Willard Junior High School - Trojan Yearbook (Norfolk, VA)

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Dennis Brink Laura Fry Marlia Larroque 1929 - 1930 1930 -- 1932 1932 - 1933 1933 -e 1934 1934 - 1935 1935 - 1937 1937 - 1938 1938 - 1940 1940 -A 1941 1941 - 1942 1942 - 1943 1943 - 1944 1944 --- 1945 1945 - 1947 1947 - 1948 1948 - 1949 1929- 1976 PAST PRESIDENTS Willard PTA and PTSA Mrs. Wallace Clark Mrs. W. E. New Mrs. Wallace Clark Mrs. W. S. Hadley Mrs. Ernest Volke Mrs. W. E. New Mrs. D. S. Stassfort Mrs. J. R. Johnson Mrs. R. C. Lassiter Mrs. J. R. Johnson Mrs. J. Futrell Mrs. Hughs Mrs. E. F. Fary Mrs. R. B. O'Hara Mrs . L. C. Parker Mrs. Q. M. Wiggins Mrs. J. R. Land 1949 1950 1950 1952 1952 1953 1953 1955 1954 1955 1955 1957 1957 1958 1959 1960 1960 1962 1962 1964 1964 1965 1965 1966 1966 1968 1968 1970 1972 1973 1970 1972 1973 1976 Mrs. J. Norsworthy Mrs. C. E. Smith Mrs. H. A. Taylor Mrs. C. S. Steele Mrs. D. W. Agnew Mrs. L. C. Dickerson Mrs. S. A. Dodson Mrs. Robert Hailey Mrs. G. B. Carroway Mr. Eugene Peters Mrs. A. P. Strickland Mrs. Evelyn Pantalo Mr. Ed Oliver Mr. Robert Hailey Mrs. M. C. Martin Mr. W. T. Powell Mrs. Nancy Kline During the first months after the opening of the Frances E. Willard School, from February 1929 to September 1929, there was no organization of parents and teachers. What organizational work that had to be done, was done by the Lafayette Home and School League with Mrs. Peter Lotz as president. ln September 1929, the Frances E. Willard Home and School League was formed. There were seventeen charter members and during the first year of operation, the membership grew to 100. In the school year, 1934-1935, the Willard Home and School League became a member ofthe National Congress of Parents and Teachers, and the name FRANCES E. WILLARD PARENT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION was takenft Then in 1973 Willard became the first PARENT TEACHER STUDENT ASSOCIATION in the city of Norfolk. PTSA membership was 276, of which 56 were students. Margaret Womble Steven Hooper Randy Cates Cynthia Fortner Robin Foster Carole Sue Bowen Brian Riley Randall Forrest Kaye Gammon Aliceyn Kline Lawrence Wynn Carolyn Stephenson Lionell Williams Student Charter Members of our PTSA: 1973 Mildred Denise Vaughn Lisa Helms Mark S. Boozer Beverly Brewer Carolyn Hubbard Laura Browner Adrienne Coleman Susan Elsea Shelia Copes Maria T. Johnson Rose Berry Tommy Sessoms Jane Trotter Kathy Spruell Leigh Vitasek Joan C. Davis Patricia Burgraf Kimberly Russell Rubelia Baily Celeste Foster Steven Forrest Janine Griffen Jessie Giles Allen Jarrell Marty Bibbs Brenda Wilkins Mack Stevens :kReprinted from the Silver Anniversary Booklet of Willard by the Willard PTA Craig Truman Mary Leed Janis Reed Cynathia Buck Steve Black Michale Taylor Carol Mauney Steven Merrit John Merrit Katrina Cunnup Lynne Downing Ella Smith Laura Kingsbury il ,, 1 -f x., . . 5 -lillliiinn-uznlili R 6 8-1 1. V ' I 1 . illdliv W I' l Ili:-e-:Iwi vu l

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Willard 29 YEARS AS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 17 YEARS AS A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 1929 - 1958 1958 -- 1976 PRINCIPALS PRINCIPALS 1929 - 1945 Miss Lucy Keeling 1958 - 1961 . Hugh Vaughn 1945 - 1955 Mr. J. R. Carmine 1960 - 1966 . Donald Beamon 1955 - 1956 Miss Virginia McCoy 1966 - 1970 . Fairfax Berkley 1956 - 1958 Miss Rachel Patton 1970 - 1975 . Ray Rollins 1975 - . J. Roberts Bates l I ETCTE WILLARD SCHOOL sfo' building. The first classes to occupy Willard School moved from Lafayette School in February, 1929. Miss Rose Powell fonned a little red wagon parade and had her class move their supplies from Lafayette to the new f Through the years the building has been used for civic meetings, for L , 7 g 'T' holding church services and as a Sunday School Building. When the war curtailed normal growth of recreational facilities for our young people, regular teen-age dances were held in the auditorium as long as the need existed. Every afternoon of the week, a club, Girl Scout or Brownie meeting is held here. During the summer months its fine playground is a center for a super- vised vacation program available to every child in the area. ln its quarter century of existence, Willard School has had only two p1'incipals. J. H. Carmine succeeded Miss Lucy Keeling in 1945. Willard School has always answered the needs of the community. WILLARD BUILDTNG HIGHLIGHTS Reprinted from the Silver Anniversary Booklet of Willard by the Willard PTA 1954 Willard was orginally built in 1929 as an elementary school for an enrollment of 200-300 children. After the Lafayette Shores Apartments were built, the children who lived there were sent to J.E.B. Sturart School in Colonial Place for ayear. The PTA went to the Norfolk School Board stating the crowding conditions and asking that a new addition be started right away so the children could return to Willard. The auditorium Was doubling as the lunchroom and for Physicial Education in inclement weather. As a result of this by September 1953 the new addition to Willard was completed. The new addition consisted of six classrooms, teacher's lounge, nurse's clinic, arts room, music room, fully equiped kitchen, new cafeteria, and a new principal's office. Besides the new addition, the old building will be renovated. We will have our Library extended to include the present Principal's office and the present kitchen. New shelving, new til floors, and new colortex ceiling will be put in the library. There will be a new oil-burning automatic boilers and a new automatic hot water heating system, complete with thermo- stats. We will have an up-to-date, two-way R.C.A. address system which permitsrecord playing, radio, etc. There will be sufficient room for clinics, PTA study groups, PTA hospitality groups, chorale practices, clerical duties, storage for books and supplies, etc. Copied from September 1953 PTA Bulletin The enrollment in 1955-1956 was 585 students having an average classroom size of 19 students. ln 1969-1970 school year, two new gyms, health rooms, rest rooms, a band room and storage areas were put to use. The enrollment was appromixately 830 students. Mobile units were added to relieve the overcrowded conditions, along with more tables and chairs in the cafeteria, and picnic tables outside for the students who bring lunches or buy bag lunches. As of September 1973 the Department Heads had offices, and Willard had a new Graphic Arts Room. But with the enrollment up to 1,096 the lunchroom and locker rooms were quite crowded. A new mobile unit for the Special Education Classes and an enlargement of the parking lot was also added. ln September 1974 Willard received a new look - both inside and out! The building was painted, the fences painted, a new office for the records clerk, a new counter in the main office, larger classrooms for homemaking and woodshop. The stage was torn out for room to accommodate a shower space and new lockers. New Department Head offices, P.E. overflow space and a workroom for teachers are now in the rear of the old auditorium. Two mobile units were also added to replace rooms two and three.

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WHAT IS A FRESHMAN? X HISTO y X I A FRESHMAN IS: 9th GRADE CLASS