Festus High School - Piper Yearbook (Festus, MO)

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Mr. George Bennett, president of the Board of Education, has been a member of the board since 1921. Mr. Bennett is a foreman in the ware room of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. Mr. Louis Bequette was elected vice-president of the board in 1939, although he has been a member for three years. Mr. Bequette is an agent for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. He recently celebrated his 20th anniversary with the company. Mrs. Wallace Hayes was appointed secretary of the board in 1936 to succeed I.'r. P. S. Terry. She formerly worked in his office. Mr. H. E. Vaughn has been treasurer of the school board for over 25 years. Mr. Vaughn has an insurance agency in Festus. Hr. Herman Posch was elected as a member of the school board in 1939. Mr. Posch and his brother are owners of the Bon Franklin Variety Store in Festus. Mr. E. W, Rose was elected to the board three years ago. He is in the purchasing and receiving department of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. Mr. Harold McCormack has been on the school board since 1929. Mr. McCormack has a bread route and also is a distributor for a soda water company.

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Miss Georgia Marie Jones, commercial instructor, has a 13. S. from Southwest Missouri State Teachers College. She has Gone graduate work at Bowling Green University, University of Colorado, and Gregg College. Mr. Sidney LaKose, office secretary, attended Missouri Eusiness School, Colorado State College of Education, University of Viashington, and Washington University. Miss Helen Manley, instructor of vocational home economics, studied at Southeast Missouri otate Teachers College and Missouri University. She holds a B. S. from Missouri University. She has done graduate work at Iowa State University and the Uni-versity of Colorado. Mr. Wayne Nicholson, who instructs science, graduated from Central College with an A. B. and has done graduate work at Ohio State University. Miss Alyca Pearcy, eighth grade teacher, holds an A. B. from Washington University in art. She also teaches in the lower grades. Mr. H. P. Rosensten'el, instructor of manual training and building trades, attended Southeast Missouri State Teachers College, Plat River Junior College, the University of Missouri, and Washington University. Mr. Melville Skoog, coach in athletics and instructor of social science and physical education, holds an A. B. from Gustavus Adolphus College. He has also done graduate work at the University of Missouri and the University of Nebraska. Miss Margaret Ray Vinyard instructs English and Latin. She has a B. S. from George Peabody College for Teachers. She has also done graduate work at Peabody.

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 The Parent-Teachers Association of Pestus was founded in 1921 and has continued to function. The purpose of this organization is to bring the teachers and parents closer together so that each one can understand and meet the child’s needs. Mrs. E. Blackwell was the first president. For the past eight years the P. T. A. has sponsored a lunch room in the Eugene Field Building. This year the Surplus Food Commodities Corporation aided considerably in the maintenance of the lunch room. From October first to February first, 8000 lunches were served, of which 1700 were given free to needy children. Mr. Darrell Hewitt, president of the Parent-Teachers Association, has been an active member of the P. T. '. for four years. He was elected president in 1939. Just this spring he was reelected to this office. Mrs. Walter Poole, first vice-president, has been an active member of the P. T. A. since she has been in Festus. She was reelected this spring to serve next year. She was not present when the picture was taken. Mrs. Darrell Hewitt is second vice-president of the P. T. I. Mrs. Hewitt is an active member and formerly held the office of secretary for two years. Mrs. W. J. Thite served her first year as secretary. She has been in the P. T. . for two years. Mrs. Herbert Vinyard has been an active member of tho P. T. A. holding the office of treasurer for ten years. Miss Margaret Stewart, historian, served her first term this year. Miss Stewart is a teacher in the grade school. She was not present when the picture wa3 taken.