Attica High School - Torch Yearbook (Attica, NY)

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SENIOR HISTORY Four short years ago we came to school on a September morning and happily went up four flights of stairs to meet our first thrill—Freshman Homeroom. At our first class meeting we chose a fine set of officers who led us with great ability. They were: Phyllis Reed, President; Janet Strobel, Vice-President; Ann Tretter, Treasurer; Virginia Sturrock, Secretary, and Leo Reding and Marie Smith, Boy and Girl Representatives. Miss McCoord, Miss Richardson, and Mr. Carl were our able advisors. Our sophomore year started off with a bang! Our very able officers-elect were Rita Barnes, President; Lois Richter, Vice-President; Phyllis Reed, Secretary; Rae Leyden, Treasurer, and Marilyn Allen and Paul Krotz, Girl and Boy Representatives. Under the capable leadership of Mrs. Pierce and Mr. Cogger we held a very successful Victory Dance, Variety Assembly, and a Spring Dance. These two dances helped us start a good treasury for our Junior year. With complete confidence we started our Junior year at A.H.S. with Mrs Sands as our ambitious advisor. One reason for our successful year was our competent leaders. They were: President, Milford Fargo; Joe Ann Inglis, Vice-President; Secretary, Shirley Aldrich; Treasurer, Richard Walsh; Boy and Girl Representatives, James Pasnewski and Rita Barnes. Our Junior Prom swung through four happy hours with the Campus Cheers from Alfred University. Our play, Miss Smarty,” under the fine direction of Miss McCarthy was of course a success! Next on the agenda came our Junior-Senior Banquet, which we all enjoyed thanks to Rev. Robert Spears’ wonderful address. With three years of hoping, hard work, and good guidance, we found ourselves Seniors! With the usual sensible judgment we elected Richard Holbrook, President; June Youngs, Vice-President; Phyllis Reed, Secretary; Ruth Van Son, Treasurer, and Milford Fargo and Rita Barnes, Boy and Girl Representatives. During January our President, Dick Holbrook, left for Navy Air Cadet service, and June Youngs became our highest official. James Parsons filled her former office as Vice-President. Our activities for the year were: Hallowe’en Square Dance, Senior Ball with Bill Bird, Fashion Show, and our Minstrel Show, the last two of which were huge successes. A bake sale and the sale of candy also boosted our budget to face the Detroit trip. As this goes to press we are looking forward to Class Night, graduation, and above all, our boat trip to Detroit. Page 23

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ARTHUR WILSON Art Some Other Time” ANTHONY WIND Tony The Cradle Song” MAY WRIGHT May Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue” DANIEL ZEHLER Danny I’ll Walk Alone” FLORENCE ZYMOWSKI Flo Later Tonight” JOHN ZYMOWSKI Johnny Oh, Johnny!” Page 22

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enictr Class We, the SENIOR CLASS of nineteen hundred and forty-six of ATTICA HIGH SCHOOL, Town of Attica, County of Wyoming, State of New York, being of sound mind, memory, and understanding, do make, ordain, publish and declare this to be our last WILL and TESTAMENT in the manner and form following: FIRST: We bequeath our success and happiness to future senior classes and direct that they shall pay all our just debts. We devise and bequeath unto the following, or their heirs and assigns, the following as stated: To the School: Some grass to keep off of. To the President of the Class of ’47: All June’s headaches. To Mrs. Ranger: A good long vacation to forget the nightmare of Senior Class advisorship. To John Powers’ Agency: Honey Shreder. To the Faculty: A return ticket to A.H.S. To Jean Zink: Hazel’s idea of sticking to one man. To the Cheerleaders: Some new and peppy cheers. To Walt Disney: Rae Leyden’s artistry. To All Girls: Our senior Casanova, Paul Krotz. To Bun Heebner: Anthony Wind’s violin. To Mrs. Barnes: A Rita who would always get to school on time. To Next Year’s Basketball Team: Bob Nordin’s green wool socks. To Miss McCarthy: Another Jimmy Parsons for the leading man in her plays. To the Book of Famous Quotations: Joe Gaffney’s favorite expressions: Hardships” and No percentage in that.” To Tommy Dorsey’s Orchestra: Milford and his boogie woogie. To the New Principal: Another senior class like ours. To Joe Dunham: Bert George and Paski’s way with women. To the Petries: A longer driveway. To Mrs. Runvik: A big trap to put out in front of the pool room. To Junior Girls: Ginny Sturrock’s love for Buicks. To John Melville: Ann Tretter’s smile. This is our last WILL. We give, bequeath and devise to the Class of ’47 in complete and perfect ownership; all our rights and property of every kind and nature, whether real, personal or mixed, wherever bonded, and giving the above mentioned its seizin thereof except for the property in the foregoing list which goes with the legal titls to the designated persons. THE CLASS OF 1946 Page 24 Signed and Sealed: June, 1946.