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

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Clam Hirfory N SEPTEMBER 1936, twelve members of our present class entered this school in first grade with Miss Roberts as our teacher. One incident which seemed outstanding to us was the day George O'Keefe arrived at school wearing glasses. How we all envied him! Painting on the easel, playing in the sand box, and having high school girls take charge of us during noon hours are important remem- brances of the second grade. Entering the third grade, we discovered the new world of romance. Annamae and Dick Sage, Audrey and Dick Robinson, and Clara and George O'Keefe are a few we remember. Highlighting the year was a fake wedding staged during recess. Fourth grade brings back memories of the operetta we produced with the fifth and sixth grades. In the fifth grade we presented A Christmas Carol , in which Ross French starred as Scrooge . Mrs. Butler arranged us according to marks which caused Audrey and Clara to be constantly battling to maintain the first seat. Miss Hudson, in sixth grade, taught us to make flour and salt maps and encouraged reading by offering war stamps to those who had read the most books. Several of our present classmates joined us in seventh grade from West Sand Lake. The use of schedules and passing classes baffled us and no doubt we baffled the hall monitors. lnterclass Basketball was introduced in the eighth grade, with Joan Lampert, Thelma Weeden, Clara Leavenworth, Lois Wagner, and Alice Engwer acting as cheerleaders. Our Class Day in June 1944, brought our grammar school days to an end. In April 1945, we sponsored our first dance, The Superstitious Shindig . What a success!! Our Junior Year consisted of many gala occasions. Class rings were chosen in the fall and arrived in February. A dance, The Gridiron 1-lop was sponsored in the fall. At Christmas we joined ranks with the Seniors in a party. Our next activity was uniting with the Seniors in the adoption of our Foster Child, Therese. Widow By Proxy , our play was presented in the spring. We celebrated the last day of school by hold- ing our Junior Prom, The Flower Fantasy , at which Audrey Beyer was crowned Queen. This year has been the realization of all our dreams for twelve years. Our Play, Card Party, Dances, Magazine and Foster Parents Campaign are all events we've enjoyed and profited by. Our yearbook has been a lot of work but we enjoyed every bit of it. Most of all, our trip, the best event of the year, was a great success. These things are the ones we remember and want to pass on to you, but the ones which have made the greatest impressions we can't find words to express. We've enjoyed every event of the preceeding twelve years, and now, as we're leaving, we appreciate those joys even more. 28

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Senior Clam fmt 06772 Now we're at the crossroads --- on the Threshold so to speak, 'lihese twelve years were just the beginning of the wisdom we all seelx. 'l'o you who've been our friends through all our joys and trials XVe leave the quest of learning as we travel over the miles. XVe really hate to leave you, and dear old Central lligh. We realize that on this day were cutting every tie 'lihat binds us to our childhood, our life within these walls. But, reluctant as we are, we must go when the future calls. We do hope, in years to come, that every one of you llas lots ol' fun and grows to love this place as we do. l5or when at last your time has come to leave old Central High, You'll know how sorry we all feel that we must say good-bye . Clara l,eut'entL'orll7 2 7

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The cast, as pictured, included Audrey Beyer. Norman Waterbury, Betty Bennett. lawrence l,oker, Peggy Ringwall, Charles McAllister, Thelma XVeeden, Fred Douglass. .Ioan l.ampert. mejor lazy OUR JUNIOR PLAY -4 WIDOW BY PROXY This sample of comedy was our first dramatic attempt as a class. We'll always remember Charlie smoking his first cigar and his interest in the lead, Thelma Weeden. Remember Joan Lampert's original French? Audrey Beyer and Norman Waterbury furnished the love interest. Even Fred Douglass surprised us all by learning his opening lines by opening night. Both hnancially and socially, it was a great success. Z9