4 - THE DALLAS REPORTER PAGE THREE Your Board Members Today's schools face many challenges. It is your elected directors, sitting as the Board of Education, that provides the team effort in setting direction for ef- fective-action concerning education in the Dallas School District. This is the group responsible for the long-range planning necessary to keep abreast of developments in education and to stave off educational obsolescence. The Board of School Directors of the Dallas School District has developed through the years a reputation for thoroughness, fairness, and willingness to give audience to all ideas, convictions and opinions. Through its actions and ac- complishments, the Dallas Board has shown a sincere concern for those they serve and has established the image of being committed to providing quality education. ; The responsibilities for maintaining this heritage in carrying out the operation of our schools is shared by members of the Board of School Directors. So that citizens may be aware of the variety of talents and abilities, they have called on to serve our schools, the following short biographical sketches are presented: Seated left to right—Mrs. Patricia A. Gregory, Mr. Bernard M. Novicki, vice-president; Mr. Milton J. Evans, president; Mr. William F. Cutten, Mr. Garvin P. Smith. Standing—Mr. William E. Price, Mr. Ernest Ashbridge, Jr., Mr. Fred W. Dymond, Jr., Mr. Nickolas J. Sosik, assistant secretary; Attorney Ben R. Jones, III, solicitor; Dr. Linford A. WerRheiser, superintendent. Biographical Sketches . . . Mr. William F. Cutten, elected for a six-year term—1969-1975. Graduate of Deerfield Academy and Colgate University. Mr. and Mrs. Cutten are the parents of one son presently attending college. Affiliated with the Masons, Rotary, and is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Wilkes-Barre. Mr. Cutten has recently retired from business. Mr. Fred Dymond, Jr., elected for a six-year term—1969-1975. Graduate of West Pittston High School. Member of the Centermoreland United Methodist Church. Mr. Dymond operates a farm in Franklin Township and is a member of the Pennsyl- vania Vegetable Council. Mr. and Mrs. Dymond have five children. Mr. Hanford L. Eckman, elected for a six-year term—1969-1975. Attended Lock Haven High School and was graduated from Ponca City High School, Oklahoma and Purdue University. Plant manager of the Singer Company. Affiliated with the Dallas Rotary Club, G.M. Dallas Lodge and Irem Temple. Mr. and Mrs. Eckman have three children. Mr. Milton J. Evans, elected for a six- year term—1967-1973. Graduate of Kingston Township High School and University of Kentucky. Engineer with the Acme Markets, Inc., Divisional Office, Forty-Fort. Affiliated with the George M. Dallas Lodge 531 F. & A.M., Caldwell Consistory, Irem Temple, and is a member of the Shavertown United Methodist Church. Served in the U.S. Army, E.T.0. Mr. and Mrs. Evans have three children. Mr. Bernard M. Novicki, appointed in May, 1968-December, 1973 to serve an unexpired term. Graduated from Kingston Township High School. Attended King’s Point Merchant Academy, Pennsylvania State University, King’s College and Wilkes College. Affiliated with the Holy Name Society of St. Therese’s Church, Tatra Club of Wilkes-Barre, and Knights of Columbus. Served in the Merchant Marines, U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marines. Owns and operates the Comfort Coal and Fuel Company. Mr. and Mrs. Novicki are the parents of three children. Mr. Garvin P. Smith, appointed in May, 1968-1973 to serve an unexpired term. affiliated with the Kiwanis Club and is a member of the Alderson United Methodist Church. Mr. Smith has recently retired as 12 Patricia A. Gregory builder representative with the Penn- sylvania Gas & Water Company. He has served in the U.S. Army. Mr. Smith has one son. Mr. Ernest Ashbridge, Jr., elected for a six-year term—1971-1977. Graduated from Shickshinny High School and Wilkes College. Affliated with the Landmark Lodge 442, Bloomsburg Consistory, and Irem Temple. Vice-president of the Hanover National Bank of Wilkes-Barre. Served in the U.S. Navy. Mr. and Mrs. Ashbridge have two children. Mr. William E. Price, elected for a six- year term—1971-1977. Graduated from Lake-Lehman High School and holds a B.S. M.A. degree from the University of Scranton. He is a Ph.D. candidate with the State University of Ohio. Affiliated with the Operating Committee of W.S.A.V.T.A., serves on the Board of Directors for the Intermediate Unit 18, member of the American Historical Association Organization of American Histories, Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, and is a member of the Shaver- town United Methodist Church. He is presently employed as assistant professor of history at King’s College. Mr. and Mrs. Price have two children. Mrs. Patricia A. Gregory, elected for a six-year term—1971-1977. Graduated from Kingston Township High School and Bradford Beauty Academy. Affiliated with the Ladies Auxiliary of the Trucksville Volunteer Fire Company, president of the Back Mountain Republican Women’s Club, vice-president of the Westmoreland P.T.A. as well as a member of the Trucksville P.T.A. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory have three children. The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania states that the General Assembly will provide for a system of public schools. The General Assembly’s Free School Act of 1834 created school districts and school boards to carry out the Constitutional mandate. The authority of board members is as a state officer as delegated by the Pennsylvania Legislature. Each member of the Board of School Directors is elected locally, yet serves as an officer of the Commonwealth. The LEGISLATURE of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania authorizes the Department of Education and the State Board of Education to operate, pass school laws, and provide funds for operation. The STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION adopts the general policies and principals necessary to operate education in the state and sets the standards and regulations governing education in Pennsylvania: The PENNSYLVANIA DEPART- MENT OF EDUCATION administers the school laws and ap- portions funds to schools according to directions from the Legislature. The LOCAL BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS are charged with fulfilling the legal responsibility to construct and to operate schools within the guidelines established by the State. The Board has the responsibility to determine local desires and needs for education. In this way, policies for local school districts can be developed in light of local circumstances. Each director is elected to provide education for all children of the community irv the name of the Commonwealth. The director is obligated to consider local interests providing the form of education that can be most effective, but as a State Office, not as a local representative.
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