Lowville Academy and Central School - Lowacadian Yearbook (Lowville, NY)

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Dedzbdlzbn It has been nearly thirteen years since you came to Lowville, Dr. Ford. During those years our school has changed from a Free Academy -to a Central School and from a small overcrowded building to a spacious and modern edifice. Your life here has been a parallel to this development. You came here as a mathematics teacher. Then you became Junior High School Principal and subsequently principal of both the Junior and Senior High Schools, and now District Principal. For your unseltish service to our school, we, the class of 1959, dedicate this Lowacadian to you, DR. KENNETH E. FORD, our District Principal and loyal friend, trusting that it may convey a part of our esteem and appreciation for your unfailing guidance and help during our four years in high school. 7

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I 71 Alvlvreczbzlzbn to V Leon A. Davis Mrs. Leon A. Davis 6 MR. AND MRS. LEON A. DAVIS . . . to Mr. Davis for all that he has done for our school and to Mrs. Davis for her gra- ciousness and understanding.

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Mr Davis with the scrap book containing letters from friends. Leon A. Davis was bom on a farm in the Town of Litchfield, Herkimer County, N. Y. on May 25, 1892, the son of George and Lena Rising Davis who were descendants of early settlers in the Mohawk Valley. Mr. Davis graduated from West Winfield High School in 1912 and eamed his B.S. degree from Hamilton College, a member of the class of 1916. Postgraduate study in the fields of education and the administration of secondary schools was had by Mr. Davis at Syracuse and Cornell Universities. Following graduation from college Mr. Davis secured a position as teacher of science at Johnson City High School and continued in this position for two years. It was at this time that he married Miss Katherine Wheelock of West Winfield, N. Y., who at the time of her marriage on August 11, 1917, was a teacher in the Endicott High School. Mr. Davis' next assignments were in the field of school administration, accepting the principalships at Mexico Academy for the years 1918-19 and at Benton Hall Elementary School in Little Falls in 1920. Dedztczizbn PROGRAM Invocation Rev. Arnold J. Pedersen Lord's Prayer Miss Carol McDougall Dinner Staii of School Cafeteria Toastmaster G. Byron Bowen Introduction of Guests The Toastmaster Romance Miss Ann Young Prayer of Dedication Rev. O. T. Anderson Introduction of Speaker Howard G. Sackett Address Dr. Arthur S. Schmidt Presentation of Gifts Walter F. O'Connell Acceptance Leon A. Davis You'll Never Walk Alone William O'Hare Benediction Rt. Rev. Msgr. John A. Cotter Coming to Lowville in the fall of 1921, Mr. Davis succeeded as principal of Lowville Academy, Clinton B. Atwood. At this time the Academy had a faculty of 26 and a student body numbering 762. Significant developments in education during Mr. Davis' tenure, in addition to two bulding programs, include the establishment of a vastly expanded cur- riculum affording instruction in the manual arts, agriculture, secretarial studies, and courses for adult education, as well as music, athletics and the traditional subjects. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are the parents of four children: George R., Jane E., Katherine W., the wife of Charles C. Potts, and Mary C. Davis. Organizations in which Mr. Davis is interested include Lowville Lodge 134, F.8zA.M., and he is a past member and president of the Lowville Kiwanis Club and past president of the Northem Zone of the New York State Teachers Association. Mr. Davis is a member and former trustee of the First Presbyterian Church of Lowville, and was for twelve years a member of Lowville Village Board. -Reprinted from the program of the dinner