Southwestern Central High School - Centralian Yearbook (Jamestown, NY)

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Mr. Weiss and Mrs. Helgren have their troubles as they pack up to leave Lakewood for the new school!

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Adm in z'sz'm tion OW is the time for us seniors to say Hail and Farewell to the teachers who have helped us so much these past twelve years, and to wish them success in their new work. Some of them will be assuming new positions and new re- sponsibilities next year, even as you and I. Our thanks, too, to all others who have helped make school a wonderful place to spend the best years of our life - the Board of Education, the office and maintenance staff and cafeteria workers.

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1 l i 4 T Ywey p lDirect ,Us.i.. Mr. Rood, Mr. Carlson, Mr. johnson, and Mrs. Stranigan preside at the laying of the cornerstone of the new school in June, 1953. Almost unknown to most of the students as a group, the two women and seven men who make up the Southwestern Central School Board of Education are, nevertheless, interested in obtain- ing the best education possible, not only for their own children but the children of their neighbors as well. Working unbelievably long hours at a job which has no salary, their only reward is the satisfaction of knowing each child in the district is getting the best educational training possible because of their untiring efforts. This year's board has been under the leadership of Mr. Vern Johnson, president, and Mrs. Lois Hough, vice president. The other members are Mr. Harvey Carlson, Mr. Walter Davis, Jr., Mr. Earl Lawson, Mr. Sheldon Myregaard, Mr. Frank Nutt, Mr. Kenneth Sonne, and Mrs. Mary Stran- igan. The board is divided into various committees with chairmen as follows: Building and Grounds, Mr. Carlson, Cafeteria, Mrs. Stranigang Finance, Mrs. Hough, Teachers, Mrs. Stranigang and Transportation, Mr. Sonne. To help them to carry out their plans and guide them in their decisions concerning school matters the board has the Supervising Principal, Mr. Holland Rood, the Assistant Supervising Principal, Mr. Fulton McKay, and the high school principal, Mr. Cloise Swearingen. At present Mr. McKay and Mr. Swearingen area the building principals at Celoron and Lakewood and help to co-ordinate Southwestern's many buildings into one unified system. Mrs. Margaret Farnsworth, Clerk of the Board, advises them on many matters, and her responsi- bilities are great. l To guide all of them there is the ever-efficient, ever-faithful Mrs. Dorothy B. Connelly, District Superintendent of Schools and her son, Mr. Marcus Connelly, who is the school lawyer., The board, too, is looking forward to moving the junior and senior high schools from the pres- ent branch schools to the beautiful new building on the Hunt Road next fall. The board takes great pride in this building and trusts that all who enter its doors, whether to tjeach, to learn, or to help maintain it, will take the same pride, so that it will always be not only a place of beauty but a place where only the best in education be- comes a tradition. Southwestern Central-where so many dreams will come true. .1 , ' 1 0 .. . .. W H 1 . 0