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

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We give and bequeath to Herbert Clark, Arthur Ferguson's ability to play basketball and his art for making baskets. Marion Ewald reluctantly gives Russ to any girl who wants to go to all R. P. I. affairs. We give and bequeath Katherine Knapp's wittiness to Charles McAllister to add to his own. To any girl who Wants a trim figure we give and bequeath Edna Malik's athletic enthusiasm. To the Centralian Staff of the coming years we give and bequeath Mary Teal's mimeographing job. To Douglas Beck we leave the pleasure of acquiring James Craw- ford's trigger laugh. Attention girls! We give and bequeath Elaine Mallouk's list of acquaintances in Troy High and Catholic Central to any girl who wants loads of dates. To Craig Kingsbury we give and bequeath Clyde Rescott's small physique and coordination. To any fellow who can't control his hair or has the time to try we give and bequeath Gale Mosher's wave. We give and bequeath Ralph Wehnau's cheerleading ability to Richard Senter. John Dreis slyly leaves his mania to argue to the students of any class who wish to prolong their lesson. We give and bequeath Beatrice Teal's and Helen Krause's affection for each other and ability to get along well together to Lura Adams and Roberta Zweig. To Florence Lake we leave Lois Rescott's effervescence because she has plenty to spare. To Grace Saxby we give and bequeath Dorothy Casey's ability to snag a husband. To Clara Belle Leavenworth we give and bequeath Nancy Wid- strand's interest in science and her good marks in the subject. Doris Jesse's ladylike manner we pass on to Hattie Williams. We give and bequeath Dolores Vincent's diamond ring to any girl who hasn't high hopes of receiving one someday. We give and bequeath Jean Horton's sparkling soft brown eyes to Joan Lampert. To Mr. Stahlman we give and bequeath our appreciation for' his advice, cooperation, consideration, and his everlasting patience. b To our teachers we give and bequeath our hearty thanks for the help and encouragement they have given us and our gratitude for their trying to give us what we need to meet the world. We give and bequeath to the student body piles of homework, dread- ful thoughts of final exams and happy high school years! In testimony whereof, we hereunto set our hand and seal, in the presence of the witnesses named below, this 13th day of June in the year nineteen hundred and forty seven. Witnesses: Kilroy Charlie McCarthy Mortimer Snerd 27

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lam Wi!! E, THE CLASS of nineteen hundred and forty seven, of the Averill Park Central High School, in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York, having proved to our teachers our unsoundedness of mind, memory and understanding, do hereby make this last will and testament. We give and bequeath to the Class of 1948 our sincerity of purpose, our earnest good-will, and our dignified manner, which we, in some in- stances, have assumed. To the Sophomore Class we give and bequeath the honor of be- coming upperclassmen and trying to command the cooperation of the underclassmen. We give and bequeath to the Freshman Class the Senior girls' affec- tions for the Junior boys and the Seniors boys' consistent self-control. To any girl who doesn't get around much and has the yen to go, we give and bequeath Annette Luckow's car - and the places it has been! We give and bequeath Bertha C1undrum's restrained, dignified man- nerand her homebody characteristics to Thelma Weeden. To Phyllis Cain we give and bequeath the slim, curvacious figure of our jolly Norma Bailey. Phyllis Dixon's dignified charm we pass on reluctantly to Roberta Zweig. We give and bequeath Mildred Sturgess' wavy, blonde hair and plaintive little voice to Dorothy Schreiner. Nancy Abbott's tall, slim physique and gracefulness we want Marty Ormsby to receive when he is a Senior. James Sprague and Richard Clark give and bequeath their strong efforts in trying to suffocate the student body and faculty with hydrogen sulfide to next year's Chemistry class. We give and bequeath Ileen Wilday's ability to do all fast dances to Doris Egli. To next year's History C class we give and bequeath William Sny- der's ability to obtain 10076 on the exam. . Helen Dziadyk's difiiculty in having her name spelled correctly is passed on to Dorothy Smith. We give and bequeath Harry Beach's quietness and shyness to Fred Douglass. To any girl who wants to become a good wife we give and bequeath Thelma Olsen's interest in Home Economics. W We give and bequeath Rose Micalian's naturally curly black hair to Alice McClellan, in case she ever longs for dark hair. Lawrence Loker is to receive Rita Lesinski's ability to play the piano and lead the band. l To Eleanor Roesch we give and bequeath Marjorie Backhaus' abil- ity to do a job neatly and well. 26

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lam ffophecy OLLOWING our class day picnic we decided to have a theater party at the Troy Theater. It was an excellent show entitled Nostradamus and people who saw it predicted that you could really see into the future if you were in the right frame of mind. We went in as a group at seven o'clock that night and enjoyed the show immensely. l wouldn't say that we could tell what is going to happen in the future, but it did arouse our imaginations considerably. They were aroused so much, in fact, that I suggested that we go a few blocks below Congress Street on Second Street to see Troy's most famous oracle who calls herself Madam Marie. There are fakes and fakes but the predictions of Madam Marie are phenomenal. You can imagine the surprised look on Marie's face when she saw our large number, but she escorted us in. The lights were very dim and it took a while before our eyes became accustomed to the semi-darkness. There was a weird atmosphere about the place. You could feel the cold shivers on your back. You knew that something was going to happen and you wondered what it would be. You wanted to know - and yet you didn't want to know. If the future held happiness and success, you anticipated the revelation: but if it held unpleasantness, you shuddered. Madam Marie let us into the main reading room and promised that she would hold a group seance. It wasn't customary, but she thought that it might be arranged if our group would concentrate and act as one mind. We were seated on what seemed to be a bleacher some- what elevated. There in the middle of the room below us on a heavily draped table was a glistening crystal ball, quite large in proportion and shining with a peculiar light. The inside of the glass kept changing in color: cloud formations took place and as you gazed at the ball you would swear that a part of the cloud formation became alive and took on your appearance. The miniature figure would dance around and smile and chat with the other figures. Even before Madam Marie sat down to un- veil the future we knew that something startling was going to take place. We sat enraptured. The crystal ball, only fifteen inches in diameter, suddenly filled the room and we looked into our own faces. They did not seem to recognize us at all, but went on acting as if they were a separate body. Madam Marie assured us that we would be pleasantly surprised by what was going to take place and warned us that any outbreak would spoil the seance. 28