Curwensville Area High School - Echo Yearbook (Curwensville, PA)

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THE ECHO A TRIBUTE By a Faculty Member By the death of IVIr Grant Norrls we of the Hrgh School faculty have lost a frlend Through our daxly assoclatlon wrth hlm ln our school work we learned to know h1m to appreclate hxm to slncerely respect hlm Great as were hrs educatxon his experience and hls executive abllxty rt was not these qUal1tlCS that especlally endeared IVIr Norrls to those who knew hlm It was that whlch came from wlthm his sympathy hrs unselfishness hrs tact his kindly humor that gamed for hrm such loyalty among hls fellow teachers as few men have the ablllty to rnsplre Nothlng was ever too much trouble for hlm no one ever found hrm too busy to glVC hrs help I-Ie was always just open mlnded optlmlstlc He never dlctated to those who worked under hlm he collaborated wlth them In short he was to each one more than director and gulde He was a personal frlend whose Ioss we feel keenly but whose frlendshlp we are proud to have had Gretchen Lerb WKGW AN APPRECIATION By a Board Member We the members of the Board of Educatlon of Curvxensvllle pay the last trlbute of respect to our Supervlsrng Prlnclpal Prof Grant Norrrs not on account of any custom or duty but ln appreclatxon of his worth and a sense of loss at hrs departure Our schools were hrs prlde and he was an enthusrastlc advocate of every measure calculated to lncrease thelr efflclency and elevate thelr standards of scholarshlp and Intellectual culture IVIany tlmes we have heard hlm say he loved the work and the schools of CUTWCDSVIIIC were ever dear to hlm No sacrlfice was too great ID educatxonal matters for the advancement of the girls and boys of our community I-Ie took prlde ln the development of our schools and ln the development of our town and vxas foremost I mlght say ln doing thmgs for the advancement of our communlty I-Ie has left many concrete evldences of hls energy and loyalty IH our commumty truly he has made hls mche ID CUYWCHSWIIC Anna B Klttelberger, Secretary I 0 ' . . , 7 - . , . , , , , , , .

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THE ECHO GRANT NORRIS' FAVORITE POEIVI CROSSING THE BAR Sun set and evenlng star And one clear call for me' And may there be no moanlng of the bar When I put out to sea But such a txde as movlng seems asleep Too full for sound and foam W hen that XNIIICII drew from out the boundless deep Turns agaln home Twlllght and evemng bell And after that the dark' And may there be no sadness of farewell When I embark For tho from out our bourne of tlme and place The flood may bear me far I hope to see my Pllot face to face When I have crost the bar Al red Lord Tennyson 'HUZMCZU' GRANT NORRIS FAVORITE SONG Lovl-2 s OLD swear soNc Once ln the dear dead days beyond recall When on the world the mist began to fall Out of the dreams that rose 1n happy throng Low to our hearts Iove sang an old sweet son And IH the dusk where fell the hrellght gleam Softly It wove ltself 1nto our dream Chorus ust a song at twlllght when the Ilghts are ow And the Hlck rlng shadows softly come and go Tho the heart be weary sad the day and long Still to us at twlllght comes Iove s old song Comes Iove s old sweet song Lven today we hear Iove s song of yore Deep 1n our hearts It dwells forevermore Footsteps may falter weary grow the way Stxll we can hear It at the close of day So to the end when llfe s dlm shadows fall Love w1II be found the sweetest song of all v , . v n . 1 - -0. I 1 7 I V . .. I - Y f . .. n v - - v v v ., . - -

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THE ECHO GRANT NORRIS Jn bdzzcafoz ln the passlng of Grant Norris hls famlly has lost a lovlng and dexoted father the commuruty has lost a progressive and patrlotlc cltlzen and the public schools have lost a good instructor and a staunch advocate ln my assoclatlon wlth hlm durlng the past ten years l have always found h1m lnterested ID our boys and glrls and ever anxlous to do all ln hls power for thelr advancement He had lmpllclt faxth ln the younger generatlon and both by word and act de fended them agamst the calumny whlch we so often hear heaped upon them As pr1nc1pal of the Curwensvllle schools he asslsted m and vutnessed a declded advancement and expanslon He was a man of wlde vlslon and was constantly planmng for better thlngs for our boys and girls Many of these projects were not attained durlng hxs llfe but yet the vlslon was there He was also a tlreless worker for the advancement of hrs communlty and Curwcnsvllle has taken some decided steps forward due IH large measure to hls plannmg and enthuslasm As l knew him hls characterlstxcs mlght be summed up nn the llnes of the poet Browmng Take the joys and bear the sorrows nelther wlth extreme concern' Llvlng here means nesclence slmply s next llfe that helps to learn Shut those eyes next life Wlll open stop those ears next llfe wxll teach Hearlng s ofhce close those llps next llfe Wlll glVC the power of speech Or lf actlon more amuse thee than the passive attltude Brtvely bustle through thu being busy thee for 111 or good Reap thls life s success or fallure' Soon shall thlngs be unperplexed And the rlght or wrong nom tangled he unraveled ln the next XV P Trostle Supt of Schools Clearfield County Q -1 -1 1 Q . . . . . V . . . . . 7 . y - . . x . . . i x . U - . . . . , . , tl . , . . , E v xl ' - V - Y, 1