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1972 Administration and Staff

Administration: Dr. James H. Fry, Superintendent; Charles C. Thackera, Assistant Superintendent;

                Albert W. Bruno, Assistant Superintendent

Board of Education: Carl Morgenstern, President; Carl Crane, Vice President; Dr. Ernest Davis;       

Dr. James H. Fry; Harold Flowers; Robert Rennie; Adrian Siereveld

Principal: Wilson E. Stewart

Assistant Principal: Charles E. Schwing

Dean of Girls: Mildred T. Schwab

Science: Harold Burdsall, Robert Gaker, Christ Geckler, William Harbaum, Demus Jones, Mark Pfeiffer, Ralph Steiger

Math: James Alich, Paul Burkhardt, Lorene Moothart, Gary Mozingo, Jack Riddick, John Weldon

English: Allegra Brown, Richard Cahill, Syrella Everson, Gale Holcomb, Sheldon Levine, Shirley McCree, Betty Mozingo,    Ann Prickett, Margaret Puckett, Dennis Reiter, Charles Waters, Diane Weiser

History: Mike Distaola, Helen Duersch, John Hoffman, Marvin McCollum, Edith Munneke, Hubert Pfingst, Joe Urso, Ken Vessely, Jack Young

Arts/ Languages: Myron Aufranc, Robert Fuhrman, Judith Jarvis, Ron Lumme, Herta Moore, Sam Shie, Aldissa Simmons, Katheryn Yokers

Business Ed: Homer Evans, Fred Garretson, Anita Leshner, Dorothea McCollum, Darrell Rector, Jeanne Rinal, Jaqueline Ruoff, James Truett

Vocational Ed: Boone Boies, Mildred Borger, Arthur Davis, Jayne Foust, Gus Mate, Todd Matthews, Arthur Pennington

Phys. Ed/ Health/ Special Ed: Robert Beck, Irma Bobrink, John Goode, William McCormick, Mike Naddaeo, Dorothy Pierson, Pat Sword

Counselors: Mary Jane Berry, Tom Dickey, Robert Garnett, John Hock, Eileen Lowell

Office Staff: Winifred Deem, Carolyn Doughman, Roberta Guiler, Rose Hacker, Maxine Kerns, Joan            Newton, Ruth Ruder, Connie Watkins, Dorothy Wright


1973 Administration and Staff

Administration: Dr. James H. Fry, Superintendent; Charles C. Thackera, Assistant Superintendent;

               Albert W. Bruno, Assistant Superintendent

Board of Education: Carl Morgenstern, President; Carl Crane, Vice President; Dr. Ernest Davis;       

Dr. James H. Fry; Harold Flowers; Robert Rennie; Adrian Siereveld

Principal: Jack Maddox

Assistant Principal: Maurice Miller

Dean of Girls: Mildred Schwab

Science: Eric Carmen, Robert Gaker, Richard Gouker, William Harbaum, Demus Jones, Mark Pfeiffer,

Math: James Alich, Eugene Bible, Harold Burdsall (interim), Paul Burkhardt, Forrest DeVore, Lorene Moothart, Gary Mozingo, Jack Riddick

English: Allegra Brown, Richard Cahill, Syrella Everson, Gale Holcomb, Sheldon Levine, Shirley McCree,
Betty Mozingo, Margaret Puckett, Dennis Reiter, Charles Waters, Joan Webster, Diane Weiser

History: Jerry Badonovic, Mike Distaola, Helen Duersch, John Hoffman, Marvin McCollum, Edith Munneke, Joe Urso, Ken Vessely, Sanford Wyman

Arts/ Languages: Myron Aufranc, Laura Connell, Donna Huckins, Judith Jarvis, Herta Moore, Robert Robuck, Sam Shie, Linda Sorrell, Katheryn Yokers

Business Ed: Fred Garretson, Anita Leshner, Dorothea McCollum, Darrell Rector, Jeanne Rinal, Jaqueline      Ruoff, James Truett

Vocational Ed: Boone Boies, Mildred Borger, Jayne Foust, John Kolley, Gus Mate, Todd Matthews, Arthur Pennington

Phys. Ed/ Health/ Special Ed: Robert Beck, John Goode, William McCormick, Mike Naddaeo, Dorothy         Pierson, Darlene Sharp,
Pat Sword

Counselors: Mary Jane Berry, Tom Dickey, Robert Garnett, John Hock, Eileen Lowell

