The following information is from the Dedication Program of the BLANCHE
E. FUQUA Elementary School
dated 11-24-1957
Submitted by FLOOR60271@aol.com
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Blanche E. Fuqua
Elementary School
Terre Haute, Indiana
Sunday, November 24, 1957
2:30 P.M.
Presiding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wayne P. WATSON
Superintendent, Terre Haute City Schools
Invocation:
Dr. Phillips Brooks SMITH
Pledge to the Flag:
John COOPER
Star-spangled Banner:
Audience
Music Grades Five and Six:
Directed by
Mary E. SMITH
Katherine BECKER
Remarks and Presentation of
Miss Fuqua
Wayne P. WATSON
Response
Miss FUQUA
Presentation of the Blanche E. Fuqua Staff
Wayne P. WATSON
Response
Pauline WILSON ,principal
Presentation of the Board of School Trustees
Ray Hahn ,President Board of School Trustees
Response
John Bloxsome ,Secretary Board of School Trustees
Music, Grades Five and Six
Blanche E. Fuqua School
Benediction
Dr. Phillips Brooks SMITH
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City School Officials
Mr. Wayne P. WATSON - Superintendent of Schools
Mr. Earl PIKE - Dir. of Guidance & Physical Education
Miss. Alice FEMYER - Director of Elementary Instruction
Mr. Max GABBERT - Director of Administrative Services
Mr. Harry McCULLOUGH -Director Business & Research
Board of School Trustees
Mr. Ray HAHN - President
Mr. John L. Bloxsome - Secretary
Mr. M. O. MILLER - Treasurer
Dr. Joseph WEBER
Mr. Robert LIGGETT
The Blanche E. Fuqua School Staff
1957-1958 School enrollment - 231 Pupils
Mrs. Pauline Wilson - Principal & Grade 6
Mrs. Catherine HUDSON - Kindergarten
Mrs. Janice CITY - First Grade
Mrs. Marion CLARK - Second Grade
Mrs. Mary C. HUBER - Third Grade
Miss. Mildred SELF - Fourth Grade
Mr. Rudolph JACOBSEN - Fifth Grade
Teachers of Special Subjects
Rotating Schedules and On Call
Mrs. Mabel HARGIS - Art
Mrs. Alice GORDON - Nurse
Mrs. Mary E. SMITH - Music
Mr. Leslie BAIN - Music
Miss. Josephine EVANS - Speech & Hearing
Mrs. Emma Jane Gardner - Physical Education
Mr. William BITZEGAIO - Physical Education
Non-Teaching Employees
Mr. John F. HELT - Janitor
Mrs. Iva BRETELL - Janitress
(End of Program)