Helen Emerson Hayford

Background

Hayford, Helen Emerson was born on August 17, 1912 in Groveton, New Hampshire, United States. Daughter of Wesley Ormsby Emerson and Mary Adelaide (Hight) Wilson.

Education

Studied voice with Stephen Townsend, Boston University, 1934-1935; Bachelor of Science in Education, Boston University, 1935; Master of Arts French School, Middlebury (Vermont) College, 1965.

Career

Teacher 4th grade, Lyndonville, Vermont, 1933-1934; rural teacher 1st-8th grades, Burke, Vermont, 1935-1936; subordinate teacher English,, Milburn (New Jersey) H.S., 1943; teacher French,, Burr & Burton Seminary, Manchester, Vermont, 1944-1948; teacher 4th-8th grades, East Barnet School Sys., Barnet, Vermont, 1949-1950; teacher 4th-8th grades, Passumpsic School Sys., Barnet, Vermont, 1950-1954; teacher social studies, mathematics, French, Latin, Orleans H.S., Vermont, 1954-1964; head department foreign languages, South Burlington (Vermont) High & Middle Schools, 1963-1972. Guest lecturer department English, U. Vermont, 1996-1997.

Achievements

• Helen Emerson Hayford has been listed as a noteworthy elementary and secondary educator, publisher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Secretary Parent-Teachers Association, Manchester, 1945-1947. President Women's Club, Plainfield, Vermont, 1940. Soloist community and church choirs, Vermont, 1948-1954, 73-90.

Board directors Jones Library., Orleans, 1964. Member Vermont Retired Teachers Association, Chittenden County Retired Teachers Association.

Connections

Married James Hight Hayford, April 12, 1936 (deceased June 1993). 1 child, James Hight Junior. Married James Hayford.

Father:

Wesley Ormsby Emerson Wilson

Mother:

Mary Adelaide (Hight) Wilson

Spouse:

James Hayford.

Spouse:

James Hight Hayford

child:

James Hight Junior Hayford