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

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MISS FLOY PARKER Former Librarian The Faculty and students of S.W.C.S. join in paying tribute to Miss Floy Parker of Cas- sadaga, New York who retired from active service in our school last June. Miss Parker has given more than half a century of untir- ing service to the schools of this state. We hope in this small way to show our ap- preciation for her helpful and untiring assistance and friend- ship to us while she was in our midst. Miss Parker is a graduate of Fredonia Normal School. She has a B.S. degree from Buffalo State Teachers College and a B.S. degree in Library Science from Genesee State Teachers College. Some of her year's service include rural schools, Stockton, Silver Creek and Dunkirk. She came to us in l935 and taught in Glidden School. Later she taught upper grades in Celoron. In l94O she became grade librarian in the Celoron school and later transferred to the high school. She also served as librarian in the newly organized Central High School. Miss Parker is admired by students and teachers for her individualism, her sincerity and her great desire to induce us to read, understand and appreciate good literature. Her first love was poetry and she seemed always to know lust what poem was needed to fit any occasion which might arise. For these things, we wish to extend our many thanks and to wish her happiness in her well earned years of retirement.

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To The Land Of Leisure ment. 'l'OWl'l. MRS. BERNICE WILLIAMS Teacher of English and Latin Leaving the teaching field after forty-five years of service is Miss Alice Jones. She has been a member of the Southwestern and Celoron facul- ty since l943, in which time everyone has come to know and admire her. Miss Jones attended two universities in pre- paring to enter the teaching profession. She re- ceived her Bachelor of Science degree from Syra- cuse University, and her Master of Arts from Columbia University. Before she came to the Southwestern district, she taught at several different schools, Ellion High School, Saratoga, Ithaca High School, rural school at Minerva, Ludloville, and Stoney Creek. Biology, Junior High School math and science as well as High School math have been taught by Miss Jones. She is very active in many organizations. Miss Jones is a member of the First Baptist Church of Jamestown where she belongs to the Service Class and the Women's Society. Some of the other organizations she belongs to are the King's Daugh- ters, College Club, Association of Math Teachers of New York State, and the Senior Citizens of America. We sincerely hope Miss Jones will always remember Southwestern with fondness as every- one who has ever known Miss Jones will always remember her and the wonderful work she has done in teaching us. Southwestern is losing one of her most re spected teachers this year. Mrs. Williams, who has been teachi-ng for thirty-two years, is retiring this year. She plans to travel during her retire Mrs. Williams, who many will remember as Mrs. Hotch, received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Allegheny College. She has taught English and Latin in several schools, East Mill Creek High School, Gridley High School, and Central High School, all in Erie, and summer school in Jamestown, New York. Mrs Mrs. Williams came to the Southwestern District in September of l927. Mrs. Williams has been very active in various clubs and -organizations. The Eastern Star and Women's College Club of Erie are among those to which she has belonged. ln l950, she was awarded a life membership in the Celoron P.T.A. Mrs Williams attends the First Baptist Church of James We are sorry to see Mrs. Williams leave, but we are hoping that she will enjoy her retirement Everyone, we are sure, will always remember and be proud to say that they were taught by Mrs Williams. MISS ALICE JONES Teacher of Junior High Mathematics

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To all my friends: Before I say good-bye, I wish to tell how much I have enjoyed this year I spent here and how grateful I am to all of you. I wish to thank my family, the Hendlers, with whom I have been very happy, the American Field Service, that made my stay here possible, all my teachers who have been so kind, and all of you at South- western, that have been friendly with me. Even if I did not have a chance to know all of you very well, I will never forget all the smiling people who said Hi to me on the first day of school, making me feel really at home. I'II always remember the wonderful time I had living in Lakewood and going to school at Southwestern. The schools in Brazil are quite different from the American ones, we go for five hours a day and take ten to twelve subjects a year, though we have each of them just two or three times a week. We have very few extra- curricular activities and sports at school. I really enjoyed participating in different clubs in this school, playing the role of a witch in our senior play, Macbeth, and going to the games. I don't think, like some people do, that school work is easy here and that the American stu- dents don't work hard. The American system of education is a wonderful one, you should be proud of it and always do your best to improve it. We never get to really know people until we live with them, do the same things as they do, and learn about their customs and traditions. That is what makes the American Field Service exchange program so great and so important. Now I feel that I know the United States quite well, and I think it is a wonderful country. As you know, I come from Brazil, a large, beautiful, sunny country in South America. Rio Am bassadors-To An ANGELA BRASIL American Field Service Exchange stu- dent from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1958-1959 de Janeiro, where my home is, is supposed to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world, with its hills on the edge of the Guanabara Bay, the modern buildi-ngs and parks, the palm trees and tropical flowers. I hope that some day you can come there to see me, and like my country as much as I like the United States. If you don't come, I would love to receive a letter from each of you, so l'II leave my ad- dress: Visconde de Piraja 571, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro. GORDON PULS American Field Service Americans Abroad from our school to Mett- mann, Germany, Summer, 1958. Once again, thank you very much and good- bye, or as we say in Portuguese: Adeus. Angela Brasil In the spring of 1958, I was very fortunate to be chosen to rep- resent Southwestern in the American Field Service exchange stu- dent program. I spent a wonderful and richly rewarding summer with a host famiIy in Germa-ny. My famiIy consisted of my father Ernst Julius, my mother Elizabeth Julius, and my two brothers Rolf and Arnd. They were as fine a family as one could possibly find anywhere, and they took me many places, all very beautiful, some historical. During my stay with the Juliuses, I traveled through Switzerland, to the magnificent WorId's Fair at Brussels, Belgium, and to many parts of Germany, like the beautiful Black Forest, and the Rhi-ne River with its majestic cliff top castles. My knowledge and understanding broadened with every trip I took and every friend I made. That is what makes the AFS program so extremely worthwhile-the understanding gained by all the people it touches. I shall always be grateful to the American Field Service and its many volunteer helpers the world over that made this experience possible for me and many others. . , y ,