Belmont Central School - Reflector Yearbook (Belmont, NY)

Text from Pages 1 - 24 of the 1953 volume:

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H ERBERT LEILOUS For his unselfish and untiring' service to Belmont Central School as a member and preeident of the Board of Education over a period of fifteen years, we, of the Reflector staff, the faculty and student body, do, with a deep sense of affection and appreciation, dedicate this 1953 Reflector Annual to Mr. Herbert J. Leilous. 3 Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll-lllilllllH-lllli-lliilllllll-Ulll-lull-llll'-Hlll-lllilllllli-llHilllilllllllIIlllIl-lll l-lllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllll!lf-I1lllIlZllIllllIlllllllIlllliIIIll?lHlllIlHll-ll1llIllll-lllIlIlll lIllllllll,ll-lllll-'llll-Hlllllll llllllll ll.ll1ll.llllllllIlllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-IlllllllllllllllIlIllllllllllllllll-llllllllllIlllllllllIlllllIlIlllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIllIllIlIlllill-lllllllllllllIHIIIIIIIIIIIIllllIII-llIIllllllIllllllIllIlIIIIIIIllIIlIIlIllIllllllllIllllllllllllillllllll-IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIQIIUI 1953 REF LECTOR lllllllIlllllIII-IllII-I!IIIlIllIllIIlllllIlllllllll-IIIII-llllIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIllllIlHIIIIIIIIIlllllllllll-IIIII-IllllllllIlllllllllllIllllllllllIIIlIIIIIII1IlIlIIlllllllIlllllllllllllllllllIII1Illlllllllllll-IllllllllIllllIlllllllllllIlllllllI-llllllllllllllllllllllll licforc and After Graduation It is about that time of year when we seniors wake up and say to our- selves, Man! Before long I'll be out of school. And soon after that I'1l be on my own. When you think of graduation, you inevitably start reminiscing and reliving your school days. And when you hear the Alma Mater it seems to have a much greater effect on you than ever before. I doubt very much if any of us can say that wc didn't make this statement, Boy, when I get out of school it will be the greatest day of my life. Now we all think it over and wonder if it's true that we will miss school like the old folks say we will. But it's a little late to think about what we should and shouldn't have done. We must think about what we are going to do now. Many of us have decided on what we will do after graduation. Some are going to nursing schoolg some to business schoolg four of the boys have enlisted in the Navy. lt's a big step to take, but no one can say whether or not you are doing the right thing. Only time and experi- ence will tell you that. We are all preparing to take what could turn out to be one of thc big- gest steps in our lives and this means we must say farewell to our friends who are soon to follow us and the faculty who so patiently brought us through our twelve years. Soon, very soon, it will be that big day, and finally the big moment and then we will be sixteen more grad- uates on our way into the world, hoping that we will uphold the prin- ciples on which our country stands as well as those before us have. So long from the class of '53, -Phil O'Keefe The Doors Close At the close of each year as past senior classes passed through the school doors for the last time, we of the class of 53 often caught our- selves saying to each other, I wish we were leaving instead of them. But, now that it has come time for us to close those same doors behind us forever, we begin to look back and remember the fun, and hard- REFLECTOR STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ----.-----.............. Patricia Olmstead ASSOCIATE EDITOR --- ASSISTANT EDITOR --- FEATURE EDITORS -- Cl-IATTER EDITORS - - SPORTS EDITORS --- ART EDITORS .,.. CIRCULATION MANAGERS ADVERTISING ............. PRODUCTION -- - ..... Barbara Stark --------Gall Jones -----Audrey Jacobs Raymond Keenan -------Thomas Kyle Diana Van Dyke Helen Whitney -- ---David Caldwell Lee Strittmather -----Maxine Clark Betty Billyards Donna Dickens William Lyon - - - - - -Everett Horn Janet Horn -----Marcia Frick David Ryan -----Daniel Babcock Charles Bliven Kathryn Canty Helen Hand Barbara Shelley REPORTERS Shirley Baker Marilyn Lewis Roseanna Biancuzzo Carl Peterson Shirley Clark Joyce McConnell Judi Farwell Sandra Mitchell Patricia Hickey James Pire Marlies Kuhne Crystal Wilkins ADVISOHS Mrs. Irma Presutti Miss Florence Duncan Mrs. Dorothy Crowther Mrs. Dorothy Sortore ships, we had together. We now be- gin to wish We could start school all over again. If we were to start those twelve short years over again there are a lot of things we would not do that we did before-such as thinking that we know a lot more than our teachers. Now, as the doors softly creak closed for another year, let us sen- iors remind you people whether freshmen, sophomores, or juniors that there is nothing like school. No matter how much you dislike it now, you will appreciate it just that much more as you leave. Now we seniors say goodby to our Alma Mater as the doors close behind us. -David Caldwell After Graduation What? . . . What are your plans for the fu- ture?l' or What do you intend to do after graduation? are the ques- tions being asked our seniors and seniors everywhere now that grad- uation is so near. Some have no definite plans but many of us plan to go away to school, someday to become doctors, nurses, teachers, lawyers or engi- neers. Others plan to get jobs and start right away to make their place in the community, A few will join the service and serve their country, while some will get married or re- turn to P. G. for a few extra courses. No matter what the graduate has planned for his future, I'm sure he will always look on his days in high school and thank his lucky stars that he had a chance to go to high school and be glad he had his teach- ers to help him along his road to the future. So with deep regret at leaving, we seniors bid a fond farwell to old B. C. S. -Patricia Olmstead 4 llllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIlIillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllI-IlIIlIIIllIl!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-lllllllllllllllllllillIlllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIHIIIIII-llllllllllllIIlllllllllllllliilllllilllll-llllll Illil IIIlIl-UiIIIHUIIIIlilIllilllllllNIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIHIIIllUillHUllHIlllIIiIllIllllIlIIllltlIHIUHIllllll-llllIlllllllIlIIIIIIIIIIUHIlIllIllllllIllllll-IlllIIIllllIllIllllillllllllIIlllll-HIII-llllllllIlllllllllllllIllllll-Illll-UIIIIJHIl-llllllllIllllllll-lllll-Illll-llllll 1 953 REF LECTOR llllllllllllllllllllIIUIIIIIIIWIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIllIl-llII!-IIllIlllllIllHill!IllIlllllllllUllIlllIIWII-lilIl-1IllIlllIII-llIlllilIil-IllllllllIIlllIillllIII-IIIIllilIll-IIIIIllIllIlI!IIIIIllIllIlIII-IllU-Illll-IItII-Illll-IIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIUllliIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIHIII-IIIIIIIII Senior Class Back Row ileft to rightl-Charles Lyman. Gerald Van Dyke, William Robinson. John Collins, Everett Horn, David Caldwell, Philip O'Keefe. Front Row-Donald Patrick, Patricia Olmstead. Marlies Kuhne, Helen Hand, Betty Billyards, Maxine Clark, Roseanne Biancuzzo, William Lyon. Who's Who in the Senior Class ROSEANNA BIANCUZZO iRo- sieb is the class valedictorian. She played the leading role of Mother in the play. Rosie has been in choir three years, and Student Council three years. She has been on the Reflector Staff as a class reporter for three years. She likes to sleep in the morning. DONALD PATRICK CPatJ played baseball four years, basketball three years and soccer three years. He was Vice-President of the Senior Class. Patrick was our famous Hercules in the Senior Play. He likes to play sports and dislikes riding in air- planes. His favorite expression is God Only Knows! DAVID CALDWELL CDaveJ bet- ter known as Pop'l in the senior play, has been been President of the Senior Class. He dislikes slacks