Retiring Teachers (1970), New Teachers (1971)

Bainbridge-Guilford Central School

New Teachers of 1971

Tri-Town News, September 15, 1971

Left to Right:

Richard Carool (superintendent), Gordon Hughes, Jr., Miss Shirley Pauler, Miss Susan Brown, Mrs. Bernice Gaydorus, Mrs. Betty Morse, Mrs. Barbara Druskoff, Miss Frances Fierson, Mrs. Nancy Epstein, Mrs. Dalene Behrens, Mrs. Therese Watkins, Miss Kathleen Wells

B-G Gives Recognition to Six Retiring Teachers

Tri-Town News, May 13, 1970

Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]:  Once each year, a special day is set aside to recognize the work that teachers are doing in our schools.  This year, May 19th is that day, Gov Rockefeller has proclaimed that date as Teacher Recognition Day in this state.  This year there are six teachers retiring from the Bainbridge-Guilford School System who have dedicted a large portion of their lives to the children of the community.  They are:  

Mrs. Margaret Cheesbro was born in Holland Patent, and attended school in Holland Patent as well as Albany State and Oneonta State.  She has given 34 years to the teaching profession and all of it in Bainbridge.  her husband is a Post Office employee and they have two daughters, Nancy, a teacher in New Hartford and Sally, who lives with her family in Rochester.  Mrs. Cheesbro spends her spare time caring for her flower gardens, bird watching and knitting.

Mrs. Eloise Hager was born in Rome, New York and attended Rome Free Academy.  She is a graduate of Elmira College and has done graduate work at Cornell, Columbia and Colgate university.  Her teaching career spans 30 years, 27 in Bainbridge in the fields of English and Social Studies. She has three sons:  Charles of Syracuse, and twins, Paul, an Army Captain in Baltimore, and Arthur, an Air Force Captain in Germany.  Mrs. Hager enjoys reading in her spare time.

Mrs. Josephine Crane was born in Adam Mills, Ohio.  She attended high school in Lebanon, Pa., and is a graduate of Elmira College.  She has done graduate work at University of Maine, Colgate and Oneonta State.  She has had 28 years of teaching experience, the last 18 in B-G district.  Mr. Crane is a member of the faculty of Afton Central School and their daughter, Margaret is also a teacher.

Miss Myrtle Pagett, the school nurse at Juliand Street School was born in Lennox, Iowa. She attended high school at Fort Morgan, Colorado, and received her nurse's training at Wilson Memorial Hospital in Johnson City.  She has had further training at Buffalo State, Syracuse University and Colorado State University.  Miss Pagett has given 41 years to the profession, 31 in B-G school.  In addition she spent two years as an Army nurse. She is an avid bowler and also enjoys bird watching.

Mrs. Gertrude Stiles has announced her retirement after 34 years of teaching, 25 in Bainbirdge.  She was born in Tyrone, Oklahoma, and attended Milford Central School.  She is also a graduate of Oneonta State Teacher's College.  Her interests now lean toward traveling.

Mrs. Leta Mullins has taught in Guilford for 25 years out of her total of 42 years of teaching.  After graduating from Geneseo Normal School, she had teaching experience in Boliver, N.Y., in Ridgefield Park, N.J., Hornell and Cairo, before coming to Guilford. She plans to do some traveling after retiring.