Monroe High School - Hayu Saghalie Yearbook (Monroe, WA)

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I MISS ROWENA LEWIS, who hod her picture in newspapers all over the United States for taking part in girl's football, has taught in Monroe for two years. Miss Lewis taught English, social studies, algebra. P.E., and was G.A.A. advisor. Her interests consist of teaching, kids ', fencing, classical music, camping, and fishing Miss Lewis plans on go- ing to Japan and she will spend the summer with her brother in Seoul. Korea ■ MISS GRACE TIMMER, County Public Health Nurse, visits schools from Snohomish to Index and is at Monroe every Wednesday afternoon to check for sickness. She has charge of all vaccinations in the schools and also visits the home for all communicable dis eases. Miss Timmer has worked in surgery ond also as a laboratory technician Miss Timmer said. I am not only taking care of the people ot home and at school but I am trying to promote better health habits for everyone | MR PAUL BENNETT, who has been teaching in Monroe for fourteen years, fought school-wide bond and conducted individual lessons in the elementary grades Mr. Bennett attended college at Eastern Washington ond University of Washington, where his main ambition was to become a dentist. He was in the Air Force for four years and in that time spent two years in Greenland as a weather observer. Mr Bennett raises straw- berries, ond his main goal in life is. to be able to quit teaching, get lots and lots of money and travel all over the world.

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 MRS. CLAUDIA FAY, the first Home Economics instruc- tor for high school students exclusively for some years, came to us from the Eastern Washington College of Education at Cheney. She admits that as much as she likes Monroe and western Washington, she is still, and always will be, just a little homesick for the Cheney and Spokane areas. Besides Home Ec., Mrs. Fay also taught this year's Family Relations class. Not only is Mrs. Foy an experienced home economist (after all, she has raised three boys and a husband), but she is a very talented artist and would like to teach a class of this type. ■ MRS. MARGARET YOUNG, who served os our librarian for the First time this year, has improved and added to our library more than anyone else in the past. She hos established a general reference section, added several hundred books, worked up a booklet entitled. Information on Authors , and hos in every way made our library a more efficient place to study. Mrs. Young taught soph. English, hos been Torch Advisor for five years and is Monroe s tennis coach, and supervisor of the song and cheer- leaders. ■ MR CLIFFORD GILLIES came from W.S.C. to begin his teaching career five years ago in Monroe This year Mr Gillies taught world history, general math., algebra mtramurols. health and P.E., driver’s education, and was football and track coach and as- sistant basketball coach While Mr. Gillies was in the Air Corps for two and a half years os a cryptographer he. had the doubtful pleasure of being caught in a typhoon in Guam and seeking refuge for the night in a refrigerator He still craves excitement.

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MR. ALLAN BORLIN. better known as Al ho» taught at Monroe for eleven years and in that time has helped the boy- add to their collection fifty eight judging contest banners. This year Mr Borlin taught agriculture, farm shop, study of crops and was F.F.A and Boys' Club advisor. He also has charge of two acres of very profitable raspberries. Mr Borlin s interests ore fairs, judging contests, and visiting the boys on their farms ■ MISS LOUISE WICKLUNO better known os Miss Wick says. I wouldn’t want to be anything but a teacher, al- though ot first I never hod the least in- tention of becoming one. This year Miss Wicklund taught English, literature, wos the senior class and annual advisor and director of the senior play. Miss Wick- lund's main interests ore reading, brats”, ships, deep sea fishing, and ob- serving people and their personalities. She has been all over the United States. Canada, and Mexico; but that isn't enough. Miss Wicklund's main ambition is to obtain a lot of money somewhere ond travel all over the world. ■ MR. THOMAS SULLIVAN, who was born in Des Moines. Iowa.received his college education at St. John’s University and La Escuela Interameri- cana in Mexico. He taught in Colorado for three years and Monroe one year. He taught Spanish. English, and the eighth grade. Mr. Sullivan's original ambition was to be a history teacher but in some way he drifted slowly into foreign languages, which interests him very much. Mr. Sullivan's main interests are reading ond any type of music and his main ambition is to learn just as much os he con about everything. Hi I like Mon-r best , soy MR. JOHN STAHL who has taught a» six different schools. This year. Mr Stahl taught U S. history, government bookkeeping, world history, ond is P E. health co-ordinator. Mr. Stahl spent four years at Northern Staff- Teachers' College, a year at the Un warutvof Washington and two and o half years in the navy where he was a P.E. instructor Mr Stahl’s main in terest is sports He was basketball coach, and tennis coach. His hobbies include! fishing and golf.