on girls in school and likes a person who doesn't brag. Dave has been sports editor of the Reflector two years. He has also done such things as singing at all-state and all-county choir. He has been a member of the Student Council. GERALD VAN DYKE CGerryD has been in the band for seven years and has been in the choir for two years. He sang in the all-state and all- county choirs as a tenor. He was in the Senior Play as i'Badge Burns. He has also played basketball and soccer. His main likes are art and music and he dislikes people who brag. His favorite expression is, K'H0ly Cow! 5 is a a- 7-5 3 PATRICIA OLMSTEAD CPatJ is the class salutatorian. She has been Treasurer of the Senior Class, Pres- ident of Student Council, and Editor of the Reflector. Pat has been in choir and has been a cheerleader for three years. She likes food, clothes and swimming. Dislikes going to bed early. Was Betty Lou in the play. HELEN HAND has been in choir four years, and served on the Re- flector Staff two years. Likes danc- ing, ginger ale and football. Dislikes going to bed early. JOHN KENYON is thc sort of fel- low who likes to do whatever the other fellows like to do. He dislikes dancing but likes to watch. John's favorite expression is you don't know, do you? llllll-IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIl-lllll-lllll-IIIIIIIHIIIlllll-HllllIlllIllllilIlIlII-Hill-Illll-llIllllllll-IIHIIIIIII-Illll-Hillllllli-illll-IIIElIIIIII-llillllIllilllill-llilIIIIINI-Illll-llllI-Iilll-lHH-llHI-IUH-lllll-Hill-HIllIIlIIlIlIHIIIIIll-Illll-IIHIIIlllI-lllll-IllIIIIIIH-llllll -llllllllili-lllllllllIllllllI-illIillllil-IlllllllllllilIIIIIIIIllllllIllillIIIllIl-IllIIlilIIIIIlIIlllllIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIllllllIIIIIllllilliilll-lllllllllllIlllllllllllllillilllllliHlII-lillllllIIlliilllllllIIlllllllIlllllllililllllllllllllllIIIIIIIII-llIllllllllllllllllllilllllill 1953 REF LECTOR Ili-Illllllilll-illll-lllil-IllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIilllIllllllllilllllllIIIII-IllllllllIlllllIllllilllIIlllllllil-IllllllllillllllilllIIilllllllIllIlIIllllllillllillllIlillIlllllilllliI-IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllilllillilIllllllllIIIII!IIllllIllIillll-IIII!-llliiliilll-llill-iiilll EVERETT HORN KEVJ has played in the band four years, sung in the choir two years, played soccer in his freshman year. He managed soc- cer in his sophomore year and man- aged soccer and basketball in his junior year. He was Dr. Gooch in the play. Ev is also the Senior Class secretary. He was class re- porter in his freshman year and in his senior year he was circulation manager of the Reflector. His fa- vorite expression is I overslepti' ELIZABETH BILLYARDS CBet- tyl is on the art staff of the Reflec- tor. She was Bernadine in the play. Likes spaghetti, music and travel- ing. Dislikes rainy days and having to wait for people. MAXINE CLARK CEmmaJ is the girl who kept us laughing on the senior trip. She is Vice-President of Student Council, President of F. H. A. and art editor for the Reflector. Likes roses, food and baseball. Dis- likes catty people and getting up in the morning. Was Connie in the play. JOHN COLLINS was stage man- ager for the play, If Mother Only Knew. John has been in the band three years, on the soccer team one year. He was president of the F. F. A. in 1951-52. Likes fishing and hunting. Dislikes school and study- ing. John's favorite expression is Man eater alive. MARLIES KUHNE fMollyJ is the senior reporter on the Reflector Staff and historian of F. H. A. Was in choir three years and was a cheerleader one year. Likes dancing, music, and swimming. Dislikes gos- sips. Was Aunt Mary in the play. PHILIP O'KEEFE CFlipJ had two years of basketball. He was art edi- tor for the Reflector for one year. He played the part of Brains in our Senior Play. He likes airplanes and cigaretes. He dislikes school. WILLIAM LYON CBilll has played six years in the band. He played two years of soccer. He was in mixed choir two years and on the Reflector Staff one year. He likes fast music, hunting and dogs. He dislikes brown noses. He played the part of Wilber in our Senior Play. You don't say! is his famous say- ing. CHARLES LYMAN fBig Mob played soccer three years. Charles likes are hunting, fishing and re- pairing motors. His dislikes are mid- night shows and dancing. Charles played the part of detective in our Senior Play. His favorite expression is Suferin' Soccotashl' WILLIAM ROBINSON tWillieD played soccer four years and base- ball two years. He was one of our representatives in Student Council. He was a detective in our Senior Play. He likes playing soccer and yodeling. Favorite expression is Fill it up again. Senior Class History Our first taste of school started twelve years ago in Miss Mary Win- ston's first grade. There were forty- one in the class. Now in our gradu- ation class, there are but seven left of the original class. In the second grade Miss Virginia Boyd had thir- ty-three of us to cope with and in third grade, Miss Grace Marriner had thirty-five of us. Betty Bill- yards joined us in the fourth grade to make thirty-eight of us under the capable hands of Mrs. Helen Rafter. In the fifth grade Charles Lyman joined us to make forty of us in Mrs. Mavis Schaill's class. In the sixth grade, John Collins, Max- Clark, and Helen Hand joined ine the class under Miss Josephine Cur- Mr. Robert Weed had thirty- cio. six of us in the seventh grade. Bill Robinson and Marlies Kuhne joined the class then. In the eighth grade, Everett Horn joined us to make twenty-nine under Mrs. Mabel Lowe. Our high school days passed so rapidly, initiation-junior prom- senior ball- senior play - senior trip, and now we are thinking of graduation. It has been an event- ful four years, even if we think that we can't wait for graduation. Now the twelve years are over. Soon we will look back to the glo- rious school days and wish that we were again starting in Miss Win- ston's first grade. Roseanna Biancuzzo William Lyon FAMOUS SAYINGS ON SENIOR TRIP ROSEANNA BIANCUZZO - I'm going to watch the submarine races. Boy, is he gooc-looking! BETTY BILLYARDS- Why don't you go to bed? I want to go to Denver or home. DAVID CALDWELL- Oh, it's dull! I can't get comfortable. MAXINE CLARK- Where are we? What time is it? What are we go- ing to do tonight? JOHN COLLINS- What's your name, your address and phone number? Csaid to waitressesb HELEN HAND- Let me in, open up the door. I can't get up. EVERETT HORN- I forgot my postcards, Oh, I'll mail them tomorrow. JOHN KENYON- Want to go honkey tonky with me tonight? What's your name, your address and phone number? MARLIES KUHNE- Boy, look at those soldiers. 'Tm going to stay in to- night. CHARLES LYMAN- It's raining, it's a crying shame. BILL LYON- Hi yo' all. Fan my brow. Man alive. PHIL O'KEEFE-- Why don't you shut up and let me sleep? Boy, no one else is going to sleep either. PAT OLMSTEAD- Anchors Aweigh! Ninnyhammer. DONALD PATRICK- Anchors Aweigh! Hey, Tony, give me a Tammy. WILLIAM ROBINSON-'Ho ya hon. Hi ya babe. Where yo all from? JERRY VAN DYKE-- Oh, have I got my money belt? MISS FRANCES GIBBON- Oh, you clown. You're wasting your pic- tures. MR. GAYLORD FARWELL- You stop every half an hour now. MR. STRATEQ-- Hoody, Liver and bacon, or would you prefer eel cr scalloped onions with watermelon juice for dinner? 