History High-lights School 44

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Star Mon. Oct. 9, 1967

Phillip C. Tetrick Dies; Public School Principal

Phillip C. Tetrick, 40 years old, 2285 Wynnedale Road, principal on leave of absence of Riverside Public School 44, died yesterday in Methodist Hospital.

A native of Muncie, he had lived in Greensburg most of this life until moving to Whitestown in 1960. He had resided in Indianapolis since 1965.

MR. TETRICK began teaching at Riverside School, 2033 Sugar Grove Avenue, in 1950 and was named vice-principal in 1960. He became principal in 1964 and took a leave of absence this fall after becoming ill last February.

A graduate of Hanover College in 1949, he received his master's degree from Butler University in 1951. He was a member of Whitestown Methodist Church, Indianapolis Educational Association, Indiana State Teachers Association, National Educational Assoication and the state and national Principals' associations. He was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity.

FUNERAL services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Flanner and Buchanan Fall Creek Mortuary. Graveside rites will be held in Oak Hill Cemetery at Lebanon at 4:30 p.m.

Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Anita R. Tetrick, assistant director of nursing at the Indiana University Medical Center; stepmother Mrs. Meta Tetrick of Indianapolis, and two sisters, Mrs. Harold Ruddell of Indianapolis and Mrs. James Martin of Greensburg.

Friends may call at the mortuary after 7 p.m. today.

[Separate annoucement also attached]

TETRICK

Mr. Phillip C. Tetrick, 2285 Wynnedale Road, husband of Mrs. Anita Rogers Tetrick, brother of Mrs. Harold Ruddell and Mrs. James Martin, step-son of Mrs. Meta Tetrick, passed away Sunday. Funeral Wednesday afternoon 3 o'clock FLANNER AND BUCHANAN FALL CREEK MORTUARY. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Monday.

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PTA To Honor New Principal

The Parent-Teacher Association of Public School 44 will hold a reception Sunday for the school's new principal, Mrs. Estelle R. Relford.

The reception will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the school auditorium, 2033 Sugar Grove Avenue.

Mrs. Relford, formerly School 44 vice-principal, was promoted to succeed Phillip C. Tetrick, who died last October.

[handwritten] Star

March 28, 1868

[Newspaper article}

School 44 salutes new principal Estelle Relford at reception

The Recorder Sat. April 6, 1969

The PTA of School 44 held a reception in the school auditorium on Sunday, March 31, as a salute to its new principal, Mrs. Estelle R. Relford.

In the receiving line were Mrs. Richard Wills, PTA president; William E. Wilson, assistant principal; Mrs. William E. Wilson, Mrs. Mahalla R. Moore, sister of Mrs. Relford; Mrs. Maude Flack, aunt of Mrs. Relford; Karl R. Kalp, assistant superintendent; Mrs. Phillip C. Tetrick, John T. Phillips, assistant principal; Mrs. John T. Phillips, and Mrs. Frances Groves, junior high art teacher and general chairman.

Honored guest at the reception was Mayor Richard Lugar. Out-of-town guests were cousins of Mrs. Relford, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar L. Ballenger and daughter from Chicago, Ill.

Representing the Central School Office in addition to Mr. Kalp were assisstant superintentent Dr. Russell A. Lane, and Messrs. Harry A. Radliffe, Charles DeBow, Walter Bean, and Jesse Babb.

The beautifully decorated auditorium was transformed into a gala flower garden with spring flowers in full bloom all around the walls. The poses were cut out of colored paper by the students of the school under the direction of Mrs. Groves.

In addition live plants and bouquets, sent by schools and friends, adorned the tables, stage and piano. Upon entering the auditorium one was greeted by a large pencil sketching of Mrs. Relford on the stage, over which was a flower decoration inscribed: 'We Salute Our New Principal, Mrs. Estelle Relford.' Assissting Mrs. Groves in the stage decorations and auditorium was Mrs. Edward Benson, PTA hospitality chairman.

Mrs. Relford wore an orchid corsage presented to her by the PTA, as were the yellow chrysanthemum corsages worn by others in the receiving line and the hostesses.

Continuous music for the occasion was furnished by staff member: Miss Ivalue Robinson concert harpist and pianist; David Hardiman, director of the school's instrumental music; Mrs. Barbara Woodard, junior high music teacher, and Dr. Roscoe Polin, renown pianist.

Dainty refreshments were served on an elaborately decorated table done by Mrs. Irwin Canady Sr. and Mrs. Clara Steward who also were the two charming hostesses serving at the punch table.

Members of the faculty and parents alternated serving as hostesses in the auditorium. Teachers serving as hostesses were Mmes. Mary Wieghard, Edith Fields, Maxine Johnson, Rena Rumple, and Ethel Bannister.

Parents were Mmes. Howard Gupton, Charles McIntyre James Hewlett, Blanche Krause, Donald Massey, and Helen Riding.

Internal photographing was conducted by Irwin M. Canady, staff manager for Mammoth Life Insurance Company, and Edward Dunston, sixth grade teacher.

Mrs. Relford is a product of the Indianapolis Public Schools with a B.S. and M.A. from Butler University. She also did graduate work at Columbia University. She was the recipient of the Gregg Scholarshop and Freedom Foundation Award during her teaching career. She comes from a long line of school administrators and teachers. Her grandmother, Mrs. Ella Meriwether, was a former teacher of renown as were her mother, Mrs. Rosa Meriwether Roberts, and four aunts, one of which is Mrs. Maude Flack, retired principal of School 56.

Mrs. Relford, former School 44 vice-principal, was promoted to the post of principalship left vacant last October, 1967, by the untimely death of the former principal, Phillip C. Tetrick.

As a tribute to Mr. Tetrick and the school faculty she states: 'Happily it has been my good fortune to inherit a strong PTA and a working staff of administrators and teachers so thoroughly competent, cooperative, and so dedicated to the profession that it is a pleasure to work with them.'

Mrs. Relford's administrative position is a joy to her as she loves people and possesses an inborn devotion to children. She treasurers the years that she has shared with and sought a way that she might bring to girls and boys a true and earnest purpose for their lives each day and instill in them a hope, a vision and a higher horizon.

[Photo of adults posed in a row, embedded in the text, with caption:] IN THE receiving line at an elaborate reception given in honor of Mrs. Estelle Relford, principal of School 44, (sixth from left) were Mrs. Richard Wills, PTA president; John T. Phillips, Mrs. Betty Phillips, Mrs. Frances Groves, art teacher; Mrs. Anita C. Tetrick, Karl L. Kalp, Mrs. Maude Flack, Mrs. Mahalla Moore, Mrs. Sara Wilson, and William Wilson. (Recorder photo by George P. Stewart II).