Attica High School - Torch Yearbook (Attica, NY)

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Senior Will We, the SENIOR CLASS of the ATTICA HIGH SCHOOL, Attica, in the County of Wyoming and State of New York, being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this our last WILL and TESTAMENT, in manner following, that is to say: FIRST: We direct that all our just debts and funeral expenses be paid. ITEM: I, ANNE MARTIN, do will and bequeath my liking for N. Y. M. A. men to Arlene Meralu. ITEM: I, ROGER WEST, do will and bequeath my package of gum to Ardyth Suess. IEM: I, JIM HYLAND, do will and bequeath my long sweaters to Howdy Wilkenson. ITEM: I, JEAN STANGROVER, do will and bequeath my ability to turn cart- wheels to George Seligman. ITEM: I, VELMA SNYDER, do will and bequeath my quietness to Dick Runvik. ITEM: WE, JACK OSTERTAG, JIM HYLAND, and RALPH BOTTONE do will and bequeath our ditch on the road from Bennington to Harriet, Peg and Sue ITEM: I, TERESA VICTOR, do will and bequeath my black hair to Harriet Kuhn. ITEM: I, DICK JASNAU, do will and bequeath my dimples to John VanSon. ITEM: I, RUTH LIPPOLD, do will and bequeath my brains and integrity to Bob Beachmen. ITEM: I, JEAN KNOBLOCH, do will and bequeath my stubborness to George Lewis. ITEM: I. HELEN SQUIRES, do will and bequeath my meekness to Peggy Schreiber. ITEM: I, MARY HUSSEY, do will and bequeath my pleasantness to Edith George. LASTLY, WE hereby appoint Mrs. Charlotte Ranger executor of this our Last Will and Testament, with full power and authority to sell and convey, lease or mortgage real estate; hereby revoking all former wills made by us. Signed, sealed and delivered in one thousand nine hundred and forty-four. Page 19 ANNE MARTIN JIM HYLAND

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY We, the class of ’44, started out in our freshman year with great hopes for the future. As we now look back, we see Mr. Van de Mark as our class advisor and William Denault as president. Our activities were very limited during our first year, and our only great achievement was the winning of first prize for Stunt Night. With Mrs. Sands, Miss Feeley and Mr. Cogger as advisors, and Victor Jensen as president of our sophomore class, we participated in more of the school activities. Being distinguished sophomores we were allowed two dances for the year; they proved to be very successful. We sophomores gave an all out effort toward the sale of defense stamps and bonds and at the end of the first contest ranked second to the seniors. As we now look back we regard our Junior year as almost our busiest year. Under the direction of Mrs. Ranger as advisor, we elected the following officers: James Hyland, president; Ralph Bottone, secretary; Robert Hutchings, vice-pres.; Jack Ostertag, treasurer, and Jean Stangrover and William Denault as class representatives. We were the first class to purchase our senior class rings in our junior year. Our junior play, Meet the Folks,” under the direction of Mr. Cogge was a superb production. Warren Fargo’s orchestra of Batavia provided the music for our major event of the year, our Junior Prom. In June we toasted farewell to the seniors by entertaining them at the Junior-Senior Banquet. Finally, after three years of bettering ourselves we became sophisticated seniors. We again welcomed back Mrs. Ranger as class advisor and James Hyland as president of the senior class. Other officers included: Ralph Bottone, vice-president; Ruth Lippold, secretary; Helen Squires, treasurer; Phyllis Lippold and William Denault as representatives of the Student Council. William Denault left us to join the armed forces at the middle of the year. Richard Jasnau was elected to take his place as student council representative. Hubert Hopfinger left the class in March to join the armed forces. We began our senior year with a Welcome Back Dance which was a great success. Our senoir play, So Help Me, Hannah!,” again under the direction of Mr. Cogger was even a greater success than our Junior Play. Our Senior Ball, which was a huge success, was held in May. After four short years of study and fun we are now looking foreward to Baccalureate, Class Night, and to the final day of departure, Graduation Day. In the future we will remember the new friends we made, and the fine teachers who made our Attica High School days enjoyable. Page 18

