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

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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.

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Our MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, as you know, consists of Doctor Brooks, Miss White, and Miss Kelsey. Doctor Nathaniel P. Brooks has been school physician for three years. From that day early in fall when he gives every student a physical examination until he treats the last base- ball injury in the spring, he does repair work on those who wander into his office afflicted with anything from a broken arm to an ingrown toe-nail. A member of the Rotary Club, along with Messrs. Hogue and Kellerhouse, Doctor Brooks en- joys a little golf when not doctoring, or tending his garden. Doctor Brooks' assistant is Mary C. White, who tests our eyes and ears, and embarrasses all the girls no end during our fall Weighing-in by discovering the awful secret of their vital statistics. Remember those fateful days when we were summoned for our yearly rendezvous with Miss Kelsey, when even foot- ball heroes quaked? After ten years of faithful service, Grace M. Kelsey still polishes our bicuspids and sends little notes home to our parents concerning the latest additions to our list of cavities. SCHOOL STAFF-Left t gh It l'3eGroff, Sarah Alth M y D Giacomo, Percy Ch E I Fowler, Lester Powe