Gem Consolidated School - Gems Yearbook (Colby, KS)

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WWW A71258- if 59 Pi DITCCYOI' Treasurer Clerk SCHOOL BOARD Dlrector j R Lanmng HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY B111 E McArilN1' Ethel McArthur B1-eta Treat Irene Thornburg Trensurer Mrs Clyde Trent Clerk Ray Flanagxn ri., H. ELEMENTARY FACULTY lla Saddler Dorothy Ziegelmeier Margie Koonl Olive Edxe THE COOKS CUSTODIAN MII. Bond Mr Bond Mrs. Davis

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ADMINISTRATION The Gem Consohdated School began the present school term September 3 1946 The School Board 1S made up of Mr J R Lann1ng D1.rector Mrs Clyde E Treat Treasurer and Mr Ray Flanagm Clerk The teachuxg Staff gonqgts of B111 E Mc Arthur Supermtendent and commerce teacher Mlss Irene Thornburg hxgh school soclal scxence and Span1sh Mrs Breta Treat h1gh school Engllsh and sqenee Mrs lla Saddler elementary pr1nc1pal and seventh and elghth grades Mlss Dorothy Z1e3e1 me1er frfth and sxxth grades Mrs Ohve Ed1e th1rd and fourth grades Mrs Margle Koons f1rst and second grades and Mrs Ethel McArthur muslc ln bothgrades and h1gh school Mr john Bond 1S our custodlan and the bus drivers are Rev Irvin Bradshaw Roy Hxgerd and Leston Webb When we began serv1ng hot lunches the fourth week of school Mrs john Bond and Mrs Agnes Davxs took over the work of cookmg and serv mg the meals Mr McArthur graduated from the Brewster Kansas H1gh School He has a Bach elor of Scxence Degree 1n Educatron from Fort Hays Kansas State College His majors were ducat1on and bus1ness adm1n1strat1on and h1s minor speech He has had college trammg at Kansas Unlversxty and Greeley State College of Educatmn also Before comlng to Gem Mr McArthur had taught ln rural consolldated and c1ty schools and served three and one half years as Thomas County Superintendent of Schools Mrs Treat has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Ottawa Unxverslty Her major IS Enghsh and her m1nor blology She graduated from the Morrlll Kansas I-Ilgh School Her f1rst teachmg experlence was 1n rural schools Some years ago she came to Gem to teach 1n the h1gh school Here she met her better half and stayed to become one of Gems leadlng c1t1zens Due to the crltxcal shortage of teachers she was persuaded to take up classroom duties agaln and resumed work 1n the Gem Hlgh School last year Mlss Thornburg graduated from the Osborne Kansas Hlgh School She has had college trammg at Fort Hays Kansas State College where she recelved her Bachelor of Arts Degree Her major IS Spamsh wlth Engllsh as a mmor Her experxence con slsts of teachmg last year 1n the Clayton Kansas Hlgh School Mrs McArthur graduated from the Goodland Kansas H1gh School She has had college trammg at Fort Hays Kansas State College Kansas State Teachers College of Empoma and Cotner College She has taught 1n rural schools clty schools and fin lshed out s1x months of Mr McArthur s second term as County Supermtendent of Schools Mrs Saddler graduated from the H111 C1ty Kansas H1gh School She taught m rur al schools of Graham County before becom1ng a housew1fe She IS another who has re sumed teachmg to help out 1n the present shortage of teachers Mlss Zlegelmeler 1S a graduate of our own h1gh school She has had tra1n1ng in Texas State College for Women and Fort Hays Kansas State College Thxs IS her first year of teachmg and her home town IS very proud to have her here. , . . . . , , , . 1 1 - 1 . . . , - -7 ! 1 - , Q , , , 5 - ' 9 ' I 1 . 1 I . , ' ' . ' 3 , . , . . . 1 1 - '- D . . . . . . S- . 1 - 1 1 1 . . . . . . 1 . , , . . . . . , . 1 1 - . . . . . . - . 1 1 ' 1 1 . . ' 1 , . t . 1 . . . . 1 . y , ' ' - 1 . . . . , ' 1 1 . . . .