Independence Middle School - Chief Yearbook (Independence, KS)

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We Dedieate--- Our 1962 CHIEF to ---- THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. Soon I had a room and a teacher. I had some hooks and crayons Most wonderful of all, I had a desk, a certain special place that was mine, just like all the other.desks. I was equal to anyone else. Out- side they could jeer at my clothes and laugh because I lived in a tent But when I sat at my desk in school, no one could laugh at me. I had found the secret key. I had found the magic place where money and clothes and houses did not count, only ability, I Was A Hobo Kid by Dr. Billie Davis 2

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THE CHIEF 1962 mfg? 4- , .. Junior High School Independence, Kansas

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155 LONNIE N. WOOD - 'Superintendent GERALD T. HARLIN p --Principal OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION These public-minded citizens are the guardians of our INDEPENDENCE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. They are elected by the people of this city to represent them in matters concerning property maintenance and administration of the city's schools. We appreciate their unselfish gift of time and effort JACK SANDERS PRESIDENT ALBERT SEWELL VICE-PRESIDENT A. E. BAIR DAVID B. DENNIS DOROTHY S. BE AI-IM FRANCIS POTTS MRS. BEVERLY HUDSON - -Secretary RICHARD A. CI-LASE --Guidance Director 3