North Harford High School - Golden Treasury Yearbook (Pylesville, MD)

Page 27 text:

...RE EMBERI G... NVe, the 4-lass of IQ56, the first eomplete six- year graduating elass, shall always remember North Harford. VVe shall remember that first day when, as seventh graders, we viewed North Harford with stars in our eyes and mud on our feet. W'e shall remember those wide open spares in the halls, auditorium, and gym when our popu- latioqn was only 645 instead of the 911 we have today. We shall remember those horrid blue gym suits the girls had to wear, and the tall grass by t.he playground. U VVe shall remember eating luneh in our home- rooms and dispatehing a member ofthe elass to go down to the shop to buy iee eream before the eafeteria was opened. VVe shall remember how demoeratie we felt when we eleeted our elass oftieers in the ninth grade, and how pleased everyone was when Sonya VVhiteford was eleeted president, Pat. Pro- eheska. yiee president, Tom Swift, treasurer, and Shirley Strawbridge, seeretary. We shall remember the 1-lass skating party whieh we held at Johnny's Skating Arena and how hlaek ami blue we were the next day. VVe shall remember originating Junior High Night as the first night event we sponsored and what a large erowd we had. VVe shall remember how grown-up we felt when we tinally beeame tenth graders and put junior high things like eore and arts and rrafts behind us. VVe shall remember our first eleetion day in high sehool. The results were president, George Koermer, yieepresident, Martha tiraee Priee, treasurer, Velna Wyatt, and seeretary, Shirley Strawbridge. We shall remember that the tenth grade must not have been our year beeause our fruit rake sales and reeord hop both flopped. We shall remember how we launehed our jun- ior year sueeessfully with our Halloween Carnival We shall remember what good leaders Pat Pro- eheska as president. Daryl Quandt, as yiee presi- dent, Velna Wyatt as seeretary, and 'l'om Swift as treasurer were in our junior year. We shall remember how important we felt to take over the responsibility of' sponsoring a great show like the famous Gymkana Troupe. We shall remember feeling yery akin to Davy Jones as we feverishly prepared our prom having an underwater theme. We shall remember how, in the summer bef'ore our senior year, many of' our elassmates t'orsook Hail Alma Mater for Here Comes the Bride. We shall remember how proud Martha tiraee Price as president, Harry Ile Ran as viee presi- dent, Pat Blaney as seeretary, and Mattie Lou flaudill as treasurer were to be ehosen elass ofiieers of the senior elass. We shall remember what fun we had playing our seniorit.is t.o the hilt in our senior assembly. 'We shall remember how lonely Harold VVest felt as the only boy in the rommereial elass for two years, and how glad he was when Bill Hub- bard eame to share his misery if' a boy ean be miserable surrounded by pretty girlsl.

Page 26 text:

:Tl OVT6' I gy Class of '56 in Review

Page 28 text:

XVQI shall l'01ll0l1lb0l', oh, how we shall renirni- bor Mrs. VVilcy's doodads. VVQ shall reinenibor how ablr all the artors ware in our senior play. Tho Able Miss Cain. VVr shall rcinombrr our Talrnt Show, and how hard it was to keep a sm-rot of the thvino. ZYMFF. VVo shall remember '56, also, as tho year North Harford became a member o 1' ti h 0 National Honor Society, and t ho solonin reroniony a s fifteen of our rlassmatrs worn tapped. VVQ shall ruinvnlber research papers. 1'e-suarrli papvrs. and more research papors! VVQ shall reinonibrr the May Dance as one of the hightlights of our entire high school career, vsporially for those lucky enough to be on the May Court. VVr shall reineniber how luxurious we felt to sit bark and lot the juniors prepare a prom in honor of us.- ' r VVU shall ronirinbor with what fervor we pro- rlaimod that were glad to be graduating. but sonu-how didn'te fool so ronvinrrd June 6. when wo had trars in our Dyes and diplomas in our hands. XVr shall always rrmrmbrr North Harford.