Mrs. Teabody Greets the Day

Back row: Richard Henry, Reed Henry, Pete Henry, Raymond Henry Front row: John Henry, Sally Henry, Wendell Henry Tomorrow is Father's Day. My father passed in May of 2006 so quite a few June Sundays dedicated to honoring fathers have passed without someone on the receiving end of a funny card, a poke of RedMan, a singing bass to hang on the wall and my life is poorer for it. I grew up in a home with three brothers and three sisters, a stay-at-home mom, a work away father, and I have always known what it means to be born a Henry but it is only in my very late years that I have come to fully appreciate the great gift of my heritage. Pictured above are some of the biggest influences on my early life. This photograph was taken in 1966 at a Henry gathering in Clear Ridge, less than a mile from where the folks in the photograph grew up--the five handsome and witty uncles, the beautiful and vivacious aunt and all of them so very happy in each other's company. With them came the

English Department and Friends May 2011 Over half of Mrs. Teabody's life was spent as part of the English Department of McConnellsburg High School among the women pictured above and today we will gather to honor our departed colleague,  Mrs. Gay Wooldridge, a teacher of inestimable influence. There was always a sense of propriety mixed with bemusement about Mrs. Wooldridge, a savvy but kind demeanor that engendered her to both the principal, Mr. Chester Creager and to the superintendent, Mr. Robert Swadley. What this meant to the rest of the English Department was  a kind of built-in respect for opinions, a "hands-off-they-know-what-they're-doing" attitude that resulted in a curriculum universally agreed upon to give MHS students the best possible skills and knowledge in a planned and well-considered sequence. The focus was on reading and writing meaning almost as many hours outside the classroom correcting/grading/evaluating student work as spent in front of the c