Smyrna times., 1957-09-05
ANNOUNCE NEW
SCHOOL STAFF
Students Return to School
Today; Full Sessions Begin
Monday, September 9
STAFF NUMBERS Sc

The Smyrna Special School Dis
trict announced last week that
students will find a number of
new faces among the many fam
liar ones as they greet the teach
ing staff on their return to school
today. School will begin at $50
am. today, and today and tomor-
row will be half-days. Full ses-
sions will begin on Monday with
all cafeterias in operation at that
time. Students returning to the
Smyrna Elementary School on
School Lane and the Thomas d.
Clayton School on the DUPONT
Highway will be greeted with
familiar faces. No changes have
been made in the faculties of
these schools. Only one change
has been made on the elementary
staff, with Mrs. Theresa D. Win
chell replacing Mrs. Margaret
Kramedas. Mrs. Kramedas re-
signed to teach in Dover, her
home town. Mrs. Winchell will
teach 5th grade, with Mrs. Kay
Vaughn returning to teach 9th
grade pupils. Mrs. Winchell has
had six years experience teach
ing elementary pupils, with four
of these years in the Smyrna
Schools. Educated at both Sails
bury State Teachers College and
Washington College, Mrs. Win
chell holds a BIS. from Washing
ton College.
Home Economics Department
Although the Home Economics
Department will have two new
faces this year, Mrs. Doris Jack
son will return as part-time in
structor in this area. Mrs. Jack
son assisted ably last year for
three hours each day, and is re-
! sponsible for much of the plan
ming in the present Home Econ
omics Room renovation. Mrs
Jackson has wide experience in
this field. Mrs. Mildred Snowber-
ger, formerly of the Seaford Spec
ial School District, will be in
charge of the Home Economics
Department this year. Mrs. Snow
berger, a graduate of the Univer-
sity of Delaware with a major in
home economics, will live ir
Smyrna. Her hobbies are piano
and organ, and she is member
of the Order of the Eastern Star
For a number of years she has
served as supervisor of practice
teachers placed in schools through.
out the state. She will supervise
the two practice teachers assign.
ed to Smyrna this year.
Agricultural Department
Harvey l.. Price, Jr. will re.
place Leonard Hitch as teacher
of agriculture. Mr.. Hitch an.
nounced that he will attend ar
electrical school in Philadelphia
this fall. Mr.. Price brings Il
years of teaching experience tc
his position here. He most recent.
ly servd as instructor under the
Fulbrignt Act in Rangoon, Burms
in the u. S. Education Founda.
tion there. He has 13 years ex.
perience in operating a farm, anC
has been a salesman for orchard
and nursery stock. Mr.. Price holds
a BIS. degree from Virginia Poly.
technic Institute, and has 3s
semester hours of additional work
at V.P.I.
Mrs. Judith Moresco replaces
Eugene Pruitt, who taught ir
Smyrna for one year. Mr.. Pruitt
retired superintendent, agreed
to step into the breach last year
when a qualified science-mathe.
matics teacher could not be found
Mrs. Moresco, a graduate of Sy'
racuse University with B.A. de.
gree, has over 80 hours in sci.
ences, being fully qualified in bi.
ology, physics and chemistry. She
has been summer playground di.
rector, and active in coral groups
Mrs. Moresco was a member oi
Sigma Pi Sigma, an honorary
physics organization while at col.
lege. She will teach physics anc
general science here.
Although Miss Patricia A. Kill
lalea is listed as replacing Dr.
Roland Mulford, her position will
be quite different than his. DIR
Mulford's position as teacher Of
English, Junior Business Train
ing, and Economic Geography ha:
been divided, and each of these
areas placed with a teacher spec
ializing in one of these fields. Miss
Killalea will teach English only
She holds a BIS. degree from
Shippensburg State Teachers Col
lege, with additional work at the