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

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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

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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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Pensioners MISS VIRGINIA NELSON-' VIRGINIA NELSON Muss Vurgunua Nelson class of l942 receuved un Jaruary of l95O an appounlmenf for servuce un Ihe Amerucan Embassy al Brussels Belguum Vurgunua who wenl 'ro Europe un Sepfember I948 spenl' much of her lime un Parus She has 'rraveled Io Ausfrua England Ilaly and Denmark and has been slcuung un lhe Alps She has en uoyed Ihe French people she mel and was unvuled unlo many of 'rheur homes Muss Nelson was a sludenl' al' Randolph Macon College lor Women for Iwo years and us a graduale ol lhe Unuversufy of Floruda DR HAROLD SIMMERMAN Dr Harold Summerman cl ss of l923 us a praclucung oplomelrusl here un Woodbury a parl 'fume Ieacher al lhe Unuversuly of Penn sylvanua an amaleur phofographer and unvenlor Lasl December un Chucago he was elecled Io Ihe presudency of Ihe Amerucan Academy of Oplomelry a naluonal group of op+omeIrusIs Followung prelumunary sludues al Weslern Maryland College and Temple Unuversuly D Summerman receuved hus Doclor of Oplomelry degree from Pennsylvanua Slafe College where he served hus unlernshup ln Woodbury he um medualely allerwards esfablushed hus pracfuce whuch us shll hus malor occupaluon ln addufuon to fhus pracfuce Dr Summerman reaches af Ihe Pennsylvania Slale College of Opfomelry and us achve un a vas+ number of cuvuc and oplo melruc aflaurs of bolh Woodbury and New Jersey holdung a greaf many unfluenfual oFlTces un bolh Under Ihe unvenlor Iufle come bolh a hobby and vocaluon for Dr Summerman Hus mauor avocaluon pholography led hum fo desugn a camera 'fo fllm lhe eye sludes from whuch he uses Io helo hum leach He Ieaches experumenfal psychology and leclures al The Unuversuly of Pennsylvanua Whule un Woodbury Hugh Ihus lulure cuvuc leader was on Ihe debalung feam and Whufe and Gold slafl was a member of Ihe Hu Y and parlucupaled un +own sporfs In I932 he marrued Clara Boeflger of New York Culy They now have Iwo sons Harold I4 and Sleven I0 DR HAROLD SIMMERMAN 23 The Alumnu Assocualuon elecled fheur ofhcers un February of Ihus year They are Presudenf Marlun Headley Vuce Presudenf Roberf Shias Funancual Secrefary Roberf Bafes Recordung Secrefary Pe? Mulcahy Treasurer Thomas Jackson Three dureclors James Bull Marlun Oppen heumer and Carl Pohl were also elecfed Wu IOO members M rch and a membershup druve planned Ihe Alumnu hopes Io grow and sponsor many acluvufues nexf year A Thanksguvung dance was guven un I950 and a regroupung of fhe Alumnu Dramafuc Players was confemplafed and uf us hoped 'rhey wull slage a play soon The money from fhese evenfs funances a scholarshup guven annually Io a gradu alung person who has college abulufues and has bewefuled Woodbury Hugh un hus undergraduale years Thus scholarshup amounled 'ro S500 OO las+ year The gradualee of Ihe class of SI are co dually unvuled 'ro lalce acluve parlucupaluon un fhe Alumnu Assocualuon f' SC Ag. I X . I . . . - ' . a .' '. . an ' ', r. u ' ' ' 'lh in a ' I. . . .