Antwerp High School - Clarion Yearbook (Antwerp, NY)

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'Ki Q 0 3 f' Gloss gimtnrg so bre The class of 19:3 is loolcmg forward to the day of graduatlon from Antwerp High School, when they w11l no longer be students lhren though the going has been rough at times we look back on our school days with a fond smile Now let's go back to the very beginning where, one fine September day in 19141, we started our first day of school under the guidance of Miss Snell In third grade Mrs Belmont started us on our school music and drama career From then on we partlcipated in many plays and music festivals every year In sevent1 grade our blggest thrill was being members of the Seventh Grade Blrd Club All of us were thrilled to go to Canada in June with the money we had col lected from dues Everyone studied hard in eighth grade in order to pass regents exans The year ended with our grade commencement with Burl Hendnckson as Valedictonan and Mary Jane Case as Salutatorian Then we entered hlgh school as Frestnnen and found out about hlgh school rules the hard way After we caught on to thlngs, we elected class officers They were Raymond Villeneuve, presi dent, Rosemary LaCla1r, vice president, Phllip Crawford, secretary, and Karl Ridsdale, treas urer Mrs Rogers, as our class advisor, helped us raffle a quilt and sell pencils with foot- ball and basketball schedules on them dent, Burl Hendnckson, vice presldent, Jean Powell, secretary, Valerie Volcott, and treasurer, Harold LaCla1r Mr Jones was our class advlsor and he helped us sell pencils and souvenir pins In 1951 we finally came into the bracket of upper-classmen The first business was elec tion of officers They were Phllip Crawford, president, Jean Powell, vice president, Rose- mary LaCla.1r, secretary, and Burl Hendrlckson, treasurer After the offlcers were elected we soon became the proud possessors of our class rings W1th Mrs Hacalllster as our class ad vlsor we presented three one act plays in the spnng Everyone in the class participated and we reallzed a neat profit We had one paper drive at the end of the year and that gave us a small profit At last the long awaited year, our last year in h1gh school, came We elected officers so that the business of reusing money could be attended to as soon as possible They were presi dent, Harold LaClair, v1ce-president, Bob Alton, secretary, Rosemary LaClair, and treasurer, Mary Jane Case The flrst project was the Senior Play ThlS was a three-act comech by James Reach called One Mad Nlghti' After a matinee and one 'mad' evening performance we counted our pennles and found we had come out on top Next on the agenda were several paper dnves which helped the treasury considerably Along with the paper dnves, selling canzw, coke, and ice cream brought us nearer to the Senior tmp, our last memory of high school Many busy hours were spent on our profitable yearbook These memories are what we will refer to as 'the good old days' in a few years We can alreach see what people mean Burl Hendrickson Mary Jane Case We gtarted the Sophomore year rolling with the election of the following officers: Presi