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

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THE ECHO ilu irlilsmurxam AWAY l cannot say and l mlll not SIX 1 hat hc lb dead He ls just avsax Wltlm a cheery smlle and a wave of the hand He has xx andered mto an unknown land And left us dreamlng how very falr lt needs must be slnce he llngers therc And you oh you who the xuldcst yearn For the old tlme step and the glad return Think of hlm farlng on as dear ln the love There as the love of Here And loval stlll as he gave the blows Of hls warrlor strength to llli country s oes Nllld and gentle as he was lnraxe Vvhen the sweetest love of hxs hfe he gaxe To slrnple things where the vlolets grew Pure as the eyes they were hkened to lhe touches of hls hands have strayed As revcrently as hls hps have pras ed Vlfhen the little brown thrush that harshlx c Was dear to hlm as the mockxng bird And he plt1Cd as much as a man xn pam A ss rlthlng honey bee wet ulth raln fhlnk of him stlll as the same I sav He lb not dcad hc lb just awxaw hlrped james TI lulcomb Rzlcy f KC !! -f C' yy. Y f -.E Y 1 ' ' 4 1 sg- 1 f K- A C , V y v 1 1 , f - v f v , . . . , , , . t . . V , , , X , , n ' 1, V f ls .. . , , ,, ,I

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Eehmcatlun HIS EDITION of the Curwensvrlle High School Annual rs hereby most mi-' ' respectfully submrtted as a Memorial to Professor Grant Norrrs rn Igflsi apprecratron of the many benevolent principles which he rntroduced and developed rn the interest of our community and or the rg standards and ambrtrons he has placed before us and our posterity For the past seven years Grant Norrrs has served us nobly earnestly and rndefatrgably as Supervising Principal of the Curwensvrlle Public Schools The attention awakened wlthrn him along educational lines rs almost beyond comparison I-le was keenly rnterested rn the welfare of all hrs students There was ever rn hrs mrnd a strong determination to formulate plans and ideals for the betterment and advancement of our educational system Professor Grant Norrrs as all great men knew human nature To know human nature rs a greater essential rn conducting an educational system than the mere knowledge of handling the rnanrmate versron of educational interest profound sympathy When confronted by the problems of a single student he gave his whole hearted attention to these problems placed himself and upon understanding hrs omnr present sympathy came to view This his extraordinary abllrty to see into the hearts of students has en deared hrm to their memory wrthout hesitation He was most gentle and rn thrs tactful manner he convmced hrs puprls of the correct attitude to adopt Without a hint of dominance he fixed the souls with new ambrtrons new hopes coupled with sage prrncrples Hrs reputation as a leader as well as friend shall always be srgnrficant Amazing capability of shoulderrng high responsr brlrty mark hlm rndelrbly as a Leader Hrs pleasing personality and constant success have caused hrs followers to be proud to recognize hlm as their leader and happy to admit themselves as hrs followers lVIr Norrrs could not fall Why3 Because hrs efforts hrs skrllful man euverrng was always prompted by the rnterests of others he acted for others for you and for me' I-low could a noble charrtable soul such as hrs fall? For God has said What you have clone to the least of My brethren you have done to Me also That Grant Norrrs served hrs God rs undenrable and was the making of thrs fine splendrd noble character Hrs frame of mrnd must have been to thrs effect Let me do my brt now for I shall pass thrs way but once Professor Grant Norrrs rs and always will be rn the memory of hrs assocrates a vrctorrous never fadrng color on the horrzon Let us hrs pupils give thought to hrm as an Ideal let us pattern our lrfe s work from hrs May God grant that we shall worthrly fulfill our duty as amply as has our lost brother Grant Norrrs Hrgh hearts are never long wrthout learning some new call some drstant clarion of God even rn their dreams and soon they are observed to break up the camp of ease and start on some fresh march of farthful servrce Class of Z9 7 V Ty . . if ' yu . . . . . . L .'r 1 . . . . ,. h Our reverenced principal was possessed of a keen, analytical mind and of yy n w u a ' I , I ' I H

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THE ECHO BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GRANT NORRIS Grant Norrxs was a natnve of Clearfxeld County as were hrs parents before hlm He was born ln Plke Townshlp on March 30 l868 and was there fore 60 years elght months and mne days old at the tlme of his death Hrs father was Thomas S Norrls who dled ln ISS9 Hrs mother Mary ane CAskeyD Norris who was born near the Chestnut Rldge school house died March 29 I9Z6 at the advanced age of 86 years The NOTTIS Camp was named after the father of Prof NOIFIS On the farm between New Mlllport and Kerrmoor the subject of this sketch spent hls boyhood days He recelved hx elementary educatlon at the Stony Pomt school ln Ferguson Townshlp and later attended Dickinson Semlnary at Wllllamsport He recelved the Bachelor of Arts degree from Allegheny College at Mead vllle as well as hls Ph D degree at the Unlverslty of Pxttsburgh Maklng 6dUCatlOH his llfe work he taught lh the Hlllsdale Mt oy Kerrmoor Normal Olanta Burnslde Morrlson s Cove Wllmerdlng East Free dom and Duncansvllle schools comlng to Curwensvllle IH l92I Whlle at Wllmerdlng on August 8 l90I Prof Norrls was marrled to Mxss Katherme Hunter Ferguson who survlves with two chlldren Hugh Grant Norris prlnclpal of the schools at Ramey and Miss Helen Ferguson Norrls at home Prof Norrls was one of fourteen chlldren seven of whom survlve as follows Mrs George l.. Thurston of Clearfield Blake W Norrls of Kerrmoor Wade Norrls of New Mlllport Mrs Laura Frlck of Eureka Cal Perry A Norrls of New Mlllport Mrs Nora Sohl ofL1v1ngston Montana and Mrs George M DeHaas of Phlladelphla He was the Chxef Cur of the local organxzatlon of the Yellow Dogs and lt IS largely due to hx ll'lltl3.tlVC and energy that the Improvements of lrvln Park were carrled to a full frultlon He was a member of the Masonic lodge of Wllmerdlng Keystone Forest of the Tall Cedars of Lebanon of thls place the Coudersport Conslstery and the affa Temple of the Anc1entArab1c Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrlne of Altoona The funeral was held at hls late resldence Monday evenlng at 8 0 clock and was conducted by Rev C Colllns of WllllamSpOft a former pastor here Rev Harry arrett of McConnellsburg but formerly of New Mlllport and Rev ames M Brennan pastor of the M E. Church The pall bearers chosen by the deceased were ohn A Dale representlng the Sunday School A G Woodward a member of Mr NOTTIS Sunday School class Prof Harry H Foreman ofthe publlc school faculty Harry G Gates Presldent of the School Board John F Haupt representlng the Yellow Dogs and M A Caldwell of the Masomc bodles of whrch the deceased was a member On Tuesday at 8 30 A M the Senlor Class of the Curwensvllle Hlgh School wrtnessed at the Norrls home wrth bared heads bowed rn reverence the departure ofthe remains whlch were accompanied by Messrs Dale and Woodward to Pxttsburgh where Interment was made ln the Homewood cemetery From the Curwensvxllc Herald ' 1 1 - . , . , J , . . . 3 . , .J. 1 1 1 1 1 - , . . , D , . xl l ' . .J.. , , . . J . . . . J . . .. . , J . . ., . , , .