Haddon Heights High School - Garneteer Yearbook (Haddon Heights, NJ)

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AVHAKE TIIVVN FATIIERS PRUVIIIF Nuinert us clubs, lodges, ond scout trootvs provide instruction ond entertoinntont tor children ond ctdults olilce, The town librory ond school system ore the ntoin sources ot her educotionol tocil- tties. The librory houses 22,500 volurnes The school systern is comprised ot three schools, Grode Schools No. l ond No. 2, ond our own bride ond joy, the High School Until l'f'23, the yeor our school wos built, the present tuntor school served os high school ln thot yeor the school lioord, under the leodershtru ot tilorry Lonsdowne, decided thot o conwbinotion osoorogus Newhard's, the dawn-town campus, is pictured below. ln the next panel at top is the Town Hall, the borough's political and social center. iiotch ond bloclcberri thiclcot in o coin, ruorotively undeveloped port ot town, First ond Second between Gordon ond High, wos the ideol site tor building the new high school. As they hod toreseen ond iilonned, o beoutitul school, our present Alnto Motor, took shope, ond the surrounding lots blossontecl into beoutitul homes And so our town ond our school ore direct tributes to the foresight ond undorf slonding ot those nien, our town tothcrs, who mode our town ond school whot it is todoy, ond to them we give our thonlss, Following this is an angle shot of the entrance towers, below which is an aerial shot of our school taken by Mr. Marshall Ritchie.

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WIDE ADDON HEIGHTS, its high school, and all that it stands tor today, has been the result ot years ot diligent labor upon the part ot our wide-awake town tathers, lt is a tine residential town approxi- mately seven miles trom Philadelphia, Due largely to careful and rigid building ordin- ances our town has become one ot the most beautitul residential sections along the White l-lorse Pike, l-ler broad green lawns and spacious shade trees give her a very majestic, yet home-like appearance. Her proximity to large industrial business centers in Philadelphia and Camden is the chiet cause ot her tive thousand inhabit- ants, Then, too, her well-eauipped, up-to- date police and tire departments have helped to attract a tine class ot people, The latest addition to her eleven-man police torce has been a new two-way As the visitor enters our hallowed hallways, the marble columns and glistening banisters of the entrance create- a favorable and correct impression of Haddon Heights High School. radio car. The tire department, comprised ot torty-two volunteer tiremen, is also very modern and very etticient. l-ler recently-built tirehouse boasts ot the largest steel curtain door in the United States. Within it is housed a fleet ot three tire trucks and an ambulances l-ler sewer- age disposal plant disposes ot tive hundred thousand gallons ot retuse every day. Church tacilities in l-laddon l-leights are exceptionally good. A Roman Cath- olic, Episcopal, Methodist, Baptist, two Presbyterian, Luthern, and a Christian Science church attord opportunities tor worship. The town contains a baseball diamond, auoit and shuttle board courts, and tennis diamonds. The big county park contains an outdoor dell, playground, and the l-latcher house, the headquarters tor leisure time activities. Eight

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CAPABLE FACULTY MEMBERS Top row-left to right: WILLIAM C. DAVIS, A.B. Supervising Principal EMILY P. ROCKWOOD, B.S., A.B., M.A. Principal, Senior Class Adviser GLADYS ANDREWS Art GEORGE F. BAKER, B.S. Commercial, Athletics Second row: FANNY BARNES, B.S., M.A. Science AGNES J. BRADY, B.S. Commercial ANNA R. CAREY, B.S., M.A. Head of Mathematics Department FLORENCE H. COBAUGH, A.B., M.A. Head ot English Department Third row: HELEN E. COSTENBADER Physical Education FLORENCE F. DAVENPORT, A.B. Crvics, Freshman Class Adviser NORMAN C. FORD, B.S., B.P.E., M.A. Physical Education LOUISE C. FROWNFELTER, B.S., M.A. English Fourth row: CECILE A. GARRIGUES, A.B., M.A. French, Junior Class Adviser GRACE GIDDENS, B.M.S., B.A., M.A. Music WALTER L. GROVE, B.S., M.A. Mathematics JESSE J. HANCE Manual Training Fifth row: KATHRYN HINKE, B.S. Physical Education KATHRYN HOTTEL, B.S. Home Economics LEONARD B. IRWIN, A.B., M.A. History AS WE leave our Alma Mater to journey torth each upon his respective path, the class ot I939 wishes to express its gratitude to those who perhaps have had the most influence on our young lives. No one can claim to have benefited us more than the members ot our taculty vvho have devoted their labor, time, education and lite in order to prepare us tor the trails we will tread. Having done their utmost to aid and assist us in lrL53ik3 kXSsRNR'ii?VPti?f ss ISS' iffy' S H