Fairport High School - Hourglass Yearbook (Fairport, NY)

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THE HOUR GLASS 19 November 18, 1927- The Romantic Age our play was given and will lic repeated tomorrow night. Under the skillful direction of Miss Street it lzecame a great success. February, 1928-The Senior Dance like the Ball proved a source of profit for our treasury. It was given by the Parent-Teachers' Association for our benefit. March 23, l928+This year, our Senior team won the interclass game. April 6, 1928-Today we are all hippy for we are going to VVashington. Thirty-three members are taking the trip, aided a great deal by the money earned. April 1-I, 1928?-YVe are home again, tired, but happy. VVe think our trip was the best ever taken. VVe will never forget the good times, or worthwhile sights. June 16, 1928--Another school year is ending. All too soon, another class will fill our place. VVe will never forget the happy days we spent with our dear Alma Mater. YVe also hope each class will be happy here, and realize the worth of Fairport High. -Mabel Johnson, Historian. AMONG MY SOUVENIRS Time: 1948. Place: New York City. Niece: Aunt Mae, what is in that trunk? It has not been opened for years. Aunt: That trunk, 1ny dear, contains treasures of my youth, souvenirs of my Senior year in High School. If you like, I'll open it and show you the trinkets. Niece: Oh, please do. Cl-30th open trunkl. Yvhatis that sparkling? VVhere did you get the diamond? VVhy don't you ever wear it? Aunt: Sidney Fitzgerald, the present governor of New York State, gave me that ten-cent ring when our class was in VVashington. It is quite tarnished now though. VVhat wise cracks he used to spring! They serve him in good stead now when he is making speeches. Niece: I often wondered how you happened to know Mr. Fitzgerald and always called him Sid . And the faded flower? Aunt: That was one of Mrs. Donald Deneen's, the famous singer's flower that she carried when she made her debut. She was formerly Ruth Zimmer. And wasn't she a clip in school? In our Senior play she kept us in gales of laughter. Charles Ditmas has become famous as a musician. Niece: May I have this yellow handkerchief, Aunty? Aunt: No, Merrill gave me that and I want to keep it. You know Mr. VVatson, the head of the chain of K'Genuwine Night Clubs, the largest one of which is on Summit Street. Two other members of my class are in- terested there too. Babe Hart is dancing there and Harold Marsh is Gen- eral Manager. You should see the cars he drives! These three have not changed much. They are as much fun as ever. Niece: Look at the pretty beads! Aunt: Yes, Mabel Johnson gave 'me those when I was maid of honor when she was married to Roscoe Straight. She is living in Rochester on East Avenue at present. Mabel and I used to have some pretty good times together. - Niece: Did you say you knew someone on the Board of Regents?

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18 THE HOUR GLASS HISTORY OF CLASS January, 192'li+'l'od:ry we are changed from mere eighth grade students to l rcshmen. How proud we are at first. But, soon we realize, we are ust insignificant lower classmen. VVe had drernns of walking up the front stairs, studying in the big study hall, but because of overcrowded conditions, we have to study in one of the grade rooms, sit downstairs, and walk up one of the back stairs only, Miss DeLand seems the only one to notice us. At the end of the first day, We are both happy and bewildered. September, 192-11-'School has begun again. No longer do we have to sit downstairs. VVe are all in the new school building. YVC are happier too, because now we know more students and teachers. YVe are anxious for the time when we shall be Seniors. A September, 1925-Another uneventful year l1as passed. YVe are still lower classmen, but we can at least sit in the same study hall with the Seniors. Miss Chesbro tries to keep us in order. September, 1926-At last we are upper classmen. The time, long waited for, has begun. Miss Graves has charge of our home room. 5 September 26, 1926-Today We organized our Junior class. 'Miss Graves and Mr. King were chosen our advisers. Officers were chosen. Jerome Doyle was elected president, Madeline McMahon, vice-president, Emily Dwyer, seeretaryg and Edward Carey, treasurer. Our colors are rose. October 13, 1926?The Junior room is closed to other students, but a lively discussion is taking place inside. Rings of course! After many argu- ments, a beautiful green gold ring is chosen. VVC are sure we have the prettiest ring. October 27, 1926-Tonight we had our first Junior party at AIClNI!lll0Il,S. Everyone had a wonderful time. VVe are already looking forward for the next one. December 1, 1926-The Junior rings have coine and every Junior is displaying his to all other classmen. March 144, 19271-Tonight we gave a banquet for the basketball fellows who played in the tournament at Buffalo. March 27, 1927fAlthough everyone predicted a Senior victory in the interclass games of course, the Juniors won. April 25, 1927-The Junior Prom is announced, committees are appoint- ed, and everyone is busy. ' May 8, 1927w-The class is already thinking of VVashington. A maga- zine campaign is being held, with a party for the winning side. Also Jello has been sold. June 21, 1927-The Junior Prom was l1eld tonight and was the most successful of any held in recent years. For the first time in a number of years, a profit was made. September 9, 1927-Miss Smith, who now has charge of the Senior room, arranged us according to counts. She also warned us concerning behavior, but of course we are dignified Seniors now. September 11, 1927-The first Senior meeting is held. Officers are nominated. Edward Carey is our president, Beatrice Hawes, vice-president, Emily Dwyer, secretary, VVesley Buhler, treasurer. Miss Smith and Miss Street are our advisers. October 15, 1927-The Seniors are now busy with another magazine campaign. Other plans including a Senior dance, sale of pencils, baked food sales, tags, and our Senior play are being considered.

