The new two and one half million dollar Hale-Whitney building opened its doors to 1,800 students for the first time September 1. 

The new school has 52 classrooms.  Science laboratories, homemaking classes, gymnasiums and workshops all have new equipment.

In the chemistry and biology classrooms, among the other new pieces of equipment are a microtome which slices tissue for microscopic study, research microscopes, and a still.

The homemaking rooms have all metal cabinets.  A freezer and dishwasher are among the unusual pieces of equipment.  The Homemaking Department has the necessary equipment to offer a home nursing course.  The dining room is decorated in Swedish modern and has four patterns of Franciscan pottery ware to be used for the meals served there.

The drafting room has an electric eraser as part of its equipment and the workshop boasts a Doall band saw.

The administrative staff consists of Lieb Richmond from Roosevelt, principal; Joe Dunham from Central, assistant principal; Tom Hurst from Edison, boys' counselor; Mrs. Ethel Mackay from Central, girls' counselor; Joe Whitsett from Rogers is the eleventh grade counselor and shares the counseling job for the tenth grade with Miss Marjoie Young from Roosevelt; the eighth and ninth grade counseling is done by Dennis Kelliher from Webster; Miss Doris Brown from Madison is seventh grade counselor; Miss Josephine McKeen from Roosevelt handles scheduling.

The office staff consists of Mrs. Vesta Runner, registrar; Mrs. Dorothy Schmitt, secretary; Mrs. Maxine Krebbs, attendance clerk; Mrs. Barbetta Cluen, bulletin clerk; Mike Crowley, director of stagecraft; Mrs. Ann Brosseau, nurse; Wilford Roberts, building superintendent; Mrs. Eula Whitaker, cafeteria manager; Hazel Elsea, school bank; Boyd Copeland, building engineer.

The classroom teachers assignments are -

• Art:  Gail Harwood, Hubert Hogue;

• Business Education:  Robert Cable, Hazel Elsea, Beulah Ferguson, Josephine Holland;

• English, Speech Arts and Journalism:  Norma Dobson, Clarence Evins, Laurine Hager, Elaine Morrow, Edna Penfield, James Petty, Guy R. Scott, Joyce Slagle, Marjorie Taylor, Rose Whitaker, Marjorie Young, Janet Elson;

• Foreign Language:  Ethel Mackay, Joyce Slagle, Alden Smith, Marjorie Taylor;

• History and Social Studies:  Vinita Ballard, Bernice Benson, Bill Borum, Doris Brown, Larry Miller, Troy Miller, Mary Oldham, Rupert Spann, Bill Williams;

• Homemaking:  Willie Bell Hamilton, Eloise Pyle, Sue Whatley;

• Industrial Arts and Vocation:  Vernon Kolb, Joe Large, Earl McMahon, Arlas Olds;

• Mathematics:  Loyal Farmer, Beulah Ferguson, Roy Georgia, Virginia Goss, Richard Johnson, Josephine McKeen, Lucille Simpson, Bernice Smith, Joe Whitsett;

• Music:  Denny Kelliher, Clarence Lawless, Myrtle Stewart;

• Boys' Physical Education:  Wally Knapp, Harmon Leslie, Woodrow West;

• Girls' Physical Education:  Jackie Krutsinger, Sharon White, Sandra Wilson;

• Science:  King Chapel, F. A. Dry, David Foster, Roy Georgia, Davida Phillips, George Sands;

• Librarian:  Bess Greenlea

Mike Crowley, head of the Hale...