Woodbury High School - Sun Dial Yearbook (Woodbury, NJ)

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Mrs Hendruckson shows ons? yearbook fo parenis of fufure uournalusis Parents' Tribute . . Pau-enfs Nughf November I6 I95O was a grand occasuon for all fhe sfudenfs who were selecfed fo escorf lhe parenls around Wood bury Hugh School Abou? seven oclock fhe sfudenf audes hurrued +o fhe fron? desk fo fund our where fhey were +o be posfed Soon 'rhe parenfs sfarled fo arruve Confusuon mughf have reugned un 'rhe halls because 'rhe parenfs dud no+ know fheur way around our school The audes gave excellenf durecfuons and unfroduced some of +he parenfs fo fhe feachers Fuffeen munufe classes were held where unfroducfuons were made and feachers explauned whaf was beung STIIEHHULIJEHS laugh? un fheur classes The parenfs also re ceuved quesfuonnarres fo fill oul' af fhe end of +he evenung One of fhe maun quesfuons was Whaf changes un 'rhe school do you fhunk wull umprove Refreshmenfs were served by fhe members of fhe school and prepared by Muss Newberry lhc head of fhe cafelerua We feel fhaf Parenfs Nughf was enloyecl by all because fhe alfendance was well over four hundred and fifry people A chomucal reachon us demonsfrahd for fha be oil' of fha oaranfs of Mun Parenf are durecfed fo Phe proper room by Musa you clan., Rummer By fhe fume we reach school age our characfers are faurly well developed Our sense of responsnbulufy and values begun af home us supplemenfed al school Many graduafes have been able 'ro complefe fheur fwelve years of school successfully nof only Through 'rhe guud ance of feachers bu+ also fhe abulufy of our parenfs Our parenfs are always lookung ouf for us wanfung us fo have fhe fhungs 'rhey never had 'rhal' us why fhey sacruflce much for us Theur pafuence hope and frusf un us are all fhe fhungs +haf make our parenfs 'rhe besf parenfs un 'rhe word We musl' realuze fhaf our parenfs are shar mg us wufh our school Much of our fume us spenl af school mosf of fhe resf af home The 'rwo are closely affiluafed Many fumes we feel fhaf our parenfs are old fashuoned because fhey don? lef us do everyfhung we wanf fo do buf fhey are only lookung oul' for our welfare Gradually we come fo look fo our Teachers as well as our parenfs for guudance alfhough our parenfs unfluence sfull predomunafes If 'fakes a greaf deal of money fo puf us fhrough school buf our parenfs work and sfruve fo provude a happy fufure for us We should all 'rake our hafs off fo our parenfs They are fhe besf fhungs we have un fhe world fhey are fhe foundafuon of our luves and serve as fhe sfeppung sfones fo our career . . . . H D . mu . . . . l was u . . ' '

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Z -v ff 5' if ., Q Mrs. Downs checlzs 'lhe names as Docior Brewer ex- amines fhe palien+sg +his was ius+ one of ihe many Mrs. Lydia P. Downs du+ies she performed while serving as school nurse for fhe Woodbury Public Schools. n emoriam ln April. l942. Mrs. Lydia P. Downs became our school nurse' and Served uniil November, l9SO. During ihese eighf years Woodbury High School lcnew 'rhe privilege of having noi only eiiicienl medical care, buf also ihe love and friendliness oi a warm personali+y. So close io ihe grade school children was she fha? rhey called her Nana . During her eighi years ol service her office was headquariers ai Chrisimas iime for ihe names of needy families, fo whom aid was given by 'rhe various classes. clubs, and aciiviiies in ihe high school. Bolh ieachers and siudenfs fel? keen grief af ihis loss io 'rhe school. Woodbury High School Abroad: The Big Business oi Educaiion loolc fwo of our iacully 'ro difiereni seciions of The world lasi summer. UPPER LEFT: Miss Taylor and companions shown purchasing prized osirich feafhers. UPPER RIGHT: Miss Taylor vainly fries fo ge? a bracelei fha? she is buying from fhe wrisf of an African nalive before her Grain leaves. LOWER LEFT: Miss Baler and ofher delegaies shown on lhe ierrace oi Che Chaieau Laurier in OH:-wa, Canada, while aliending a meeiing of ihe World Organizafion cf +he Teaching Profession. LOWER RIGHT: Af fha axfrema lower righ+ corner, Miss Balmer is iran:- lafing for iwo Haifian delegales in fha ballroom oi fha Chafeau Laurier. , 12, 29?-I ws' 1-. vw f

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Q-n .gl Y' HENRY TOY, JR.-'3I 4' MR. HENRY TOY, JR. One evening in I946, a man wenf To a meefing of fhe Oak Grove. Delaware. P. T. A. because his wife couldn'+ affend and he felf someone oughf fo represenf his family, as he had fwo small children, one of school age. Af The meefing he was asked his opinions on some phases of educafion and expressed himself so candidly and clearly fhaf he was chosen fha? same nighf as chairman of fhe P. T. A.'s com- miffee fo raise feachers' salaries. The commiffee decided fhaf fhe inferesf of fhe Delaware Congress of P. T. A.'s was needed in The quesfion, and subsequenfly fhe chairman of +ha+ Congress asked fhis man fo serve as presidenf of a new council for Delaware educa- fion, organized +o bring beffer schools fo fhe sfafe. Thus Mr. Henry Toy, Jr., who graduafed from Woodbury High in l93I, was swepf info fhe educafional field. All fhis while, Mr. Toy was holding a posi- fion as fhe head of a deparfmenf for DuPonf's in Wilmingfon. ln I948 he was presenfed fhe disfinguished Service Award as Young Man of fhe Year by fhe Wilmingfon Junior Chamber of Commerce for his work in fhe educafional field, and in I949 he received a nafional award for an indusfrial paper he wrofe. Alfhough doing very well in indusfry, Mr. Toy resigned from DuPonf's in Augusf I949 and moved fo Mamora Neck, New York. fo fake a posifion as presidenf of fhe Nafional Cifizens Commiffee for fhe Public Schools. This is a group of cifizens, nof represenfing any organi- zafion, whose purpose is bringing educafion info fhe public eye and frying 'ro hold educafional group meefings all over fhe counfry. Mr. Toy sfarfed working af fhe Aflanfic Refining Company in Philadelphia as an office boy. He married BeHy Voelker, class of l933, in l935. He graduafed wifh honors from fhe Evening School of Accounfs and Finance, af fhe Universify of Pennsylvania, as class presidenf, joined DuPonf's as an accounfanf, and worked up fo be an expedifer, The manager of priorifies, and fhe head of fhe surplus maferials and non- ferrous mefals deparfmenf, fhe posifion which he held when he became presidenf of fhe Na- fional Cifizens Commiffee for Public Schools. We're all proud of wha+ Mr. Toy has accom- plished before and affer he affended fhaf P. T. A. meefing in l946. THE ALUMNI