6 lllllllillillllllillllill-llllllIIIIlllIilllIIIIIIIIIII-llillllllllllllIllillliliillillllillilllllllillliilillillIillllIIIllllllIllIlliillilIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIillllllillllllllllIillllllIIIIIIHil-illillllIllllIllllllillllllllllilIlliililliliillllllllillll-Illlllililllllllllillil-llllll lllllllllHillUN-IIUI-IIIIllllIIIIlililllllll-IlilllllllllllUIIIIIIIIUIHIVIIllllIllllllllllillIlllllll-IIHIIIlllilllilllllllllHllillllllllIlilllillllllllIllllllllXIII-IIIHIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIll-IIIIIIHIlllllllilllIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllll-illlllllllllllIIIIIIlIlllllllllllllllllllilllll 1 953 REF LECTOR llllll-lllllli IIlllllllllIlllllllll-lilllllIIIllUIIII1IIIIllIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIll!!IlllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIllIIIllHIIllIIIFI-Iilll-IIllllIIIIIllHIlllllllllllIlIIIIII-llllIIIIIIIllllIIIIIIII-IllII-Illllllllll-IIIIIIIIlIl-IIIIIllllll-IlIII-llllIlllllllliIllllllll-IIHI-IIIIIIII The Senior Year On September 3, 1952, sixteen teen-agers approached the school with only one thought in mind, I am a senior. When you are in high school the one thing you work for is to be a senior. The Class of 1953 has had an average senior year. We have enjoyed doing the same things which seniors have done year after year. Construction on the school this year postponed some of our activi- ties. We acted as salesmen at differ- ent times throughout the year. We had bake sales, sold magazines, and tickets. Q Do se do, Al a man left, and swing your partner are calls we all en- joyed dancing to, at the Senior Square Dance. In February our senior class worked like beavers to make the decorations for our Senior Ball. Our theme was Valentine's Day and the gym was decorated with hearts, cu- pids, arrows, and lovers. After the Senior Ball, we started practicing for our Senior Play. Finally, after six long weeks of practicing we presented our play, If Mother Only Knew, on April 9, 1953. The success of our play was tremendous and we all looked for- ward to the Washington trip. Washington is a wonderful city, as most of the seniors will agree. We all enjoyed our trip and we found it worth the work, time, and money, which it cost the class, fellow class- mates and townspeople. After our trip we found we had money left over. We donated it to several organizations, bought cards for our graduation, our pictures, and finished the year and our good old school days by enjoying a dinner together. Through your years in high school you are always saying I can't wait to get out of school but when you have only three or four weeks left to stay, you treasure every day. Yes, all of the Senior Class are look- ing forward to graduation, and we want to thank all the teachers, our classmates. and townspeople for making our years in high school, years we shall never forget. -Maxine Clark Senior Impressions Of School The thing that most impressed me about high school is the way in which the students change after leaving eighth grade and entering high school. They seem to lose their childish ways and begin to act more grown up. This brings a much better relationship between student and teacher.-Roseanna Biancuzzo My senior year has been the most interesting and worthwhile year. The thing that has impressed me most is the senior broadcast. It has helped many seniors, including my- self, to speak better and more eas- ily.-Elizabeth Billyards As I look back on my school days, now that graduation is so near, I think of how much I have enjoyed the years whichl have spent in school. When you are in school you never have to worry about being bored Cthe teachers see to thatl. Be- sides obtaining an education, you al- so enjoy yourself: There are dances, plays, sports, and finally the climax -the Washington trip. The friends you make in school are the closest friends you will ever have. I guess, when you put all of these things together, you can sum it up by saying the years you spend in school are years you can look back on with pleasure. -Maxine Clark The thing I remember most vivid- ly about my four years in high school is the day I skipped school. I had told Mr. Strate that I had to take care of my brother. 1 left school, but didn't go home to take care of my brother. In the mean- time, Mr. Strate called my home to ask me a question and I wasn't there. To make a long story short . . . crime doesn't pay.-David Cald- well At last we are seniors and will soon be saying good-bye to our schoolmates, teachers and to our foster home, Belmont Central. We all have had our little and big dif- had ferences at times but we have such a wonderful twelve years to- gether. I will always look back on my happy school days, with teachers so understanding and kind, and thank each and every one for helping all of us up on the first rung of our Ladder of Success.-Helen Hand The time has come when we sen- iors will be leaving school. Some of us are going on to further our educa- tion, others into the service, and others to settle down to a life of happily married bliss. I wish to say farewell to a Won- derful part of my life which I shall never forget.-Everett Horn Sitting here in study hall I look around and think to myself, Take a good look, for this is the -last time you will be sitting here. It just doesn't seem possible that I am ready to graduate in June. It seems as if it were only yesterday that I was a freshman. Also I can remem- ber the fun I have had Calso the trouble I got intoj putting on plays and dances. Yes, twelve years is a long time, but to me it doesn't seem that long. Now only that I am leav- ing do I appreciate school, what I was taught and what I learned. It is with a mixed feeling of regret and joy that I will leave Belmont Central School.-Marlies Kuhne My school impressions are full of enjoyable and not so enjoyable memories, but for the most part they are enjoyable. I have had a lot of fun in school BESIDES learning for the future. I have had a swell group of fellow students all through our school years. The faculty is a group of the best. The twelve years went fast and now it's our turn to leave the old Alma Mater and use the learning we have obtained in school.-William Lyon I guess I haven't got much kick about high school. I've been pretty lucky. I enjoyed basketball, study hall, and the library. My favorite teacher is Mr. Howbridge. I've had a lot of fun, but I'll be glad to get out-Phil O'Keefe The happiest days of all my school years were, without a doubt, spent in high school. I have especially en- joyed my senior year, in which I found out that you come closer to your teachers and become friends with them, that they are there to help you as well as pile work on you. Also, the fact that my senior year was cluttered with the play, dances, and the Washington trip, made this year the most exciting of all.-Patricia Olmstead My impression of high school-I liked every bit of it. I've enjoyed playing sports with my friends. I 7 IllllllIlllll1lIII-IlllI-lllllllllblllllll-IHIIIHllllillll-lilIIlIllIV-IIIIIIIHIIIIIIII-Hlllllllll-Illil-IlllilIlIHllHII-51IIIIVIIIIIHIVI-IillllllllllNlIlllll1I-IllIilIIIH-Illllllllll-lllllllllHIIHINIIIIH-HIVIIIHIIIIIHI-HIHllIIIIlilIll-IIIIIIIIIII-IIIIIIHIIIIIIIII-IIIIIIIIIII IlllllIllllIIllIII-IlllllIllllllllllllllll-IllIllllllIlllIllllllllllIIIIllllll-llIIIlilIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIllllllllllllI-Illllllllllllllllllllll-IlllllllIIIIIIIIIIINIIlllllllllllllllllI-lllllllllIllllIII-IIIIIIIIIIlllllll-IIIIIIIIHIIIUIIIlllllllllIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 1953 REF LECTOR IlllllllllIIll.llIllllllIllllIIIllllllllllllllllllllllll-IllIllllllllllIillllIll-lllll-IllllllllllllNl!Illlll-HIHIIIIIIIIUII-llllIllllIllIINIIIIIIIIIIHI-Illll-IIIII-IIIIIIIIUIIIIIlllllIIl-IIIIIIIIIIIIHIllllllllllllllllllll-UllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllll-Hill-Illll-llllllllllll can never forget the days we skipped school and the punishments we received. I enjoyed all the sports I played from the freshman year right up to my senior year. I have appreciated Coach Anthony Mo- shano's fine work with us in sports. I enjoyed the time I spent in study hall and the library. I will never forget the day I had to wash Mr. Mazzanti's car. A word to the wise -don't soap windows. Yes, the school year is almost through and we must leave B. C. S.-Donald Pat- rick When I sit in study hall, I think of all the hours I have wasted dur- ing my school years. Why did I waste them? I didn't think home- work was that important or l thought I was putting something over on the teacher. As school come: near the end for me, I can certainly see my mistakes.