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

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THE ECHO MESSAGES FROM FORMER TEACHERS just walt for us frlend by the slde of the way Tlll we come out of lnfe at the end of the day Then we wlll take up together with Joy and with smlle The threads we dropped and lost awhlle Grace E Moore Friend of mme' whose lot was cast Wnth me ln the dlstant past Where like shadows fllttlng fast Fact and fancy thought and theme Word and work begln to seem Like a half remembered dream Touched by change have all thlngs been Yet I thlnk of thee as when We had speech of lxp and pen Gentle words where such were few Softenlng blame where blame was true Dorothy I..aBord Keller WhlfllCf I spent two years ln the home of lVIr Norrls and I ever lound hlm to be a klndly conslderate Ghrlstlan gentleman Hrs sunny happy dlsposltlon dld much to brlghten the llves of those around hlm Base thoughts and grlef slmply couldn t endure when you heard his hearty volce He was a man of superlor mentality and I never tlred of hearlng hlm speak Hls messages always Contalned much that was worthwhlle and lnsplrlng We have lost a true frlend and lt IS wlth deepest regret that we note his passlng Best wlshes to the class of 29 and may you everllve up to the true standards of servlce as advocated by our deceased frlend E Vlctor Haney I am sendmg a greetlng to Curwensvxlle I-hgh School and IH dolng so there comes to mlnd my days spent there as a teacher under the klnd supervision of that wonderful teacher and friend Mr Grant NOTFIS Lulu Tobias Boag Mr Grant Norris was a man whose splendld and forceful personality won the respect of all who knew hlm Under his Wlbe supervlsxon hls teachers and puplls found lt a pleasure to work for hlm Laura Walter 2 I ,. 1 1 V 1. - 7 . Praising, where small praise was due.

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THE ECHO l-lls hfe was gentle and the elements So mixed ln hlm that nature mlght stand up And say to all the world Thus was a man Ollie Z Moore So llve that when thy summons come to JOIII The lnnumerable caravan that moves To that mysterlous realm where each shall take l-lls chamber IH the sllent halls of death Then go not llke the quarry slave at mght Scourged to hls dungeon but sustamed and soothed By an unfalterlng trust approach thy grave Luke one who wraps the drapery of has couch About hlm and lles down to pleasant dreams Margaret E Rhodes Bryant And the stately shlps move on To thelr haven under the hlll But O for the touch of a vanished hand And the sound of a voxce that IS stxll Kathryn Kephart Cast forth thy act thy word lnto the ever llVlI'lg ever worklng UHIVCTSC lt IS a seed gram that cannot dle unnotlced today It wrll be found flourxshlng as a banyan grove perhaps alas' as a hemlock forest after a thousand years Margaret E Kelly Hls llfe IS ended here on Earth but the memory of has splendld work and pleasing personallty llngers on not only ln the hearts of every teacher and pupll but to everyone who knew hlm C5516 B Pxfer Nothlng of hum that doth fade But doth suffer a sea change lnto somethmg rxch and strange Lucy Brunettl The poet VVhrtt1er was once asked by a group of young people How to take the most of their lxves He replied l..1nk them wlth great and worthy causes Thls seemed to be the keynote of the servrce of Mr Norrls and he could say wlth one of our modern poets l llve for those who love me For those who hold me true For the heaven that bends above me And walts my coming too or e rrght that lacks asslstance or e wrong that needs reslstance or t e future m the dlstance For t e good that l can do Lols E. Vaughn As a frlend counselor and helper hundreds of men women boys and gxrls will remember Mr Norris He Wlll continue to be to them as he was ln hfe thelr leader for hrs example and msplratnon has become hls greatest monument Loulse Karstetter 20 ' .I . i . ' F th ' F th ' F h ' ' h '

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THE ECHO I m truly glad for thls opportunity of mrltlng a few words for the Grant Norrls Nlemorlal Number of The Echo While I m not thls year IH any way connected wlth the schools ln Curvx ens vxlle yet I have as a former teacher a deep abldlng lnterest ln the Curwensvxlle Schools It IS vnth much pleasure that I often look back to my teachlng days ID Curwensvllle under the happy supervlslon of Prof NOFYIS I know I could say a great deal to pay my respects and honor to the late Prof NOYFIS but I cannot more adequately express my appreclatlon of his SCFVICC and hrs assoclatron than by the followlng words who has galned the respect of lntelllgent men and women and the love of llttle chlldren who has filled hls niche and accompllshed h1s tasks who has left the world better than he found It whether by an lmproved poppy a perfect poem or a rescued soul who has never lacked apprecxatlon of earth s beauty or falled to express It who has always looked for the best ln others and glven the best he had whose life was an lnsplratlon whose memory IS a benedlctlon Wlth best wxshes for the success of your publlcatlon I remaln Mlldred E. Tate lVIr NOTYIS was for five years my superlor IH the Curwensvllle Schools In that t1me he earned my respect for hlm as a school man and affectlon as a frlend lVlr NOTTIS was more than a school man He was a communlty man I every worth vxhlle and forward looklng unclertaklng of hls town he was actlvely Interested Hrs undylng lnfluence ln Curwensvllle Wlll be a perpetual memorlal of hlm Paul A Zetler Nlr NOTYIS made a great contrlbutlon to the caus of educatlon and made the world a better place to lxve 1n I-le was a good executive a sklllful organizer and an efflclent admlnlstrator George E. Croyle Asst Supt Delaware Co Schools Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form, yet on my heart, Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou has glven, And shall not soon depart james Black Bfydflf 22 He has achieved success who has lived well. laughed often and loved muchg . ' . ' . n