Sodus High School - Soduskan Yearbook (Sodus, NY)

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Q iii YN sm W 'PR ir r we F 'wi un.-sv THINK what we need is a committee to go to work on this ... ...and no one should throw cold water on a sugges- tion until we've all had a chance to talk... We have another senior to congratulate this morning! ! Where vga-are, E151 are, a genial, wise, and invincible triumvirate: Mr. Lloyd McGowan, Vice-Principalg Mr. F. S. Hungerford, Supervising Principalg and Mr. Mark Scurrah, Grade Coordinator. 8

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C., mm.. if CW PZ l l R.. STELIANOU, did you find the people in Turkey friendly? What did they ask about us ? Do they have plumbing? Tell us about Ataturk...and so our first Com- munity Ambassador tirelessly answers questions about his good-will tour, a tour to make us the next-door neigh bors to a people half way around the earth. In tribute to him Q can say, We were there! 7

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s Board of E ducahon FIRST ROW: Eugene Cook, President Morris Butts, G. Arthur Smith. SECOND ROW: Granger Green, John VanEenwyck. Clayton Collins. .....our schools function as they do because their direction is the kind it is--of the people, by the people, and for the people, like our government itself... This Was The Year Thai... IVE classrooms were opened in the new north wing. Mr. Scurrah and Mr. McGowan moved into rooms with windows! But soon Mr. Scurrah went back to the store room as... School population hit a new high of 1,415 pupils. New organizations were born: three bowling teams, the Junior Future Nurses Club, Drama-Arts, the Dance Band. The Class of 1954 won over 512,000 in scholar- ships. All high school students could choose their per- sonal advisors from among the faculty. The Junior High Basketball Team played ten games with other schools. We acquired two new busses, and two station wa- gons. We added a fifth first grade. Graduation was held on Saturday for the first time. Mr. Stelianou was Sodus' ambassador to Turkey for the summerg we exchanged students and teachers with Smiths Falls,Ontario, Canada, for four days. Our advertisers became patrons. We purchased a lovely silver tea service for the Homemaking Department. The adult education program was enlarged to in- clude drama fMr. Cooper, and 1ayman's law fGeorge Parsons., The Parent-Teachers Association became a well- established, constructively helpful organization in our' school. Coach McGinn ended his distinguished and impres- sive career as varsity basketball coach. His inspira- tional and untiring devotion to his teams has resulted in atradition ofgood basketball at Sodus. Since he will continue to teach physical education, none of the qual- ities of his fine stewardship will be lost to us.