-John Collins This being my last year of school. I look back on the twelve years that I have spent at Belmont Central and I realize that they were happy years. After I graduate I will have to find some means of supporting myself and this will be rough - roughter than school.-Charles Lyman My impression of school through- out my past twelve years contains lasting memories both good and bad, mostly good. I've never shown the interest in school that I should have, I suppose, especially in my high school years, but looking back now I wished I had tried a little harder. I've had my share of getting into trouble and in a few cases had to suffer the consequences, due to the disciplinary action of Mr. Strate and company. My main comment is that I'd like to try it all over again. It hardly seems possible that in a few short weeks I can kiss goodbye to the old Alma Mater.-Gerald Van Dyke Senior 'l'llClllC Songs Roseanna Biancuzzo- What Will I Tell My Heart? Elizabeth Billyards- Till I Waltz Again With You David Caldwell- Never Let Me Go Maxine Clark- Why Don't You Believe Me John Collins- Hot-Rod Race Helen Hand- I Believe Everett Horn- ln the Mood John Kenyon- Hold Me, Thrill Me, and Kiss Me Marlies Kuhne- The Loveliest Night of the Year Charles Lyman- The Hobo Song by Red Buttons William Lyon- Brooks Bogie Phil O'Keeefe- Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cig- arette Patricia Olmstead- Tell Me You're Mine Donald Patrick- In the Mood William Robinson- I Can't Go Hunting with You, Jake, But I'll Go Chasing Women Gerald Van Dyke- Beautiful Dreamer 1952-53 is All Over But the Memories Last September, the school year of 1952-53 began for all the Belmont students. There wasn't any spec- tacular or significant event that would enable the average person to recall this year, yet this year means a great deal to those in the senior class. The beginning of the school year for those in the senior class marked the beginning of the last few months of their school days. Adults often refer to these years as the best years of their lives. Let's recall some of the occur- rences of this past school year. First, there was the initiation of the fresh- men. The seniors started selling ma- gazine subscriptions. Local movies were also sponsored by the senior class. There was an intermission for Christmas vacation. Mid-year ex- ams were the next hurdle following Christmas vacation. The junior play, Molly was put on in February. The senior ball was held on Febru- ary 20. The seniors started their senior themes and senior play prac- tice. The annual senior play, If Mother Only Knew, was presented on April 9. Easter vacation marked the last intermission before final ex- ams and graduation. During the Eas- ter vacation the senior class took its Washington trip. This trip is the goal of all seniors and indicates the approaching end to their school days. The junior prom was held on May 8. The sophomore and fresh- man classes presented an Arthur Godfrey show on May 12. Officials of the student council were elected on May 25 and the field day was held the following week. Though the happenings of the school year play an important part in high school life, there are often other things which a student adds to his memories. Some remember the first time they were caught skip- ping, still others recall the bus rides home from the basketball games. Many little such personal incidents are valued highly by each student. The school year of 1952-1953 is speeding away to the past and soon all the seniors will be the new alum- ni of Belmont Central. In the future. only the class picture of the 1953 seniors, like a ghost, shall remain witness to the passing parade of classes. In closing this annual editorial, it is only right, fitting and proper to wish the best of luck to the sen- ior class of 1953.-Gail Jones The Junior Class Has Varied Activities The with twenty-three members. During the year we lost two classmates, but gained two more and we end up still with twenty-three classmates. The first thing our class did was to elect class officers. The class elected Howard Bessette for class president, Joseph Mead, vice-presi- dent, Barbara Stark, treasurerg and Barbara Shelley, secretary. Betty Gleason and Fred Warner were chosen to be our class repre- sentatives to the student council. junior class started school Miss Florence Duncan and Mr. Howard Howbridge were our class advisors. We wish to thank them for the wonderful job they did, in help- ing us. The first important job our class did was to pick out our junior class rings, which we are very proud of. On February 10, our class put on a one-act comedy play entitled, Molly, for the student body and for the P.T.A. We enjoyed that very much. 8 lllllllllllllllllII-lllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIllIllll-lllll-Ilill-lllll-IIIIIIHIlllilllllllllIIIIIIIIll!II-llIIlIlilII-IlllllllllI-IIIIIIIIIII-IIHlllllll-IIIII-Illll-l1IlllIlIllIlllllllllllllllllllllll-NIH-IllIllllllllllIllllllllllllll-Illll-IIIllllllllllllllllllll-IIIIl-Illll-IIIll-llllll ll! l lull1llIUIllUUIUIl1llUUlIUUlMMIII!llllilll-iilll.UIIl-H21 -HNillUHlHLllIH1IlllIIUlill,llHH-llHill!!HIIl.llllllIH-IHH-UIl!IHHlIIllHI1HIVIIlHEINHUIIHININNEHIIHIIILHHIIHININHllllllll-Ili!l-lllll-Nrllllillll-WIN! l IIHHIIIHIII lllllllllllil 1 953 REF LECTOR I-lllllllllllll ll!IIUIll!ll-HUIIIUIXIHI11llEINIUIIIINHil-Nil-HNIEIHIINIHNIIINIJIlilfl-Illlllllill-IIHIIllIH-lIIHIHIH-IIIIIIINIWIHIIll:lllVIHIIl-NI!NIINIHIHHIIHIINIHNlllllllllllllllllllllNIHIIIHINIlIHNIHllIllIIlIIIlllllilllIIIINIIIINIH-Illll-IlllNIIIIIXII -1 Z Nil r-1 i.. E if E IZ If Junior Class Back Row Cleft to rightl-Mr. Howbridge, Howard Bessette,, Terry Thomas. Joseph Mead, Fred Prentice, Fred Warner, Dan Babcock, Leo Strittmather, Jack Winter- halter, Miss Duncan. Center Row-Charles Bliven, Barbara Stark, Kathryn Canty, Monica Baker, Phyllis Babbitt, Ruby Bundy, Sonya Olmstead, David Babcock. Front Row-James Pire, Barbara Shelley, Gail Jones, Sandra Mitchell, Betty Glea- scn. Helen Whitnev Whitney. Robert Sortore. The first thing our class did to raise money was to sell Gra-tor products. We made 582.60 on these sales. Our biggest activity for this year was the junior prom. For our theme we chose 'tPeter Pan. On this dance we netted a profit of 312455. To wind up our activities for this year we held a bake sale cn June 16. We are all looking forward to be- ing seniors next year.-Barbara Shelley Junior Theme Songs PHYLLIS BABBITT - Wish You Were Here MONICA BAKER - I Can Dream Can't I? RUBY BUNDY - If I Had A Wish- ing Ring KATHRYN CANTY -- Tell Me Why BETTY JANE GLEASON - Wed- ding Bells GAIL JONES - Skaters' Waltz SANDRA MITCHELL - Wheel of Fortune SONYA OLMSTEAD - Have You Heard? BARBARA STARK - Donlt Cry, Joe JOE MEAD - Because of You JACK WINTERHALTER - Let's Take the Long Way Home HELEN WHITNEY - Anytime BARBARA SHELLEY - Anywhere I Wonder DANNY BABCOCK - Setting the Woods on Fire DAVID BABCOCK - Why Worry? HOWARD BESSETTE - We're Just Wild About Harry FRED PRENTICE - Rye Whiskey 9 ROBERT SORTORE - I'm a Lone Wolf TERRY THOMAS - Lazy Bones CHARLES BLIVEN No Wings on My Angel JAMES PIRE - Old Soldiers Never Die FRED WARNER - Molly Darling - There Are Whither Bound? Young people are always being warned against excessive daydream- ing. Certainly there is little to be gained by the movie star or big league baseball player brand of day- dreaming, nor is it at all construc- tive. This daydreaming, when tem- pered with constructive thinking, can sometimes be very helpful when llllll-IHHIHI1IIllll!-llllllllliNIllINIl'HIlYHllIWHINIIHINIIH-llllllHHIIHIINIHllllllllllillilllllll-Nl?Hl'llUIlUHINIIHIHI'NIHIH-Hllllllil!