Nichols High School - Comet Yearbook (Nichols, NY)

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CLHSS UJILL We, the Senior class of Nichols High School, county of Tioga, state of New York,be1ng sound in mind, being in possession of all our faculties,and not acting under fraud,duress, or the undue influence of any person what-so-ever, do make, publish, and declare this our will, in the following manner. ' Upon Mr. Zubon, We bestow a check for the sum of five-hundred dollars to refund him for the money he has spent in buying Aspirin, for the many headaches he had as advisor to our class. ' - To Mrs. Ethel Ellis, We bestow our best wishes for the future and our deepest thanks for the efforts she put forth as our advisor during our Junior year. To Madeline Donaldson, Eileen Alger leaves her liking for dancing. CDO you like to dance Madeline?5 J To Emory Ball, David Clark leaves his position as class out-up. CEmory is so quiet., To Doris Baldwin, Evelyn Haner and Alden Park leave their High School Romance. To Priscilla Goodwin, Peggy Johnson leaves her lonely n1ghts.CBut wait till he gets home., To Lizzy Quick, Mabel Bean leaves the road to L.M. lCouldn't be the Ir1sh.l Q To Sonny Ellis, Kay Bixby leaves her sunny disposition. lAhemJ To Wayne Horton, Phyllis Bennett leaves her acrobatic ability. To Paul Stone, Mary Lu Brown leaves her ability to say the wrong things at the right time. To Miss Huddle, Bob Jones leaves his automobile insurance. fWhy?J To Richard Corbin, Gordon Kelly leaves his ability to play WBoog1eu on the clarinet. To Gerald Catlin, Mary Moore leaves her ouietness. CUse 1t.l To Herbie Barnum, Fay Morris leaves his weakness for blondes. CHe wouldn't of course.D To Patty Mills, Mary Quick leaves her Date Book. CBut not her dates.7 A To Jim Clark, Barbara Twlgg leaves her little walk. To Mr. Zubon, We bestow our best wishes for the future. To The Faculty and Mr. Riegel, We bestow a little peace now that we are gone. . To Everett Reynolds, We bestow our sincerest thanks for his help on our Senior lunches. IN WITHESS WHEREOF: We have hereunto set our hands and seal this twenty-first day of June, in the Year of Our Lord, l947. WITNESSED BY: YYRMYWW p 1777 10

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QF? BARBARA LUCILLE TWIGG PEGGY LOUISE JOHNSON NBarbll Npegll Glee Club l,2,3 Sextette 3,L Band 1,2,3 Dramatic Club l Don't Darken My Door L GORDON THERON KELLEY COlZ1Zl8l1dO Transfer from Holdane Central School Cold Spring on Hudson Basketball A Band L Don't Darken My Door L Glee Club l,2,3,b Sparglg' 2 Student Council 3 Orchestra l Band l,2,3 Class Secy. L Nicholsonian 3 Class Pres. 3 Don't Darken My Door 9 EILEEN JOYCE ALGER snub Glee Club l,2,3,L Cheerleader 3,b Nicholsonian A Class Vice Pres. 3 FAI FRANCIS MORRIS NMOS' Basketball l,2,3 Football 3 Baseball l,2,3 Soccer

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SEHIUH HISTUHU There have been six great events in the history of the world. The first was the appearance of Adam and Eve. The second was the rise of King Tut. The third was the death of Julius Caesar. The fourth was the discovery of America by Columbus. The fifth was the reign of the WSultan of Swat'. And the sixth was the entrance of the Class of l9b7 into Nichols High School. Of these the first five are of minor importance. Adam and Eve, I believe, are now dead. King Tut is in a museum. Caesar has been eclipsed by Hitler. Columbus has moved to Ohio. And the nSultan of Swat' has kicked over the traces for the last time. The Class of l9h7, however, is still making history. One bright day in Septenber, in the year of l9h3, a merry band of nineteen green 'Fresh' filed into the study hall, scared but undaunted. What instruments of tor- ture might be awaiting us we did not know, we suspected and expected 6VerYthin8- In spite of our verdant hue, we PPOSPGPGG during our freshman year under the guidance of Mr. Chapman. Little by little our greenness wore off and our true intelligent nature began to reveal itself a bit. Two new members Joined our class at this time, Mary Moore and Phyllis Bennett. We returned in the fall of l9hL with the rank of Sophomore and Mr. Chapman again as our advisor. During the second year the combined efforts of our superiors, the Juniors and seniors, and the faculty kept us properly squelched and nothing very eventful happened. CPeggy Johnson and Mabel Bean were borrowed by the upper classmpn for the play, Sparkin'. We lost two members, Kenneth Nye and Jim Culver but gained Barbara Twigg and Dav d Clark from Rome, Pennsylvania. - With the dawning of the Junior year, we organized under the wise and capable leadership of Mrs. Ethel Ellis. We now settled down to some hard work and less fun. We tried thinking of ways to raise money for our senior rings, and finally did this by having weekly luncheons which proved to be very successful. Within three months we had enough money to pay for our rings. In December we had the hdnor of putting on the Junior Prom, which was a gala affair, Cady Hall being decorated with evergreen and holly in tune with the Christmas season. This spring which was the last lap of our school days was a mad rush. Along with weekly luncheons, we also sponsored a rum age sale, a donkey basketball game, a card party, and a senior play, Don't.Darken gy Dqgg. None, however, proved quite as prof- itable as the Mardi Gras, our very first money-making enterprise early last fall. We lost six members of the class last year.The armed forces of the United States acquired Casper Waterman, Peter Koski, and Rodney Barlow. Of these, Casper Waterman and Rodney Barlow returned to school for a short visit after they were discharged. Barbara Steed deserted us for the bright lights of Elmira and Angeline Kumpon left to dwell in Owego. Juanita Rogers Ksilly girll got married. The fact that our number was the questionable 13 never really bothered us very much but just to be on the safe side we persuaded Bob Jones, fresh out of the U. S. Navy and Gordon Kelley, a transfer from Holdane Central School, to Join our highly exclusive ranks. --- and so in June, l9h7, fifteen stalwart seniors were graduated from Nichols High School. It is a rough, wide world into which they stepped. Let us turn the page and see what the world has done to them. -mabel bean- -peggy Johnson- 11