Litchfield High School - Licohi Yearbook (Litchfield, IL)

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BOARD OF EDUCATION iXII'i5II5I'IRS CDI SCIKXJI. BtJARIJ-Sturutirlg: I'IaroItI Um-Ite. Russeit. sented, Ivft to rigiit: I.eon VVIliIIocIc, Ijr. I'Iarry rx. Yau-ger, Ifverett XV. ,Iunm-s, .I. Ixtaynurd Rihilie, NXIIIIIQIIII ixIcfalu'e, I resi4Im-nt. Iixing oi Inudget and Ievy ordinances tor tI1e ex- penditure oI tuncts and tI1e raising ot taxes. At an organization meeting of tI1e new Board, closely toIIowing tI1e eiection, tI1e Board eiected ixtr. iX'IcCance president and tVIr. RusseII secre- tary. Logan VV. Fearn, wtlo Iaad served ttle I.itcI1- I'ieId City ScI1ooIs as superintendent for tI1e pre- ceding six years, was etected to In-ad as superin- tendent tI1e new Litctltieid Community Unit. District I2. From January untiI tIuIy, a period oI important transition. tI1e Board worked witI1 no Iegal autI1or- ity. However, during tI1is criticai interim, all necessary transactions to furtI1er and to Iacititate tI1e smoottm Iunctioning oI tI1e new unit were car- ried on and administered Iny ttme Board. At a Iater meeting of tI1e Board, Rictmard T. Crane, wI1o tmas had a wide bactcground in grade and I1igI1 scI1ooI wortc, was cI1osen to serve as assistant superintendent to twir. Fearn for District IQ. e15x In tI1e I-itcI1tieId Community Unit, District I2. time tottowing attendance centers are now operat- ing: tl, I,.itcI1IIieId Community I'IigI1 ScI1ooI: tl, junior Higtl ScI1ooI: Oi Ida J. RusseII ScI1ooI: Mi G. A. SiI1Ier Sctiootg t5i J. D. Cott ScI1ooI: tb, ixtadison Park ScI1ooI1 Ci New Hope Sctwot- UNIT OFFICE PERSONNI-IL: Ftrs. I't-mmm, ixIr. Ii:-urn, Miss Boyd. iN'Iiss I'IesterIwerg, NIL Crane.

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LITCHFIELD COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOLS, DISTRICT I2 By ixturat Parker VVatI4ins A growing and an urgent need tor expansion in educationat Irousing, Ior improved Iacitities in II1e ptiysicat environment conducive to Iearning and satistactory growtti ot all cI1iIdren, and tor a better distritaution ot educationat opportunities Iarougtlt' about tI1e possiIJiIities educationatty in organization, Iottowing unitication. ot contiguous scI1ooI areas in IIIin0is. In answer to tI1is mid-twentietI1-century cI1aI- Iengge to administer, eIlI'icientIy and etitectiveiy. education Ior all etementary and secondary scI100I cI1iIdren tI1e Illinois Iegistature acted. In I045 tIre Illinois I..egisIature passed a I1iII IIHIIQIIIQ it mandatory tI1nt Counties in Illinois set ' . ' ' . up I1lIllCilII0llilI Survey Committees to study tI1e proistems ot' education in eactr county. ixtontgfomery County comptied, in 1046, Imy setting up sucIl a survey committee, wI1icI1, atter two years ot' researctr and study, proposed tI1e division ot' tIris county into tour scI1ooI districts. centering nt NOIQOIIIIS, I IiIIsIJoro, Raymond, and IJitcIrIieId. Two years atiter tIlis report Irad Ineen Iiited. I048, petitions were circutated, in tI1e designated tour areas, caIIing upon County Superintendent at Sctloots. Eurt I'IeIIers, to I1oId an etection in tI1e voting precincts ot eacti area. Ority one area. Raymond. carried, and tIlis one was Iater called tIie Pantmndte, Unit Two. In tire year I040, iwtontgomery County Sur- vey Committee suimmitted ttre matter ot' organ- izing tIre scI1ooI districts. Centering in LitcI1IieIcI as a unit, to tI1e voters. Again it Iaited to Carry. By tI1e spring ot IO53 severai peopte, wtlo, in tI1e area in and around Litctitietd, I1acI seen tI1e advantages educationatty in tI1e newty organized units, Imegan to arouse and to create interest in sucI1 an organization Iiere. Petitions caIIing Ior time Iormation ot a unit district wI1icI1 wouId inctude LitcI1IieIcI City Sctioots, I4itcI1IieId Community Higtw ScI'1ooI, New Hope Community Consotidated District, VVaIsI1- villt- Community Consotidated District. tI1e ruraI districts: Beacon, Hardinstsurg, Hickory Grove, 4414 D? Ftatt, and Cratmtree. and parts ot Butter Grove and Oatctarlci Districts were circutated. 'I-Iris 4-If-anon, wI1icI1 was Imetd in November. I953, carried Imy a Iarge majority in every voting precinct. Immediatety Iottowing tI1e etection, time county superintendent ot scI1ooIs, FredVEwaId. called an eiection in January. I954, tor board members wI1o woutd administer ttie newIy Iormed unit. II-Ire memtners etected to torm tI1e Board ot Education tor tI1e Community Unit Sctloot, Dis- trict I2, were tI1e tottowingz VViIIiam IVIcCance, AI Russt-II. Leon VVI'1itIocIc. Harry Yaeger. .I. Wtaynard Ritctlie, Harotd E. Goetce, and Everett Jones. This Board was and is responsiIJIe tor gem-rat educationat poIicy, seIection ot a scI1ooI super- intendent and ottler administrative In-Ip. and tIre LOGAN FEARN. University of Itlinois tN.S.J. Superintendent of Unit.

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RICHARD CRANE. University of Illinois tM.A.J Assistant Superintendent of Unit. and tell Walshville School. The last three named are new schools, each having been huilt during the past three years. Nine busses with competent drivers transport 476 children to the various attendance centers and also convey the pupils to their homes at end of each school day. Three cateterias are now in operation: Corwin Cafeteria at Litchfield Community High School, serving high school and junior high pupils, the cafeteria at New Hope School, and the cafeteria at the new Vvalshville School. UNIT OFFICE Miss Ruth Hesterherg ................ Secretary Miss Grace Boyd ........ Sec'y S Truant Officer Mrs. May Penman. . . ............... Secretary HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA IVIrs. Hattie Slusser IVIrs. Gladys Sweetin Mrs. Roberta Titcomlo Miss Thelma Eltedge BUS DRIVERS Fremont Jones Harold Schmidt Walter Anderson Jesse Bundy Walter George John Schoen Charles Hampton Ixlerle Schoop Victor Volentine ARNOLD KIBURZ, JR., University of Illinois tIVl.S.i Principal of High School. C 16 D