Westmont Upper Yoder High School - Phoenician Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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Qu ! T P M Wll dE Acklev Spc B TTOM Mr Ih 5 Pefe P pa Mr W1llard Ackley who was both prlncrpal and supervrsrng pr1nc1pal dur1ng the war has returned to h1s pre War positron of superv1s1ng prmclpal SIHCG h1s replacement by Mr Iohn S Pe1fer as h1gh school prrncrpal Mr Ackley has been able to devote h1s ent1re t1me to the superv1sory Oll1C9 He has resumed holdmg 1nterv1ews w1th sen1ors These have proved helpful 1n clar1fy1ng 1deas 1n regard to vocat1ons and colleges He also spends much of h1s t1me v1s1t1ng the other schools 1D our system Asrde from h1s regular dut1es Mr Ackley has become a partrcrpant 1n the musical mterests of the school by dlrectmg the chorus and by lead1ng s1ng1ng ln assembl1es The h1gh school students were greeted by a new member of the faculty last fall Although they Were not acqua1nted Wrth hrm Mr Pe1fer s frrendly sm1le reassured even the t1m1d freshmen As pr1nc1pal of our school he has endeavored to become per sonally acqua1nted w1th the students and therr problems After h1S graduat1on from Bucknell Unlverslty Mr Perfer had much expenence W1th young people as a coach and educator H1s keen W1t W1ll remaln fresh 1n the m1nds of the many senxors to Whom he has freely g1ven his t1me and adv1ce M1ss Anna Mary Raab has held varlous pos1t1ons 1n the school s1nce her graduat1on At present she IS secretary to Mr Ackley and Mr larnes M1ss Raab dlscharges her many dut1es quletly and eff1c1ently Her ready sm1le and cheerful attrtude are two of the many reasons Why she 1S apprec1ated by everyone The faculty and students were happy to welcome M1ss Betty Lee Wolfe when she returned to Westmont to resume her dut1es as secretary to the pr1nc1pal Last year M1ss Wolf left the school to attend Carnegfue Tech after hav1ng Worked here for several A MINISTRATION L ft t Rqht M W c tw Bett Lee Wolf S C o f P - 1 Q ' ' ix . . . I l , . . . 1 . . . . 1 - - I - , . r .. I . O - r. tar . , u r- vising Principal. YQGTS. O - . 0 n l. i r, rin- ci l. D - e 0 14 - r. 'illard Aikl v. Superxismq Principal: Miss Anna Marv Raa , Miss Y , e retaries: Mr. I l-in S. Pei cr, rincipal,

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lk It IS W1th great pleasure cmd prlde that the sen1or class of nrneteen forty n1ne dedrcates 1ts Phoemcxan to Mr C Vaughn Mcllnay In the nlneteen years durlng Whrch he has served as an rnstructor ln the commercral department Mr Mcllnay has been a consc1ent1ous teacher and a cheerful advrsor to students 1n all classes He 1nsp1res perseverance and scholarsh1p along Wlth lntegrlty and sportsmanshlp H15 d1l1gent Work 1n 1ntra mural sports and on stage settrngs w1l1 long be remembered by all who have been assoclated Wtth h1m Always congenlal and patrent Mr Mcllnay has Won many trrends among the students of our school even though they have not been 1n h1s classes In recognltlon of h1s unselhsh and unt1r1ng efforts for the students of Westmont Upper Yoder Hrgh School the sen1or class wrshes to express the1r gratltude and apprectatron to th1s man they Wrll always remember '99

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s lOOL BOARD Lfrt Rqht F M w Q x x ll A A H Mauh An 1nst1tut1on the srze of Westmont Upper Yoder Hrgh School requ1res an eff1c1ent body of persons whose functlon 1t IS to dec1de 1mportant rssues The organ1zat1on wh1ch frlls th1s pos1t1on rn our school system IS the 1o1nt school board The dut1es wh1ch confront th1s board are so d1ff1cult that the members are frequently kept 1n conference untrl late hours We are not often aware of the presence of th1s group as an ln tegral part rn the management of our school but we are consclous P e d of the1r work rn 1mprovements to the grounds and burldlng and 1n changes rn the adm1n1strat1on These are the result of the1r earnest consultat1ons The followtng are some of the most 1mportant changes whlch have been brought about rn the last year Mr Iohn S Perfer became pr1nc1pal of the h1gh school rn order to f1ll the vacancy whrch was left by the resrgnatron of Mr Ackley Mr Ackley remalns 1n the capac1ty of supervlsmg pr1nc1pal Important renovat1ons have been made to property The en trance to the parkrng lot has been wldened new bleachers have been constructed on the v1s1tors srde of Prtce Memor1al Freld and new style w1ndows have been bu1lt 1n several rooms The board has sent an apphcatron to the State Publ1c School Bulldmg Authorrty 1n order to obta1n perm1ss1on to mcrease the srze of our present school by twenty f1ve rooms The members of th1s orgamzatron are as follows Dr Donald Matthews pres1dent Mr Edward A Dxttmar Mr W1ll1am Prlce Mr C I Grogan and Mr H E Townsend all of Westmont The mem bershlp ts equally d1v1ded between the borough and the toWnsh1p Upper Yoder members are Mr Earl A Neeb v1ce pres1dent Mr Earl A M1ller treasurer Mr Luther E Lehman Mr Iames W Krrder and Mr F M Wrllramson Mr Frank T Iames who IS not an off1c1al member of the board crves as 1ts secretary IN l YY Cl' - e o it - . . lllianxson. Earl E, Muller. Luth r E, Lehman, Iames V. Kricler, Vu nam V. Price. H. E. Townsend, Eduard . Dittmar, Earl . Neeb, Frank T. lames, Dr. Donald . CKYF. , . ' ' Dr. Donald ll. latrlwxxs ' r si ent 1