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

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DEDICATIOII We the Senlor Class of 1959 proudlv ded1cate thls yearbook to Mr E Ohn Thomas a member of the senlor hlgh school faculty After graduatlng from Hanover Townshlp Memorlal Hlgh School Mr Thomas attended Wllkes College where he recelved h1s Bachelor of Sclence degree He later earned h1s Master of Educatlon degree at The Pennsvlvanla State Unlverslty He served h1s country durmg both World Vlar II and the Korean War and IS now a major 1n the Unlted States Army Reserves In 1953 Mr Thomas began hls teachlng career at West Plttston Hlgh School and IH the same year he was appolnted asslstant foot ball coach Th1s past year Olle became head coach and under h1s capable dlrectlon the Rams completed a successful season Mr Thomas IS also a busy famlly man He and hls Wlfe are the proud parents of four MR E OLIN THOMAS g1rls Colette Joan Leshe and Alhson He has always been smcerely lnterested IH young people Through lnformal class dlscusslons he IS attemptmg to teach the baslc pr1nc1ples and problems of democracy so that hls students w1ll be better prepared to assume the dutles of cltlzenshlp In appreclatlon of h1s mterest ln us we the 81st graduatlng class of West Plttston Hlgh School dedlcate th1s lssue of the Caravan to Mr E Ohn Thomas 4

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HIGHWAY SIIPEIIIIITEIIDEIITS ANDREW W LEWIS For the past five years Mr Andrew W LEWIS has been superlntendent of West Plttston Publlc Schools He attended East Stroudsburg H1gh School and was graduated from East Stroudsburg State Teachers College wlth a B S degree ln Educatlon Mr lewls recelved an M A degree ln Educatlon from Teachers College Columbla Unlverslty he also attended the graduate school of educatlon at Lehlgh Unlverslty He has taught at East Strouds burg Senlor H1gh School and has been supervlslng prlnclpal of Barrett Townshlp Schools for a perlod of years Outslde of hls school actlvltles Mr LEWIS enjoys travellng huntlng and fishlng Wlth adml ratlon and respect the Class of 1959 glV8S thanks to Mr LEWIS for the asslstance and understandlng he has offered us Zfdiwu R CHESTER WILLIAMS Mr R Chester W1lll3U1S prmclpal of Senlor H1gh School was graduated from Taylor H1gh School He recelved h1s A B degree from Pennsylvama UHlV6YSIty and h1s M A degree from Bucknell UHIVQFSIIZY In 1945 he was awarded the General Electrlc Fellowshlp for mathematlcs and sclence at Unlon College New York Mr Wllllams IS the faculty advlser of Student Councll In addltlon to belng actlve ln comrnunlty affa1rs and teachlng a Blble class he also enjoys gardenlng Wlth much respect the Class of 1959 pays trlbute to Mr R Chester Wllllams who has competently gulded us through our hlgh school years JAMES T AYRE Mr James T Ayre prlnclpal of Jumor H1gh School was graduated from Coughlln H1gh School H recelved hlS B S degree from Mansfield State Teach ers College and h1s M S degree from Bucknell Un1 verslty In add1t1oXnI tox hls ag. ,., teachlng actlvltles r yre IS the advlser to both the F T A and the Key Club The Class of 1959 IS grateful to Mr Ayre for the help he has glven us through the past years as teacher and guldance counselor ffC:'L,,z:.,QLa.,......J Wav . . . b- I Q J I . J . . . ! .Y . r 1 ' ' 1 I . . . , , , . . . , . . . , . . . y ,U - . e , ' 'V ' l . l ' ' , ' ... 1.