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SENIOR ACHIEVEMENTS BEVERLY BOSS Eagle Staff 1, 2, 3, 4; Dancing Club 3; Junior Play Comm. 3; Glee Club 1, 2; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Music Night 1, 2, 3, 4; Gym Demonstration 2; Senior Ball Comm. 4; Dance Orchestra 4. RALPH BOTTONE Student Council 1, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 4; Manager 3; Eagle 1, 2, 3, 4; Editor of Eagle 4; Torch 3, 4; Assistant Editor 4; Vice-President of Student Council 4; Secretary of Junior Class; Vice-President of Senior Class; Intramurals 1, 3; Stunt Night 1; Chef’s Club 3, 4; Junior Play 3, 4; Senior Play 4; Dramatics Club 2, 3, 4; Stage Crew 2, 3. 4; Manager 4; Junior Ring Coomm. 3; Soccer 1, 2, 3, 4; Senior Play Comm. 4; Junior Prom Comm. 3; Senior Ball Comm. 4. WILFRED COE Eagle 1, 2; Stunt Night 1; Soccer 2, 3; Chef’s Club 3; Science Club 4; Intramurals 1, 2, 3; Junior Prom Comm. 3; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Dance Orchestra 2, 3; Gym Demonstration 1, 2. JOHN CONWAY Jr. Varsity Basketball 2; Varsity Baseball 3, 4; Soccer 3, 4; Intramurals 1, 2; Cheerleader 1, 2, 3; Gym Demonstration 1, 2; Chef’s Club 3, 4; Sec. 4; Eagle 2, 3, 4; Adv. Comm. 2, 3; Exchange Ed. 4; Junior Play 3; Junior Play Comm. 3; French Club 3, 4; Stage Crew 3; Ring Comm. 3; Stamp and Bond Comm. 3, 4. WILLIAM DENAULT Track 2, 3; Baseball 3; Varsity Basketball 3, 4; Student Council 1, 3, 4; Boy’s Athletic Association 3, 4; President of Freshman Class; Chef’s Club 3, 4; Boy Rep. 4; Intramurals 1, 2. LEO DENNO Science Club 1, 2; Eagle 2; Stunt Night 1; Soccer 2; Junior Play 4; Senior Play 4; Dramatics Club 4. JEAN EMBT Intramurals 1; Stunt Night 2; Home Ec. Club 2; Eagle 3; Camera Club. ALFRED FIX Basketball 4; Baseball 3; Stunt Night 1; Chef’s Club 3, 4; Eagle 1, 2, 3; Stage Crew 1, 2, 3; Intramurals 1, 2, 3, 4. ROWENA FORD Junior Play Comm. 3; Senior Play Comm. 4; Eagle 2, 3, 4. VIRGINIA GEPHART G.A.A. 1, 2; Home Ec. Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Junior Play Comm; Senior Play Comm; Gym Demonstration 1, 2. PAULINE GLOR Home Ec. Club 2; Camera Club 1; Eagle 1. MARILYN GRAU Gym Demonstration 1, 2; Dramatics Club 2, 4; Dancing Club 3; Glee Club 3; Junior-Senior Banquet Comm. 3; Dance Comm. 3, 4; Stunt Night 1. WAYNE HAWKINS Baseball Manager 3, 4; Stage Crew 2, 3, 4; Manager Stage Crew 4; Gym Demonstration 1, 2; Intramurals 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Night 4; Dramatics Club 3, 4; Junior-Senior Banquet Comm. 3. ISABELLE HOAGLAND Eagle 2, 3, 4; Cla's Night 4; Senior Ball Comm. 4; Dramatics Club 2, 3, 4; Vice-President of Dramatics Club 4; Gym Demonstration 1; Junior-Senior Banquet Comm. 3. HUBERT HOPFINGER Chef’s Club 3, 4; Science Club 2; Photography Club 2; Intramural 1, 2, 3. THELMA HUBBARD Science Club 1, 2; Homcmaking Club 3; Library Council 4; Girls Athletic Association 3, 4; Senior Play Comm. 4; Junior Play Comm. 3; Senior Play Comm. 4; Junior Play Recitation 4. MARY ALYCE HUSSEY Cheerleader 1, 2, 3, 4; Torch 2, 3, 4; Editor of Torch 4; Treasurer 2; Girl Rep. 2; Student Council 3; Library 1, 2; Eagle 1, 2, 3, 4; Asist. Editor of Eagle 4; Intramurals 1, 2; Senior Ball Comm; Junior Play Comm; Dramatics 3; Sophomore Dance Comm; Air Warden 2, 3; Stunt Night 1, 2; Athletic Banquet 1. ROBERT HUTCHINGS Soccer 1, 2; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3; Stunt Night 1; Athletic Night 1, 2; Chef’s Club 3, 4; Eagle 2, 3; Intramurals 1, 2, 3, 4; Junior Assembly 3; Student Council 4; Air Warden 2, 3; Fire Warden 1, 2, 3; Photography Club 2; Athletic Association 1, 2; Junior-Senior Banquet Comm. 3; Junior Play Comm. 3; Vice-Pres. Junior Class 3; Capt. Basketball 4; Pres. Chef’s Club 4; Rep. to Student Council; Chef’s Club 4; Science Club 3; Dancing Club 3; Orchestra 1; Music Night 1; Interclass Basketball 1, 2, 3; Sophomore Dance Comm. 3; Freshman Party Comm. 1. JAMES HYLAND Senior Class President; Junior Class President; Soph. Class Rep; Student Council 1, 2, 3, 4; President of Student Council 4; Eagle 4; Torch 3, 4; Treas. of Torch 4; Junior-Senior Banquet Comm; Junior Prom Comm; Senior Ball Comm; Dramatics Club 2, 3, 4; Junior Play 2, 3, 4; Senior Play 3, 4; French Club 2, 3, 4; Library Club 3; Stunt Night 1; Chef’s Club 3, 4; Class Night Comm. 4; Intramurals 1, 2; Junior Play Comm; Senior Play Comm; Ring Comm; Gym Demonstration 1, 2; Air Raid Warden 4. RICHARD JASNAU Baseball 2, 3, 4; Intramurals 1. 2 3, 4; Chef’s Club 3, 4; Boy Rep. 4; Student Council 4. VICTOR JENSEN President of Sophomore Class; Vice President of Freshman Class; Baseball 1, 4; Basketball 2, 4; Chef’s Club 3, 4; Intramurals 1, 2, 3, 4; Student Council 1,4; Eagle 1, 2, 4; Stunt Night 1, 2; Sophomore Dance Comm; Athletic Night; Athletic Association; Freshman Party Committee. Page 20