Fairmont High School - Maple Leaves Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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W 1 l y MB. FONDAW The students and faculty of Fairmont Senior High School dedi- cate these pages of the 1950 Maple Leaves to the memory of Mr. A. F. F ondaw, one of their fellow workers and teachers. 'F or twenty-nine years his services have been unfailing and his loyalty has been unequalled. He was loved and admired by teach- ers, students, and patrons alike. He has for many years been inter- ested in sports and he assumed faculty management of these events. p He was our school treasurer and was head of the Commercial De- l partment and taught these subjects. He was a successful teacher, a loyal friend and co-Worker. In the words of Mrs. Arthur Stanley and We quote: He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often and loved muchg who has enjoyed the respect of intelligent men and the love of little childreng who has filled his niche and ac- complished his taskg who has left the world better that he found itg who has never lacked appreciation of the earthls beauty or I failed to express itg who has always looked for the best in others and given the best he hadg whose life was an inspirationg Whose memory a benedictionf' That was Mr. F ondaw. 1 ' This tribute was composed and read by Mr. Buckey over radio station WM MN, january 28, 1950, during the intermission at the Weirton game. 11 A

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Zn if-Elzmnriam A. F . FONDAW 1894-1950 Students and faculty alike were shocked and saddened by the sudden death, January 27, 1950, of Mr. F ondaw. He joined the faculty of Fairmont Senior High School in 1921, com- ing here after teaching for two years at the Association Institute in Baltimore, Md. Mr. F ondaw was a graduate of Kentucky State Teachers college, Bowling Green, Ky., and attended the Bowling Green Business university. After receiving his bachelor of science degree he taught at his home town high school at Bandana, and then taught for one year at Chaska, Minn., High school. From there he entered the U.S. Army where he spent the next two years with service overseas. He was born October 15, 1894 in Lowes, Ky., the son of XVilliam Augustus Fondaw and Mary Iane Heard. On Iune 27, 1925 he married Leona Allen of Fairmont. He was the father of four child- ren: Mrs. William F. Bush, jr., Bessemer Ala., and Ann F ondaw, Mary Iannis Fondaw, and Joseph William Fondaw.

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CLASS OFFICERS jack Welton, president Eckess jones, vice-president Marcella Bischof, secretary