Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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iBmiiim pholtj) ' Wo ' inl love wlt.njup- ' (Of am ACT uut (Omdt Wood». Mt; Dala Htmianan with tha naw dn)DOii mil. We ' ve mekde toads and loads of friends and aquaintances, and kepi up with them. Now wt ' ne seeing their sons and grandsons So says Mrs. Josle Giblin. one of the original founders of the WMA Snack Bar (ice picture, opposite page). H«r husband Bill set up business 50 years ago in 1936, at a point directly across from the current location of the Snack Bar. There were only 115 boys here when I started, and I ' ve seen the enrollment as high as 6Q0. during the war, comments Bill. Now Bill ' s brother George and his wife Linda serve the cadets from the Snack Bar, although the two originals help out on waakends and durtmg busy psriods. Th« GMlM r Mwaant the kind of dedtcatkm that Is inharant at Wentworth • dedication to cadets, the instttuUon and Its ideals and evcrydling it stands for. 1985-86 saw the addition of four new faculty members. Capt. James Carmichael cAme to teach police and law enforcement classes Capt Thomas Hughes led the junior college basketball team, as well as teaching ehrtcs dassas. Another naw coach was Capt. Bill Kirkman, sometimes known as WMA ' s Mr. Qean. He took a young and tnexparlanced wrastUng team and started a good base for future experience. He also took a high school sophocrrare to state. He taachas history classes. And Lt. Col. Albin Zukowskl (ret. USA) broughtllte teaching experience from West Point, as well as a great deal of military experience.