Westport High School - Herald Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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Counselors and Office Staff BETTY HUGHES 12 Counselors are indispensable to the stu- dent body. Always available for consulta- tion, these four workers help students adjust to teachers, other students, the school in general, and the future. The counseling staff offers encouragement and guidance, along with instilling self-assurance and responsi- bility in young people. Each of the coun- selors at Westport has literally hundreds of students seeking his aid every day. This is, indeed, an indispensable service. If there are some Westporters who feel they are “loaded down” with paper work, all they have to do to quickly quell this opinion is to look in on the office staff. Arranging appointments, making announcements, fill- ing out tardy cards, and sorting report cards include only a small part of the garrison of tasks for which the office staff is responsi- ble. Always calm and patient, these women enable the school to function smoothly and accurately. An important message is relayed from office to class- room.

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Co-Ordinating Leading, administrating, co-ordinating are synonymous with our present adminis- tration. Under the leadership of our princi- pal, William D. Evans, the administrating and co-ordinating of our vice-principals. Gene Banaka and Fiske Miles, Westporters truly share a feeling of growing progress and stature. The members of the administration work so closely with each other that they are an entity. Mr. Evans supports a smiling face and a constant understanding towards the student. Mr. Banaka and Mr. Miles are en- forcers of the standards and rules set forth to all Westporters. The harmony with which our administration operates is becoming in- creasingly apparent in a greater appre- ciation and respect for the principles and ideals of Westport. ABOVE: Mr. Banaka. in a familiar pose, discusses the recording: of absences with a member of the office stu- dent aid. BELOW: Mr Miles explains some of the rules g-oveming: attendance to a new student.

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Cafeteria and Custodial Staffs FRONT ROW Ella Lee Phillips. Arizonia Hardy. Mellorvee Word. Norma Stikney. Mrs F Stansbery. Manager. Violet Warren. Velda Coulter. Mildred Shultz. Jewell Nutt. BACK ROW Sylvia Jackson. Elizabeth Ray. Nellie Westbrooks, Gertrude Hoelzel. Mary Blalark. Delores Scott. Joyce Way. Donnie Johnson. Alberta Miller. Robert Tillman, Ellen Pence. Mary Davis. Marjorie Fraidenburg. The cafeteria and custodial staffs pro- vide two important services to Westport. The cafeteria staff is responsible for prepar- ing the food for the entire faculty and stu- dent body. Throug h the years remarkable service has been provided, and the staff keeps itself continually receptive to new ideas or suggestions. The custodial staff maintains the physi- cal aspect of Westport by keeping her win- dow, halls, and classrooms neat and clean. These two services often g o unrecognized; however, they play a major role in the well- being of Westport and her students. Julie Saunders. Elevator Operator; Carl Whittmore. Custodian. Dorothy Clauder. Babo Lady