Ardsley High School - Ardsleyan Yearbook (Ardsley, NY)

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AN APPRECIATION OF WILLIAM C LAWRENCE 1860 1944 For longer than most of us can remember h1s derby hat and cane hrs daxly Journey to the school and around the village has youthful m terest m everyone s welfare hms eagerness to per form a favor has loyalty to his frlends hls vxllage hrs school and his polxtxcal party has added to the savor of Ardsley l1fe Now he s gone We can t belleve lt Wllham C Lawrence was an mstxtu tion For nearly exghty five years he had been honored by hls fellow cxtlzens agam and agam He had been President of the Vxllage of Ardsley Presldent of Ardsley Hose Company Treasurer of the School Board Attendance Officer and for the past th1rty years, Clerk of the Board of Edu catlon It must have been h1s daxly contact with the chlldren and h1s unseliish mterest m the welfare of others that kept h1m so young m Splflt and gamed hlm such a wlde clrcle of devoted frlends Not always had Fortune treated hxm kmdly but he never became emblttered or envlous. He was outspoken m hrs own convxctxons but respected the sincere opmlons of others. For the past twenty two years, his mterests were centered about the Ardsley Hlgh School w1th a prlde and loyalty so mtense that no per sonal consnderatlons could mterfere He was more than a most efficient Clerk of the Board of Edu catxon he was friend advlser and admomsher of prmcxpal pupils, parents and teachers Every entry xn has books was complete up to hxs final 1llness Hls last entnes on May 12 1944 were a lxttle shaky Wxth feeble steps he made his way home that day for he had never fully recovered from an attack of pne xmoma durmg the wmter Ten days later he passed away Beautxful Horal trxbutes expressed the sympathy of Board of Edu canon pupils teachers and PT.A to hxs wxfe and family Around the comer IS our vamshed frxend Let us keep his sp1r1t wxth us by exemphfymg ln our lxves the traits we so admxred xn hns ,fr V - .15 ' ' S I H-t 51' '4Uv . v 1 . . . . . . . Q , . , - - . , ' . . , - s 1 . v ' . . , , . . . . Q J ' , , . ' , , . y - 1 , . l 7 7 . , . , , . . . . . . . H . . . ,, 9

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5 gf- iff: rr n x MEMORI M To you who gave your llves for your country we pay tnbute We pledge ourselves anew to carry on m Ardsley High School the same spmt that you exemplified m makmg your supreme sacrlfnce T EDWARD J LYNN JR Class of 42 May 29 1944 he Qi LT KENNETH DUMONT WOOD Class of 42 January 23 1945 LT ROBERT L KAKERBE Class of 40 June 4 1944 SXSGT. ANGELO L. DELMERICO Class of 37 May 16 1944 LT. FREDERICK C. BAKER Class of 38 August 25 1944 LT. JAMES B. MACKENZIE, USNR AB SEAMAN DAVID LONGMUIR Class of '39 Class of '37 November 10, 1944 4 February 24, 1944

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Front Row Seated MRS HELEN NORRIS MR ARTHUR W SILLIMAN MRS CONSTANCE E PARSONS Second Row Seated MR WILLIAM DUKE III MISS ELEANOR DAVIS MISS VIRGINIA POLI-IEMUS MISS GERTRUDE LAUTERWASSER MISS EMILY DEMEO Thxrd Row Seated MRS FRANCES C FERGUSON Standmg Front Rzght MISS CELIA P CONKLIN MR HARLAN A THOMAS MISS MARGARET A WESP MRS ETI-IEL J FARNI-IAM Standmg Second Row Rzght MRS JEANNETTE CAMPBELL MISS FLORENCE EGBERTSON MRS LOUISE K. HATFIELD Standmg Rear MISS GRACE ROLL MISS HELEN G ROBBIE MRS EMILY A EHLER MISS ELINOR C BUELL MISS ETHEL TRYON MRS ROSA CUMMINGS MR WILLARDH MANN JR. MR CHARLES W HORENIJ Absent MISS HARRIET EDWARDS FACULTY MA Columbxa Umverslty M.A Co1umb1a UnIvers1ty B S New York Umverslty Potsdam Normal B S N 'Y State College for Teachers B S New York Umverslty M A Columbla Umverslty B S New York Un1vers1ty R N Albany Hospital B S New York Umversxty BPd New York Trammg School B A Beaver College New Paltz Normal BA Un1versIty of Calxforma MA Columbla Umversxty MA New York Umverslty BA New York Urnverslty MA New York Umverslty Potsdam Normal Ed M Harvard Umversxty MA Columbxa Unlverslty B S Cornell UI1lV8fSlty New Paltz Normal 6 Secretary Prmclpal Commerce Industrlal Arts Drawmg Commerce and Englxsh Muslc Home Economics Grade Nurse Grade Grade Begmners F1rst Grade 6 Elementary Scxence Phys1cal Educatlon Latm Spamsh Grade 3 Engllsh Llbrarlan Grade 5 Mathemat1cS Gu1dance Soclal Sc1ence Sc1ence Grade 4 . . ......... .., ' ' ...... 1 . '. fflffff ' 'ffffffffff s . ........... . ., 7 . . ,.......... Plattsburgh Normal ..........,.... Grade 2