-Hill-lilllllll,'lHIlIll'l1IlINll-VIH-'WMIlil,- lil-1 H- IMI' W- HHIVH llHHVIl U- Hill H lllllllllll 1-IIII Q llllll-lllllllllllllllllllIIIIllllllllllll-IlllllllllIlllllllllllllllIllllllil-llllllllllIlllllllllIlllIlllIllllllilllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllIIllIlllllllllllll-llllllllllllIlllllllIllllllllllllllllIIIIIIUIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIllIlllllllIllllIllI1IlUlllll1llllllllHl 1953 REF LECTOR -UIH-IINIHQIIIHW-lllll-Illllllllll-lllll-llllllllllllllllllllIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-IllIlllllIlllIIlllllIIlIlllll-HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIllllllllllllI-lllll-IllllllllllllllIlllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllIIHI-IUIIIIIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIHUIIIQIIII-lllll-IIIHI determining one's life goals. There are two things to consider when determining a career. The first is your abilities, or sometimes your natural talents. The second is your interests, in what fields they lie. In such fields as art, music or mathematics, in which a natural in- clination shows up at an early age, these two fields probably coincide. On the other hand one might enjoy some field of outdoor work, such as nature study, but not be suited to strenuous work such as farming. The solution would be to find a work with a minimum of strenuous exercise-teaching agriculture or science, laboratories of all sorts or other positions of these types. Towards the latter part of high school, the student should pin dcwn his interests to two or three fields and make allowances on whether or not he can obtain a college educa- tion. Certainly no boy or girl should go through high school without taking a part-time job of some sort to gain independence and experience and in some cases to help parents out fi- nancially. Fortunate is the person who has an obvious talent or a great desire for a certain profession and the means to reach that goal, but all of us can discover how to best prepare for the future if we really try.-Ray- mond Keenan A Sophomore Looks At High School Most every student's ambition in school is to graduate. However, there are some students who use school as a filling in place until they are old enough to quit and go to work. Most students do value their education and are in school to learn all they can. When you're in the grades you see the high school students going to a different room for each of their classes and you watch them walk around without a teacher trailing behind them. You begin wondering if you'1l ever reach high school and the time when you too can enjoy these privileges. Then that day comes when you become a freshman. For awhile you struggle with your locker combina- tion, then there's the freshman initi- ation. You think some of the upper classmen treat you as a sergeant treats a buck private and you know that when you're a sophomore, you will not treat the freshmen that way, but usually you join with the others and give them the same treatment. By the end of the year the new- ness of high school has worn off and you have become accustomed to the routine and ways of high school. In your sophomore year you have all the privileges you had during your freshman year. Every year of high school biings something new, and that's when you realize why you worked hard to be in high school.--Audrey Ja- cobs Sophomore News The sophomores are ending up a very good year, with great experi- ences and happenings to remember. The class officers filled their re- sponsibilities and were very success- ful. They were: president, James Gilliland, vice-president, Thomas Kyleg secretary, Gary Tucker, and treasurer, Terrence Monroe. Class advisors were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Crowther and Patricia Hickey and Eugene Johannes were student council representatives. LOST AND FOUND DEPT. LOST: Edward Welch to Andover Beverly Brisbee to Scio Barbara Martin to Mansville Henry Keiser FOUND: Crystal Wilkins from Wellsville Barbara Martin from Boston Looking back to sports, they found many members of their class participating. For soccer, basketball, and baseball: Lester Veley and Gary Tucker. For basketball and baseball: Leonard Watson, Wayne Shawl and Jim Gilliland. For baseball and soc- cer: Terry Monroe. For basketball and soccer: Robert Dickens. For baseball: Eugene Johannes. For bas- ketball: Henry Keiser, Wesley Cline and Richard Mattison. You did a swell job, boys, let's keep it up all through high school. Of course there are always the cheerleaders who had great spirit for the basketball team. A number of girls went out and showed great enthusiasm. Audrey Jacobs was a J.V. cheerleader and Pat Hickey, varsity. Looking back at the beginning of the year, the constitution was drawn up. A committee was appointed and the constitution was written with the aid of Mr. and Mrs. Crowther. At the beginning of the year there were about 16 on the black list, and ncw it has gone down to about half. When they heard about the average of 85 and being exempt from exams, the majority settle down and studied. The assembly the sophomores shared with the freshmen was a :Treat success. Everyone enjoyed be- ing in it and from the reports they heard, the audience enjoyed it. The committee members turned out to le the cast and Mr. Carnavale, the freshman advisor and the director. All the ones participating can thank Mr. Carnavale for his splendid work. Joyce McConnell Patricia Hickey Soiphomorcs List Pet Peeves After spending about nine months in school, the sophomores have de- cided what their pet peeves are: Eugene Johannes Too much homework. Milford Matteson Not enough study halls. Terry Monroe Too much homework. Not enough women. Robert Dickens Classes are too long. Wayne Shawl Too many teachers. Carl Peterson Not enough school entertain- tainment Jim Gilliland Not enough teachers. Joyce McConnell Too much homework. Not enough entertainment. Bethel Cline Too many tests aren't good for us. Gary Tucker You have to work, and that's against my constitution. Wesley Cline Too many weeks of school. l 0 lilIll-IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllIllIllllIllllllllIIIII-lllll-IIIII-IIIII-IlllllllllllllllIIIIIII-IllllllllIlllHllllllllllllll-IIIII-IIIII-IllIlllllll-lllllllIlll-IIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIllIIIIlIlIIII-IIII1-lllllIIlIIIIIIIIIIllIllllllll-IIIII-IlllllllIllllllllllllllIIIIll-lllllilllllllllll-Illlll I IWIMIHIM-NIMIYIMIWIMIMIMIMIMIMIMINIMIJIMIMIWIWIWIW-M-HIWIMIM-MIM-MIWIWIWIMIWIWIMIMIWIWIWIWIWIMIWIH 1953 REFLECTOR H-WIWIWIWIMIWIWINIW-WIN-M-W-MIWIW-MIWIWIWIM-M-WIWIWIMIWIWIWIW-WIWIWIWIM-WIWIMIWIWIWIM-WIMIWIWIMIWI Sophomore Class Back Row Cleft to right! - Wesley Cline, Bruce Caldwell, Terry Monroe, Gary Tucker, James Gilliland, Leonard Watson, Gene Johannes, Richard Matteson, Milford Matteson, Thomas Kyle. Middle Row-Robert Henries, George Haynes, Raymond Keenan, Gene Whitaker, David Ryan, Carl Peterson, Lester Veley, Leland Converse. Front Row-Thelma Hale, Bethel Cline, Crystal Wilkens, Janet Horn, Shirley Clark, Patricia Hickey, Diana Van Dyke, Robert Dickens. Leonard Watson Not enough entertainment. Leland Converse Not enough entertainment. Gene Whitaker Too many winter vacations, not enough in the spring. Robert Henries Not enough gym periods. Bruce Caldwell Too much talking in study hall. Crystal Wilkins Not enough entertainment. Diana Van Dyke Too much routine. Audrey Jacobs Not enough assemblies, too much homework. Pat Hickey Too much homework, no time for Hprivate lifef' Janet Horn Wants different teachers. Iireshman Activities The freshmen started out the year with getting accustomed to the high school schedule and learning to open the lockers which were new to most of us. Some of the boys had lockers last year as there weren't enough desks in the eighth grade room. Next came the initiation which was a lot of fun. We were all curious to see what Ufateu was in store for us. After the initiation we began to work out our assembly program. Wetre very proud of the way it turned out. We are very thankful to all who helped make it a success. The actors of our show bought Mr. Daniel