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Tribute honors longtime Amherst educator Fred R Powers
Friends and former students toast Fred R Powers at a 1962 This Is Your Life event marking his 50 years in education. Powers, retired superintendent and principal, was lauded for kindness, mentorship, and leadership across Amherst Schools, with remarks from colleagues, former pupils, and family. The program recalled his roles from 1911 teaching in South Amherst to 1956 retirement as superintendent, and a lasting impact including foreign languages in grammar grades.
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Amherst
Fred R. Powers
Powers
Leslie King
Adrienne Delmonte
Raymond Jones
Herst High School
South Amherst
Cyrus Everlard
Louis Hayes
Jerome Davis
West Haven
Conn
Oberlin College
Grayce Purcell
June Carter Alexander
Norwood
Bud’’ Hearn
Delaware
American Association of School Administrators
Cleveland
Carl Deeds
Clarence
Jeff’’ Gerber
Jack
Jerry Wilhelm
Wilhelms
Buckeye Buckaroos
Henson
Powlers
Deerfield
Amherst High School
Madison-on-the-Lake
Mabel Walker Saner
Lucile Eschtruth
Hilda Stauch
Myrtle Kolb
Nellie Kurtz
Joe Patterson
Rochester
N. Y
Mary Standen
Flora Ebb
Edith Ehrman
Ethel Eppley
Amherst Congregational Church
Earl Cotton
Walter G. Nord
U.S. Automatic Corp
Rotary Club
Nord
Fred Heusser
Heusser
Franklin J. Gottfried
Elyria
Shupe
Fred
William A. Smith
Smith
Beryl
Julie
Elizabeth