Washington High School - Little Prexie Yearbook (Washington, PA)

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BP bSIE MARIE BRIGHTBILL MEDICAL DEPARTMENT Dfntal Hygiwzixt Stalled by a doctor, nurse, dentist, and dental hygienist, our medical department meets the need of every student. Physical examinations are conducted each year, giv- ing students the opportunity to take steps necessary to keep in perfect health. Students of the 9th and 11th grades are given den- tal examinations by Dr. VX7eller and lVIrs. Brightbill. Treatment by a family dentist OCIE FRYE Sl'!l00l Nurxz' is recommended, and many are the tooth- aches prevented by this yearly check-up. Dr. Patterson is at the high school from 9 to 10 A.lVI. each day. Nliss Frye is in the health room until noon, then she reports to the various grade schools. As an additional preventative this year, every student was X-rayed as a precaution against tuberculosis. Dr. Patterson cheeks over a student report with VVayne Henderson is given a dental examination by Dr. VVeller Miss Frye. while Mrs. Brightbill checks his dental chart.

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OFFICE PERSONNEL CLEA ANDREWV RELLA R. PAUL PHYLLIS ASHBAUGH LEAH MILLER Work piles high in the main ofiice-hooks, pam- phlets, mail-all clamor for attention. Typewriters click, files slide, the Ditto turns out multiple copies, salesmen display their wares, parents wait for inter- views. 0h-therels never a dull moment in the ofhce on main Hoor as Klrs. Paul and hliss Andrew can testify. While in GIS, the ground Hoor ofhce-the clink of money forever sounds, as Leah llliller, the school bookkeeper, counts the income from refreshment stands, ticket sales, yearbook subscriptions, and all money concerned with the school's activities. Phyllis Ashbaugh, a newcomer to the ranks, keeps the attendance records, types the daily bulletins of announcements and ahsentees, and keeps Rflr. Kelley's hook inventories and typing up to date. Bill Amos, the home and school visitor, also holds court in the lower office. Here he checks on truant suspects, metes out punishment to tardy students, and issues early dismissals. MR. LOWRY pauses for the camera- A familiar pose-MR. KELLEY lost in This is MR. AMOS calling. Can vou man. , thought! tell me why johnny isnlt in school this morning?

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SERVICE PERSONNEL ,IOIIN CRISVVELL BERNARD DODD Long hours after school books have been put away and heads are burrowed deep in pillows and away to the Land of Nod, the service person- nel of XVash High sweeps and cleans, making the building a pleasant place to come back to on the morrow. Little does the average student realize the work our janitors do. At night lights wink on and off all over the building as the force moves from room to room cleaning and putting things in order. Bill hfliller, as head custodian, migrates all over the building. He has charge of issuing supplies, and every llonday morning he can be found at the supply room door, ready to distribute paper, pencils, etc. to students from the various homerooms. llr. Criswell and llr. Gilson are in evidence on the upper Hours after 3 235. At times they think WILLIAM GILSON XVILLIAM MILLER the yearbook staff never sleeps-particularly when they want to get into Room 201. Barney Dodd has been titled the janitor with the most school spiritfl Coming on duty around 2 P.h I., he naturally is around for all athletic con- tests. He is responsible for seeing that the wres- tling mats are in place and that the floor is cleared of all papers for basketball games. lVIr. Iioardley, as our school engineer, appears very early in the morning and spends most of his time in sub basement. He, it is, who is responsible for our warm rooms on cold winter days. llr. Gray, in his own slow, quiet manner, can be found daily removing writing from the walls, keeping our drinking fountains spotlessly clean, and sweeping the ground floor. By means of a huge conveyor MR. MR. GRAY gets ready for BILL MILLER fills a teacher's order BOARDLEY prepares to feed the the day's routine. from the supply stack of paper. furnace.