Dolgeville High School - Slippertonian Yearbook (Dolgeville, NY)

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Maloreftes THEIR DREAMS CAME TRUE Cwo be an official D.c.s. majorette is an achieve ment many girls dream of, but few realize. These high stepping girls were the ones whose dreams came true in D.C.fS. this year. With Helen Lee as their leader, our majorettes have made a fine showing, whether marching in front of our smartly uniformed band or giving an exhibition of twirl- ing at concerts. Throughout the year, these girls have ng'- added greatly to the sparkle Row 1: A. Calderazzo, A. Alling, O. Ackles, E. Jaroskenski. and eye appeal of our band. Row Z: R. Stewart, S. Goodrich, V. Lee, H. Lee, Captain. 1953 54 should offer a splendid opportunity for all young twirlers looking forward to becoming majorettes since many of the present members will be graduating in June Brass Choir Row 1 Donald DeMarc0 Everett Fical George Randall Row Z Keith Metzler Row 3 Marie Eaker Cornelius Noonan Charles Hall Spofford SAM CAMARDELLO Clarinet Sexfet BANDMASTER Maureen Darling David DeMarco Betty Gray Gary Jones Charlene Miller Jean Eaker if Douglas Harper, Beatrice 1' fl -pgn 5 5 mx 35

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A Alllng O Ackles J' Carroll R Daley R Daley M Darl1ng D DeMarco D DeMarco C Dolge C Doucette J Eaker M Eaker T Fehlner E F1Cal B Gray C Hall D Harper J Hewltt E Homrlghaus G Jones S Kelsel G Klock F Knoph D MacArthur K Metzler M M16lCaTSk1 C M1llard C Mlller R Mol1nar0 C Noonan G Randall B Spofford J Spofford R Trumbull L Z1mrnerman A Zlpp H Lee Drum Majorette Band Receives New Uniforms ECAUSE of the many outstand1ng qual1t1es of our band we feel lt has earned specxal coverage 1n the 1954 SLIPPERTONIAN The smart new umforms the growth of the .Tumor Band the ensembles and the1r amaz1ng progress but above all the Splrlt and co0perat1on of the band ltself makes th1s organ1zat1on one of Wh1Ch we are very proud For the f1rst tlme 1n the hlstory of man our band has complete and very handsome new unlforms 1n the school colors of blue and whxte Mater 1n appearance as well as through 1ts h1gh1y Sp1Ced and sp1r1ted mus1c Prepar1ng for serv1ce 1n the umformed band are the members of the J'un1or Band a group of some 20 younger musxclans who are worklng to adjust themselves to play1ng w1th a large group They should be well tramed and seasoned play ers when they graduate 1nto membersh1p 1n the Senlor Band One thlng we part1cular1y X hke about our band 15 1ts ab1l1ty to play every th1ng from Sousa marches to Strauss waltzes from Gershw1n to Bach all w1th a prec1s1on and acareful regard to 1nterpretat1on that 1S a trlbute to the bandmaster Th1s mus1c has been enjoyed at the P T A the Arner1can Leg1on at schoolcon certs parades and the Rotary Club Nor must we neglect to ment1on the ensembles that have grown out of our band The members of these organ1zat1ons are chosen for the1r speclal ab1l1t1es and therefore represent the el1te of the much 1n demand by communlty groups and have added sparkle to our Spr1ng and Chmstmas concerts The band has been bullt up gradually from Just another mus1cal group to one of the f1nest organ1zat1ons 1n D C S We feel that under 1ts present d1rector Sam Camardello lt has come a long way s1nce It at last comblnes sp1r1t and prec1s1on w1th sens1t1v1ty of 1nterpretat1on The results a group of excellent young mus1c 1ans QQ vb Q39 The band can now roudl re resent our Alma- band. The Brass Choir and Clarinet Quintet are . P Y p . . 1 . . . Q if ' nf +1 X v-- an 2 X T all P . pie , . 0 ' T 0 .1 J 0 J 34

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Football Dolgevllle 1953 Mud State Champions HE h1story of football 1n Dolgev1lle goes back 1nto the dun dark past of the 20's when our f1rst team hero1cal1y took the f1eld clad 1n rather umque umforms cons1st1ng of a plaln pa1r of pants sweat sh1rts fdyed blue th a D' as the only decorat1on soft helmets and sneakers The SQUAD m1nd you was 13 men strong a fact wh1ch certamly made subst1tut1on a sxmple matter What th1s group lacked 1n equ1pment and number lt more than made up for 1n determ1nat1on and dr1ve for 1n 3 short sea sons some of the boys who played 1n that f1rst game as fresh men played on Dolgev1lle s f1rst champ1onsh1p team f1n1sh 1ng the season w1th one loss and one t1e game S1nce those days Dolgev1lle has always played good foot ball but th1s year we have another team of wh1ch we can be especxally proud The close of the 1953 seasonfound our team COACH WILLIAMBYNON champ1ons of the M1d State Conference W1th only a few seasoned backf1eld players returnlng from the 1952 squad Coach Bynon faced tremendous odds 1n rebu1ld1ng the l1ne Although he had to depend almost ent1rely on Freshman whole team comb1ned the1r 1nd1v1dual talents to pull together 1n fact one of the reasons that makes thls year partlcularly successful was the evldence of good sportsmanshlp and team work espe c1ally team work, throughout the season There were no 1nd1v1dual stars or pr1ma donnas on our 1953 team Maklng the1r f1na1 gr1d1ron appearance for Dolgevllle were Joe DeLuca one of the best quarter backs 1n the league and Jack McCarthy Slde l1ned by 1nJur1es durlng the f1rst three games buta valuable hand durlng the rema1n1ng four games Other semors maklng farewell appearances were Ke1th Metzler one of the best offens1ve ends around and Jerry M1l1er agood defensxve back Nor can too much credlt be glven to the l1ne for w1thout the great play of the forward wall the f1ne runnlng of the backs would have gone for naught Completxng the l1ne were Butch We1nschre1der a valuable fullback Dave Pye an end show1ng talent 1n runn1ng the ball Chff P1erce and Gary Jones spark plugs of the halfback pos1t1on Don DeMarco Doug Harper Frank Borst Odd1e Br1ll and Barrett Keller a fast runmng tackle also d1d excellent Jobs The f1ne play1ng of our 1953 team d1d much to rebulld enthus1asm among the local football fans Throughout the season the team had the loyal support of townspeople and students ahke and at the close of the season the fans feted the gndders at two d1nners As a further mark of esteem the local buslnessmen have presented veryhandsome Jackets to each member ofthe squad 1953 has been a hlghly successful football season and lt 15 to be hoped that next year's team w1ll carry on 1n the same sp1r1t of hard p1ay1ng clean sportsmansh1p that has marked the play of thls champ1onsh1p team Metzler gams yards agamst Sauquozt DeLuca runs mto Frankfort opposxuon 36 i 9 ' , ' , wi ' I ' , I G . 0 D l G . I F ' . ' - . . . . -- ' eff 1 . A . ' ' . - f 1 .N .ff ' . , and Sophomore material, the season was one of undefeat. This was largely due to the fact that the