Smyrna times., 1955-08-11
BOARD NAMES
FACULTY HERE
Five New Members Named to
Smyrna High School Fac
ulty This Week
STAFF LISTED

Smyrna Special School District,
Henry T. Price, president, an
nounces through the Office of the
superintendent, the following new
members of the faculty of the
school: Miss Emma Lee Nc
Arthur, Sperryville, Va, who
takes the place of Mrs. Ruth w.
Williams in the English depart
ment at the high school. She was
graduated from the University OF
Tennessee, and has had twenty
years experience teaching at
Fountain, N. C. and Warren-Rap-
pahannock School in Virginia. FL
wood Doll, Kingston, Pa, a grad
uate of Mansfield State Teachers
College in 1881, teacher in indus
trial arts department, taking the
place of Frank R. StellateIla. Mr..
Doll has had ten years teaching
experience and ten years in the
business world, selling life insur-
ance. He will also assist Coach
William Horney with football.
Mrs. Helen A. Lucia, to the art
department in place of Miss Dor
othy E. Kirby. She has taught art
at Caesar Rodney High School,
and more recently at Milford, and
is the wife of the Rev. Frank
Lucia, pastor of Kenton Metho-
dist Church. Mrs. Louise Wood
ring, to the staff at the Smyrna
Elementary School, has had sew
eral years teaching experience, re-
Gently at Lincoln, Del, at present
a resident of Seaford, but will
move into this area prior to the
opening of school. Mrs. Rachel
B. Lane, formerly Office clerk, be-
comes Office secretary, to replace
Mrs. Lillian S. Billeb, retired.
Miss Joan Funk, graduate in Class
of 1855 at Smyrna High School,
takes Mrs. Lanes place as clerk.
The legislative appropriation pro-
vided funds for clerk in the new
elementary school, and Miss Mary
Ann Jarman, Class of 1865, was
selected to fill the position. Mrs.
Geneva T. Wood, after a years
leave of absence, returns to the
staff at the Thomas D. Clayton
School. An additional teacher,
Miss Jenny Carroll, graduate of
Delaware State Teachers College,
has been named to the faculty.
The Board of Education hopes to
add one or two teachers prior to
the opening of the school in Sep
tember, to this list of high school
and elementary school staff:
George w. Wright, superintend-
ent; Charles v. Williams, high
school principal and English; and
the following teachers: Robert L.
Everett, Evelyn S. Mendenhall,
Elizabeth A. Getty, Emma Lee
Macarthur, Miriam Brown, Alber-
ia S. Cornelius, George L. Galley,
Peggy M. VanSant, Gwendolyn M.
Smack, Elwood Doll, William E.
Horney, Jane A. Reed, Georgia S.
Cary, Leon Tabb, John w. Dick
inson, Virgie M. Bauer, Leonard
e. Hitch, Joyce S. Riley, Helen
A. Lucia, Julia w. Slaughter,
principal elementary school, Doris
S. Fearon, Bess G. Matthews,
Doris T. Smith, Louise Woodring,
Helen E. Scout, Alice Jane Bry-
son, Elizabeth T. Pryor, Ruth M.
Piper, Theresa Donahoe, Margar-
ct M. Greer, Eve Lynn Everett,
Pauline w. Matthews, Mabel B.
Joseph, Lulu v. R. Ricards, Mild
red L. King, Arie Hill, Ethel N.
Powell, Caroline e. Stats, Alyne
Y. Robinson; Clara Spar, nurse;
Rachel B. Lane, Joan Funk, Mary
Ann Jarman, Office staff. Marie
Downs and Nora Donovan are
cafeteria managers. Staff at
Thomas D. Clayton School: Willis
E. Powell, principal; Jenny Car
roll, I. Inez Burton, Elizabeth
Richardson, Lorraine j., Simmons,
Geneva T. Wood. Custodians:
Benjamin Scorah, Fred Shane,
William Sullivan, Hazel Locker
man, Ernest Brewington.