Barker Central High School - Latrator Yearbook (Barker, NY)

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16 NON-STOP FLIGHT ln September, 1937, a group of energetic, high-spirited freshmen arrived at the Barker Central take off field to board the airplane Flagship Education . For eight long years we had been working hard to get to the field and at last we were ready for the take OH for our first stop- Commencement . With Miss Miriam Hample as pilot, we elected Claude Raymond as president, Mark Huntington as vice-presi- dent, Claire Frost as secretary and Charles Bateman as treasurer. We composed a class song, adopted Upward and Ever Onward as our motto and purchased a green and white banner to represent a flag on our flagship. In our sophomore year we really got off the ground. With the same president, vice-president and secretary, we made Mary Louise Russell our treasurer, Robert Reid and Harold Mang our cheerleaders, Helen Bowers our song-leader, and Miss Mary E. Swan took over the piloting. WVe purchased a new banner with the pic- ture of the new building on it and invited our parents to be with us on March 30th for our Sophomore assembly program. In our junior year it seemed that we were really up in the air, but we were still a long way from our goal. We elected Mark Huntington, president, Florence Haight, vice-president, Helen Bowers, secretary, Mary Lou Russell, treasurer, Robert Met- calf, cheerleader, and took on Miss Eleanor B. Hill as co-pilot. On Saturday morning, january 27th, a group of classmates rolled up their sleeves, determined to change the gymnasium into a nicely decorated dance hall. After the wires were strung we hung up multiple colored crepe paper and balloons and by late that afternoon, the gym looked like a dazzling rainbow. That night in our rainbow ballroom, we staged our junior Prom, with music furnished by the Century Orchestra from Buffalo. The crowd was large and everyone present thor- oughly enjoyed himself. The first week in May found the juniors tramping about twenty miles around Barker and Somerset after the flag, hidden by the seniors. We finally found the flag and ended our enjoyable but aching Flag Rush, at the lake, guests at a hot dog and hamburger roast given by the seniors. On May 18th we entertained the seniors at the annual junior-Senior Banquet held at Hotel Lox-Plaza in Lockport. Nearing our goal, we entered the senior class and elected Mark Huntington, president, Cordon' Gardner, vice-president, Claire Frost, recording secretary, Helen Bowers, corresponding secretary, Margaret Brown, treasurer, Amy Cillmeister, candy treasurer, Claude Raymond and Arthur Porter, cheerleaders. From the profits of our Senior play, l'Headed for Eden , given on October 19, and our stationery contest, we helped with the purchase of our senior rings. Every member of the class volunteered his aid to make the Northwestern New York Music Festival held here on April 4 and 5 a complete success. We took ad- vantage of this opportunity to sell candy, patriotic pencils, festival banners, and Barker Central School post cards. We were rather tired at the end of the two days but we were proud to have been able to contribute our services to make the festival the success that it was. Through our last four years we have all enjoyed our work and play and now that Commencement is so near at hand, we are really sorry that we are soon to shake hands, leave our Alma Mater, and mingle in the activities of this wide, fast- moving world. May we, as we part, face our new tasks with renewed enthusiasm and reach our new goal with honors, equal to, if not surpassing, those gained in our first non-stop flight. May we put into practice the words of our motto: Upward and ever onward. The members of the '4Class of l941,' wish to thank Mr. Pratt, Miss Swan, Miss Hill, the other members of the faculty, our parents and numerous friends for the help, advice and all-around support shown us during our years in dear old B. C. S.