Winfield High School - Atom Yearbook (Winfield Township, PA)

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WINFIELD ALMA MATER We praise our school, so firmly and so proudly Its blue and white, colors, true and royal. Winfield High School we'll always think of you Close to our heart you always will be. Winfields High School high in our standards so true We all love you and sing of you. Ere shadows fall and leaves of trees bend low, And days we once knew there are long ago. We put our trust in thee so glorious, The school that stands so staunch and loyal The school we'll always hold so dear to us Winfield High School, we claim you evermore. Hayworth Walker and Joan Miller

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Hrstory of Wrnfreld Schools The closrng of the 193031 school term marked the closmg of seven elementary schools rn the drstrrct In September 1931 the new consolrdated school opened wrth VI C Gray and Wm lsetterrng takrrrg charge of the Hrgh School whrle thc elementary school was staffed by Rrchard C1-rossrnan Ida Brckcr -Xnnc Cayalrcr lzthel Lessrg and Roberta Sehrelds Ihcre was strll a two room school mrrntarrred at Cabot undcr the drrcctrorr of Berrrrcc Martrrr and Isabel Sandcrson and a two roorrred burldrrrg at lycst lyrnfreld whrch was taught by Mary l'oy and l-lorence McC,all Durrng the summer of 32 a comrnercral course was added to the Hrgh School and Nlyers Hoffman was rn charge Enrd I-ruth was employed to take over some of thc dutres of C1 Cray and Nm lsetterrng lyrth thc closrng of the 32 33 term j C Cray and Wm Ketterrng left the drstrrct Roy NIcClyrnonds and Nlary Alrce lxhngler took up therr dutres In the elcrrrcrrtary branch Isabel Srndcrson rrrd llorence NlcCall found crnploynrcnt rn other drstrrcts whrlc lloyd Bcck and l-ranccs 1'rttcrson wcrc taken on to hclp rn lyrnfreld 19.13 rlso srw the frrst lrasketlrrll team rn W 1 H S wrth Mr Crossrnan rs coach In 1934 Dorothy Stcpp and Lcon Radaker wcre elected to take the places of Anne C,ryahcr rnd Xlary -Xlrce lslrngler Xcldrtronal ground was bought from Nlr Corbett to grye addrtrorral playground space and some work was done toward graclnrg the grounds ulrr Olrycr w rs clcctcd to replace Enrd Fruth who wanted to qurt tc rchrng Floyd Beck also took curployrncnt clscwhcrc and Florcncc Roerrrgk frllcd hrs pl rcc llrc Pctcrson System of lyrrtrrrg was urstalled rn the school jurrc 1 19.55 19.5.1 also markccl the frrst consrderatron of rn addrtron to thc school burldrng through the facrlrtrcs of the ly 1' -X but no plans were nradc In 1930 Robcrta Shrelds took a teachrng posrtrorr rn Buffalo Fownshrp and Helen Dcnrry took her place Iebruary 8 1931 marked the second attempt at an addrtron to the school burldrna by Jornt rncetrngs w th the school board of efferson Clrnton and Buffalo lownshrps and Saxonlrurg Borough lhc nerghborrng drstrrcts dccrdcd they worrld be unrblc to jorn at thrs trmc So on 'NI rrclr 31 ohn l'hr11rps prescrrtcd plans for the proposcd ncw rddrtron to thc burldrng calculrtcd to house thc hrgh school wlrrch was to rnclude the Home lzc course for thc grrls and Xocatronal ag and shop for the boys Plans were also made to add typrng to the commercral department On 'Slay 17 the plans were accepted by the school board and were adyertrsed for brds to be open on Nlay 26 1931 All brds were consrdered too hrgh and were tabled Once agarn the dreams of a new burldrng farled Ihe term of 31 39 saw C eorge C erble lerve the drstrrct and Dorrs H111 took hrs place On anu rry 1 1938 thc ncw burldnrg pl rns were rcadyertrsed for openrng Nlarch ll 'I hc gcneral contract w rs awardcd to lrclrno and Rerraldr at S27 8119 the wrrrng went to R L C retzncr at S1 M1 whrlc G Hertwcck took the plurnhrng at S3 059 and thc Columbus Heatrng and Ventrlatrng Company took the contract for the heatrrrg systcm at S4 080 The sewage drsposal plant contract was awarded to -X C jones at S51 3.11 or on a total burldrng cost of 3537 945 when frnrshed and equrpped the new burldmff cost approxrmately S45 000 September 0 1938 found the new burldmg rn operatron For the 38 39 term Julra Olryer resrgnecl and Nlarron Lefeyer was elected rn the elerrrentary whrle Rebecca Truxal took charge of the new Home Economrcs Department rnd T N Clayton was statroned rn the new shop Isabel C rlnrore was elected rn Mrss Olryer s place and janet Roudybush took the place of Dorothy Stepp Due to crowded condrtrons rn the ly est YVrnf1c1d school the 1th grade was transported to the Consolrdated School The two rooms rn the old Academy Burldrng were also closed and Floyd Beck was agarn elected to a teachrng posrtron rn the hrgh school 1939 saw Hugh Shearer come rn as a member of the faculty Durrng the wrnter of 39 40 Mr Clayton held nrght school rn the shop whrch mrght be attended by folks of the communrty 1910 saw Dorrs Hrll and Rcbeccr Truxal lca mg Wrnfrcld whrle Helen Rowe and Carolyn Rumbrugh took oyer therr work Durrng thrs ycar thc academy Burldrng was sold to Carl Pattcrson X Dental Health Clrrrrc w rs set up rn the school under thc ausprces of Dr Nloore In 1949 Mrss Rumhaugh and Helen Rowe sought other employment whrle Sara Holben and Eyelyn Hughes took then rlaces -X musrc department was rrrstalled wrth Iors Snodgrass as the supervrsor 42 also saw the school populatron begrnnrng to out grow the burldrng In uly the large strrdy and Lrbrarv was partrtroned to make two class rooms and the stage was also t rrned rnto a class room 1942 16 bernff war ycars the school was rn more or less of a turnrorl Sometrmes there was a full teachrnq staff and agrrn the fa ulty ran short YVrth the teatners takrnr a heayrer load Ruth Hespenherde Frank jack Nlartrn Thompson Ruth Iloyd janet Hayes Bettv 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SCHOOL BOARD Mr Vvetzel Mr Fox Mr Lang Mr Langston Mr Hesselgesser These men meet the flrst Frlday of each month to take care of the problems whlch come up Thelrs IS not an easy task and especlally IH these last fem years of shortages both of teachers and supplles have they solved many d1ff1cu1t problems One needs only to read the h1story of Wmfleld Townshxp Schools to reallze that at all tlmes only one goal has been before them to provlde the best edu cat1ona1 opportumty possxble for thelr students So to the Board of Educauon even though at txmes we have seemed ungrate ful we wlsh to extend now our most smcere apprec1at1on C C 'i' 4 mn I l vis- fl, . , . .', . , . , ' . C . . , . . . V Y Y ' , - , .