Gem Consolidated School - Gems Yearbook (Colby, KS)

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ADMINISTRATION Gem Consolldated School began on September 1 194-7 The teachmg staff mcludes B111 E McArthur Superintendent and commerce and mathematlcs teacher Mlss lrene Thornburg soclal sclence and Spanlsh teacher Mrs Breta Treat Engllsh and science teacher Mrs lla Saddler elementary prm clpal and seventh and exghth grades Mlss Dorothy Zlegelmemr fgfth and slxth grades Mrs Olive Edle thlrd and fourth grades Miss Roma Ramey first and second grades and Mrs Ethel McArthur muslc m grade and high school School board members are Mr .I R Lannmg dlrector Mr Ray Flanagm clerk and Mr C Ernest Zxegelmexer treasurer Mr john Bond IS our custodlan now roundmg out 18 years of excellent servlce Our bus drivers are Charles Hopson and Bernard Poland Hot lunches began the second day wxth Mrs Bond and Mrs Agnes Davls cookmg and serving the meals Mr McArthur graduated from Brewster l-hgh School He has a B S E Degree from Fort Hays Kansas State College and graduate work from Kansas Unlversxty Thxs IS h1s seventeenth year of teaching Mrs Treat has an A B Degree from Ottawa Umverslty wxth a major ln Englxsh and mmors 1n hlstory and blologlcal sclence Thls IS her second session wlth the Gem schools having taught here before she was married and has now come back for a second sh1ft Mxss Thornburg has an A B Degree from Fort Hays Kansas State College Her work was ln Spanish English and hlstory Thxs IS her second year of teachxng at Gem Mrs McArthur graduated from the Goodland Hlgh School and has had further trammg at Fort Hays Kansas State College Emporxa State Teachers College and Cotner College She has had the usual run of experlence lncludmg s1x months as County Supermtendent when she completed the term of Mr McArthur Mrs Saddler graduated from the Hill Clty Hagh School She taught ln rural schools of Graham County before she marrled She has been helpmg out durmg the teacher shortage and thls has been her thlrd year xn the Gem Schools Miss Z1egelme1er IS a graduate of our own hxgh school She has been trammg ln Texas State College for Women and Fort Hays Kansas State College Thxs IS her second year of teachmg and both years have been ln the Gem Schools Mrs Edle graduated from the Mankato l-hgh School She hashad trammg m Kansas State College Fort Hays Kansas State College and Kansas Unlverslty She has had the usual rural school experience taught IH Mankato and some years ago ln Gem This IS her second year an her second shift at Gem Miss Roma Ramey was born near Colby Kansas She grew up ln that com mumty attendmg part of her hzgh school at Colby and graduatmg from Levant She then attended one year at Fort Hays Kansas State College She has taught four years m rural schools For some time she worked at Stockton Kansas and then attended summer school at Boulder Colorado In the fall of 194-7 she came to Gem to teach m the prlmary grades In the sprmg she plans to leave to be marrled. L , , ' I . . . . , . 1 1 1 . 1 1 - 1 - Y I ' . . . ' . . 1 - 1 1 1 1 - , . . . . . . . . . 1 1 - 1 1 . . , . - 1 . . . . . I . . . , ' 1 , . Y I . . . . 1 1 - 1 . . . . . . 1 , . . - 1 1 1 - 1