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

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Mr. Louis Georgianna Mr . Joseph Bre i ndeI Mr. Dale VanPatten Every year new members are added to the teaching staff. The PIRATES LOG welcomes all of them and hopes that they will be many years with us. Mr. Louis Georgianna, our new Guidance Officer, is from Syracuse. He is married and has a son and a daughter. He is a graduate of Oswego. He has a year's experience, having served on the staff of the G. Ray Bodley H.S. in Fulton. He likes skiing, hunting, fishing, and photography. Mr. Joseph Breindel, a native of St. Marys, Pa., did his undergraduate work at Lock Haven State College. He also is married. He enjoys drama, travel, and reading. He has two summers of Summer Stock to his credit. Mr. Dale VanPatten, married and father of one, is from Fair Haven, New York. He entered teaching in 1963 at Clymer, New York. He has also taught at Hilton and Port Leyden. He professes a liking for sports. Mr. John Bailey Mr. John Bailey is in his first year of teaching. A native of Oriskany, he is an avid fan of skiing, motorcycling, boating, and guitar playing. Miss James and Mrs. Brown are both in their first year of teaching. Miss James has a B.S. from Oneonta; Mrs. Brown, from Ithaca. Miss James claims Hicksville, Long Island as her home town; Mrs. Brown, Coraopolis, Pa. Miss Linda James Mrs. Marsha Brown

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IN MEMORIAM We note, with regret, the passing of Miss Helen Weekes on February 3, 1972. Miss Weekes, shown in the photo at the left receiving the dedication copy of the 1971 PIRATES LOG from Michael Backus, had taught business subjects in the Harrisville Central School system for twenty-seven years prior to her retirement in 1954. The courage displayed by Miss Weekes during the many months of her affliction did not overly astonish us as she had always faced reality with resoluteness. Her memory will live for years in the minds and hearts of her many former students and friends. Dennis Chartrand, son of Mr. Edward Chartrand and the late Mrs. Beatrice Cring Chartrand, was fatally injured in an automobile accident in mid-January 1972. Dennis, better known to his family and friends as Beaver, was a member of the sixth grade. Words are inadequate to express the void left by the passing of one so young. May he find fulfillment in the everlasting presence of his Creator. RETIRED TEACHERS-JUNE 1971 The members of the faculty and the yearbook staff extend their warmest wishes for a long and happy retirement to Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Shinnick and Miss Lois Killingbeck, three members of the teaching staff who retired in June, 1971. Although officially retired, Mr. and Mrs. Shinnick, who had a combined total of forty-five years of service in the system, have not completely severed their ties with H.C.S. as they are frequent substitutes . Miss Killingbeck had joined the staff in 1950 after a number of years in other systems. To all three, our con- gratulations . May your retirement be a productive and satisfying one.

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Members of the Harris- ville Central SchooI faculty may join the local Teachers' Associ- ation, an organization devoted to the better- ment of education and the welfare of faculty members in Harrisville. This organization also sponsors social events so that its members may become better acquainted with their colleagues. It is governed by an executive committee of six. Five of these are pictured in the photo at the left. They are: Mrs. Avis Cring and Mrs. Berta Langs (seated); Mr. Michael O'Bryan, Mr. Stewart Parow, and Mr. Gerald Amerando. Mr. Dale VanPatten is the sixth member. Mr. Bernard Slate represents the group at the county I eve I . Mrs. Valentine and Mrs. Helen Clarke. Mrs. Freeman, Mrs. Scanlon, Mrs. Scott. Mrs. Langs and Mr. S. Parow. Meetings of the Harrisville C.S. Teachers' Association are held each month. Special meetings are slated whenever needed. A refreshment committee (tea, coffee and cookies!) contributes a certain amount of detente to these gatherings.