Blairsville High School - Blaire Yearbook (Blairsville, PA)

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I THESE LEADERS T0 BE OUR FRIENDS JAMES E. EICHER, . . . B.S .... M.S. . . . Ph.D .... Penn State, University of Pitts- burgh . . . Senior English . . . heads English department . . . Blair-Hi News and BLAIRE .. . Doc is with us on leave from Indiana S. T. C. this year . . . his usual phrase is Open your Wooley's to page--. MERCEDES FENLON ,... Ph. B .... M.A .... St. Mary's of Notre Dame, Columbia Uni- versity . . . teaches P. O. D. and World His- tory . . . sponsors radio program Youth Will Be heard featuring B. H. S. students . . . because Cedes has experienced the problems of life, she can teach them vividly. ELSIE G. GARLOW, . . . B.S .... M. Ed. . . . Indiana S. T. C .... University of Pittsburgh . . . Commercial supervisor . . . sponsors F. B. L. A., National Honor Society, Assembly Com- mittee, and Stamp and Bond sales . . . Elsie is a tireless worker and has done much for B. H. S. NAOMI HIMMEGER, . . . A.B .... Westminster College . . . teaches Sophomore English and Journalism . . . Naomi is rather strict but never grouchy . . . she enjoys homemaking and hopes to make a future of it for herself. VIRGINIA T. KELLY ,... B.S .... Indiana S. T. C. and Penn State . . . Home Economics supervisor . . . refreshments for most of our school activities are prepared under the super- vision of Mrs. Kelly . . . she takes great inter- est in handiwork. MARTHA JANE KURTZ ,... A.B .... Alle- gheny College . . . teaches Junior High English . . . Martha is very neat and petite . . . quiet . . . sweet personality . . . she travels from Punxsutawney each weekend to teach at B. H. S. JOSEPH Le DONNEE ,... B.S .... California S. T. C .... Industrial Arts adviser of Music Appreciation Club . . . Joe and his boys keep B. H. S. in good repair . . . plays a saxophone for relaxation . ZILPHIA MCCREERY ,... B.S .... Indiana S. T. C .... teaches Art and Drafting . . . Miss McCreery is seldom seen in B. H. S. but spends her time in the Second Ward School with artistically inclined high school Students.

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FACULTY MORE THAN TEACHERS, HAVE FOUND JOHN A. ACKERSON ,... Pennsylvania State College . . . Algebra . . . Ackey likes out- door sports such as hunting and fishing . . . he'll live in our memories as the person who said, Stand on your own feet or fall down. MARY JANE ASPER ,... B.S .... Westminster College . . . Mathematics . . . with us only one semester this year . . . Mary Jane made up for it by teaching us our Trig . . . she's fun in class. BETTY BAIRD ,... B.S .... Indiana S. T. C. . . . Home Economics . . . Betty is a rather serious person and believes immensely in get- ting things accomplished . . she is a great sports fan. ELVIRA BONTEMPO ,... A.B .... Westminster College . . . French and U. S. History . . . sponsors Le Cercle Francaise and Tri-Hi-Y . . . we are never to forget Bonnie's magnetic personality and her tres bon. RAYMOND DAVISON ,... B.S .... Grove City College . , . Chemistry and Physics . . . our friend, Mr. Davison, is always willing to help . . . best friend is little son Jimmy . . . both hold good records as sports fans of B. H. S. MARGUERITE DICK ,... B.S .... M. Ed .... Indiana S. T. C .... World and U. S. History . . . Junior Class Adviser . . . sponsor of Hiking Club . . . we'll remember Maggie as the busy little soul with the friendly Hi to all.

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FACU LTY ALICE McMlLLEN ,... B.S .... Indiana S. T. C teaches Geography and History . . . Mickey thrives on talking about traveling of which she is very fond . . . she acquires very close friends. VVILMA POWER ,... B.S .... M. Ed ,... Slippery Rock, University of Pittsburgh . . . health and gym . . . Wilma is very fond of dancing and wants her students to be . . . she spends her vacations registering future first graders. HELEN REFINE ,... B.S .... Indiana S. T. C. . . . teaches Junior English . . . Miss Repine took great pains in teaching us our literature and we thank her for it . . . she has a very understanding nature. LOIS PATON SMITH ,... B.S .... M.H .... College of Wooster, Penn State . . . World and U. S. History . . . Smitty has been absent from B. H. S. for two years while serving with the WACS . . . welcome home! H. GERALD STAHLMAN ,... B.S .... coaches S. T. C .... Biology and Science . . . coaches J. V. basketball and football . . . Mr. Stahl- man is well acquainted with the scientific world and has high hopes for his twins. MARY S. STOCKDALE ,... Indiana S. T. C. . . . teaches Junior High Math . . . Mrs. Stockdale busies herself keeping track of her seventh and eighth grades and her son Bill. S. AUGUSTA TURNER ,... Litt. B., Grove City College . . . teaches Latin . . . ad- visor of Senior Class . . . sponsors Ushers and Latin club . . . director of Senior Class play and Senior Class business . . . Dud en- ioys teaching next best to sports. ELIZABETH WIRDZEK ,... B.A .... Mount Mercy College, Temple University . . . Li- brarian . . . Sophomore Class advisor . . . Betty likes her books as friends or business tools . . . she, herself, is well-liked by the students. HAROLD ZENER ,.,. B.S .... Indiana S. T. C. . . . Music instructor of B. H. S .... heads Band and Chorus . . . director of operetta and minstrel . . . the sweet music of B. H. S. floats through the air in time with Mr. Zener's baton. NOT PICTURED JOHN KERMIT KELLY ,... B.S .... M.A .... Allegheny College . . . Penn State . . . teaches mathematics . . . Mr. Kelly had been in the Air Corps for nearly three years . . . he is now settling down again to teaching . . . enjoys listening to the radio. CLYDE PORTER ,... B.S .... Waynesburg College . . . Freshmen English . . . coaches B H. S. football and basketball . . . Curly ioined our faculty this year and immediately became popular with the students because of his ioviality.