The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-30
Sc EVE RAJ CHANGES
IN LIST Of LOCAL
SCHOOL TEACHERS
Brought About By designations
and Promotions
SOME NEW INSTRUCTORS
Trustees Confident Selections
Will Result in Maintaining
Present Standards

The following information regard.
ing new teachers who will begin work
next September in the local public
schools may be of interest and will
serve to introduce the teachers to
readers of the Banner.
Leon A. Orr will teach manual train.
ing in the senior and junior high
schools. He is graduate of the New
York State Col ege for Teachers. In
addition to previous experience he has
been teaching the past three years in
Burlington. He replaces Francis NJ.
Morrison. Mr.. and Mrs. Orr visited
Bennington recently and their house
mold goods have arrived in town They
will begin housekeeping here about
September If they are able to find a
suitable house During the summer
Mr. Orr will attend summer school at
Oswego Normal school.
Mary f. Hutton of Bennington will
replace Isabel A. Grant as teacher Of
French in the senior high school. Miss
Hutton IS graduate of the University
Of Vermont and taught last year in
johnson high school.
Norma NJ. Decker of Berkshire. n.
Y, will replace NJ. Gladys Fauey as
teacher of history and assistant teach
er Of English in the senior high school.
Miss Decker is a graduate of Syracuse
University and taught last year in
Jeffersonville high school.
The position held last year by
Grace f. Mack has not been filed. but
a selection will probably be made in
few days.
Frances l.. ODonnell has been trans
ferred from grade 6 to the junior
high school where she will teach
French and assist in history and geo.
graphy in place Of H. Frances Levin.
Miss O'Donne has been teaching in
the Bennington schools fer twenty-five
years, but has not until now been able
to give the schools the benefit of the
special training in French which she
received few years ago
jTressa II. Daley, who has taught in
Bennington for the past fifteen years,
has been transferred from grade to
grade in place of Miss ODonnell
Miss Mildred b. Caryl has been en-
gagged for grade in place of Miss
Daley Mss Caryl is a graduate OF
Castleton normal school She has
taught for twelve or fifteen years, and
was teaching at Brandon last year
This summer she plans to attend the
state summer school for teachers at
the University of Vermont
The fifth grade room formerly
taught by Helen A, Leonard will be
taught by Anna NJ Leahy of Bennins.
ton. Miss Leahy is graduate of the
teacher training class of Bennington
high school, and has had several years
exper' ence, Last year she was at
Carlsbad, ~ j.
b anch b. Welshs position as school
nurse win he taken by Gertrude A. Nc.
CURE of Bennington. Miss Mcclure
is a registered nurse, a graduate of
the Samaritan hospital school of Troy,
and has had considerable general prac.
tice s'nce graduation. Before she
took up nursing she taught school for
two years.
The school authorities have had per
sonal interviews with all these peone.
Al Of them are experienced and the
trustees have the assurance of persons
in official positions that all have prov
ed entirely sfactory in previous
positions.