Clinton Central High School - Clintonian Yearbook (Clinton, NY)

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100 1942 CLINTON IAN I l Class History To all members of the class of 1942 this is a twice told tale to you, but to our friends it is something new. So, dear readers, who would like a glimpse at this diary kept by our class during four' years of high school, we present it to you as it was written. September, 1938-School began! One hundred and one freshmen, attempting to maintain the reputation of former fresh- men classes, filed into the auditorium. How queer to start our high school car- eer after two years of comparatively easy work! Oh welll All things must have a beginning! Svpfrlniber, 1938-Elected class offi- cers. Bill Hooson was chosen president and Nick Ordon, vice-president. Mavis Daws is our secretary and Ray Restle is handling our finances. Our class is cer- tainly well represented. We'll be start- ing some activities pretty soon--we hope. Oh, forgot to say that Allan Risley is on the student council-class representative. Orfober, 1938-Halloween and a par- ty! Two very distinguished guests were there-Martha VVashington and a sheik. Mary Rose Glover, as Martha. won the prize for the most beautiful costume. Nowmber, 1938-Being a member of the varsity football team in the freshman year is a dream to most fellows but Bill Hooson and Ad Bird made it. Isn't that wonderful? Basketball will be starting pretty soon and we hope somebody from our class will be good enough to get on the team. Time will tell. Oh yes, Nella Kilbourn and Bernice Hemming are cheering our teams to victory. They're varsity cheerleaders. December, 1938-Girls' Sport Club was organized. That's something new in Clinton. Wonder how it will progress? There haven't been many girls in sports before but we seem to have an awfully lot of our female class members playing hockey, softball and basketball. We cer- tainly are ambitious! December, 1938-Ad Bird and Bill Hooson made another varsity squad- basketball! jumbo Abaied is manager, too. January, 1939-Everyone is too busy with midyears to think about anything else. Nothing happening. February, 1939-Wish something would happen. Nothing to do is making us dull and restless. Mizrch, 1939-SOII1Ctl'1lI1g did happen -Tower Club productions and Prize Speaking contest. The Kelly Kid with Kathleen Phillips and Breakfast with Bernice Hemming and Adro Acee par- ticipating from our class were presented. Fifi Morgan' certainly deserved that first prize! She told about Tom Saw- yer's Love Affair . Bet she'll give it in assembly some day. April, 1939-The funniest thing hap- pened! We went on a picnic to Dawes' Grove and it was so warm Allan Risley took his shirt off and laid it on the fence. When he came back for it. nothing was in sight. No wonder-a hungry cow ate it. Yes, a cow really did eat it-we found two little plaid strips of cloth hanging from its mouth. llflay, 1939--Everything is progressing normally. Teachers are talking about regents-already !

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30 1942 CLINTUNIAN qw, a Seated-Restle, Hooson, J. Schilling, Capt. P. Schilling, Hyde, O. Burns, Lorenz: second row-Blake, Mair, Slazik, R. Burns, J. Burns, Foote, M. Overrockerg third row-Neenan, Fox, R. Schuck, Peckham, Asmer, Guido. Baseball The 1942 edition of the Clinton baseball team appears to be headed for an- other excellent season. Loaded with power. pitching and fielding skill, the team has started out by easily beating all its opposition. Playing R. F. A. and St. Francis, two major opponents, the team had no trouble at all in subduing them. One of the reasons for the team's success is its strong pitching staff. Smokey Asmer, Ray Restle and Jim Lorenz can all be called on to pitch games that will make the opponents green with envy. The infield with John Schilling at third, Fido Hyde at short, Ray Restle at second and Owney Burns at first are all fielding stars as well as being dangerous with the bat. The outfield is steadied by the excellent play of Bill Hooson and the aggressive play of Dick Burns and Bill Fox. If the team does not get over confident it should coast in without a defeat. The player that has the key on the team is Captain Paul Schilling. XVith his excellent play and steadying qualities the team can't fail. Q'

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32 l 1942 CLINTONIAN Jzmv, 1939-Regents are over and our first year of high school has ended. See you in September C. H. S.l September, 1939-Our second year be- gins. Hel-en Gates and Pauline Bonneau aren't here, though. They moved and we certainly miss them. Two new young fellows have joined the class. Their nam-es are David Newton and Claire Palmer. Bill Hooson has been re-elected president and Paul Schilling is our new vice-president. Marie Churchill is tak- ing over the secretarial duties and Ray Restle continues as treasurer. Kathleen Phillips is student council representative. Orfobcgr, 1939-VVhat a riot! Mr. Kar- in directe-d our sophomore assembly and three-quarters of the class cooperated to make it a success. It really was good and everyone enjoyed it. Nozwizbvr, 1939-Nothing important happened. Seems as though the sopho- more year is quite an uneventful part of high school. Oh well, there will be plenty to do next year and the year after. DCCPl1'1bFl',, 1939-Mdjl, 1940-All the teams seem to be doing quite well. Our members are doing their part to bring honor to C. H. S. func, 1940-How quickly this year passed! Seems as though we just start- ed. But here we are-another year end- ed and half our high school career over. September, IQ4O-C. H. S. greeted us again and so far our class is mighty im- portant. The prom comes in this year and we've got to have some good class officers. They have always been well chosen and this year should be no ex- ception. November, 1940-Class officers were elected but, dear diary, we haven't told you yet. Well, Ben NVilliams is presi- dent and Claire Palmer, vice-president. Marie Churchill is secretary again and John Gaffney is the treasurer. Did you know that we have seven class members on the student council? Imagine that! We're quite well represented, too. December, 1940-Hurrah! for the juniorsa Yes, everyone should say that. VVe were figuring up the number of our class that are in the various sports and musical organizations. There are seven- teen of our members in Orchestra, twenty-four in Chorus and twelve in Band. The football team has four of our m-embers and most of our girls are play- ing hockey, softball and soccer. VVe're really doing very well. January, 1941-What high scores the team is gaining in basketball! We have a few class members on the team. No wonder it's good. We've begun decora- tions for the prom. The idea is superb! February, I9.f,lI-DT'3.H13 Day was held and we came back with two big honors. Rebecca Keith won the cup for First prize and Fifi Morgan won honorable men- tion. Marflz, 1941-Discovered more talent- ed actors and actresses in the two plays given by the Tower Club. Feudin' In The Hills and The Bad Penny were a success. Joyce Thomas joined us but left so soon we really didn't get a chance to know her. Now we're rushing around to get things done for the great event- the prom. April, 1941-VVell, it's over and it was a success. The beautiful decorations at the prom-that's all they're talking about. The theme was the circus and there were trapezemen, lions, tigers, tightrope walk- ers and everything else that is exciting at a circus. VVe can start thinking about other things now that the prom is over. Miss Hawley was the main factor in the beatiful decorations. She furnished the ideas and the artistic talent. IQ:-9