Averill Park High School - Threshold Yearbook (Averill Park, NY)

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Senior C lass Grou So Long Centra! tl.lNDAl lf hear the hell And now we can tell That classes are over at Central: So thal's why we sing Ol things that do ring So clear in our memories of Central. The time has come to leave you Altl But iough from Central we all hate to part, all of these memories will be in our hearts The paper each week, The gossip we seek Assemblies too lew here in Central: The basketball games, The hoys and their flames , Yes, these are the things that make Central But 'lio To now we'll have to leave them the remaining classes ol this school carry on work hy the golden rule. Remember the days Ol' our dances and plays, The prom and the good turkey supper, The trip to New York. The Central Park walk. But now we must say so-long Central. XVe'll always remember All the fun wc had at Central High, So it is with smiles that we say good-bye No more will we be ln Room G or C, The gym or in Home Economics: NVe leave Latin ll. XVith English we're through. Acids with sulphide we won't mix. So to teachers and friends liach Senior here sends His thanks as we say so-long Central: XVe've come through the years XVith laughter and tears, But now we must say so-long Central. Rost Mztalian

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ILEEN UWILDAY Red Little friend of all the world. Red was on hand when looks were passed out . . . although small in size she makes up for it with her energetic manner pleasing smile and wonderful personality . . . diflicult to make her serious . .. her heart may belong to John, but her friendliness and popularity are a definite part of our class . . . Bark like a dog, 'Red'. Senior Play 41 Varsity Cheerleader 4: Dramatics Club 41 Junior Prom Committee 3: Choir 3, 4. Remember When Clyde Rescott proved himself an authority on the Golden Age and the Mona Lisa ? Jimmy Sprague made hydrogen sulfide in Social Studies Class? Miss Gehle came to school without her shoes? Ralph Wehnau couldn't talk for a whole day? The girls in Secretarial Practice Class were sure they had failed the exam? Dorothy Casey was a bride? The girls became dancing teachers at the Junior-Senior Christmas Party? Dolly Vincent came to school with an engagement ring? The girls turned traitor and elected male class oflicers? The Senior monitors were on time for hall duty? William Snyder received 10071 on the Social Studies exam? Elaine Mallouk didn't talk about her boy friends at Troy High and Catholic Central? Millie Sturgess refused the car? Rita Lesinski played the leading role in Stage Door? Edna Malik wasn't on a poster committee? Rose Micalian didn't have a joke to tell? Helen Dziadyk refused a ride with 'Amy man with the Buick ? Marjorie Backhaus refused to give someone help? Gale Mosher didn't have a wave in his hair? 22

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lain iyioffy T IS INDEED strange to note in recalling the history of the Senior Class from its beginning in September, 1935, that out of the present class of thirty-seven students, only seven remain from the original class. A great deal has happened to make ours a well-organized and strong class. What has been another school's loss has been our gain. We are proud to recall the achievement We have made from 1935 to the present time. One morning in early September in the fall of 1935 a group of curious, wide-eyed youngsters entered the first grade room with Miss Roberts as teacher. Some of us were timid and fearful at the thought of such a strange experience, and some of our mothers even came to reassure us. For others of us it was a grand adventure. If you Want to know what that experience Was, all you have to do is ask Marjorie Backhaus, Harry Beach, Jean Horton, Helen Krause, Gale Mosher, Beatrice Teal, or Mary Teal about it. In the second grade under the guidance of Mrs. Smith, we had the opportunity to paint on the large easel and play in the sand table. Our experiences in the third grade were not so eventful, but we enjoyed the comradeship of Miss Bauer for the first few months. When she left, many of us were so saddened that We actually cried: however, we were reassured by the presence of our new teacher, Miss Bagchus. When the time came for our entrance into the fourth grade, a new arrival in the person of Dorothy Samjohn joined us. Her stay with us was short, but she returned again in the fifth grade. Miss Barker was our teacher. Her popularity was shown at recess time when all the girls flocked about her. The fifth year was quite an innovation, for then we began to under- stand that all of us were not equal. Something they called an IQ test separated the sheep from the goats. Everyone was arranged according to his intelligence. This was Mrs. Butler's plan to make us work harder so that we might be promoted to the honor seats. This year Nancy Abbott and John Dreis joined our ranks. Our greatest achievement in the sixth grade was the operetta which we presented at Christmas time, the Christmas Carol. As we look back, most of us can remember taking some part in the great production. No wonder our play was such a success, for Mrs. Beck was our able leader. Our grade decreased in number when Jean Horton left us to live in Poestenkill. We looked forward eagerly to our seventh year, for this was the time when our number was greatly increased when many boys and girls joined us from our sister school in West Sand Lake. Those Who came from West Sand Lake were Norma Bailey, Richard Clark, Arthur Fer- guson, Katherine Knapp, Rita Lesinski, Edna Malik, Rose Micalian, Clyde Rescott, Lois Rescott, Ralph Wehnau, and Nancy Widstrand. These were not all, for Helen Dziadyk, Phyllis Dixon and Thelma Olsen also 24