Point Marion High School 1940

Helen writes:

Irene CORDERY taught algebra class at Point Marion High School in 1940. There must have been thirty-five or so students in the class. Students were always seated alphabetical…Frank BALINT, Helen BARNES, Dorothy BEECH….. and so it went. Today I am reminded of some of those thirty-five kids.

On the other side of the room was the star of the class, Ann WANECKECK from Green County. And then Virginia WYATT, one of the cheerleaders.

In the middle of the room was Sarah EMORY from the Gans area. Frank BALINT’s friend Joe SHEARER was also near the middle of the room. I remembered him from examination days in Springhill Township.

A+B=C was a new experience for me and Miss Cordery seemed to understand it all. She also taught Biology.

Miss Cordery’s homeroom was named “Poughkeepsie” because she had gone to college at Vassar.

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