Bainbridge Central High School - Echo Yearbook (Bainbridge, NY)

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CLASS HISTORY We take you back to September 6 1950 You Are There We the Class of 56 1n order to 1nform you of our past act1v1t1es and br1ng you up to the present do thus set before you our h1story from September 1950 to June 1956 As green seventh graders and the largest class to come up from the grades we were herded 1nto two classrooms namely Mrs Cheesbros and Mrs Lords CMISS Wood thenj All th1s seemed very new to us but soon we became accustomed to passmg from room to room carry1ng our books along w1th us and see1ng more than one teacher dur1ng the day In the seventh grade we looked forward to our Coo perstown tr1p wh1ch meant as much to us then as our sen1or tr1p does now In the e1ghth grade we followed the same procedure but the old exc1tement of scrambl1ng from our seats at the r1ng1ng of the bell was almost gone because by then we were even more accustomed to the routlne of Jumor h1gh The b1g event that year was our Jaunty bumpy bus tr1p to Albany where we had the pr1v1lege of shak1ng hands Wlth former Governor Dewey It was there that Fred Drachler put an 1nnocent mckel 1nto an apple mach1ne and really h1t the jackpot for practlcally all the apples came pour mg out 1nto h1s hands It was on th1s tr1p that all we g1fIS became aware that Albany was truly the w1ndy c1ty when we saw that our dresses WCIC be1ng blown sky h1gh because of the h1gh veloclty of the preva1l1ng w1nds Dur1ng those two years we also had occa s1onal skatmg part1es The first few t1mes we went most of us were p1ck1ng ourselves up from the floor a great deal of the tlme and the skat 1ng r1nk floor was never so clean as when we finally left It to go home Our great welcome to h1gh school was the freshman 1n1t1at1on wh1ch was sprung upon us by the Jumors Th1s event lasted two endless days We were drowned 1n perfume smothered 1n cold cream and lost 1n the large s1zed clothes we had to wear After we were all settled as freshmen we then began our money mak1ng projects sell1ng magaz1nes ln the fall and re freshments at baseball games 1n the spr1ng In our sophomore year we sold refreshments at the baseball games sponsored the annual football hop sold Chrlstmas paper and tlCkCtS for a benef1t movle Durmg our freshman and sophomore years we had two teachers Mrs Hager and Mrs Crane Although they d1d the1r best they st1l1 couldnt keep the no1se down to less than a dull roar 1n our room Our Jumor year' We came back to school 1n September 1954 only to find ourselves 1n the same old xoom but Wlth d1fferent seats As the largest class 1n the school where else could they put us but 1n the b1g old study hall for the th1rd consecut1ve year Our b1ggest thr1ll was our jumor prom wh1ch we held at the beg1n n1ng of Chr1stmas vacatlon Although the prom 1tself turned out to be great fun we shall al ways remember decorat1ng the gym No one w11l ever know how we got that b1g twenty foot tree IH nor how we finally succeeded xn putt1ng all the decorat1ons on It That year we had our chance to Spflng the 1n1t1at1on on the freshmen as It had been sprung on us two years before We were more len1ent Wlth them than the Jumors were Wlth us for they had to suffer only one day As usual we had our money mak1ng projects such as sell1ng Chr1stmas cards a benefit mov1e one or two dances and sel11ng at baseball games forward to our last year our sen1or year The b1g event wh1ch we sen1ors are look1ng forward to now 1S the sen1or tr1p Everybody IS 1n a b1g frenzy at present because we have not nearly enough money to finance lt Almost everyone has been as busy as a bee try1ng to bu1ld up our treasury Our blggCSt endeavor s1nce the be g1nn1ng of school has been our sen1or play wh1ch gave us a b1g boost IH It Th1s 1nvo1ved much hard work but an unexpected amount of pleasure m1xed 1n w1th It So far we have sold statxonery had one bake sale andabenefit mov1e Wxth the basketball season here we are selllng refreshments at all the home games w1th the hope that our dCI'-lC1t w1ll d1sappear l1ke mag1c and W3ShlHgtOH w1ll become a real1ty not a dream Now that our four years are rap1dly becommg a memory we can look back upon our moments of fun and even our moments of d1scouragement Wlth the feelmng that th1s opportun1ty has been ours Everyone says that school days are the best days of your l1fe and now that the t1me IS com1ng up for us to be on our own we are greatly 1ncl1ned to bel1eve what others have told us 10 , .. 1 ' ' 7 7 7 ' ' 7 ' Y . , . 7 1 1 1 ' ' 1 , . . . . Y 7 7 Y 7 7 ' 7 ' , . . . . . , 7 9 , . 1 A 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 ' , . ' . , . , 1 . . . 7 .' . 3 , . . . . , ' 7 . . , . 1 . , . ' ' ' I ' ' In the fall of 1955, we all came back looking . , , . as ' ' 11 ' ' ' ' , - . . y . . - ' . , , 5 - . . . . u . . . Y ' A 1 1 F' ' . . . . , . , I . . . , ' I y . . . I . . . , l . n . Q , - . . , . - - , Al '1 . . ,, . 7 ' . - , . u . ,

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To the Class of 1956: - You have dedicated your yearbook to Mr. Casey-and rightly so! For many years he was a leader in his field and in the community. His greatest ideal was that of service. He followed this ideal with undy- ing passion. To all students, especially the members of this graduating class, I rec- ommend that you gain possession of this same ideal as a guide in your lives. It will bring you many successes and much happiness Sincerely Edw R Andrews Board of Education Otto Neidlmger Pres Carl Hutchinson Kenneth Eldred Clifford White 9 Mr. Nickerson-Grade Supervisor lVlrs. Black-Office Secretary

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