Turners Falls High School - Peske Tuk Yearbook (Turners Falls, MA)

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PM . g,,., . X. . . .. ,Q A ,22 4 TO MISS REUM We, the Class of 1951 Express our you For your guidance and devotion throughout our High School Career. For your time and patient understanding given unselfishly whenever needed For your ever present humor and kindly advice. A wise advisor and teacher, but genuine appreciation to moreover a friend to all. 8

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ln September of 1920, Mr. Arthur E. Burke came to the Turners Falls High School as a teacher of science and athletic coach. He had recently graduated from Boston College and earlier had been an Infantry Officer in the United States Army. For six years Mr. Burke was sub-master and head of the science department and in 1926 he became principal of the high school and served in that position for the next eleven years. During this period, both the town and the high school were rapidly growing and, in 1936, work was started on eight new classrooms, an auditorium, and a gymnasium. This was a maior project and in the midst of the expansion, during the summer of 1937, Mr. Burke was appointed Superintendent of Schools in Mon- tague. ln 1938 the high school was at its peak enrollment of 596 pupils. Just two years later the boys and girls who were to become members of the class of 1951 entered the first grade. During World War Il, Mr. Burke served as Lieutenant Colonel of the 22nd Infantry, Massachusetts State Guard. He did extensive work in that capacity and contributed greatly to the local and state war efTort. The members ofthe class of 1951 sincerely appreciate and are deeply indebted to Mr. Arthur E. Burke for his continued guidance and interest in the pupils of the Montague School System. MR. ARTHUR E. BURKE

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