Orchard Park High School - Quaker Yearbook (Orchard Park, NY)

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R E F L E C T O R Nznereen Love Twelye golden ma1ds wrth sunht sm11es Went shxmmermg past a sky of blue And lil her hand each bore a rose Fresh born and sparklmg strll wrth dew These mamdens faxr contrasted so To mourners grave were hours too Wh1ch hlled my heart and soul wxth joy The roses were my love for vou LOHQIIDQSC Twelve black robed mourners bearmg cham Marched slowly through my s1lent room The clankmg chams were dull and dark And filled my soul and heart w1th gloom The werghty chams retarded so The progress of the1r bearer s feet I w atched unt1l lt droye me mad Then spran to help but met defeat' Could naught reheye these t1red souls? Wlnch m my sadness haunted me The chams my lonehness for you Betty Erzon 35 Young Farmers' Club The Young Farmer s Club of Orchard Park whlch was founded about 1922 lS one of the oldest clubs IU New York State The present membershlp 1s twenty four These boys carry on crop and poultry projects m order to ra1se money to meet thelr personal needs and to defray some of the expense of gomg to college They should make fiftv dollars 111 the1r sophomore year one hundred dollars the nekt year and one hundred fifty the last year The Club has a Loan Fund amountmg to forty dollars whlch ms loaned to worthy boys to a1d them m gettmg started mn therr projects They haye one year to repay and are charged four percent mterest The athlet1c program cons1sts of basketball baseball track and rule There are many eyenmg meetmgs and each year culmmates an the much looked forward to event the Father and Son banquet ' 1 C . A 'A '. e . ' U ' s. C y r v ' . 'z ' ' ' f L . U g . They' were but hours of time's crew: , 2 Y D C .1 , . Y 7 ' e . , , -

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Exghteen REFLECTOR Now let us look rn at Orchard Park ltself Here we find a lxttle lady equally admmred and loved by all for her noble accompllshments mn the field of dent1stry fAlta s heart leaped dentxstry had always been her aim, She xs v1s1t1ng the hrgh school and speakmng to the chmldren on the care of themr teeth She IS But the tree got no farther for Betty s anxmous vomce broke the stmllness of the a1r w1th a loud Alta where are you? A moment later she had found her frxend and was saymg w1th a slgh of relmef I m so glad Ive found you I ve been lookmg everywhere Have you sald Alta as she looked up at the tree sadly for she knew the spell had been broken Before she left she smmled up at the the branches gently then all was stall Alta never told her companlon what had happened under the tree for she knew she would only laugh say I don t be lneve lt In case you don t beheve lt e1ther go to the woods some evenxng and find out for yourself Y To The Class of 1935 You w1ll say farewell to h1gh school days And start out mn l1fe anew You have learned many thmgs the past few years More must you learn before through You treasure a wealth of fond memormes Of comrades so loyal and true Though the years wmll mold out your future May each day brmg success to you Graduatlon IS another step forward Yet your future has scarcely begun Each d1ffers ID 1deas and professlons Your careers l1ke a race must be won Lookmg back to the days 1n class rooms You wxll cherxsh the struggles you knew The patlence shown by mstructors Who gave courage when studmes were new Wxth gratltude and thankful hearts To your teachers you must bmd ad1eu They have helped lay your hves foundatlon Gmvmng knowledge bu1ld1ng character too You must strlve to ever press forward Make the most of the years to come, Help others who are less fortunate, Wmth encouragement much can be done A M T LL ' ' ' . . . . ,, , Y . . U . . . . . . , . . . ' ' K5 99 ' ' ' ' ' 44 v 1 v , . , ' 37 14 73 ' ' 9 branches and whispered a grateful thank you. Oddly enough the breeze stirred , . , , . ' ' 17 , . . . . S Q? Y V Y , , 5

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Twenty REFLECTOR Typewrltmg You don t know what you have mrssed mf you ve never taken typewrrtmg Really I beheve that for cultmvatmg self control mt can never be equalled and you recelve daxly lessons 1n patlence as well as typmg I m statmg the followmg as a darly occurrence Scrap paper' All ready? Wr1sts up elbows m' Feet Hat on the floor' Eyes on your copy not on the keyboard' All ready? Begm' f f f space d d d ace J J spa 2 3 4 k k k space Wr1sts up Doro hy' f Elbows rn Bertha' J J J space Helen eyes on your copy' k k k space Do not look at the keyboard' d d Donald you must keep typmg at the same rate The rhythm helps you to gam speed 3 5 space tc far ar mto the perrod After shorthand comes a permod of pract1ce typmg and another after book space g h 1 space far far mto the afternoon It drums m your bra1n at beats ln your mmd far far 1nto the mght You thmk about It dream about xt worry over lt practlce mt untxl rt sw1ms m cock eyed zrg zags through your head The only breaks rn the monotony are the moments of desparrmg angursh when the almost completed exercmse IS rrpped unceremomously from the typewrrter all because of one wrong tap of one offendmg finger Before we know lt the asylums w1ll be full but some of us w1ll be typrsts lf we persevere Dorothy Jacobs 36 v' School Band The Band was started 1n the summer of 1930 The mdea was brought here when the Eden band came to play for an assembly program If Eden could have a band so could we and we proceeded to orgamze one By the summer of 1931 the band boasted 22 members Rehearsals and lessons were iirst held rn the rear of the Presbytenan Church Mr John Surra was the dlrector W1th the help of the Parent Teacher s Assoc1at1on a concert was put on to rarse money for umforms Thxs year the band won fourth place at the Lockport festrval School Orchestra In the school year of 29 30 we had a hxgh school orchestra of exactly four people two vlolms prano and one clarmet Each year s1nce xt has grown steadrly untrl now we have a membersh1p of twenty seven The mstrurnentatmon has 1m proved and the add1t1on of a cello last year and a strmg bass thxs year has added much to our tone and balance Some day we hope to have a vrola or two an oboe and some kettle drums Thus year the orchestra has played for the Faculty play, the Semor play and the Parent Teachers' Assocmatron .Ze y - . L4 ' ' . . , . . . ,. . ' . I - - - V - - - sp - - -1- ce-1 ------- - t .- -f- v - 1 ' ' ' - V - Y . - - - - - - e ., , f . . . . 7 - keepmg. After school, the same monotonous drone - a - b - c - space - d - e - f - Y Y I ' 7 7 v v ' ' - , , 7 , QT 7 7 ' . , . . 7 . -, - , ' 7