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

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1973 DEDICATION 3y majority vote of the members of the yearbook staff and of the Harrisvi I le Teachers' Association, this twentieth edition of the PIRATES LOG is proudly dedicated to Mrs. Helen Clarke. This honor is especially meaningful as there were several deserving candidates nominated from the ranks of both the teaching and the non-teaching personnel. Mrs. Clarke, widow of the late Arthur Clarke, began her teaching career in 1931. She joined the H.C.S. staff in 1953. Her patient understanding of chil- dren and her willingness to listen to their disappointments of the present or their hopes of the future are due, in great part, to her experiences as the mother of six chi Idren. Quiet, reserved, and rarely in the heat of controversy, she has, nevertheless, always cheerfully volunteered the fruits of her long and vast ex- perience when convinced that these could contribute positively to a cause. Faithful to her tasks, loyal to her school, and devoted to her students, she has brought credit and honor to herself and her colleagues. We are sure that all join us in extending to her our most sincere congratulations and our best wishes for many more meaningful years in service to her school or in retirement.

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YEARBOOK STAFF From left: (front) Lisa Vallencour, Barbara Kilbourn, Shelley Ward, Connie Lancor, Karen Ritz, and Dixie Jenack; (back) Kim DeHart, Cheryl Harrington, Stuart Gonio, Randy Leonard, David Wood, Marty Ledger, Tom Dickinson, and Laurie Hamlin. Insets: Debbie Buckingham, left, and Jane Brown, right. This issue marks our twentieth edition. 1+ may be of some interest to our sub- scribers to shed a little light on the birth of the Pirates Log. It came into being in the fall of 1953 as a result of the initiative of Mr. Harold LaBarge, then supervising principal. Mr. LeBlanc became foster father to the new-born publica- tion quite by accident. It seems that Mr. LeBlanc was at work in the library the evening that Mr. LaBarge had called the organizational meeting of the staff. A timely phone cal I for Mr. LaBarge necessitated his leaving the group. Mr. LeBlanc was asked to supervise the group whi le Mr. LaBarge answered the phone. Fate would have it that the call lasted some thirty or more minutes. Upon his return, Mr. La- Barge noted that the meeting was well under control. With an amused if not devilish smile he declared that there was no longer a need to search for a yearbook adviser. He had found one! And so it is that a temporary take-over has prolonged itself into this the twentieth year. MR. EVERETT POWERS RETIRES MARCH 31, 1973 A familiar face disappeared from the Harrisville Central School scene on March 31, 1973, when Mr. Everett Powers, a custodian in the system since October 1946. retired after nearly twenty-seven years of servi ce . Asked what he would do to fill his retirement days, Mr. Powers quickly answered that he would do some fishing. He also added that he would continue his woodworking hobby. The Pirates Log staff and its adviser wish Mr. Powers many long years of happiness in his retirement.

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BOARD OF EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION From left, front: Mrs. Dorothy Wheeler, clerk of the board; Mr. Frederick. Wheeler, Vice-President; Dr. Kenneth Ford, district superintendent of schools for Lewis County; standing: Mr. Peter Betrus, Supervising Principal; Mr. Arthur Dooley; Mr. Gerald Baker; Mr. Robert Hooper; Mr. Glenn Backus. Inset, left: Mr. Carl Ripley, President; inset, right: Mr. David Campbell. Mr. Ripley was first elected to the Board of Education in 1954. He has served as president for more than a decade. He is employed by Jones Laughlin. Mr. Wheel- er, elected in 1955, is president and manager of the Viking Snow Plow Corporation. Mr. Hooper, also elected in 1955, works for Jones Laughlin. Mr. Dooley, a pharmacist, was first elected in 1959. Mr. Backus, head cashier at the Harrisvil- le branch of the St. Lawrence County National Bank, was elected in 1968. Mr. Baker, an employee of Niagara Mohawk, was appointed to the board in 1968 and elected for a full term in 1972. Mr. David Campbell, elected in 1971, is the Guidance Counselor at Case Junior High School. Mr. Lawrence Frank, B.A. (SUC, Albany), M.S. (SUC, Albany), a na- tive of GloversviIle, New York, is the new guidance counselor and Vice-Principal. Mr. Frank first entered the teaching profession as a social studies teacher in the Berlin school system. Single, he enjoys traveling, reading and music. In addition to his duties as guidance counselor and V ice-Principa I , Mr. Frank also serves as co-adviser to the Senior Class. We wish him luck in Harrisville.