Mayville Central High School - Pacemaker Yearbook (Mayville, NY)

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THE PACEMAKER 1941 iiidtoaic Pacade og mayu-ills bqcfnaofd. . . Little is known of the earliest schoolhouses in Mayville built during the early days of the last century. On April 24, 1834, the State Legislature chartered the Mayville Academy. Students from miles around paid tuition to attend the red brick schoolhouse, which was the second of a half dozen such academies to appear in the county during the following 25 yars. In the year 1867 a group of citizens formed and organized the Mayville Union Free School District, and from that year until the present the school has steadily progressed and grown until today students of fifteen districts are housed in our spacious and ultra-modern Central school building. The old academy, after being enlarged several times, finally was re- placed by a beautiful new high school in the grove near the old academy. This structure was incorporated in the present building and now forms the south wing of the school. This building was completed in 1925. The faculty increased from seven members of the academy to nineteen members of the high school while the student body increased from 218 to nearly 400 members. In 1940 the school building was enlarged, remodeled, and a centralized system of education was adopted by the fourteen rural districts surround- ing Mayville. A radio system was installed in making it completely modern in every respect. Six school busses bring students to school from the fourteen districts which are in the centralized area. There are now thirty-four members of the faculty and 550 students enrolled in the new Mayville Central School. The past 107 years have shown major progress in the educational system of Mayville and this vicinity should be proud of having such facilities. Those serving on the present Board of Education are: DENOLD D. KLING, President William D. Brace ----- Vice-President Milton E. Higgs - - Trustee Floyd D. Stebbins Trustee Herman E. Paulus ------ Trustee ROBERT P. DYE, Supervising Principal Nathaniel Y. Elliott ------ Clerk Fred C. Whitney - Treasurer Harry M. Young - Attorney

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MAYVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL

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1941 THE PACEMAKER The Qacwttg, . . . Front row Qleft to rightj : Albert deGroat, Instrumental Music, Rita Mac- Namara, Commercial, Ruth White, Social Studies, Ve-rla Leonard, Art, Charles V. Flagg, Agriculture, Vice-Principal, Robert P. Dye, Supervising Princinal, Jeanne LaRocque, French and English, Martha Goth, Vocal Music, Carl Pf6Ijf6?', Industrial Arts. Second row :Arline Burroughs, Sixth Grade, Muriel White, Home Econom- ics, Sophia Annalett, Third Grade, Elizabeth Dedrick, Fifth Grade, Elizabeth Case, Fourth Grade, Virginia Rothra, Eighth Grade, Valeria Mattriski, Commercial, Lydia Rider, Latin and English, Elizabeth McKeon, Physical Education, Arlene L-awson, Sixth Grade. Third row: Mary Cowles, Second Grade, Beulah Kanistanaux, Seventh Grade, Kathryn Pentecost, Seventh Grade, Evelyn Nelson, Secretary, Elsie Holmes, Fifth Grade, Ruth Bowman, Fourth. Grade, Carol Reynolds, Kindergarten, Thelma Shannon, First Grade. Fourth row: Elwood Forrester, .Mathematics and Science, James Mac- kenzie, Eighth Grade, George Meyers, Physical Education, Samuel A. Turner, Defense Instructor.