Pine Forge Academy - Flame Yearbook (Pine Forge, PA)

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.age 1. - 45, f fi 55.2 - .Q H 3 gift 9 Dean Blake, Mrs. Powell, and Mercedes Moran Mundy,the English Dean Powell ringing the bell f Miss Marero. teacher. school. This was the memorable year that witnessed the first annual SPARKS campaign. School spirit ran high as sparks flew across the length and breadth of the country telling of the good news of Pine Forge Institute. The historical record indicates that Elder M. A, Burgess, pastor of Ebenezer S. D. A. Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, con- ducted the Week of Prayer. The Allegheny Conference office building just off our campus was completed this year. The chapel was put to full use for the first time. Concrete walks and steps kept hurried feet out of the mud. Mr. Powell and Alice Pettiford were united in matrimony. The rooms for cooking and serving were completed. A cloud of sad- ness settled on our campus as both Elder Moran and Brother Handy became seriously ill. Mr. H. T. Saulter organized the first Medical Cadet Corps. They were mighty proud of them- selves that year. The Penn-Jersey Dorcas Federation dona- ted 100 new steel chairs for the auditorium. The Ohio Dorcas Federation donated two elec- tric irons. It pays to have good friends, The school played host to several groups including the School Board, Allegheny Confer- ence workers and the Dorcas Federation. The Senior Class organized with Samuel Ferguson, presidentg Donald Cheatham, vice- presidentg Mary Peterson, secretaryg Rose- mary Jones, treasurer. Miss Ruth Mosby was Class Sponsor. A trip to Oakwood College high- lighted their activities. Elder R. T, Hudson of Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- vania, and Elder A. V. Pinkney served well as graduation speakers. Two successful years have passed. The school year 1948-1949 was the year of expansion. Miss Marian Gresham joined the staff as Dean of Girls and instructor of home economics. Miss Velma Beeman was our new music teacher. The new boys' dormitory replete with twenty new rooms and an apartment for the dean was begun and completed. A 'SPARKS EXTRA carried the urgent plea to the field. Ernest and willing hearts responded to the call.

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x 31 li. i Q , Audio-visual aids at the school. ln the first volume of the SPARKS dated December 1946, an article by Calvin Rock chronicled the organization of the Pine At the end of the school year the entire school family was proud of its small but won- derful graduating class. There were only six members, but they were the first fruits--Ben- jamin Davis, Purcell Brantley, Isaac Richard- son, Marguerite Anderson, Roberta Winberly, and Marian Brantley. Miss Ethel Smith served as sponsor. W Forge Institute church. Another reporter, Marguerite Anderson wrote of the wonderful Thanksgiving banquet and subsequent hayride and hike. Donald Cheatham recorded the organ- ization of the boy's club, called The Pine Forger. Mylas Martin of Cleveland, Ohio listed each of the faculty members and noted the unusual abilities of each. Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Hartie were mighty proud of the cafeteria staff. . 'QI Y A room in Manor House becomes home, The 1947-1948 school year opened with a -t v. I Cafeteria workers of the early days. A group of boosters for the new academy. bang. Several new faces were seen on our staff. Cordial welcomes were extended to Miss Hor- tense Moran in her job as accountant and biol- ogy teacher, Mr. Joseph Powell of Baltimore who served as Dean of Boys and Bible teacherg Miss Frances Blake as Dean of Girls, Miss Sylvia Marrero as instructor of foreign lan- guages, Miss Cordell Evans of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as mathematics and science in- structor and Miss Ruth Mosby as English and home economics teacher. Mrs. Mae Justiss served as music teacher. Class of 1947 at Commencement.

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P. F, I, was blessed with several important visitors. Elder W, E. Nelson, treasurer of the General Conference, who had just recently re- turned from Europe addressed the congregation one Sabbath. Dr. Arthur D. Graeff, historian and Head of Sbcial Studies at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, inspected and appraised the historical values of the Manor House. He informed the student body that the building was over 200 years old and that the ruins of one of the first iron forges in Penn- sylvania was just adjacent to our campus. The hand-written records of the business of the forge dated back to 1748 only 69 years after the founding of Pennsylvania. The historian later included word concerning our school in his recent text book, The Keystone State. Elder W. R. Robinson, secretary ofthe Sab- bath School and Home Missionary departments of the Allegheny Conference challenged his Week of Prayer audiences to a full surrender to Christ. In front of the renovated Cafeteria. President Rebok and Professor Weniger of the Seminary in Washington, D. C. thrilled the student body with wonderful personal experi- ences as they recounted how God was able to guide their feet to careers of usefulness. They presented to the school a beautiful automatic time clock. Wm Ah , 4 53 E , T . W ' li if if . if ' t , ff' -j j T