Office Staff: Winifred Deem, Carolyn Doughman, Dottie Gundler,Rose Hacker, Nancy Hazlett, Maxine Kerns, Joan Newton, Ruth Ruder, Dorothy Wright


1974 Administration and Staff

Administration: Dr. James H. Fry, Superintendent; Charles C. Thackera, Assistant Superintendent;

                Albert W. Bruno, Assistant Superintendent

Board of Education: Carl Morgenstern, President; Harold Flowers, Clerk of Board; Dr. James H. Fry;    Robert Rennie; Adrian Siereveld, Jack Swagler, Joe Wolfe

Principal: Jack Maddox

Assistant Principal: Maurice Miller

Dean of Girls: Mildred Schwab

Alich, James:  Math, Geometry, Algebra

Aufranc, Myron:  Art, Talisman

Beck, Robert:  Physical Education

Berry, Mary Jane:  Senior Counselor

Bible, Eugene:  Physics, Geometry, Algebra

Boise, Boone:  Foods, Child Care

Borger, Mildred:  Home Economics

Brown, Allegra:  English

Brown, Ann:  Jr. I.O.E.

Burkhardt, Paul:  Cons. Math, Algebra II

Cahill, Richard:  Shakespeare, Grammar, Vocab

Caldwell, Robert:  Electronics

Carmen, Eric:  Biology

Davis, James:  Junior Couselor

Deem, Winifred:  Principal’s Secretary

Devore, Forrest:  Geometry, Ind. Math

Dickey, Thomas:  U.S. History

Distaola, Mike:  U.S.History, Government

Dorothy Pierson:  Special Education

Doughman, Carolyn:  Main Office Clerk

Downie, Sandra:  Athletic Secretary

Duersch, Helen:  Government

Everson, Syrilla:  English

Foust, Jaynee:  C.H.E., Coop.

Gaker, Robert:  Chemistry

Garnett, Robert:  Vocational Counselor

Garretson, Fred:  Senior I.O.E., Bookkeeping

Goode, John:  Physical Education

Gouker, Richard:  Chemistry

Gundler, Dorothy:  Counselor’s Secretary

Hacker, Rose:  Nurse

Harbaum, Willis:  Biology

Hazlett, Nancy:  Asst. Librarian

Heidler, Joseph:  Spanish

Herrman, Jayne:  Visual Aids

Hocke, John:  D.E.

Hoffman, John:  U.S. History

Holcomb, Gale:  English

Huckins, Donna:  French

Huth, William:  U.S. History

Jarvis, Judy:  Drama

Jones, Demus:  Biology, Physiology

Kerns, Maxine:  Asst. Principal’s Secretary

Kolley, John:  Wood    

Leshner, Anita:  Jr. I.O.E.

Levine, Sheldon:  English

Lowell, Eileen:  Sophomore Counselor

Mate, Gus:  Drafting, Metal

McCollum, Dorothea:  Typing, Shorthand

McCollum, Marvin:  History, Psychology

McCormick, William:  Special Education

McCree, Shirley:  English, Black Lit.

Meehan, Pearl:  Sr. I.O.E., Shorthand

Moore, Herta:  German

Moothart, Lorene:  Geometry, Debate

Mozingo, BettyJane:  Am.Prose, Intro Comp.

Mozingo, Gary:  Algebra II, Trig- Anal.

Nadaeo, Michael:  Health

Newton, Joan:  Attendance Secretary

Pennington, Arthur:  Electronics

Pfeiffer, Mark:  Science, Biology

Protzman, Martin:  U.S. History

Puckett, Margaret:  Reading, W.Drama, Eng. II

Rector, Darrell:  Jr. I.O.E.

Reiter, Dennis:  English II, Mass media

Rerko, Al:  T.V.

Riddick, Jack:  Algebra I, Trig- Calculus

Rinal, Jeanne:  C.O.E.

Robuck, Robert:  Band

Rudder, Ruth:  Librarian

Sharp, Darlene:  Health, Girl’s Phys. Ed.

Shie, Mary:  Asst. Band Director

Shie, Sam:  Choral Director

Sword, Pat:  Health, Girls Phys. Ed.

Sykes, Richard:  English, Tribune

Truett, James:  Sr. I.O.E.

Urso, Joseph:  U.S. History

Waters, Charles:  English

Wells, Dennis:  Biology I, Health

Wieser, Dianne:  English

Wright, Dorothy:  Secretary to Dean of Girls

Wyman, Sanford:  U.S. History, Roaring 20’s

Yokers, Kathryn:  Latin