Hickory High School - Hickory Nut Yearbook (Hermitage, PA)

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Mr. Frank I.a7orishak. Mr. IVade Dickinson. School Plans Guidance, a very necessary function in the modern school, is developed in our system by a full time examiner with a complete guidance program through- out the system. In addition, two teachers carry instruction to those who are home bound. Adult education has been established to serve those interested in courses in sewing, cooking, farm mechanics. and farm training. Medical and dental services were add- ed during the last decade with children receiving a complete medical and dental examination every other year. A full time nurse was added to the staff in 1943. T he summer recreational program opening in 1948 employs four full time instructors. I1Vith a decade of such achievements a few figures will indicate the measure of this progress. In 1939 the staff of teachers totaled 32, today there are 53: in 1939 the assessed valuation of property was 551,592,314 Today it is fllS2,294.580. Mr. Harry Horner, serving his second year, is president of the Board of Education. Aside from his work as a general interior decorator, he is an active member ol' the Hick- ory Booster Club and Sharon Exchange and Civic Club. Mr. Horner resides on Lyle Drive Mr. John Carnahan, Lillian Drive, is secre- tary of the Board of Education. He is a spe- cial agent for Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company, is wage tax collector, a member of the Hickory Booster Club, the Lions Club, and is serving his filth year on the board. Mr. John Hogue, Clarksville-New XVilming- ton Road, is serving his thirteenth year on the Board of Education. He is employed at She- nango Penn Mold, is board adviser lor the Future Farmers of America, a member of the Hickory Booster Club, and will be treasurer of the School Board beginning Aluly 1. Mr. Wade Dickinson, a Hickory graduate. serving his first year on the school board was elected vice-president. Mr. Dickinson, partner and service manager at the Leyde Garage in Sharon, lives on the Sharon-lNlercer Road. He is active in the local Firemen and Boosters. Mr. Frank Lazorishak, a newly elected member of the Board of Education, is serv- ing his first year. He was graduated from Hickory High School and lives on Superior Street. He works at the kVl'SllIlgll0llSC. The 1939 budget was 1578.551 as com- pared with fli5240,498. The State appro- priation has increased from 55171127.71 to Sl l8,796.l0. To meet the task of cen- tralization, transportation costs have grown from ff'7,967.95 to fll324.7l2.13. It is right that we should be proud of such progress, but our pride would be entirely false if it were only measured in figures, buildings, and the size of our staff. Our real source of pride is in the type of citizens the Hickory Township Schools have given to the community and to the nation. The class of 1950 will be no exception to the roll of worthy individuals who have preceded them. And so to the class of 19511, the Hick- ory Township Board of Education says, Congratulations upon your past achievements. May they be only step- ping stones to the greater progress in making this a better world. The Hickory Township Board of Education, John B. Hogue. Cohen's Golden Dawn, Budd and New Castle, Phone 23640 Boston Store, School togs for boys and girls, Sharon 1 1

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Left to right-Mr. john Hogue. Hr. Harry Horner. Nlr. john Carnahan Board A DECADE OF PROGRESS - The year 1950 directs the attention of the nation to a half century of progress. But the Board of Education is directing your attention to the achievement of the past ten years in the Hickory Township Schools. As a worthy example of the progress in education throughout our nation, The Board of Education points with pride to the gains accomplished in the Hickory Township Schools during the last decade. Ten years ago was the first time the High School had a principal. He was the present supervising principal, Kenneth R. Delahunty. The same year saw the addition to the high school completed and the establishment of a junior high school. By comparison the 1949-50 term marks the opening of a fine modern elementary building eliminating all one room schools in the Township. Such progress has encouraged growth in our community and our schools. In of Education usy with 1939 our school population was l,0U6 compared with 1.501 in 1949. In a community combining rural and urban areas, the Board of Education has realized that it must make a very earnest effort to educate all the children. This conviction has lead to the expansion of the curriculum to include vocational home economics, vocational agriculture, health and physical education for boys and girls, instrumental music, indus- trial arts and mechanical drawing, art with a full time supervisor, general mathematics, consumers mathematics. vocational mathematics, general biology. general chemistry, journalism, and pub- lic speaking including radio broadcast- ing. Hickory Township Schools have also kept pace with the extensive develop- ment of the audio-visual program in the nation's schools. The program has been developed so effectively in our school that we have been selected by the National Education Association as a State Demonstration Center. Allum-Motors Inc., Dodge-Plymouth Sales and Service, Sharon, Phone 4191 10 Anchor Rexall Drug Store, Reliable Prescription Service

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l Mr. Kenneth R. Delahunty, 88 Stambaugh Avenue, supervising principal at Hickory, was graduated from X'Vestminster with a B.A. de- gree and received a Masters in Education from Pennsylvania State College. He has done ad- vanced graduate work at the University of Pittsburgh. In his thirteen years at Hickory, he has been a coach, a teacher, a principal, and a supervising principal. Mr. Delahunty taught at Sandy Lake before coming to Hick- ory. Mrs. Phyllis Heubel, nee Phyllis johnson, 41 Ridge Avenue is Mr. Delaliunty's secretary. A graduate of Hickory in l945, she has been here three years. XVorking in the tax office and keeping the general accounts occupy a great deal of her time. Superintendent From the supervising principal's office comes the complete administration for the entire school system. Mr. Kenneth R. Delahunty, is the representative of the school board and is in charge of all personnel and school supervision of teachers including rating of teachers. He works with the secretary of the School Board in connection with budgets, financial obligations and recom- mendations of all school books and sup- plies. He is in charge of all extra-curricular activities including athletics, recre- ational programs, and adult educational classes. Arranging the transportation and the elementary schedule, he recommends the courses of study including any suggested new courses. Mr. Delahunty also acts as an adviser for the various departments and special activities in school, having a large part in the development of the philosophy of the school. Helping to develop public school re- lationships and policies of discipline, he also helps to interpret new trends in education to the teachers and the School Board. Assisting Mr. Delahunty is Mrs. Phyl- lis Heubel, formerly Phyllis Johnson, his private secretary. Mrs. Heubel supervises the switch- board and trains student operators. She has charge of the public address system, which operates throughout the senior high school. Handling the payroll of the Hickory Township School district's employees, she takes care of the tuition for the ele- mentary grades and the junior and sen- ior high schools. Mrs. Heubel acts as a clerk in the Hickory Township local income tax office and handles the general account for the school system. 12 Braine and Foreman, YV hen words fail, say it with Flowers