Kennett High School, Class of 1956
Faculty and Administration
Board of Education
D. Duer Reynolds (died May 31, 1965), President
Robert L. Hershey (died June 19, 1973), Vice President
Martha R. Hannum (died Jan. 20, 1999), Secretary
Robert A. Craig (died July 28, 1956), Treasurer
Angelo Bertrando (died April 10, 2000)
Helen C. Collins (died Jan. 19, 1992)
Norman L. Davidson (died Jan. 16, 1985)
Richard J. Fisher (died Oct. 3, 1986)
Edward D. Hannum (died May 21, 1977)
W. Milo Jackson (died Jan. 18, 1985)
John M. Johnson (died Aug. 28, 1984)
J. Walter Mercer (died Nov. 15, 1978)
Paul E. Middleton, Jr. (died Dec. 10, 1960)
Monroe L. Nute (died July 21, 1982)
John L. Romig (died March 16, 1984)
William J. Scarlett (died Sept. 25, 2005)
Ralph S. Sharpless (died May 21, 1990)
J. J. Shoemaker (died April 24, 1963)
Oscar H. Styer (died Jan. 8, 1979)
Robert P. Thompson (died July 19, 2022)
Junior-Senior High School Administration
Milman E. Prettyman (died June 28, 1984), Supervising Principal
Forrest R. Schaeffer (died Sept. 2, 2010), High School Principal
Junior-Senior High School Faculty
Frances L. Adams (died March 25, 2014), Art
Edna L. Bullock (died Jan. 20, 1992), English
Sarah Burneson, Health and Physical Education
Patrick Canfield (died Feb. 21, 2013), Music
Doris A. Crouch, Home Economics
Iona Eicher (died June 23, 1976), Home Economics
Glenna M. Eshleman, Librarian
Edward F. Fitzkee (died Nov. 11, 2020), English
Francis Gavas, Industrial Arts
Margaret B. Gersen (died Feb. 17, 1998), Social Studies
Harry Gilbert (died Feb. 4, 2017), Science
Nathan W. Kendig (died June 13, 2014), Social Studies
George Jacobs (died June 1, 2012), Vocational Agriculture
William F. Jones (died May 1, 1978), Commercial Studies
Earl R. Knorr (died July 24, 2007), Social Studies
Leo L. Lawrence (died Sept. 1, 1985), Commercial Studies
Gladys B. Lupton (died March 19, 1988), English and Reading
Carl J. Manone (died March 14, 2012), Guidance
John E. Messinger (died Jan. 14, 2000), Driver Education
Donald McKelvie (died Feb. 12, 1993), Science
Grace M. Merrick (died Aug. 22, 1990), English
Evelyn Moyer (died March 15, 2008), French and English
Raymond M. Moynihan (died Oct. 4, 1965), Mathematics
H. Oleta Muller (died Feb. 21, 1988), Typing
Delores A. Nobile (died April 15, 2018), Reading
Anne U. Ott (died Jan. 23, 1994), Health and Physical Education
Ray L. Ott (died Oct. 25, 1990), Music
Charles M. Paynter (died May 14, 2003), Physical Education
Roscoe A. Peters (died Nov. 26, 1986), Science
R. Barry Rees (died July 29, 2006), Commercial Studies
Rachel Reynolds (died Sept. 10, 1957), English
Jane Rupert (died March 26, 2002), Social Studies
Walter S. Soliwoda (died Oct. 30, 2019), Social Studies
Richard Souser (died Dec. 28, 1979), Mathematics and Science
George Starr, Mathematics and Science
Nancy E. Stees (died Dec. 23, 1981), Biology and General Science
Richard L. Strayer (died May 14, 2013), Mathematics
Herbert F. Truxton (died Sept. 9, 1987), Geography and Health
Alvin F. Wakeland (died Jan. 19, 1977), English and Latin
Joan Watson (died Sept. 12, 2015), English and Social Studies
Kenneth A. Webb (died July 23, 2000), Social Studies
Walter A. Zale (died July 25, 1983), Industrial Arts
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