Blackford High School - Reflections Yearbook (Hartford City, IN)

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Varied vocations loere represented on Blackford ' s School Board, as (upper left) merchant Mr. Clyde Suite displays a neiver model gun for Dick Tarr. Unloading paper rolls from freight trains is a delicate fob for Mr. Dean Pierson (upper right). Tractors are a necessity to Mr. Robert Daily ivhen farming 1,100 acres (lower left). .4 gigantic piece of equipment in aiding Mr. Roger Rinker (middle) is his com picker. Being scared is outmoded for Max McCollum, as Dr. Barabe makes an inspection (lower right). Besides planning and managing school procedures, with meetings even. two weeks, a busy schedule was followed by the Blackford County School Board. Mr. Rinker led the school board as president, with Dr. Barabe acting as vice-president. Mr. Pierson and Mr. Suite were secretary and assistant sec- retary, respectively, and Mr. Daily was treasurer. Completing the administration office were the secretaries of superintendents. Mrs. Landis. receptionist, was in charge of phone ser ' ice and all correspondence. Payroll and insurance was controlled by Mrs. Jones, and the task of keeping books for the school system was Mrs. Pierson ' s. Every two weeks these administration office secretaries read the Bruiyformer: .l rs. Dean Pierson, Mrs. Robert Jones, and Mrs. James Landis.

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A new school increased their duties Throughout the school year, three county educational executives were fre- quent visitors to the new school, check- ing on such things as equipment ranging from journalism to cafeteria materials; on construction, which mainly included the completion of the gym for the Janu- ary 16 basketball game; and personnel, including 68 teachers, 20 of them new to the county system. Besides his complex duties of man- aging county schools. Dr. Conrad Gallo- way, superintendent, was also executive secretary of the school board. Mr. Payne, assistant superintendent for business affairs, was in charge of non-professional personnel and busi- ness management procedures. Dr. Glenn was assistant superintendent for board instruction and in charge of curriculum and professional personnel. DR. CONRAD GALLOWAY, Superintendent; B.S.. M.S., Ed. D. DR. MAX E. GLENN, Asst. Superintendent for instruction: A.B., M.S., Ed. D. MR. WILLLAM PAYNE, Asst. Superintendent for business affairs; B.S., M.S. Frequent invitations are extended to Superintendent Galloway to be guest speaker at various club meetings such as exploring the importance of teaching to FTA. Careful study and ready conversation are all part of Assistant Superintendents Mr. Payne ' s and Dr. Glenn ' s fobs when BCHS is the topic of concern. 28

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One oj the many and varied duties performed by Principal Dr. Emhuff ; : . throughout the year mas to acquaint Open House visitors with BHS. iU 4 The familiar morning voice of Mr. Leiois echoes through BHS halls. DR. JOHN EMHUFF, Principal: B.S., M.S., Ed. D. MR. NOEL LEWIS, Asst. Principal: B.S., M.A. MR. JOHN CARBONE. Athletic Director: B.S., M.S. They planned, encouraged. Mrs. Phyllis Erdmann, School Nurse: R.N. Supervision and leadership were es- sential to BHS in this, the first year of its existence. Delays in construction caused the opening of school to be post- poned. During this time Dr. Emhuff presided over a series of teachers ' meet- ings designed to familiarize the teachers with the school. When school did open, many facilities were still incomplete. This meant extra adjustment work for Dr. Emhuff and Mr. Lewis. Throughout the year they performed not only the normal duties but also those extra ones caused by the new school ' s problems. Mr. Carbone. the athletic director, in addition to his normal duties, was ap- pointed secretary for the CIC. He also did much work in organizing the Sec- tional Basketball Tournament, held here. All of these men have helped to begin a new tradition at BHS. On to the regional! Ticket sales and rules are announced by Mr. Carbone while the sectional trophy stands proud.