Carnavale a cigarette lighter because he was always running out of matches durinjf rehearsals. The last thing which came about was the nominations and choosing of ll the student council. Jerry Jordan, Harry Hale, and Marcia Frick were nominated for secretary-treasurer of the student council from our class. Marjorie Bassett Marilyn Lewis Freshman Theme Songs JULIANNE JOHNSTON - Stormy Weather MARCIA FRICK - Hello Sunshine, Good-bye Rain MARGIE BASSETT - Charlie My Boy BERNITA BENJAMIN-Bewitched JACK WALLACE - I Love Girls SHIRLEY BAKER - An Easter Parade JOE KENYON - Found a Peanut IMIWIWIWIWIWIWIW-WIWIWIW-WIN-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-WIWIW-WIWIMIWIMIWIWIWIW-WIWIWIWIWIWIN-W-WIWINIM-NIW-W-H llllilllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll-HIllllIllllllllllilIlIIlIll1IlIIllllIIIlIIlIIlIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIItlllIIIIIIIHIIIIIIlllIllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllIlllllllIllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIllIIllllllllIlIIIIIlIIIllIIIIlIlIIIllllIlllllll-IIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIW 1953 REF LECTOR IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllIlllllllIIllllllllllll-IllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllIIIIllIlIlIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-IllIIIIIIIIIKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllIIIIIIIIllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-IlllllillllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIINlIlIIIlillllIllIIl.lHItIl1lllU ARTHUR BROOKS - I Wanna Get Married MARILYN LEWIS - Piano Roll Blues DONNA DICKENS - Walkin' Arm in Arm with Jimmy JERRY JORDAN - Take Me Out to the Ball Game PHIL SORTORE - Navy Waltz KAY SAUNDERS - Feuding Fus- sin'g and a Fightin' DICK SHELLEY - Let Me Call You Sweetheart BEV. BLIVEN - Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes FRED ROBINSON - Get to Work. Boys PHIL WALLDORFF -- Don't Fence Me In BEV. HARVEY - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels HARRY HALE - Farmer in the Dell JIM WHITWOOD - Blues in the Night RUTH FARNUM - Goofus RONNIE BAKER - Ragtime Cow- boy Blues BOB RULISON - Don't Roll Those Bloodshot Eyes at Me TOM BROWN - School Days JOYCE CLARK - O' Happy Day SPRING TIME Spring is the greatest time of the year. It's a sign that warm weather is near, You will see the children, at work at play, But all is quiet on a rainy day. The tulips peek their heads out of the ground, And all of the animals are frisking around, The bushes and plants grow their beautiful leaves, And on rainy days, water drips from the eaves. The farmers are happy to see spring at hand, So they can grow crops on their plentiful land, The fields of wheat are beautiful sights, And the children are having fun with their kites. -George Haynes Who's Who in Sports DON PATRICK played baseball, basketball and soccer for three years. In baseball he was our catch- er. He played guard in basketball and in soccer he played line. LEE STRITTMATHER has played two years of varsity soccer, two years of varsity basketball, as cen- terg and three years of baseball. This last year he was our star pitcher. JACK WINTERHALTER has played basketball for two years and has played soccer three years. PHIL O'KEEFE has played bas- ketball two years. We wish to thank Phil for the performance he turned in as forward. BILL ROBINSON has played two years of soccer. FRED ROBINSON did a good job playing soccer considering that this was his first year. DANIEL BABCOCK has played three years of varsity soccer and two years of varsity basketball. In soccer he played center half and in basketball he played forward. DAVE BABCOCK played soccer and junior varsity basketball. HOWARD BESSETTE played his first year of basketball and turned in a good performance. JIM GILLILAND has played two years of basketball and baseball. Jim has turned out to be a good third baseman in baseball and he al- so turned in a good performance as guard on the basketball team. GARY TUCKER started out the basketball season on the junior var- sity but later in the season was placed on the varsity. This is Gary's second year playing shortstop. JERRY JORDAN has just started playing in sports. This year he par- ticipated in junior varsity basketball and he also played second base on our baseball team. TERRY MONROE played first base on the baseball team and looked like a professional. LESTER VELEY played his sec- ond year in soccer and baseball. He has also played junior varsity bas- ketball. GENE JOHANNES played his second year of baseball this year. BOB DICKENS has played two years on the soccer team. He also has been captain of the junior var- sity basketball team. WALTER HAND has played two years of soccer and two years of junior varsity basketball. FRED PRENTICE was our very capable goalie this year in soccer. He also played on the varsity bas- ketball team. CHARLES LYMAN played on the soccer team for the last two years. JOE MEAD has been on our soc- cer team for the past two years. JERRY VAN DYKE played in all three sports this year. He partici- pated in soccer, basketball, and baseball. Lee Strittmathcr David Caldwell Choir News There are forty-eight members in the choir this year. It consists of six tenors, ten basses, fifteen altos and seventeen Sopranos. In November, all-state was held at Hornell and the following stu- dents were chosen to go from Bel- mont: Helen Whitney, Joseph Mead, Thomas Kyle, Gerald Van Dyke, Le- land Converse, and David Caldwell. In February, all-county choir was held for the first time in Wellsville and the following were chosen to go: Sandra Mitchell, Shirley Clark, Helen Whitney, Diana Van Dyke, Barbara Stark, Patricia Olmstead, Donna Dickens, Gerald Van Dyke, Joseph Mead, David Caldwell, Bruce Caldwell, Leland Converse and Wil- liam Lyon. Mrs. Katherine Palmer was one of the two directors. Joe Mead sang the only solo part in the program. In May, the spring festival was held at Cuba. Joe Mead won straight A rating for the solo he sang. The choir also took part in the spring concert in May. At baccalaureate services, fifteen freshmen, sophomores, and juniors will sing. Band News When the handicaps under which we worked the first half of the school year are taken into considera- tion, it can be said that the B.C.S. bands have had a very successful year. The senior band of thirty- three pieces played for P.T.A., the senior play, our spring concert, the 1 2 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIJllllllllllllllll-IlllI-Illll-IIlllllIlll-IlllllllllllllllllIIIIllllHlllllllllIlllllIllllllllI-llIlIllItIIlI1IIIIlIlll-IIllIllllll-lllIIIlIlMINII1INIIII-IIIII-IIINIIIIIIIIIIIllllllll-IIIIIlllllIllllllIlIIIIllIllIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH-lllll-Ill lllllllIHIllllIllllllllINUJIIIIHllllHlIkLHllIHIIIllUliilHlUIllllllN!IH1IWIIIHIllIllllINilIIllIIWINIIUllitltlllilIlllilllIH1IIIHIIIUHllIllIiIIiIl1llIUlINlillIUII!IIiHllllIlIIINIlllllllllWIlllkllllllllllIIlllllliililllIILllllllllliltlll!lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 1953 REF LECTOR Q Q E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E Q E Q E Q Q Q 5 I E Q Q E I E Q Q Q E Q E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E Q Q Q E Q L Q E Q Q E Freshman Class Ll 5-Ili! LI Back Row Kleft to rightl-Fred Robinson, James Whitwood, Marcia Frick. Ruth Far- num, Patricia Knox. Beverly Harvey, Shirley Baker, Philip Sostore, Ralph Blackman Middle Row-Kathryn Wilkens. Harry Hale, Mary Shaw. Farwell. Marilyn Lewis, Philip Walldorff, Eugene Gleason, Brooks, Beverly Bliven Front Row-Joyce Clark, Donna Dickens, Jerry Jordan, Benjamin, Roberr Rulison, Marjorie Bassett, Jack Wallace, county music festival, an out-door concert on May 23 and another one on June 13. Eight of our senior band members played in the all-county band and received awards for their participa- tion. Those who participated were Audrey Jacobs, Bernita Benjamin, Julianne