Scarborough High School - Four Corners Yearbook (Scarborough, ME)

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THE' FOFR FORNERS 3 FRANKLIN H. B. HEALD Superintendent of the Schools oi Scarboro 1913-1946 Una- of tha- longest snpa-rintenalena.-ia-s in Maine a-anna-s to a a'ona-lnsion this .va-ar in the ra-tira-ina-nt of Superintendent l . ll. ll. lla-alal from aetiva- ealna-atianial sa-rvia-e in the sa-hools of Sa-arboro. It is with a feel- ing of great regret anal also great priala- that the annual school paper of our high sehool, whia-h he playa-al so great a part in sea-nring for us, alealieata-s this issue to eomnleniorate his long anal valued servia-a-. No sa-hool system a-va-r has had a man more wholly ala-voted to tha- eansa- ha- repre- sa-nta-al nan' ntore nnsa-llish in giving of hint- self to tha- ha-tta-rtna-nt ant' yttlllljl' pa-opla-, anal the aalvana-a-nu-nt ot' a-onnnnnitv wa-lfara-. llis influa-na-e will na-ver a-a-asa- to ba- ta-lt anal appra-a-iata-al as long as oua- person ra-- Iuains who kna-w hint. 'l'rnl.v tolerant. anal sviiipatlu-tia-, apprea-iative of a-va-r.vhawalIv's aliflieulties, eager to saeritiea- pa-rsonal in- terests in favor of otha-rs, ha- will a-va-r be a stimulus anal inspiration to all whom his life has tanta-lu-al. Mr. lla-alal was born in Portlanal, Maine, the son of l'1l'illlkllll lla-alal anal Martha Umnpston Healal. His granahnotha-r, Mrs. Martha Unmpston, anal his inotha-r, Mrs. Martha J. i'1nnpstan1 lla-alal, were ta-aa'hers in the schools of l'an'tlanal. Una- of his cousins was Walter Gritlin, alistinguisheal painter and ineuiba-r of tha- liarval Aeaal- euiy of Art, anal another ra-lative was f'. Hayden Caitlin, a noted ltlnglish aa-tor. Mr. lla-ald's great-granalfather, John Powell, a naturalized a-itizen, native ot' ltlngland, was u sail-inaka-r in Pan-tlanal, anal to his sail loft. were horna- tha- wonnala-al front Illa- hrigs ltlnta-rprise anal lioxa-r in tha- War of 1812. llis great-granalrnaitha-r, Sarah Clus- tine, was of Fra-na-h llngna-not. ana-a-strtv, and she was also a ta-aa-ha-r, having a-on- dueted a private school in Portlanal. Mr. Heald's grandmother, Mrs. Martha Cunip- ston, purchased a house on the corner of klllll1'l'll and Newbury Streets from Gen- a-ral Na-al Dow, anal when this was de- st rolva-al in the great tire of 1866, she had a sixteen-roann bria-k house built on the Same site. This ra-niaina-al in the possession of the faniillv until it was taken over by the county about thirty-tive years ago. Mr. lla-alal's fatha-r owned extensive properties in Portlanal ina-luding several houses on lnalia Street, then a fine residential sec- tion, anal when these were all lost in the Great Fire of 1866, he purchased several others on Fhestnut Street. Only a large bria-k barn ra-tnaina-d of the lndia Street propa-rtlv. 'l'ha- painting of Mr. Heald's granalfatlier, llenry UIIIIIPSTOII, now hang- ing in the living- room of his Oak Hill resi- ala-na-a-, was ra-sent-al from tha- fire by Mr. l:I02lltliS'IIl0fl1t'l', Martha Clumpston Heald. A a-onipanion portrait of his grandmother was burnt-al. Mr. Ha-alal has been twice marriedg Hrst to Harriett. Hurlburt, who bore him two a-hildren, a son. Varnnni, who died young, anal a daughter, Ruth Cumpston Heald, now Mrs. Ruth ll. Rhulanal of Somervilleg anal after the aleath of his first wife, to Mrs. Willette 'l'refa-then Latham of Peaks Island, whom he had known as a young man. The distinguished son of Maine, ,llllUIl1ilS Brac-kett Reed, Speaker of the Housa- of lia-pra-sentatives and author of lla-a-al's l'arlian1a-ntary Rules was a rela- tive of Mrs. Heald and she herself is a I graduate of Grinnell Uollege, Iowa, in the Class of 18231, with a degree in Music. Mr. lla-alal's daughter, Ruth Il. Rhuland, atta-naleal llates Uollege, Lewiston, Maine, for two .va-ars, then transferred to the liniersoii C'olla-ge of Oratory from which she was graduated. M r. lla-ald attended the grade and gram- mar sa-hools in his home a-ity of Portland, having such distinguished teachers as Miss Sarah Gilpatrick and Dr. Daniel Dole. He