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20 THE HOUR GLASSf Aunt: Yes, Wlesley Bahler, the famous scientist who just discovered a new species of bedbugs. Another member is Doris Brown, now Mrs. VVilliam Cooper, who was formerly a Latin teacher in Albany High School. VVesley was valedictorian of our class and Doris, salutatorian, and now their brightness is an aid to them in making out the Regents. Too bad for the poor kids who have to try them! Oh, and here's an old snapshot of Boo Aldrich and Nelson Hogan. Wlhen they were in school Boo was all wrapped up in Clara and Nelson was gone over Catherine Rich. Boo is an All-American basketball star and Nelson is pitcher for the Yankees Niece: VVhat a pretty landscape drawing! Aunt: Isn't it? Margaret Coon, the well-known artist painted it for me. Margaret VVillis was another member of our class talented in that line. She is now head of the department of drawing at Albany. I re- member how popular she was when project notebook covers were to be painted. Niece: Vllhom do you suppose I saw today, Auntie? Parkie, the great aviator wl1o just completed a non-stop flight around the world. Aunt: Donald Park was another member of my class and is the head of the Continental Aeroplane Company. Niece: VVho are these in this big picture? Aunt: That is an old class picture. Edward Carey, who was our very quiet but capable president, turned out to be a chemist. I read in the paper that he almost blew the whole works up the other day. The. tall boy next is Jerome Doyle who has gained his desire in dancing his way to VVall Street where he is a Big Butter and Egg Man. Sitting in front of him are Lois Dusett and Alma Grinton who are now Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. VVatson, respectively. They looked as nice at their double wedding as they always did in school. Carlyle French invested money in oil, and made a million. He always did have good luck in such good matters. He is settled in Scotland so he can save his money. Parce Hannan has a large planta- tion in the south. He is interested in VVrigley's Chewing, Gum Corporation on Long Island. The members of the class prophesied he would one day be champion gum-chewer. Well, he has done the next best thing. Raymond King, who use-d to be so quiet has reached the heights of Secretary of State. Norma Pickett and Louise Land are his secretaries. D-o gentlemen prefer blondes? Evidently Ray does! Phil Price, who used to be so absent- minded, and never arrived any place on time, is now a great surgeon. Let's hope he d0esn't have a relapse and leave his knife in the patient. I don't think we need worry: he has outgrown that. Eleanor Emrich is his head nurse and as such she has gained great fame. Jennie Nicosia is his secre- tary. Allan Steffen, that curly-headed boy, is now a renowned cartoonist. Lucky boy! He fell heir to a fortune. A second Sid Smith! His capable secretary is Lillian Goetzman. She thinks Allan has good taste in picking out diamonds. They are going to be married next month. Hollis Warner is as much in demand as a mechanical engineer. At present he is building a big bridge, said to be the largest in the world, across the canal in Fairport. Mabel Adams, as owner of a hot dog stand, has found the way to Johnnie's heart through his stomach. Irene Bauman, as sweet and cheerful as always, is Dean of St. Mary's College. Under her direction, the school has become the most popular in the country. All the girls just love her. Emily Dwyer has reached the heights as a pianist. Her line of Stage-door .Iohnniesn is a mile long. Mary Finnegan teaches in Kendall 'and is the wife of Fred