Union High School - Gleam Yearbook (Union, SC)

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August 30 was the date of the reception for teachers, adminis- annually by Superintendent and Mrs. May, the occasion is looked trators, and lunchroom managers of the Union Area Schools. Given forward to as the special opener for the school year at Union High. I' Teachers and promoters of education in Union and the Coun ty, have been active and influential for much more than a hundred years. In 1811 the free school system was adopted, and little school houses began to dot the district for the benefit of the many children whose parents could neither afford to maintain their instruction in the home same nor pay to send them to private schools. In the year the Union Library association was chartered . . . then came the era of the academy, and in the village of Union there were two of these pay schools -one for young afemalesv, the other for boys. judge D. A. Town- send while was head of the boys, academy before the warv, a professor from Up Northv, L. W. Curtis, was the first teacher of the Female academy. ee School System Cf 1811 Serves As Starter When the two academies were reopened in 1869, after having been closed eight years, four for war and four for reconstruction, judge Townsend was in charge of both of them. Only a few of his boys had returned from the battlefields of Virginia. An advertisement appearing in the Union press in February, 1861, headed 'cAn Extraordinary School for Boys , announced that a school would be opened on March 1, 1861, with Dr. William Pierce, a native Caro- linianv in charge. It said, Living being cheap, the ex- penses of the entire year inthe English department will be 8110, in the Classical, S1207 All the modern languages of Europe were to be taught without extra charge. The rates included meals and lodging.

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Personnel All Enjo Hobbies And Taking Trips Working with flowers was shown to be the most popu- lar pastime of Union area personnel, from a questionnaire circulated among them by the GLEAM. Other interests and activities enjoyed by the secretaries and office work- ers, included testing new recipes, playing bridge, sewing, working needlepoint, working in the yard, and making short trips. Trips of special note were taken by Mrs. Gladys Gamer who went to New Orleans, Louisiana, and to Houston, Texas, and by Mrs. Elizabeth Peake who attended the American School Food Service Associational convention in Washington, D. C. Family and homelife appeared as featured matter with some. Mrs. Katherine Gregory was proud to have come PERSONNEL: ftop to bottom, left to rightj Mrs. Dolly Clyburn, county librarian, Mrs. Theo Dunbar, county secretary, Mr. Farr Fincher, maintenance superintendent of area schools, Mrs. Edith Flynn, visiting teacher, Mrs. Gladys Garner, Union area secretary, Mrs. Katherine Gregory, Union area bookkeeper, Mrs. Grace James, from a large family of 15, children, Mrs. Eva Smith en- joyed doing outside activities with her two boys and husband participating, Mrs. Grace James was pleased when her son won fourth place in an essay contest. Some of the personnel especially liked their work with young people, as was stated by Mrs. Thelma Sims who said, Young people have always afforded me much pleasuref, and by Mrs. Carrie Tinsley, 'Tve enjoyed my work with young people and advise them to study hard and 'eat a lot.',' All of the personnel were residents of Union. All of them resided in town, with the exception of Mr. Farr Fincher, who lived on Route 4, and Mrs. Eva Smith, who lived on Route 1. assistant librarian, Mrs. Elizabeth Peake, county school lunch supervisor, Mrs. Thelma Sims, school nurse, Mrs. Eva Smith, secretary to the principal, Mrs. Mattie Smith, cafeteria cashier, Mrs. Carrie Tinsley, cafeteria manager. O

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Teachers Get mall tate-Aid alar Increase Miss Doris Frances Gwinn, 208 Catherine Street, attended Win- throp college but graduated from the University of South Carolina with a B.A. degree, teaches general business, bookkeeping, short- hand, and typing, sponsors Beta club, has a new piano which affords her much enjoyment. Miss Nealy Beaty, 212 Catherine Street, A.B., Lander college, sponsors eleventh grade, directs junior play, takes pride in owning a gold lapel pin from Florence, Italy, which she acquired on a recent trip to Europe, favorite pastime is doing needlepoint because it is relaxing. - Mrs. Edna M. Spears, 113 Douglas Heights, A.B., Winthrop col- lege, graduate work at University of South Carolina, teaches speech and English, sponsors Public Speaking club, favorite pas- times are reading for relaxation and playing bridge for stimulation and entertainment, aspires to visit Scotland because her son received his Ph.D. degree there. Mrs. Rosabelle Gregory, Route 1, A.B., Erskine college, attended William and Mary, M.Ed., University of South Carolina, teaches tenth and eleventh grade English, sponsors Hi-Life and senior dramatics, enjoys dealing with flowers, unfulfilled wish is to have every student pass. Miss Edna Hope, 124 Park Drive, A.B., Clifford seminary, A.B., University of South Carolina, teaches Latin and eleventh grade English, sponsors National Honor Society and Latin club, enjoys reading and playing bridge in her spare time, her background in English literature makes England her choice of a country to visit. Mr. Bobby Edwards, Douglas Heights, B.S., Presbyterian college, teaches drivers education, sponsors Bus Drivers club, was pleased when one of his students exempted driver education at a school where it was compulsory, favorite pastime is sports. Miss Lunette Betenbaugh, Hart Street, A.B., Columbia college, Head of Science department, teaches biology, sponsors Biology club, favorite pastime is reading, The Land Beyond the Tempest, a book of recent publication, gave her much enjoyment. Turning in book money in the newly renovated office are fleft to plan adopted this year, each teacher collected textbook rental rightl Miss Gwinn, Miss Beaty, Mrs. Spears, Mrs. Gregory, Miss money from the students in her own classes rather than from her Hope, and Miss Betenbaugh. Mr. Edwards receives it. Under a homeroom students, as in the past.