Clifton Springs High School - Cliftonian Yearbook (Clifton Springs, NY)

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CLASS ALPHABET Is for Arlene, who does not own a car, In coming to school, she walked very far. Ls for Blanche, a quiet young miss, For Bloser. for Barker, always in their bliss. CIs for Converse. Harland or •‘Skip, In his old jallopy” he took many a trip. DIs for Durkee, nick-named “3ang,” Who’s just another one of the gang. Els for Evening, well loved by BeHy, When all except ‘Butch seems very petty. FIs for Francis, of which we have two, Also for “Freddie.” whom we all knew. GIs for Garney, who far from us did roam. And also for Gougeon, who wrote our class poem. His for Hall, who is quite the Don Juan, And also for Harold, who plays on the drum. I Is for Institution, which we love with all our might, For our Alma Matei, we’d put up quite a fight. JI.s for the Juke-box we played at the “Greek’s,” We spent enough money to have it for keeps. KIs for Knauss, who is popular with all, For this cheery lass, many a boy did fall. Is for Lillian, who has beautiful tresses. ] Is for Maker, who at art is flush, 'I And also for Martin, who really can blush. NIs for Nonsense that we have given up for fair. In solving life’s problems we’ll assume a graver air. O Is for Optimism, which does with us prevail. With us as directors. America cannot fail. Pis for “Pete, an unusual lad, He rejected all the women he might have had. QIs for Quality, we have our share, When it comes to quantity, it isn’t rare. RIs for Reticence, with which we never were acquainted. If we had been quiet, our teachers would have fainted. S T U V Is for Shirley who’s nick-name is “Mac,” In feminine appeal she doesn’t lack. Is for our twins, Dick” and Dot,” They favor each other, and we like them a lot. Is for you, when you are far from home. As you reminisce, we hope you like our poem. Ls for Vincent, who always came late, He needed his sleep, all else could wait. Ai Is lor Walker, who can play basketball, w™ For Walters, for Wells, good classmates all. XIs for excuse we handed in each day, Always in earnest, never foul play. YIs for the Y” where we spent many a happy hour. We met all our friends, and romance did flower. ZIs for Zed, which to all means the end, Though at the crossroads, we can’t see beyond the bend.

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CLASS WILL To Mr. Gazlay we leave a No. 17 coupon so that he may purchase a new pair of crepe-soled shoes. To the Faculty ... we leave!!!! Won’t they be glad (?). To our immediate successors, the Juniors, we leave our place as seniors with the sincere hope that they have fewer trials than we. To the Sophomore Class we leave the promise of a weekly Saturday night dance; and to Lee Kutz, an English translation of Cicero to insure him an “A grade in Latin. To the Freshman Class we leave 99 bushels of carrots. and a composition prepared by Martin Gruschow on 100 Easy Ways to Keep Quiet.” To Mr. Rowles we leave a carton of pink slips, and an understudy in case he should have a nervous breakdown. To Miss Howard and Miss Damon we leave two large scrapbooks to enable them to keep the many tardy slips” which they receive during their first period classes. We know that they’ll wish to keep these in memory of their students. To Magee” Loughran we leave Bill Sheehan’s calm and collected air on the basketball floor. To Margie Ford we leave Baldy” Goodman’s ability as a drummer and his place in the Jazz” band. To Roddy” Gifford we leave Harold Wells’ No. 12 shoes, and his position at the C. S. Sanitarium. To Jean Driscoll we leave Shirley MacDonald’s ability to come and go as she pleases, and her charming air. To Harm Parmerter we leave Wade Walker’s enthusiasm for conducting informal arguments in class. To Marilyn VandeVoorde we leave Mickey” La-presi's indifference to his school work; to Lucille Collins. Rita Lindner, and Fred Hand we leave Mickey’s ability to be seen, but not heard. To Robert O’Connell we leave “Lloyd” Lindner’s trig” book and an alarm clock to wake him up mornings. To the Music Department we leave Vincent La-presi’s song hit, Mr. Five by Five,” which has made History. Arlene White leaves her extensive vocabulary to Bill” Mattoon. and her height to Scottie” Keen. Betty Weeks leaves her place in Butch’s” heart to anyone who can get it. We leave Dot Lindner’s pleasing personality to Dottie, Bill and June Lannon. We leave Harland Converse’s taxi” to the girls who live on West Hill, and his moustache to Richard Ver- bridge. To Ellie Weld we leave Martin Gruschow’s modesty. reticence, and ability to blush. To Betsy Crawford we leave Alice Barker's success with house parties and tall men. To all future holders of that distinguished title, president of the senior class, we leave Wilbur Durkee’s ability in oratory, in skipping class, and in dragging his classmates into every pitfall. To Pat Macllroy we leave Bunny” Knauss’ place as most popular girl. 4 To the members of the F. F. A. we leave Charles Converse’s world-wide success with the Deere” Motors. which he never did stop talking about. To “LIT Audrey Weeks we leave Blanche Gale’s ability to find a man and keep him. To Scottie Keen we leave Catherine Maker’s hair ribbons, and her bright yellow nail polish. To the biology class we leave 4,444 rabbits which are donated by Freddie Gifford for scientific research. These are all direct descendants of the Chinchilla rabbit Francis Fox left him ONLY two years ago. (War production.) To Violet Roll we leave Lillian Landuyt’s versatility. her co-operative spirit, and her beautiful blonde hair. To Betty Rozelle we leave Harold Bloser’s pamphlet 100 Excuses (and How They Always Fail to Work).” Pete Lindner leaves to the Fat Men’s Club of Clifton Springs a book entitled The Girth Shaper.” To Graydon Williams we leave Richard Lindner's girls until “Dick comes back to claim them. To Lee Kutz we leave Ralph Hall’s style of slick dressing and his wavy blonde hair. Harold Wells and Leo Gougeon leave Marjorie Taylor to Ralphie” Adams. To Shirley Reed we leave Theresa Walters’ ability to lure men into her life. Pat, beware!!” To the annals of speed we leave Tom Garney’s record run between Newark, Waterloo, and Clifton Springs.

