Grafton High School - Re Echo Yearbook (Grafton, WV)

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’CjAafthm, 2Uqh, SdiooL HAIL ALMA MATER Hail Alma Mater! Hats off to you. Ever you'll find us loyal and true; Firm and undaunted always we'll be. Hail to the school we love. Here's a toast to thee. 8

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(BoaAcL fcdwocriuorL Seated—left to right: John Jenkins, Chester Blue, William Collins, Charles lockard, Harold Debendarfer, Virgil Rohr-bowgh. Taylor County elects interested and capable citizens to the Board of Education which decides the policies of education in the county and selects a superintendent as its administrative officer. Mr. J. Paul Murphy's and Dr. Paul P. Warden's terms expired January 1. Mr. Charles Lockard and Mr. John Jenkins succeeded them. On January 4 there was an election of new officers for the remainder of the year. The new officers are: president, William Collins; vice president, Chester Blue; secretary, Virgil Rohr-bough. The Board meets every third Thursday. The only exceptions are: a meeting on the first Monday in May, at which teachers are hired; the first Tuesday in August, held to estimate the levy; and the third Tuesday in August, held to lay the levy. The Board is limited to eighteen meetings a year. The salary of a Board member, fifteen dollars per meeting, is small in comparison to the amount of work and time given in valuable county service. APPRECIATION DR. PAUL P. WARDEN For his many years of faithful service to the people of Taylor County, we, the Senior Class of 1955, wish to express our sincere appreciation to Doctor Paul P. Warden. Dr. Warden graduated from Grafton High School with the class of 1912 and is married to the former Eleanor Metzner. They have two children—Mary Emma and Charles A. Dr. Warden attended the Medical School at West Virginia University and Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has given the community many, many years of valuable service in the way of medical care. He was first elected to the Grafton Independent Board of Education. Later, when the county unit plan started, he became a charter member of the Taylor County Board of Education. Dr. Warden has served twenty years on the Board with ten of those as president. He was instrumental in the building of our high school as well as in the making of many improvements in other Taylor County Schools. Dr. Warden's faithful service is a splendid example to all school students, the citizens of tomorrow. 10