Odessa Montour Central High School - Odessanean Yearbook (Odessa, NY)

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M. G. PATTINGTON Supervising Principal When we heard that you were resigning this year, we first felt a little sad about it. Then we decided that we would look back beyond the many years we've known you .. .and this is what we found: Thirty-four years ago with an AB degree from Syracuse University, you began your career as a teacher and athletic coach—then vice-principal for two years. From 1929 to 1942 you were supervising principal at Chenango Forks and during that time earned your MA degree from Syracuse. The following two years you were Superintendent of Schools in thirty-one districts in Broome County, before your promotion to Assistant, and then Senior Education Supervisor with the State Education Department in Albany. After three years of distinguished service in administration and research, you were appointed, in September 1947, Supervising Principal and Purchasing Agent for Odessa (now Odessa-Montour) Central School. Here, as all our community is most gratefully aware, you have efficiently carried our two schoolbuilding programs to completion and have superbly met the growing educational needs of this enlarged central district of 150 square miles. Furthermore, in civic affairs, you have served as Chairman of Schuyler County (Seneca Drums) Boy Scouts, Member of Sullivan Trail Executive Council, Registrar of Seneca County Selective Service Board, and other posts in Red Cross, 4-H, Public Health and United States Infantry Reserves. Many of us have just learned that in 1951 you were a member of the Faculty of Albany State Teacher's College and in 1960 of the faculty of Ithaca College, that you are a specialist in Public School Finance, in School Administration and in Current Problems in Education. Also, that you are a member of the National Writers Club and the author of more than 220 published articles and stories in 68 national magazines. For all of these high achievements we are proud to salute you. And we are happier still to note that with this third-of-century of accomplishment behind you, you are yet in your mid-fifties with another vigorous career ahead and perhaps a little more time for your fishing, for your gun, and your hoe. Above all, what we of the Class of 1961 prize most is the sincere interest you took in our education—so warmly, so personally, that we each feel free to call you Prof and close friend. We salute you from that special place in our heart where you will always be! THE CLASS OF 1961

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HOWARD A. HANLON, Pre . DELMAR BLEILER, Vice Prc . KENNETH E. GILBERT. Clerk IDA PETERS. Tre« . Odessa-Montour Central School JOHN T. BARTON JOHN BULKLEY STEWART J. COATS GEORGE HOFFMAN DR. JAMES J. NORTON M. G. PATTINGTON, Supervising Principal Odessa, New York Contents Page Salute to Mr. Pattington.........................................................3 Faculty..........................................................................7 Dedication......................................................................10 Graduates ..................................................................... 11 Undergraduates..................................................................31 Activities......................................................................45 Athletics.......................................................................71 Advertisements..................................................................81 Sponsors........................................................................99 Autographs.....................................................................100 Nancy Halpin Jacqueline Pevo Ingrid Nyberg . Linda Dean . . .......... Co-Editor ..........Co-Editor . . Business Manager Advertising Manager Mrs. Josephine Wilson Advisor

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SEATED: Left to Right, George Hoffman, Irving D. Goodrich, Gilbert, Clerk; Dr. James J. Norton, Stewart J. Coats, John Superintendent of Schools; Howard A. Hanlon, President; Delmar T. Barton. Bleiler, Vice-President; Stanley Rundle. STANDING: Kenneth E. Odessa Montour Central School Board Of Education Pays Tribute to Mr. Pattington. Knowing Mr. Pattington, for even a little while, makes one aware of his boundless energy, his precision of thought, his prodigious memory, and his complete dedication to our school. John T. Barton