Centralia High School - Skookum Wa Wa Yearbook (Centralia, WA)

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will direct At table, left to right: Mr. Morrill Folsom, Dr. George Parke, Mr. Morris Rubenstein, Dr. D. A. McGill, Mr. Cleon Linderman, and Min Eva Cobb. Page 5 SCHOOL BOARD The Centralia school district should be looking rather well by now, thanks to the work of the school board. Among their projects this year has been addition of a classroom and physical education room to the junior college's Corbett Hall, the construc- tion of a new play shed for the jef- l'erson4I.incoln school, the back top- ping of the play yard at Edison, land- scaping at the junior high school and -jefferson-Lincoln, and revamping of the Lincoln school to include offices for the superintendent, the board of education, and the purchasing agent. Dr. Kenneth Mallery Superintendent Mrs. lack Frarne Superintendent? Secretary

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Mr. Harold Gehrke PRINCIPAL AND VICE-PRINCIPAL After the roll room bell sounds, there is a short pause, and then the familiar voice of Vice Principal Roberts is heard throughout the building beckoning students to his office. Mr. Waldo Roberts began teaching here in 1937, ten years after his grad- uation from Washington State Col- lege. He has been at Centralia High School for twenty-two years, the last ten as vice principal. He has coached and taught mathematics and mechan- ical drawing. Previously he taught at Tekoa, Wilbur, Leavenworth, and Raymond, all in Washington. Miss Marie Hopkins Secretary Mr. Waldo Roberts Page 4 1911109 IGCIJBTS . . . Behind an office door open to students, teachers, and parents, Mr. Harold Gehrke conducts the affairs of the top administrative position in the school. He has been principal here since 1939. After graduation from Washington State College, Mr. Gehrke taught and coached at Mossyrock for eight years. Then he spent three years at Rainier, Washington, combining teaching and coaching with operating his father's farm. In 1945 he came to Centralia as a social science teacher and assistant coach and later vice-principal. While here Mr. Gehrke has taught a wide variety of subjects: social science, biology, general science, and even some typing.

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Mr. Gary Brines History, Biology Mr. Vern Berry Senior Problems, Bookkeeping Miss Chloe Arbogast Girls, P.E. Mr. Robert Bauer Art Mrs. Margaret Sieber Sociology, Girls' Attendance Mr. Harold W1'ay History, Geography Mrs. Alice Forth Typing, Transcription, Shorthand Mr. Art Wlillianrs Band, Chorus Miss Alice Atkinson Latin Page 6 Have degree TEACHERS Mr. Harold Slirupp Counselor Mrs. Ada Montgomery Librarian Mr. Earl Norman Mathematics Mr. Bill Messenger Boys, P.E. Miss Mary Gennzira History, Spanish Mr. Howard Roe Visual Aids Mr. Ernest Palmer Mathematics Mrs. Iva Holbrook Typing, Shorthand Mr. Jack Frame History