Wappingers Central High School - Portico Yearbook (Wappingers Falls, NY)

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fo Z V' V' I' 'l .LYIO AS Christmas drew near, and Christmas parties BPDTOICFSQ the lucky student friends of those wnose fortune it was to take hone Lconomics or Homemaklng were often to ue seen lurking secretivelx about the doors of this department Iiss PWD Stltel r and rs Florence Camenga, lnstructors of the courses, were forced to accept these conveniences as Wperfect tributeu to their abllity as teachers Durlng the whole of the second semest r Mrs Raymond Collins substi tuted for both of these teachers, for Urs Pierce iviss Stitelerluntil farch, and for Urs Camenga durlna the rest of the term ven as the girls had Homemaking, the boys had their Shop This bewildering place was uresined over by Hr Peter pUFH3Pl and r Ed ward Raymond, wro, night add also lnstructed our up and coming aeronautics class is the year p ogresse and we heard acre and I re about chemical the down to earth man of W C S , Mr L Joseph Kegan, head of the science department Nr Robert Poole instructed in General Science and biology the first semester, and left at midyear to take a position in an airplale factory His place was tacel oy Yiss hl1zabeth Lam phere who taugkt Chemistry, as well It is generally thou ht, however, that this year the hnglish de partment nad the host a ical change Miss dith Garthe fit rhymes wlth TcCarthy1 was the new head of this subject group, and Tiss Lsther Golding taught English ten and eleven 'anv of us have cause to re member both of these teachers in a certain variety show The JUHlOF high school students lay claim to Miss Mary Trainor, 'rs Catherine Oliva, and H153 Myra Wverltt as their instructors Last ln t11S group, but not by any means least, was Irs liaabeth Clearwater who e task it was to tutor an enormous Latin III class lall of tnree peoplel, be s1des carrylng on w1th her other Latln and French classes Assembly programs 11s year were presented and directed by Mrs Doris King, vivaciousWBattle Islanderu nd head of tme Drama and Speech department The sages say 'The whole world loves a bandu, and who are we to prove that they are wrong? The W C S band had for its director Mr Robert Tate Mr Tate also had charge oi the chorus, and a more aole director it will be difficult to ac,uire Those of us who NIL' seek employment in the ,ommercial fields give our note of thanks to the expert advice amd as istance of Nr Harold Heath and 'rs Jilhelmina Kenney, who comprise the commercial department Presiding over the art department was Ars Esther lddy 1rs Eddy had no horrors of oils and palnts, rather, she enwoyed them The progects of her students showed better than we ould say the qual ity, as well as quantity, of the work she taught If , 1 I ,. to R.: A. Hanphcre, 4. ?q,ke , L. h r'. . - . 1 . ', . ' I ' ' 1 I J ' , W T four .1 e 'M . A . l ' - in, u X . . .. . , ., A1 .1 . Y, I r - . - ' . A 1 X , , ' M . - . he M J ' , ' ' ' , r Q c n ' ' me warfare, our thoughts turned to the H20 wizard, the pully constructor, - - I 0 l 9 . I Pl . u a 'I 0 ' 1 , ' ' 1 4 ' L ' ' ' - , 1 I n ,J E ' T t - A . E - . , . U gf O Q ' I5 .. 1 ' ' A- ' y ... ' . ' L ' 1 if . E ' ' ' s ' M, ' LI r J 1 . J - 13 I . n I . . , . . . , . ' f z s . . . F , , l All 0 I . lv p V M' 0 .4 I AI 0

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Charles Lllsby UlPCCtOP op Instruction Sccondarj ochool G6OPb18HH Gurney Director of Guida ce and Pupil lccountinb L to R F Gray, A Paggl Ne could not possibly edit our yearbook without giv1ng our heart felt thanks to Niss Ceorgianna Gurney and Mrs Beatrice Ingraham Miss Gurney, as Director of Guidance, assisted, befriended, and directed us through our four years of high school Vrs Tngraham, our librarian, did all in her power to further our education along such lines as she controlled She bore our carelessness, our roughness, with an under Have you ever really wondered how the offlcewasrun so efficient ly 1n the midst of all the excitement of school, rationing, and other taskso The answers were Miss Anne Paggi and Miss Florence Gray, who managed to keep everything on an Weven keeln despite the extra work they had to do As we turn to leave J C S , e pay tribute to that hard working pair, Hrs Gertrude Beasley, school nurse, and Dr Paul Jacobson, school doctor It was their task to peer down innumerable throats of pupils, and to prescribe for ills, both real and imaginary Our prlncipal, Mr Raymond L Collins, was with us only a day or two a week during the second semester, for he was honored with a Re search Fellowship at Columbia Teachers' College In his absence Mr Charles Clisby, assistant principal during the first term, acted as supervising orlnclpal Mr E Joseph Kegan stepped into Mr Cl1sby's place as assistant principal , I or ' :. .1 Q , - 5 O Og O 0 11 ' ' - '. 1' V a v Q v ' 1 o .ul s 4. standing we cannot help appreciating. Q ' T. . . w - AY e 1 I ' , 0 C , j ' . . '. ' . . . L Joseph Kc n s i tant Urizciosl