Croton Harmon High School - Tigers Tale Yearbook (Croton on Hudson, NY)

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MR. 0. WENDELL HOGUE OUR PRINCIPAL, Mn. HocUE, is still bustling around with even more en- ergy than ever. When you meet him in the hall, he's always good for a smile and a cheerful word-unless, of course, you happen to be chewing gum-which is his pet peeve. Collecting epitaphs is one of Mr. Hogue's hobbies. He has picked one for himself when we prove too much for him. lt is: School is outi The principal has gone home. His other interests are fishing, hunting, and golfing--he confesses that the best he can do is in the low 90's. One of the main reasons Why we respect Mr. Hogue is for his demo- cratic theories and practices. We feel that few other principals can compare with him in this respect. MARY RENNA, Mr. Hogue's secre- tary, is back with us again after a year's leave of absence. It is rather confusing to outsiders that there should be a Mr. Henna and a Mrs. Henna and not a Mr. and Mrs. Henna, but we know that is because she is married to Mr. Henna's brother. So, each morning, Mary rushes in to see if there is a letter from China and then rushes home at noon to see if it might have been delivered there. Little Ann Henna, who has never seen her daddy, takes up much of Mary's thoughts and time, but still she patient- ly listens to our troubles and hands out pass keys to absent-minded pupils so that they may get their books out of their lockers. MARY RENNA

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Contrary to some thoughts, those pet nicknames we attach to each teacher, are not meant to be malicious-they only serve to further endear them to us. Picture ten years hence the meeting of two '45 alumni., The talk naturally drifts back to good old CHHS and- Say, remember 'Bobby-socks' Baylis? She was a good skate when she really got going. Remember how she was al- ways throwing us out of History C? Yeah, and A. C.-Gosh! It seems so long since we gath- ered around her desk for an after-school confab. Remember Mr. Z.-he was always pushing that slide rule back and forth, and Mr. K.-he was forever getting me out of trouble. Say, who was that little guy who used to come stamping into the study hall bellowing, 'What do you think YoU'RE doing'? That was Cookie. How could you forget? Yes, it's true they are a grand group of people. The faculty are those who guide us because they know the facts, and in our school, a member of the faculty is synonymous with being a friend. What is a camera without a film? A pen without ink? A BUILDING without a STAFF? It is really a job to keep a school building shipshape, but our building staff is the group who can do the job. Our oldest pusher of the time-honored broom is Percy Chase who has been in the employ of Croton High for fourteen years. A gardener by avocation, Percy has worked under Earl L. Fowler, superintendent of the building staff for thirteen years. Mr. Fowler lwho, by the way, is another gar- denerl dislikes most to see pencil marks on desks-and he lets you know it, too. Our third custodian, Les Powers, eleven years a member of the Croton High mop-and-broom corps, is always ready with some scintillating witticism. The school kitchen is kept running by three very efficient women, under the able supervision of Miss Elizabeth Shearston. They are Mrs. Sarah Althiser, Mrs. Ida DeGroff, and Mrs. Pierina Di Giacomo. Mrs. Althiser says she has cooked for CHHS stu- dents longer than she can remember, and we know that is over eighteen years. Mrs. DeGroff, who has served for ten years, is noted for her culinary sympathy for losers of noon-time basket- ball games. A newer addition to the staff is Mrs. Di Giacomo who joined us when the new lunch program went into effect.