Kodiak Grade and High School News
(Ed. note: Items of school news fonnd on this page were submitted
by students and teachers in both elementary and high school depart
ments of the Kodiak school system.)
Teachers Plan
Varied Vacations
The end to school terms is in
sight, and teachers are making
plans for the summer and the fall
terms to follow. Some will remain
in Kodiak, others will leave for
teaching jobs elsewhere.
Teachers contacted revealed
their plans, which may be summa
rized as follows:
The Toe Floyds will go to Ore
gon ana Mississippi, returning to
Kodiak; Louise B. Walker to Ore
gon, will return; George Wick,
Colorado, then return; Helen
Pruessing is undecided, but will
return to Kodiak; Mary Culver,
Wisconsin, then return; The Bells
wHl travel “Outside,” then to Sew
ard in fall; ^ Patrick Kennedy,
Greeley, Colorado, fall indefinite;
Geraldine Hofer, Oregon, back' in
the fall; James H. Gray, Iowa,
Missouri and Indiana, and Indi-;
ana U. in the fall; Rhoda Lerman,
here or vacation at jhome, pre
sumably in Florida, and Kodiak
until January; Norma Hendrix,
University of Texas, will teach in
Austin, Texas; R. E. Henderson,
U. of Washington, will teach in
Haines, Alaska; Melanie Draper,
Western Washington College, Bel
lingham, Wash., will return; Vir
ginia Briner, Long Beach, then
Whittier, Alaska; Rozella Brewer,
Areata, Calif., possibly summer
school, then Fairbanks; Guyneth
Kash, Pittsburg, Kansas, will re
turn; Mildred Rextrew, U. of Den
ver, vacation in Calif., then Ko
diak; Emma Zieba, Summer school
in Washington, return to Kodiak;
Betty Ebert, vacation in Calif.,
home to Minnesota, possibly to
summer school, then Kodiak; Ger
tie Otness, old ’48, Kodiak; Connie
Dandeneau, Sitka to BPW conven
tion, then to Massachusetts, and
back to Kodiak.
Those who plan to remain in
Kodiak and return to teaching
here this fall are: Ruth Belcher;
Curtis K. Saxton; the Bokos’ who
are undecided; M. J. Rickey; Wan
da Fields; Leona Dickow; Helen
Schott; Eunice Neseth; Ellen
Dawson.
Vacation plans among faculty
members in the downtown school
are as follows: Betty Springhili,
attend U. of Washington; Betty
Metzgar, remain here; Lois Burn
ham, attend Portland State; Caro
lyn West, remain here; Bertha
Hamann, travel on the Alsakan
mainland here; Charles White,
spend the summer in St. Louis,
Missouri and Indiana; remain in
.Kodiak.
' Prom Week
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71 ■!: By Janet* Zieba
Slave day, twin day, little peo
ple’s day, white day, andr sloppy
day were the namesJ designated to
each vday, Monday to Frida# the
week of>5the annual Junio-Senior
Prom. -On- slave day the girls
carried their'dates’ books around
the halls and; held the doors for
them. Twin day found the boys
and girls wearing matching shirts.
Little people’s day was exempli
fied by students wearing clothes
like grade-school children. Sloppy
shirts, blue jeans, and hair in
pin curls were all characteristics
of sloppy day. Students dressed
in white characterized white day.
At 7:30 p.m. on May 1, the
annual Junior-Senior Banquet was
held in the high school cafeteria.
An international food menu was
served which helped to carry out
the theme of the Prom, Around
the World in Eighty Days. TJie
waitresses were dressed in bright
costumes of different nations and
greatly added to the theme.
Colorful murals and scenic tra
vel posters decked the walls of
the gym for the Prom. Tables
were cleverly decorated with
centerpieces depicting such coun
tries as Australia, Ireland, Japan,
and Africa. In the center of the
floor was a bridge covered with
cherry blossoms on which couples
posed for photographs.
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Crowned King and* Queen o£
this year’s Prom were seniors
Dkk Frost and Jill Acheson. They
were elected by members of the
student body. Their court consis
ted of four members from each
of the freshman, sophomore, and
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junior classes.
The music was furnished by the
Naval Station Band and was ei>
joyed by all
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