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Edward Hinterberg
Principal
Watertown Senior High School
1955
High School principal Edward Hinterberg addresses student assembly on first day of
1955-56 school year, at which time text books were
issued.
1958
01 05 Edward Hinterberg, principal of the Watertown Senior High School, plans to retire at the end of the current school year, when he reaches retirement status. Mr. Hinterberg, who holds a Ph.D. and Ph.M. from the University of Wisconsin has been in Watertown for 34 years and will complete one of the longest terms on record as a high school principal. He came to Watertown from Highland, Iowa County, where he had been a teacher for three years before accepting the Watertown post. His first teaching position in 1916 was at a graded school at Maquah, Wis., where he was also principal. WDT
1958
07 01 Eugene Tornow, the new principal of the Watertown High School, began his duties yesterday in accordance with his contract which the Board of Education voted him some time ago. He succeeds Edward Hinterberg whose retirement went into effect yesterday. Mr. Hinterberg is now a member of the City Council and has stepped completely out of the school picture in Watertown after serving 35 years as high school principal. Mr. Tornow and his family will make their home in a residence in Willow Street. There are two sons in the Tornow family. Mr. Tornow, who is 39, is a native of Milwaukee and until he accepted the Watertown position was supervising principal of the Reeseville-Lowell High School. WDT
04 06 Edward Hinterberg, retired Watertown High School principal and at present serving as president of the city council, yesterday won a seat on the new seven-man school board for the Watertown School District which replaces the present 16-member board and which takes office on July 1. Hinterberg ran fourth in the 14-man race, with the top seven being the winners for membership on the new board. Biggest vote getter of all the candidates for school board was Theodore (Ted) Koerner, Jr. who racked up a total of 3,822 votes in the district. Second place winner was Lee A. Block, who totaled 3,201. WDT
1969
04 20 The
resignation of Edward Hinterberg from the board of
education of the Watertown Unified School District Wednesday evening closed out
nearly 45 years of public service in Watertown.
Hinterberg came to Watertown as high school
principal in 1924 and retired in 1958.
At that time he was elected to the city council
and served on that for three years. He
was its president in his last year under the city manager form of
government. In 1961 he was elected to
the Board of Education and has served on this board since then. On this board he has held the offices of vice
president, president and treasurer, each for one year. WDT
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