Iola High School - Lamp Yearbook (Iola, KS)

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V V .1 1, ll lu l if il l, WO gat' LAW 1930 0 lil Will School Board The members of the school board serve without pay and are interested in improving the opportunities of the students in the Iola schools. Their efforts have made possible the new buildings and equipment and the efficient teachers in the present system. The time they spend in this public duty must be taken from their own business and pleas- ures, and this time they give without re- muneration because of their unselfish devo- tion to the ideals of education. Mr. W. E. Ralston, president of the school board, has served the Iola schools in the capacity of a board member since 1907, dur- ing which time many marked improvements have been made in the schools. During this period of twenty-three years he has been loyally interested in making the Iola schools the best in the state. He is the local agent for the Santa Fe. Mr. F. O. Benson, who was president of the board last year, has served since 1918. Three of his children have attended the Iola high school, Jess and Laura having been graduated, while Frank is now a member of the Junior class. All three were active in every school activity, holding important of- fices. Mr. Benson is president of the Iola State Bank. Mr. L. H. Wishard has for many years been connected with the schools, either as a member of the board or as principal of the high school, and even while he had no official connection with the schools, he al- ways showed his interest in their welfare. Mr. Wishard is in the hardware business. Mr. A. R. Sleeper was elected to the board in 1923, and has always been devoted to the best interests of the schools. His son, John Lyman, was graduated in the class of 1929, and was nominated for the Summerfield scholarship. John received the Rotary watch last year, as the boy in the National Honor Society with the highest grades. Mr. C. M. Funk was elected to the board in 1925, and has worked efficiently since that time for the betterment of the schools. His sons, Charles and Myron, have both made names for themselves in the schools as schol- ars, actors, and athletes. Mr. Funk is vice president of the board. He is in the real estate business. Mr. J. G. Stadler, chief chemist at the Lehigh Portland cement plant, was elected to the school board in 1927 and he has worked faithfully and efficiently for their best interests. His children, Mary Ellen and John, have been outstanding members of the high school student body, serving in many different capacities. Mary Ellen grad- uated last year, and John is a junior this year. Mr. W. A. Wheeler has been clerk of the board since 1905, a long service which has been eminently satisfactory to all concerned. Mr. J. C. Littrell was recently elected treasurer of the board, a position of re- sponsibility and trust.

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