Antwerp High School - Clarion Yearbook (Antwerp, NY)

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Class Hwtnrg In September of l9hO a band of brave little pilgrims landed on the steps of Antwerp High School and we were greeted by Miss Gill as our first grade teacher 'Ye met mamr new teachers 1h our new dlscovery and it wasn't long before we found ourselves in Junior High School Mary of our friends had left us and marv more had come to take their places our seventh grads we decided to devote some of our time to nature study and fomed an Audubon Bird Club, with Mrs Katherine Sterling as our advisor, electing officers and paying dues each month Hith this money we had high hopes of journeying into Canada This we did at the close of the year As pilgrims we had gradually become used to the customs and ways of our new life but we soon were to leave our grade life and enter into a new territory Realizing this we entered into the eighth grade, working hard so as to be prepared for our coming regents and eighth grade trip In June we had our grade Commencement nth Ann Haymon as Valedictorian and Eleanor Shlppee as Salutatorian As green freshmen our band of pllgrims entered into h.1gh school with seventeen members We then received the thrill that comes once in a lifetime the novelty of high school customs After getting settled on a new foundation we elected the following ofhcers Roger Mathous president, Helen Pitts, vice president, Frank Alton, treasurer, and Joyce Hayrnond, secretary Mrs Belmont was chosen as our class advisor Among our brilliant plans for the future was to have a class dance after the Lenten season Before very long three of our classmates disbanded from our group to journey on without us They were Betty LaPierre, Joseph Dindl, and William Slate As silly sophomores we started nth the election of class officers Helen Pitts was chosen president, Betty Gleeson, v1ce president, Vera Alberry, secretary, Helen Young, treas mer, and Miss Kelly, class advisor Dunng the year novelty P1115 and pencils decorated nth the school colors and name were sold In February we held a St Valentine's dance Upon entering school as jaunty juniors the class was very much pleased to flnd that we had a classroom of our o m because of the changes that were made in the building during the summer Class elections were held and Betty Gleeson became presldent, Joyce Haymond, vice president, Paul Peacock, secretary, and Marjorie Howe, treasurer Miss w13d1S was chosen as class advisor The current highlights of the year were the thrlll of being upper classmen, the flashing of semor nngs wh1ch arrlved shortly after Christmas, and the Juruor-oenlor Prom We all began to realize that soon we would enter into our fourth and f1nal year and that we would need to earn money toward our senior trip We sponsored a raffle on a home cured ham just be fore Easter vacation A large profit was realized winch did much to boost our treasury Now as sophisticated senlors we realize that our journey 15 connng to an end Dunng the summer we lost a member of our class Joyce Haymond left school to become Mrs Charles Bridge With the operung of school we gained a new member, Marilyn Blalr, from Mannsvllle After getting used to the thnll of being senlors we settled dovm to elect class offlcers Betty Gleeson became president, Helen Pltts, v1ce presldent, Allen Pridell, secretary, Margome Howe, treasurer, and Miss Wladis, class advisor Hom the very flrst day we all began to look forward to our senior play and our senlor tmp Because we wanted to present our play before the Christmas holidays we set to work immediately and presented 'Backwoods Romed' on December lh It proved to be a success To lncrease our treasury we have had several paper drives and are plannlng some food sales Our class has very hlgh hopes of securlng enough money so that we can go to Nashington and New York on our senior tmp, but as yet nothing definite has been decided Baccalaureate services will be held June 22 in the Methodlst Church and Commencement will be held June 23 in the high school auditorium On the following mornlng we will start on our trip, plans for whlch will have been completed by then The class of 'S2 leaves our Alma Mater vn.th happy memories of days gone by at A H S and with deep regrets that we are leaving all our old friends We wash to thank all those who have made these years such profitable and enjoyable ones for us Betty Gleeson Historians rjorie Howe 1 O X I 1 1' ll . .In I O . . . . . . . -- , 'o ' ! . . . . . A. . . . . . . . 1 ' n . - Qu. . . . . . - . . I l V. 0 I I ' A . . . . . .,.. . l . 3 . . . . . .4 . . . . . . . . . .. , . . . V . . . . . . .. D . .. .. ' lil A . . . .

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7 api will and , zsianwni le, the Seniors of the Class of 1952, being of shaky minds and trials to the teachers many classes, do thus declare our LAST WILL and TBTAHENT 1. To llr Hastings, our sincere appreciation for the kindness he has shown us during ur high school days 2 To the beloved faculty we leave six boxes of Kleenex We are sure that they will need them when we leave these hallowed halls 3 To the Class of 1953 we leave our title as Seniors providing they pay sll our debts h Lastly, the following personal bequests I, Vera Jean Alberry, do bequeath W bashhilness with boys to Doris Rose I, Frank Alton, take with me W pernicious habit of going out at basketball games on fouls I, Marilyn Blair, bequeath W knack of flirting with boys to Rosemary LaClair I, Betty Jo Dickson, do bequeath my pastime of dating Gouverneur fellows to Mary Jane Case I, Joan Gleason, do bequeath the love that I should have had for Latin to some 'Yeshman who will show greater interest Betty Gleeson, bequeath W pastime of keeping the army guessing to Eleanor Catlin. Marion Harms, bequeath W ability to get home from basketball games to Marion Bus Marjorie Howe, bequeath my Saturday night dates with the U S havy to Mary McCoy Iris Hutton, do leave W way to get to Oxbqvr dances to Marina smith Paul Peacock, bequeath W skiing technique to Roger Swem Felen Pitts, bequeath W long walk to school in the morning to Karl Ridsdale Allen Pridell, bequeath W ability to upset the English class to Robert Tooly Ann Rayman, bequeath my methods of losing and gaining weight to Mary Rose Wilder Eleanor Shippee, do bequeath W ability to wait for the Air Force to come home to Jean Powell I, Helen Young, do bequeath W technique in getting to dances to Theresa Pridell We make, constitute and appoint Miss Wladis to be executrix of this our LAST WILL and TESTAMENT The inventory won't be great, There isn't much to our estate So now, without much more ado, Our witnesses will sign hereto KLM, 74 fyfoz Witnesses 421,17 jaafwzfw J L in . o 1' e I, I, . h. I, . . ' . I, ' . I, Jane Liscomb, do bequeath W ability to play the pinball machine to Joan Bridge. 1, . I, . . I, . I, . I, ' f V! ,Q I