Goshen Central High School - Yearbook (Goshen, NY)

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CLASS HISTORY As we, the Class of '49, look back into the past, we see only eleven people with us now who began the long trek from Miss Gahagan's kindergarten up to this day of our graduation. We eleven, namely Kenneth DeWitt, Edgar Flynn, Joyce Gillespie, Calvin Hooker, Frank Kaczmark, Irene Kelvasa, Lynn McEntire, Barbara Starkey, George Strong, Bill Walker and Robert Warren, have stuck together through thick and thin--most of it thick. When we descended upon the first grade, Robert Sawyer descended upon us. Miss Underwood's southern accent held us spellbound for a while, but soon we became accustomed to it and were plunged into the intricaties of the alphabet and numeral system. We spent many a happy hour on the swings, merry-go-round, and teeter-totter; but soon we learned that work comes before pleasure It seemed that a few of us played on them first thing in the morning, completely forgetting to go to our room. This was soon stopped, however, and once more we became engrossed in our work of preparing for the second grade. In the second grade, most of the boys were moonstruck by Miss Wilson. Several of them found it hard to concentrate until we became involved with our subtraction and addition. Then came a most memorable day. Miss Wilson left the room for a telephone call. A group of us decided it was time for music, so George played high C on the piano while the rest of us brought our vocal chords into play. To our utter amazement Miss Wilson didn't appreciate it and one by one we were marched to the office and soundly spanked. After that, we had as bitter an attitude as only seven-year-olds can have, but soon we settled down, preparing for third grade. Three new additions to our class were Fred Seward, Dorothy Howard, and Neal Christie. In the third grade, Mrs. McMahon intruduced us to the terrors of multiplication and division. Several of us couldn't resist looking at the back of the cards to see the answers, and she soon stopped that. That year Burt Cortright, Donald Harvey, George Miller and James Keller joined the ranks of our famous class. Our class became so large in the fourth grade that we were divided into two groups, one under Mrs. Mally, the other under Miss MacGowan. That year our home-making talents began to develo' with the making of maple sugar and ice cream. By that time most of us were such little Einstein's that we took to the paths of geography and broadened our knowledge of the rest of the world. We went on to the fifty grade in the new school building, picking up David Hulle on the way. We were once more divided into two groups under Miss Downey and Mrs. Sinsabaugh as we delved further into fifth-grade math-amatics and geography. Our ranks were increased by Anne Lieftinck, Frank Murabito, Lydia Nelson, Julia Creeden and Charles Monastra. Calvin Hooker's potentialities as a pianist were developing rapidly at that time, as were George Strong's interests in the opposite sex. Every morning Mr. Reardon would enter, bursting with what he oalled Music . However, we bore up well under the 5th grade regime, and looked forward somewhat dubiously to the 6th grade.

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ROBERT STILLER Baseball 3, Football 2, Class Committees, Airplane Club, Bowling Squad. GEORGE STROK0 Glee Club 1, Ooeretta 1, Orchestra 1, Brass Quartette 1, Committees for Class 2, Vice-President Junior Class, Band 1. Youtn in Government 3» Hi-Y, Junior Rotarian, Track 2, Football, Baseball 2, Basketball, J. V. Basket ball 2, County Foul Shooting Champion. CELIN VAERNEWYCK Tumbling, National Honor Society, Committees for Class 2, Bennett Speaking Contest, French Prize 2, Photography Club, Hi-Y 2, Senior ’lay Properties, Journalism Club, Animal Humane Society. V ILL IA I.! WALKER Junior Play, National Honor Society 2, G, 0. Representative, Committees for Class 2, Youth in Government 3» Hi-Y 2, Junior Rotarian, Glee Club 2, Operetta 2, Track 3, Baseball, Lettermar.s Club, Basketball Iigr., Football jiigr., Basketball 3» Football 3. ROBERT WARREN Airplane Club 4, Track 3i Baseball 1, J. V. Basketball. JOHN WHITE Football, Track, Class Committees.

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Miss Park and Miss Brenwasser had the job of stuffing us with everything from ancient history to making sure that we all washed our hands before lunch. And so we, including the new members Eleanor Pacion, Peter Haakmeester, Lewis Labanowski, Richard Love and Louise Werner, were stuck with the drudgery of sixth grade for the rest of the year. It wasn't too bad though; soon we were thrilled at the prospect of reaching the statue of Junior High. With Mr. Pardy, Mrs. Huber, Mr. Sinclair and Mrs. McEntire literally cramming us with constitutions, fractions, testtubes and verbs, we had little time out for anything other than seventh grade work. Robert Jones and Stanley Brink joined the class that year, and Stanley made U3 look like a bunch of second-graders when it came to brains. Somehow we managed to pull through, and we plopped right into the eighth grade. That year Dolores Gross, James Millar, and Karen Stenner added color to our great class. We lost Tally Love this year, but our academic struggle continued, with all of us striving for decent marks. We learned never to correct a teacher, even though we were positive that they were wrong. Most of us sailed right through eighth grade Regents Exams although at first we were a little doubtful about passing them. But we didJ At last, we were in the Big Time. We were in our Freshman year. But we were greener than the blackboards. That year Mr. McKee exercised his disciplinary measures over all of us, while at the same time he tried to introduce us to the mysteries of algebra. Under Miss Kinnaird we became acquainted with the monetary customs of our country. By that time all of us were aware of the value of the almighty dollar, especially the boys, who found out that having it was a sure way to attract the weaker sex. But we managed to plow through that year, picking up Dorothy Gutowski, Rose Marie Liseski and Celin Vaernewyck on the way. There was never a gayer sophomore class than ours. We were pretty well used to the high school routine by this time, and most of us took it with a grain of salt. Soon Mr. Bucher changed our minds. He really made us work’ Mr. Bowman was the new math teacher, trying to make our theorums agree with the ones in the geometry books. All his efforts weren't in vain, because he succeeded with some of us. By that time most of us had decided what career we would follow and were bent toward achieving suitable marks. This year we added Sara Biondi to our class. Our junior year was marked by the entrance of Robert Stiller, Frank Panaro, John Silvestri, John hite, and Henry Gardenbrock. Cur junior prom was a great success, as was the opretta. Our class took a trip to Bear Mountain and spent a wonderful day swimming, walking the Nature Trail, and feeding various forms of wild-life.