Harrisville Central School - Pirates Log Yearbook (Harrisville, NY)

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DEDICATION Miss Helen Weekes Although retired since January 1954 after twenty-seven years of dedicated service as teacher of business subjects at Harrisviile Central School, Miss Weekes continues to be numbered in that small group of teachers whose contributions to the education of youth transcends their active years. Her effectiveness as a teacher is legend today to hundreds of the younger generation whose parents remember their stay in her classes. A testimonial to the esteem in which she is held is manifested in the fact that members of the Harrisviile Teachers' Association selected Miss Weekes as their choice to receive the 1971 PIRATES LOG dedication. It Is an even greater expression of gratitude that the PIRATES LOG staff members, many of whom were not born at the time of her service and retirement, should conclude that among the many worthy candidates she should be the one to receive this singular honor. The Association and the yearbook staff wish to offer their congratulations to Miss Weekes and to extend their wishes for many more years of fruitful and rewarding retirement. We join her in her courageous battle against adversity.

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YEARBOOK STAFF Seated, left to right: Gloria Deitz, Terry Trombley, Mike Backus, business manager, Mark Cring, Pam Waugh and Pat Dickinson; Standing, left to right: Jennifer Cleve- land, Susan Mantle, Laurie Foley, James Bond, Richard Lancor, Patrick Fraser, Ethel Swem and Sheri Smith. The eighteenth annual yearbook staff was organized in the spring of 1970 under the direction of Mr. LeBlanc, who has served as adviser to the organization since it was founded in the fall of 1953. Its first item of business was the sponsoring of a cover design contest. About a dozen entries were submitted. Of these, half attracted a great deal' of interest. When the ballots, cast by members of the year- book staff, had been counted, the choice fell to a design featuring the peace symbol surmounted by the words PIRATES LOG in bold letters. This design had been submitted by Mike Backus. The design receiving the second highest number of votes was submitted by Jay Seymour, a member of the seventh grade. Mike receives a free yearbook and five dollars for his efforts while Jay receives a free copy of the 1971 PIRATES LOG. The staff was pleased that a number of junior high students par- ticipated for it guarantees continued interest in this aspect of yearbook production for a number of years to come. For the sixteenth year the price of a copy of the PIRATES LOG remained at two dollars although production costs have more than doubled in that period. This holding of the line has been made possible by the generous support of merchants and individuals in Harrisville, Gouverneur, Carthage and in several larger communities. Needless to say that we appreciate their interest. A word of thanks is extended by the staff to all members of the faculty, at the Junior-Senior High School as well as the Elementary School, for their valuable contributions of time and effort in cooperating with them in their quest for infor- mat i on .

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ADMINISTRATION From left: Frederic Smith, Vice Principal, B.A. (SUC, Oswego), 1959; Lloyd Dashnaw, Elementary Supervisor, B.S. (SUC, Brockport), 1959; Peter Betrus, Supervising Principal, B.S. (SUC, Cortland), M.S. (SUC, Albany), 1959. BOARD OF EDUCATION Clockwise, from left: Gerald Baker, Robert Hooper, Frederick Wheeler, Vice Presi- dent, Harold Seymour, Carl Ripley, President, Arthur Dooley, Mrs. Frederick Wheeler, Clerk of the Board, Glenn Backus.