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THE FOUR CORNERS 5 was graduated from Portland High School in 1887, following which he attended Bow- doin College, later transferring to Dart- mouth from which he was graduated in the Class of 1891, completing his college course in approximately three years. He also studied piano under Hermann Kotseh- mar, in whose memory the City Hall organ was given by Cyrus H. K. Curtis. Mr. Heald moved to Scarboro in 1893. purchasing the Captain Thornton place at Oak Hill, where he has lived ever since. At the time of its purchase, the property included the land later bought by Mr. John Edwards and Mr. Abram Hodgman, also the land now owned by Mr. Vliiford White and that part of the former H. J. Libby estate between Route 1 and the side road leading to the present brick grade building opposite the Heald home. For a while he was engaged in farming, later turning to educational work, where he surely found the proper outlet for his great ability. When Mr. Heald first took over the schools of Scarboro. there were ten rural schools and the high school. Grammar grades and primary were housed on the first floor and the high school on the second floor of the building now commonly called 'fthe white building. All these buildings were one-room except the 'fwhite build- ing. The high school had but two teachers at that time. and in case of teacher ab- sence, Mr. Heald himself occasionally sub- stituted. In those days it was the custom for a pupil wishing to enter college to take further preparatory work at some other school, a practice which has now practi- cally ceased, Of the ten rural schools, three, namely, Black Point, Seottows Hill, and Beech Hill have been closed, and 'the others either replaced or remodeled and given proper seating accommodations, lighting, and city water as far as possible. All of the schools have electric lights and the larger units have the telephone. The first step in general school improve- ment was the division of the buildings at Black Point, llunstan, and Beech Ridge to provide for separation of Primary and Grammar grades. ,Next the North Scarboro School was remodeled into a model rural school to fully satisfy state requirements. The physi- cal improvements included lighting from the left. new toilet facilities. division into two rooms, and the introduction, shortly thereafter, of a helping-teacher system. At the dedication of the remodeled school, Governor Baxter and State Superintend- ent of Schools, Dr. Augustus 0. Thomas. later head of the World Federation of Education, were present. Then new model rural schools were built at Blue Point, and a few years later at Pine Point. The old llunstan School was closed and the build- ing turned over to the American Legion. A new two-room building was then erec-ted on the town lot at the juncture of Route 1 and the Payne Road. This in turn was recently replaced by the beautiful new building erected on the outer corner of the same lot in 1945. One of Mr. Heald's first concerns was the bolstering of the foundations of the school system by the strengthening of the elementary schools. This process included equalizing the pay of all elementary teachers and improving teaching condi- tions especially in the outlying units. Mr. Heald continually urged the raising of teachers' pay and was very much gratified when a state law raised the minimum sal- ary for teachers to 341,000 annually. The wisdom of this policy was fully justified when during the recent war the teachers of Scarboro stuck by their profession instead of deserting it for more lucrative positions. The improving of thc physical equip- ment of the schools has already been- spoken of. Helping teachers were sent to Castine, the Educational Plattsburgf'