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CLASS PROPHECY ======= RADIO FLASH Place: Waldorf Astorio, New York City. Time: June 23, 1953: 7 o’clock. News Commentator: “Freddie” Gifford Ucod evening, radio audience: Members oi tne graduating class of the Clifton Springs Central School are gathered to hold their tenth annual meeting. Althougn all members of this unusual class have become famous Americans, they leave their important tasks once a year to see their former classmates and Iriends. Many of the people arriving were pleasantly surprised to find the Waldorf, itself, under the excellent management of Leo Gougeon. Leo, whose book of poetry, “Sonnets to Marjorie,” won him world-wide recognition in 1950. 'I he guests are graced tonight by the company of Harold Goodman, whose band is playing on this gala occasion. Harold is now more famous tnan Gene Krupa. Francis Lapresi, who is now the most famous American artist, escorted one of his universally known Mickey” models. Mr. Lapresi’s outstanding work with tne palette has been on the subject of American types— blondes, redheads, and brunettes. Hetty Smith, the former Betty Weeks, and her husoand. Gordon, were seen arriving with little Betty (age nine) and little Butchie” (age two). Little Betty has taken Shirley Temple’s place in the motion picture industry. Her performances have delighted movie lovers to the extent that her parents have long retired and do nothing but manage her affairs. Francis Lindner is no longer referred to as Lloyd,” but as Francois. He manages the most elite beauty salon in New York City. His flattery is so subtle, so utterly convincing, that women appear again and again no matter how hopeless the case may be. The handsome, suave, Richard Lindner, who is playing currently in the new Broadway hit, “I Love to Laugh.” is in the company of his leading lady, the glamorous, beautiful, Lillian Landuyt, who has kept New York happy with her unceasing wit. Catherine Maker, famous for her Vogue fashion plates, was seen convening with Arlene White, who for some time has modeled What the Short Women Should Wear togs. Her success is so great that tall men no longer lcok down on her. but up to her. Well, look who’s just arrived—Yes. it’s Shirley MacDonald and Alice Barker. Shirley supplies Hollywood with all the current gossip through her column, Digs, which is published in the Movie Mirror.” Alice, heiress to the Clifton Springs Sanitarium millions, is scintillating in the priceless jewels presented to her bv her friend, the Maharajah Zulu-Aberjai of India, who was formerly Vincent Lapresi of Clifton Springs. And who are these two distinguished men conducting an informal argument? Why, it’s Harland Converse and Harold Bloser! Harold owns the American Airlines and is the proud possessor of millions. Oftentimes, he pilots one of his huge transports across the country as he still has a little boy’s enthusiasm for planes. Harland, an influential commentator in the news world, does not agree with Harold that women should pilot Aerocabs. He contends that women taxi pilots are a menace to pedestrians and to civilization in general. Girls, don’t stare so! That very handsome gentleman you are gazing upon is not Tyrone Power nor Clark Gable, but Wilbur Durkee. Wilbur is now the Ambassador to the Court of St. James. We’re told that whenever the British will not agree with our plans, he settles it by bang-banging. (He learned this art while still a member of Clifton Springs Central School.) Wade Walker and Ralph Hall are discussing present day problems, but stopped long enough to inform me that Wade, after having been All American, has just accepted the offer of Manager of the Madison Square Garden Fights. Ralph is the sheik of Hollywood. Young women are stunned by his charms and frantically pursue him in the hope that he might give them one “itsy-bitsy smile but he remains as aloof, as unaffected, and as dignified as ever before. Blanche Gale, who has been on the road under the sponsorship of the Metropolitan Opera House, is present tonight with her daughter, little Mary Jane Burke. The lovely, refined, prematurely gray, Dr. Dorothy Lindner, now the foremost American pathologist Is present tonight. She is with her admirer and colleague. Dr. Harold Wells, who has recently discovered that intense thought (or study) results in the degeneration of animal tissues. (The nucleus of this idea came to him when he was in high school.) The famous athlete, Paul Lindner, formerly pitcher of the Yankees,” has accepted the managership of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Paul, as you remember, got his inspiration for this when he served as calisthenic director in “Uncle Sam’s Army. The much loved Bernice Knauss O’Coyne (no longer called Bunny” except by very few) is to be with us tonight, but only for a few moments. She is now director of the O’Coyne Symphony Orchestra which plays a new “0th Century brand of music, “symphonic swing. So popular is her music that the King and Queen of England and the President of the United States are to be her special guests when she goes on the air at 8:15 tonight. The newly-appointed Secretary of Agriculture. Martin Gruschow. together with Theresa Walters, whom he met on the train, is the last guest to arrive. Theresa, one of Washington’s glamour girls, is assistant to General Arnold of the Army Air Force. Now that the members of the class of ’43 are all together again, we find that Father Time has been good to the class. Some of the girls really are beauties, some of the boys have acquired that middle age middle, and many have acquired those little tykes that make home life so pleasant. The festivities are about to begin so I must sign off to take part. This is your old Clifton Springs Sulphur Voice. Freddie Gifford, bidding vou a oleas-ant good night. J p