Miss Josephine Donley have had a special training in nutrition. Miss Camilla Carter specializes in Red Cross First Aid. Miss Mary Conole knits for the Red Cross. Mr. Daniel Dressler is on Medical Reserve responsible for a large section of' the North Side. Besides instructing in First Aid Mr. Dressler has taken a defense machine course. Miss Dorothy Dyer, librarian, has had first aid instruction. Miss Olive Earle concentrates on knitting and Mr. Charles Ellis, Commercial Department head, instructs a first aid class. Miss Gertrude Foley and Miss Katherine Fassett of the homemaking department are both engaged in Red Cross sewing projects. The former also teaches a canteen classg the latter, a nutrition class. 14

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Coumelom Mr. George S. Tate Mr. George S. Tate, boys' academic counselor and Vice-Principal, received nis A. B. degree from Colgate University and an A. M. degree from the University of California. He received teaching experi- ence at East Junior High School and Ben- jamin Franklin Junior High School. Jour- nalism strangely interested him while in high school and college. His principal hobbies are: Tennis, Scouting, fishing and sailing. In the field of scouting he is a Camp Director and Scoutmaster. Mr. Tate's special likes include cream pie with chocolate merangue, red striped neckties and hunting and lishing gadgets. He dislikes crowded buses or theatres. Mr. Tate has two children, a boy and a girl. namley, Robert and Eleanor. Miss Leta Plunkett The girls' counselor at North High School is Miss Leta Plunkett. As a child, her desire was always to teach. She was graduated from Oneonta Normal Schoolg received her M,A. degree from Albany State Teachers College, and her Ph.D from New York University. Following her educa- tional training, she taught Social Studies in Hamilton School and in Binghamton East Junior High School. Later she became the seventh and eighth grade counselor at East Junior High School. Knitting, crocheting, and reading oc- cupy Miss Plunkett's spare time, and she en,,oys good mystery stories. Mr. Ronald L. Johnston Mr. Ronald L. Johnston is counselor of Technical and Vocational boys. In addi- tion to experience in teaching technical mathematics, he has had twelve years' experience in industry with the General Electric Company. With G. E. one of his duties was the x-raying of vacuum tubes. Mr. Johnson attended high school in Scranton, Pennsylvania. From there he went to Union College in Schenectady where he received his Bachelor's Degree of Science in Chemistry. His hobbies are miniature railroads. camping and fishing fespecially fishingJ. He also likes to deal with young people. Mr. Johnston has one child, a son eight years old.

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Miss Grace Fox, Miss Lazetta Gehm and Mrs. Bessie Gordon had added to the piles of knitted wear go- ing to the troops. Miss Gehm and Mrs. Gordon also have had first aid in- struction with Miss Mary Gillespie. Miss Genevieve Heffron is one of the comparatively small group of feminine air raid wardens. She has had the first aid instruction and drill- ing necessary for the position. Mr. Marion Holmes is a member of the Civilian Police While Miss Elizabeth Kelly does stenographic Work in the Defense Office. Mr. Ernest Lalley is a Red Cross first aid instructor and life saver. Miss Virginia La Gier studies first aid while Miss Virginia Lane instructs a group of Girl Scouts in emergency treatment. Miss Helen Maloney has studied home nursing, Miss Ellen Mangan has had the primary and advanced first aid courses. Miss Ruth McCarriagher devotes much time to the sale of De- fense Stamps. Miss Irene Motyka, gym instruc- tor, teaches Physical Fitness classes, studies first aid and knits. Miss Dorothy Merrill and Miss Anita Nash are also engaged in knitting. Miss Gertrude O,C0nnor is an air raid warden, a course which Miss Mayadelaide Palmer is also taking. Miss O'Connor is also a member of the vital Telephone Committee. Mrs. Gladys Ordway includes first aid, knitting and physical fitness classes in her war jobs. Mrs. Helen Perkins combines knitting and first aid. Miss Leta Plunkett, girls' coun- selor, serves as registrar for the draft selectees as Well as general commis- sioner for the sale of Defense Stamps. Miss Plunkett's remaining time, which must be little, is spent in knit- ting. Miss Grace Pritchard, Miss Margaret Quinn, school nurse, and Mr. John Reutlinger are all engaged in first aid work, the last two as in- structors. Mr. Robert Redman has had the courses in first aid and drilling to qualify him for his job as an air raid Warden. Miss Kathleen Rieg has had several courses in first aid, sews for the Red Cross and assists in the sale of Defense Stamps. Mr. Donald Roehm is East Side Zone Chief in charge of Civilian De- fense and first aid in this section. He has instructed several classes in first aid. Mr. Boris Schneeberg is an Aux- iliary Fireman having had special training in the control of fires and incendiary bombs. He also has taken a defense course in radio work. Miss Genevieve Shattuck has had first aid, assisted with the War drive for the Red Cross and Works in the fContinued on page 933