Owego Free Academy - Tom Tom Yearbook (Owego, NY)

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Miss Finkle Rosenberg-Little, prim, and preciseg Bliss Rosenberg keeps her mind keen and active by playing bridge. Every card counts in her game, and woe unto the opponent who tries to put one over on her. It can,t be done. ln school she listens incessantly to our poor French pronunciation and wonders if welll ever learn. Miss Elinor L. Ryan- 'NIamma!' Ryan to some students who have their injured feeling soothed by her sympathetic understanding of youth. Under her supervision the boys and girls who participate in noon hour dancing are becoming quite expert, This social studies teacher is never too busy to lend a helping hand. Miss Barbara SandfordfYYe understand that one of Nliss Sandfordls accomplishments is riding horse- back. ls it true that her secret passion is to hitch hike across the continent? Any person with these in- terests at heart is bound to be an interesting English II teacher. Miss Marian S. Skeels-AMost of us are well acquainted with this master of the uMuzzey', text. Miss Skeels Halways gets her man through history and that is a big item in our young lives. Chief among her hobbies are cats, flowers, and the Town Hall of the Air. Xliss Ruth Smith fhlrs. Claude Woodlfln April, Nliss Smith, tired of living alone, launched forth upon the sea of matrimonyn. She is now the proud and happy wife of Claude lVood. After finishing this year of teaching she will reside in Plattsburg. Cood luck and please come back to visit us, We,re going to miss you greatly. rv, sw' H

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- Mrs. Elsie A. NicholsfOur Latin teacher is a friend and favorite of every boy and girl at the O. F. A. During the winter months Mrs. Nichols is an ardent Bingo player, and IS SHE LUCKY! Llewellyn O. Peabody-NL. O. , as he is known by all his 'iAg', boys, likes to Strip the light fantasticn during his leisure hours. Wihenever we drop in at the Goodrich Settlement grange on Friday nights, we are quite sure to find him among the crowd of dancers. 1 Miss Helen Pfistner-Our English HI instructor is a whiz. She has a number of hobbies which make her a well known and interesting friend. She eolleets stamps and antiques, knits for the Red Cross, attends the movies regularly and advises the Journalism Club. lWiss Henrietta PluschflNe're learning so many new things in homemaking this year, that we,re changing our minds about housework being drudgery. Thanks to Miss Pluseh we are finding out that it is really an art, yes. a fine art. when well done. Kenneth XY. Reed-lYho is it that would rather fish than eat? None other than our chemistry prof.. K. YY. Reed. On Saturdays you are sure to see him casting for 'big onesl' along the river bank. lt is rumored that he is attempting to rid the Susquehanna of carp. 15311 ,. 13 4

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Bliss Marijane Suter+fAlong with a few other teachers, lNfIiss Suter took a course in First Aid. It is rumored that she did so in preparation for her future life as the wife of a doctor. She teaches us a num- ber of commercial subjects and is one of our youngest faculty members. Frank Tei--Our school band is second only to the United States Marine Band. Under lN1r, Tei's expert guidance many of our classmates are becoming outstanding musicians. Leonard Y. Tripp--This hobbyist of renown and jack of many trades is a Valuable asset to our faculty. There is never a dull moment in his classes, for he constantly draws enriching material from his wealth of information on many subjects. Mrs. Sada NI. Turner--fTeaehing English IV is just one of her many accomplishments. Her other inter- ests are, dramatics. forestry, gardening, swimming, and playing nursemaid to a family of Irish setter pup- pies. Nliss Evelyn XYells,f 'You would never guess that she is up to her neck in an operetta or that she is giv- ing a concert tonight. Nliss Hells certainly does things easily and well and is always pleasant about it. too. fav, : N it 15