Upper Darby High School - Oak Yearbook (Upper Darby, PA)

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'Wc sicfttem ex... John Smith Billingslea, who was born in 1892 in Westminster, Maryland, grad- uated from Western Maryland College in 1913 where his activities were extensive, in- cluding a full athletic program and a posi- tion on the varsity football team. However, his greatest interest lay in the field of music as a member of the Glee Club and of a quartet that sang throughout the State. After graduation he continued his studies at Johns Hopkins and assisted his father, the president of Smith and Yingling Canning Company. He then served as an officer with the U. S. Army in the Mexican Border War and World War I. After the war he served as a director of one of the influential newspapers of Maryland and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Westmin- ster Bank. He took an active part in the local Rotary Club, in Masonic activities, and served as Post Commander of the American Legion. Then in 1921 he was elected to the Maryland State Legislature. In the follow- ing years, a physical condition which devel- oped as a result of military service became more acute and caused him to build up an entirely new pattern of living. After com- pleting his graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Billingslea came to Upper Darby and became head of our His- tory Department four years later. Now Mr. Billingslea has fitted into a new pattern—bigger and better than he ever knew here. Only the place he lived in is gone. The teacher we knew, the mind we felt, the character that impressed us, the soul of the man is alive. What he contrib- uted to our lives will not fade out—will not be lost. To his students he was a friend, sympathetic and kind, an understanding teacher and a gentleman. All those who knew Mr. Billingslea loved and admired him for his helpfulness and quiet discipline. 19

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SCectect zctifem felcitwect,,, During the past five years the School Board has doubled the size of the Senior High School campus by adding sixteen acres of land. The carefully-planned expansion program, now nearing completion, includes an academic wing, a gymnasium, and a bus garage. Meanwhile, the problem of in- creased elementary school population has been partly solved by the building of two new elementary schools—Primos and Hill- crest. Claiming the School Board's attention while administering these projects totaling $4,000,000, have been all the usual problems of maintenance, finance, and instruction, and a sustained interest in all the schools of the Township. Members of the Board pictured above in the first row are: Mr. Vanleer I. Bond, Mrs. Bertha S. Wert, Dr. George G. Dilworth, Mrs. Rhoda S. Seeburger, Mr. John H. Fra- zier; in the second row: Dr. Edgar B. Cale, Mr. George W. Hoehler, Assistant to the Superintendent, Mr. N. Horace Berman, Dr. J. Vernon Ellson, Mr. John H. Tyson, Super- intendent of Schools, Mr. John C. Parry, Mr. John J. Schiedel, Secretary, Mr. Stewart B. Harkness, Treasurer, Mr. R. Winfield Baile, Solicitor. 18

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 e ivtct t e ce(te ... Our school secretaries help the machine of school business affairs to run more smoothly by keeping accurate records of enrollments, courses, grades, and personal histories for the administration. Assisting the superintendent are Miss Elizabeth Longaker, Mrs. Betty Jo Apple, and Miss Miriam Powers; Mrs. Elizabeth Paxton's assignment is as Mr. Hoehler's pri- vate secretary. Working in the principal's office are Miss Dorothy Cole and Miss Ro- many Craig. Mrs. Margaret Boyd directs the High School Office, Mrs. Thelma Malin has charge of the Activities Fund, and Miss Walda Corriston is secretary in Mr. Holmes' office. The cafeteria corpsmen, whom most Upi- dites see from I 1:45 to 1:15, are on the job before and after the students are in school. Under the direction of Mrs. Ann Snyder, head dietitian, a staff of seven women pro- vided lunches for hungry students. The workers this year were Mrs. Gertrude Bo- gart, Mrs. Emma Devitt, Mrs. Mable Elber- son, Mrs. Mary Hippie, Mrs. Florence Lloyd, Mrs. Catherine Palmer, and Mrs. Lydia Schlichter.