West Pittston High School - Caravan Yearbook (West Pittston, PA)

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MR R CHESTER WILLIAMS The class of 1954 would llke to lntroduce to you Mr R Chester W1ll1ams pr1nc1palofSen1or Hmgh School smce 1945 A graduate of Taylor Hlgh School Mr Wllllams recelved hls A B degree from Pennsylvania State Umverslty and hls A M degree from Bucknell Unlversxty Mr Wllll8mS has had teachlng expermence both at Taylor Hlgh School and at West l,ll',tStOIl Hxgh School where he has glven mstructlon ln such subjects as mathematlcs physlcs chemlstry general SCIENCE and mechanlcal drawmg In addltxon he tught ljpf' mathematlcs engmeermg and blue prmt readmg at Pennsylvanla State Adult Evening School IH Scranton Through a fellowshlp awarded by the General Electrxc Company he studled electronics and radar at Unlon College 1n Schenectady durmg the summer of 1940 Among hrs hobbles are gardenmg poultry ralsmg and carpentry He enJoys readmg especially non fictlon of R Chester Wxlllams who capably dlrected us through our hlgh school years MR JAMES T AYRE The camera now focuses upon the d1rector of Junlor Hlgh School M1 Ayre a graduate of Coughlm Hlgh School 1n Wllkes Barre attended Wyomlng Semmary for one year He recexved h1S B S degree wlth rnaJors ln mathematlcs and geography from Mansfield State Teachers College and hls M S degree from Bucknell Unlverslty After several years of teachlng at Coughlm Dallas Townshlp and West Plttston Mr Ayre was ad vanced to the prmclpalshxp of our .Tumor Hlgh School He has been the Dlrector of Adult Educatlon Classes at West Plttston Hlgh School and had the pleasure of belng Vocatlonal uuxdance Appraxser at Wllkes College In addltlon he h ts coached the h1gh school track team to vlctory IH elght out of ten seasons Some of h1s other lnterests are photography Swlmmlng and wood workmg The class of 54 wxll remember wlth gratltude our present counselor Mr James T Ayre 4 Qan- - . I . Q , . . K Q I . Y 1 K. K, 1 .L y Y y 5 . I . . F the 'scientlfic type. With esteeym we pay tribute to Mr. . Q .I , . . V . l . l , K . A K 1 ,I . . ,'. - . '

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Our director, Mr. R. J. W. Templin, is the father of nine children, and yearly exercises fatherly care over more than a thousand students. Thirty-one classes have had the good fortune to graduate under his competent direction. All of us will remember his understanding of our needs, his patience with our problems, and his use of authority when it was necessary for the best interests of the West Pittston Public Schools. A graduate of Shamokin High School, Mr. Templin received his Sc.B. and A.M. degrees from Bucknell University, earning the former by taking four hours from his work as a stenographer for the Pennsylvania Railroad in order to attend classes at the University, and by working an hour extra four nights in the week to compensate for the time off. Later, he received the Tustin award in Psychology, Ethics, and Philosophy. Previous to the beginning of his career in the West Pittston schools in 1923, he taught general subjects in a one-room country school in Northumberland County, physics in Bucknell Academy, and mathematics in the Wilkes-Barre City High School. He was principal of Sunbury High School, and instructor in mathematics at Lafayette College. Since coming to West Pittston, Mr. Templin has taught grad- uate courses in Education at Wilkes College, and, during the emergency training period prior to World War II, supervised Fundamentals of Engineering courses in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Teaching is Mr. Templin's chief concern. He is also very much interested in guidance. He has been an active member of the Kiwanis Guidance Conference, which for thirteen years has served hundreds of high school students throughout Greater Pittston. For many years he has tested and interviewed candidates for nursing at Pittston Hospital. It is with pride and gratitude that we, the Class of 1954, dedicate the Caravan to the leader who has helped make our high school one of the finest in the area. May he always find a special place in his heart for us, as we will always have one in our hearts for him. Q-vu Left to rzght: Seated ---Richard, Mr. Templin, Mrs. Templin, Evelyn fEckl. Standing-Jean fMaxwellJ, Bill Mary CReeseJ Tom, Ralph, Fred. CAbsentf--Philipl. 21

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Steryl L Serfoss Secretary J arrett W J ennmgs John Hughes Pres1dent Ernest W Flsher V1ce Preszdent Frank R Cree 7 reasurer Chfford B Melberger a Robert M Vanderburg