Panama Central High School - Rockette Yearbook (Panama, NY)

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History OF Panama Schools A hamlet of log houses both on the htll and 1n the valley was the start of the pres ent vlllage of Panama Wh1Ch was lncorporated ln 1861 The f1rst school house 1n Panama was of logs bu1lt tn 1823 and located near the center of what IS now the old part of Unlon Cemetery Thls was destroyed by ftre tn 1825 The loss ofthe books was a great mlsfortune as they could not be eastly replaced A second school house was bu1lt on the Rocks near the hotel stte John Steward was the teacher there 1n 1828 and 1829 There ts no record of how long th1s second school house was used but probably only untll the old red school house on the hlll was butlt to take 1ts place The fourth school house 111 Panama was located at the west end of Wesleyan Street tn 1868 Thts bulldlng when bullt had three rooms, two downstatrs and one upsta1rs It was made Lnto an Umon school 1n 1895 Thts was vacated 1n 1928 when the part of the present school bu1.ld1ng was butlt. An addmon was put on the school tn 1949 wluch opened some more grade and Junlor htgh school rooms for use. In 1957 a modern addmon was put on the school whlch tncluded ktndergarten rooms and Juruor htgh school rooms It LS most modern Ll'1 deslgn w1th 1ts brlghtly colored walls Thts add1t1on enabled us to take on more students so Ashvllle came lnto our school system. Our school has grown greatly over the years and w11lcont1nue to grow The walls of thts butldmg w1ll have much to tell lf they could talk of the many happy vo1ces that w1ll have rung through IIS halls through the years Who can tell whlch student who passes through the portals of the school w1ll make a name for htmself tn the hxstory of our great country? Apprectatlon lS glven to Mr George Fowler for the htstorlcal lnformatlon gtve to us n l , , u u I - . - n n ' u M ' ' D n 4 n Q 0 0 4 I D n I n 1 0 Q

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ll N 0 NIU!!! U! Mrs Gertrude Da1ley affectxonately called Ma Da1ley by many of the people she helped over the four years at our school dxed November 11 1957 We remember her adm1n1stered to our phys1cal needs and who checked on us when we tned to Sklp school At her death the Class of 1958 lost a well loved compamon ' I I . , . as a friend and consultant as well as one who