Johnston, Kay Saunders. Marjorie Bassett, Robert Dickens, Carl Peterson and Donald Peterson. Audrey Jacobs, Carl Peterson and Robert Dickens were members of the all-state band at Hornell. Seven senior band members re- ceived their B awards for band. They are Audrey Jacobs, Robert Dickens, Eugene Whitaker, Terry Thomas, Carl Peterson, Janet Horn and Wesley Cline. We are sorry to have Gerald Van Dyke and William Lyon leave us this year and wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors. The junior band of twenty-eight members finally shaped up as a mu- sical organization and was quite a Mbit at the spring concert. Seven- teen of our members will be pro- moted to senior band next year. We have been doing some marching on the athletic field and there is more to making a marching unit than we thought. We hope you have enjoyed our music as much as we have enjoyed playing for you. Art Department The room at the end of the lower corridor has been really humming with activity this school year. Many contests were entered. We are proud to report that Donna Dickens re- ceived a S10 honorable mention in the Wildlife Poster Contest spon- sored by the National Wildlife Fed- eration of Washington, D. C. An entry was submitted by Shir- ley Baker to the Health Poster Con- Julianne Johnston, Judi Richard Shelley, Arihur Thomas Bi-own, Bernita Ronald Baker tests sponsored by the Woman's Auxiliary of the Medical Society. The Scholastic Art Awards spon- sored by Sibley, Lindsay and Curr Co., Rochester, N. Y., received many entries and we are pleased to an- nounce that one of our eighth grade girls was awarded a scholastic key. Because Louella Pingrey received a highest regional award, her work was forwarded to Carnegie Insti- tute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for national judging. Congratulations for representing Belmont, Louellal Back to Rochester, where David Caldwell, Maxine Clark and Bill Lyon had ceramic pieces accepted for showing. Bill Lyon and Jack Winterhalter exhibited oils, Donna Dickens, a pastel, and Kay Saun- ders, a pencil sketch. Continue the grand work everyone. Another event to come is our school exhibit at the Angelica Fair where work from grades 1 to 12 will be on display. Look for the booth. 13 -IlIIlllliIIIlllllllillllilIllllIIillllVIII!illlflllllillllllllllllil'WIlllll-I1Iil-IIllI-HlllliIHillIIlllIIIIIIIHII-HIHIl!llllHllillll,iIIIlHIININI-HIIIIHIIN-NIIMINIIH-ILIHIHIHININIIIIHH-HiNI-IH'ilIilI4-UUilNIUI-iNIIillIIIIIIIIit-lllltlWillillllliiitlllllllllllll-I llllllllllllllllllllllll-IIIllllllllllllll-Illll-IIIIlllllll-llIlllllllIIIINI-IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllIllIlllIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIllllllllllllllIIlilIIIIIIIIIIIII-IllllllllllllllII-IlIIIIlIlIIIIIIIIIIIIII-lllll-IIIII-UIIIIIIIIIIIII 1953 REF LECTOR llllllllllll-lllllllllll-IIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIll-IlllllllIlllllllllllIIllIllll-IIIIl-lllllllllIllllIIIIlIlllllllllllIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllIIllIIIIIIIIIll-IllllllllllllIlllIllIlllllllllIlllIIIUIIIIIIIIIIlIIllIIllIIIIIIIIlIIll-IllIIIlIlIIllIlllllIIIlIlIlllIIllII-llllllllllllllllllllllll Student Council The 1952-53 student council has been called to order six times dur- ing the year. In these meetings the freshman initiation was planned and organ- ized. This event was a great success. In the fifth meeting the council agreed to have slick up day on the same day that group pictures were taken. There was some difference between last year's pictures and this year's. The student council suggested that one of the students lead the student body in song and the pledge to the flag at an assembly program. Al- though this hasn't gone into effect yet, it will be done in the future. The new officers for 1953-54 were elected on May 25. President .......... Fred Warner Vice-President .... Gene Johannes Secretary-Treasurer --Harry Hale Advisor .......... Mr. Howbridge The field day was held the week of May 25-29. The high school girls participated in the following events: high jump. running broad jump, soft ball throw, clothes pin race, 25-yd. dash and a bag race. The boys' events were: horse shoe pitching, high jump, broad jump, 100--yard dash, baseball throw, base running, 440 relay, discus throw and shot put. The moving-up day picnic was held behind the American Legion. After the party there was dancing in the school auditorium. The eighth graders were the guests of the high school. Betty Jane Gleason Fred Warner Industrial Arts several projects. We started with a corner shelf. The Advanced Shop I class voted to make a gun rack for the next project. The Advanced II class decided to make plant stands. Our last class project was a televi- sion table on the Advanced I class and a parlor chair in the Advanced II class. Everyone was given a chance to work on the lathe. Many bowls and table lamps were turned out. With three weeks left in the school year we were left to make any project we could in that period. Some picked to make another corner shelf, little wheelbarrows, shadow boxes and to refinish small projects. We also had mechanical drawing this year. We had twelve plates to make. We wish to thank Mr. Daniel Car- navale for the help he has given us during the past school year. Future Farmers Of America On September 29, 1952, the Bel- mont F.F.A. chapter held a meet- ing to initiate the Greenhands in- to the organization. The new members were Harry Hale, Gene Gleason, Leonard Wat- son, Lester Veley, Eugene Whitaker, and Jim Deming. After the initation, the chapter held an election of officers. The fol- lowing were elected to office: Presi- dent, Fred Warnerg Vice-President, Thomas Lambg Secretary, Harry Hale, Treasurer, Henry Keiser: Sen- tinel, Robert Sortoreg and Reporter, Charles Bliven. County and State Meetings Every three months a county meeting of the F.F.A. is held in various chapters throughout the county. In addition to these set meetings, there may be one called for the transaction of special busi- ness. Every year there is a state and na- tional meeting. This year the state meeting was held at Wellsville. Any- one wanting to go to this meeting from our school could go. Other schools farther away elected dele- gates. The national meeting, held in Kansas City, was attended by our county delegate. John Riley from Scio was this representative. Social Activities In October, the F.H.A. and the F.F.A. had a banquet for their par- ents. Around one hundred attended this banquet. After the supper, we enjoyed a program of speeches and dancing. On December 22, the F.H.A. girls and the F.F.A. boys held a Christ- mas party together. There were dancing, games and refreshments. In March, the Belmont F.F.A. was host for the County F.F.A. Banquet. There were one hundred and fifty persons who attended this banquet. Homemaking News In Homemaking III this year the girls studied about nutrition, had suppers and served a turkey dinner. They canned and froze foods. They also had about two weeks of child care. Last part of the year they have been making skirts and dresses. Now they are working on draperies for the Home Economics Department. The seniors in Homemaking VIII have covered many different things this year which will benefit them in the future. They have studied chil- dren, their habits, discipline, atti- tudes, emotions and personality. They all enjoyed the trips to kin- dergarten to observe the children. If any of you want to be a kinder- garten teacher, you'd better have patience. The senior girls want to leave one thought with the future homemaking girls, don't be too hard on the teacher next year. This year the Homemaking I class has been studying home nursing, hobbies, etiquette, food and nutri- tion, family entertainment, spend- ing the family income, and the un- derstanding of ourselves and others. They have also learned how to apply make-up and clay packs. They've been kept quite busy this year. The Homemaking II class has been studying home planning and decorating this year. In the first se- mester kitchen planning and room arrangement were studied. This semester they cleaned the old second grade room and painted it. The color scheme which they used was chartreuse and brown. There was some opposition in each of the classes against this particular color scheme but quite a few liked it. The painting is done now and some of the girls land boysl who said they didn't like the color scheme, relin- quished their ideas. Now, they like it.