Frewsburg Central School - Senior Leaves Yearbook (Frewsburg, NY)

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Seated: Glen D. Sheats, L. Ruth, C. Kline, Isabel Potter, Doris E. Gulvin, Isabella Lund- gren. Standing: J. Wm. Anderson, Charles W. Barton, Wm. Waite, Lee Minser, Eugene Pish. President Glen Sheats Vice President Eugene Fish Clerk Isabella Lundgren Treasurer Charles W. Barton Collector Doris E. Gulvin Architect Norman N. Tinkham Superintendent J. William Anderson Attorney Alton R. Erickson 5

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FREWSBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL LELAND C. SANBORN, Principal FREWSBURG, NEW YORK GLEN D. SHEATS President, Board of Education ISABELLA LUNDGREN Cleric, Board of Education February 1, 1950 To the students of Frewsburg Central School: Will you make the most of better educational facilities ? Will you use and care for a new and better school plant as best you can? Will you grow and develop in a better way from these expanded educational facilities? Faith in you requires that you must and will. The decision of the people to build a new school building obligates you, the boys and girls, young men and young women of the Frewsburg Central School. The voters of the central school district recently voted overwhelm¬ ingly to issue bonds amounting to $600,000 to provide a better school building and better school facilities for you, the young people of this area. This financial indebtedness, which will be paid over the next thirty years, is an indication of the interest in your education and the faith in you of the people of the school district. The people want you to have as good an education in as good a school plant as can be financially provided. As you progress through the Frewsburg Central School System to graduate and take your place as a citizen of the community, remember the civic initiative of these voters of today in backing an extensive building program. May you carry on this interest and initiative in all civic matters, not just the school activities alone. If there is an improve¬ ment needed in the community and there are ways of making that improve¬ ment, see that it is done. Sincerely, Leland C. Sanborn Principal 4

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Greetings to the Class of 1950. As growing citizens who will be voters in a few short years, you have been encouraged to invest in Savings Stamps and Government Bon ds so that you might be trained in thrift and become acquainted with some of the financial problems in government. These things are desirable. At the same time you should be aware of the fact that approximately since the time you were born, this government has operated under a deficit spending program and has now built up a tremendous per capita national debt. This is the first time in history that we have failed to reduce the national debt following a war. There seem to be three ways of reducing this deficit: through inflation, increased taxes, or a decreased federal spending program. By taking over the nation 1 s gold, the government was able to inflate our currency and thus in a subtle manner reduce the value of such thrift items as bonds, insurance policies, bank deposits etc., and credit the difference to the treasury balance as an increase in the value of gold holdings. People have now apparently become more willing to depend on government agencies for security in contrast to the traditions of American self-reliance. This is shown by the demand for such things as old age pensions, unemployment insurance, various forms of sub¬ sidies and social security. The answer to these problems will rest largely in the hands of our young people who will soon accept responsibility as a new generation of voters. Will you support the basic traditions that have made America great through the freedom and independence of the individual, or are you willing to accept a new form of social state with increased government responsibility for and control over your destiny ? 6