A photograph from the dedication program for the opening of the Gratz–Lykens Township Elementary School, North Center Street, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 29 April 1962. The dedication service was held in the Multi-Purpose Room of the new school building at 2:00 p.m.
The program included the names of the various committees and boards involved in the construction; the names of the contractors, legal counsel, architects, bankers, and administration, faculty and staff of the school; a floor plan of the school; and some data on the building and the costs of its construction.
The names of the committees and boards:
Gratz-Lykens Township School Board
Executive Committee: Darwin R. Williard, president; Gilbert C. Koppenhaver, vice president; Dr. Arthur A. Horn, secretary; Albert R. Reed, treasurer; Clair E. Troy, supervising principal.
Gratz Borough: John H. Miller, president; Naldy Leitzel, vice president; Gilbert C. Koppenhaver, treasurer; Russell A. Hoffman, member; Dr. Arthur A. Horn, member; George F. Klinger, non-member, secretary.
Lykens Township: Clair A. Hartman, president; Albert R. Reed, vice president; Darwin R. Williard, secretary; M. A. Shade, member; William M. Straub, member; Ray P. Zimmerman, non-member, treasurer.
Upper Dauphin Elementary School Authority: Carl Sitlinger, chairman; Guy W. Rothermel, vice chairman; Ray P. Leitzel, secretary; Ward Roadcap Jr., treasurer; John E. Troutman, assistant secretary-treasurer.
The names of the contractors, etc:
Contractors: H. B. Alexander & Sons, general contractor; Lee Kauffman, plumbing; Frances R. Mummert, Inc., heating; E. C. Ernst, Inc., electrical.
Legal Counsel: Rhoads, Simon and Reader, bond counsel;Allen Shaffer, Esquire, solicitor.
Architect: The Firm of Edmund George Good Jr.
BankersL Rambo, Close and Kerner, inc.
Administration: Clair E. Troy, supervising principal; Lynn H. Kitzmiller, high school principal.
Faculty: Mae E. Bogar; Edna R. Hoffman; Mae C. Hoffman; Alma E. Maurer; Nora K. Otto; Harry M. Unger.
Cafeteria Personnel: Irene Reed; Anna Hartman.
Custorian: Park Ferree.
The dedication program included the following:
Music: Upper Dauphin Rhythmaires, Herman H. Helwig, Director.
Invocation: Rev. W. Z. Artz, Pastor, Simeon’s Lutheran Church.
Welcome: Darwin R. Williard, president, Gratz–Lykens Township Joint School Board.
Presentation of Building: Glenn Patterson, contractor (H. B. Alexander and Sons); Edmund George Good Jr., architect; Carl Sitlinger, chairman, Joint School Authority; Dr. Arthur A. Horn, president of Upper Dauphin Joint School District; Clair E. Troy, supervising principal, Upper Dauphin Joint Schools.
Dedicatory Address: Dr. Clyde E. Klinger, director, Bureau of School Buildings, Department of Public Instruction.
Benediction: Rev. J. Wilson Harner, pastor, Sacramento Lutheran Parish.
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