-Diana Van Dyke Eighth Grade Our grade ends the year with a registration of forty pupils. During the year Joyce Spence, Gladys No- bles and Donna Burrows were with us for a short time. Allen Webster and Donald Scott, after celebrating their sixteenth birthdays, decided to leave school. Our new members dur- 14 1- u . llIllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIHIIIINIlllllllllllllIIIlllllIIIH-lllllllllll-IIIII-lllll-lllll-IIIllllllllllllllllllll-IIIHIIIIIIIIIIII-IIIIIIHIllllIIIIIIIIlIIIllllilllllIIIlllllIIllllllllllll-IIIIlimllIIllll-IIIII-IIlllllllll-Illll-IIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllI-Illllilllllllllllllll IllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllillIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-llllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllll-Iilllllllll-lllillIHlllllllIllllllllHll-IlllllillllllIllIllllllIllIlIllIIlIlllllIll1IlllIllillllllllllIll-llllllIillllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIlll-UIllllllhllllli-IIUIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 1953 REF LECTOR IIIIIIIIIIIHIIV'IlllllIIllIllll-IIIITIIIIII-Hill-IiIIIIlllllllllil-IllllllllIllilIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-Illll-IIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIHlillllllllIIIII-llllllllIllllIIIlllllllllIlllllIlllllllll-IHIIIIIIIIlllIIllllllllllllIlllllllllllllW1IllUU-IIIllllllllllllll-Ulll-IIHI-WI!-HlIllINIllllllll ing the year have been Carol Wil- kins from Wellsville, and Mar- guerite Magee from Niagara Falls. The following have had perfect attendance during this year: Leo Converse, George Foote, Clayton Hanchett, Jr., Donald Perham, Marie Blackman, and Beverly Dixon. Our class officers for this year were: President, Toby Tucker, Vice- President, Beverly Dixon, Secretary, Lois Baker, Treasurer, Susan Sny- der and Class Reporter, Carol Wil- kins. ' Hallowe'en, Thanksgiving and Christmas parties were enjoyed by the class this year. In the Buffalo Evening News Spelling Bee, top honors were won by Lois Baker, who received a copy of Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Beverly Dixon who was awarded a Certificate of Merit. We are all proud of these girls. Barbara Mitchell won first prize of 55.00 for her composition on Teeth awarded by the P.T.A. Her booklet was illustrated by sketches and clippings. The following have been on the honor roll for each six weeks period this year: Lois Baker, Richard Barn- hart, Beverly Dixon and Donald Pe- terson. Ronald Hotis and Vincent Baron came next by appearing four times on the honor roll. Winners of the Stephen Pollard Spelling prizes are Lois Baker and Beverly Dixon. Lois won with a mark of 94721, while Beverly earned 92'Z: on the test. In addition to our regular courses, we certainly enjoyed our classes in shop, agriculture, and home eco- nomics. Many of us are planning to continue taking those courses in high school. This is our last appearance in the Reflector as eighth graders. We will be appearing next fall, we hope, as green little freshiesf' Seventh Grade Our class has been very busy pre- paring poem collections during the last six weeks. In social studies we have com- pleted our scrap book on New York state, which we are very proud of. We have published our last edi- tion of the Health Newspaperfl have sold it, and credited the re- ceipts to our class fund. We have been working very hard during the last few weeks, so that we all can be eighth graders next year. Sixth Grade The school year of 1952-53 has been a year of work, service and en- joyment. In their work for the year, the grade has learned how interest- ing decimals, fractions, and prob- lems can be. The boys and girls en- joyed writing book reports, com- plete sentences, their own plays and learning the parts of sentences. A trip around the world was enjoyed in social studies, also learning Span- ish words and sentences. The class has been of service by: sending 65 cards to servicemen at Christmas time, sending 50 boxes to the Junior American Red Cross, sending 13 boxes to the Salvation Army and giving to the March of Dimes. Our school year has been enjoy- able because of class parties, square dancing, Mr. Orr's teasing, and also because it's fun when people want to work and play together and try to understand fellow classmates. Six Pupils in Mrs. Tower,s Grade Have Perfect Attendance During this school year, our class has won the P.T.A. prize two times. In social studies, we studied a unit on Mexico. Mrs. Margaret Corbin brought her collections from Mexico and California to show the pupils and gave a very interesting talk about Mexico. We have made Mexi- can posters and have learned Span- ish words. We were interested to learn from the teacher from Arcade, who visited us recently, that her pupils were doing the same work we were. Our grade numbers twenty-four. We lost only one pupil this year, Gene Fanton from Wellsville, This year the following have had perfect attendance: Richard Bun- nell, Edward Canfield, Donald Hand, Clifford Foote, Earl Lamb and James Prentice. Our class is planning a picnic to end our school affairs for this year. 15 Adios From Miss HZlllllllOI'ltl,S Fifth Grade With the end of the study of the Americas, a number of the fifth pu- pils have made booklets on Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska. Edna Hand won first prize, Nancy Johannes, second and Sara Tower, third. The Pan Americans have been of great in- terest to all the fifth graders. In art, Miss Duncan has shown the fifth graders how to make peep boxes-some showing trout streams, cypress gardens and Hawaiian wa- ter sports. Scarlet Scott has moved to Mt. Morris. The class would be very in-- terested in hearing from her. Summer play and out-of-doors ntake lessons so long that the fifth graders wish to say Adios to school and Hola to vacation pals. Mrs. Cl1ne's Fourth Graders Are Fishermen With the end of the year drawing nigh the fourth grade is reading Cy- clone Goes A Viking by Eva M. Kristoffersen. This is an introduc- tory story for the last unit in social studies. This unit is about Norway. The fourth graders will end the year by learning the five F's of Norway. Many of the fourth graders have reported fishing trips far and Wide. All of Mrs. Cline's fourth grade Wish everyone a very happy and pleasant vacation. Miss Hossney's Fourth Grade The fourth grade has been busy finishing up this year's work. Groups two and three have finished their reading books and are doing supplementary reading. In social studies, Norway is being studied. The grade has been reading a story about a circus pony in story hour. The story was enjoyed so much that a circus unit was made for their room. This year they had a lot of fun at their school parties and hope to have more fun in fifth grade. Last fall they started out with twenty-four children, and they now have twenty-six, fourteen boys and twelve girls. Illlll-IIllQllllIllIlll-Illll-IH!!-llllllllllllUlllllIlllllllll-IIIIIIHIIIIIIIII-lllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIil-IlllllllHlllllllllllHlllllI-III1Illllll-Illllllllll-IlllllIIlllllllll-lllll-IilllllllllIIHIIIHIHIIlIlllNIIllIlIIiIlUillNlllll4l-llHl-HUl-Hll-llli-Wl-HUlUlIi lllllllllllllllilllllllllillilllllllIllll-IHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILIIIIillllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllll-IllIllllllilllllllllllI-IIlllIIIlIllIillllllllllllilIIIlIllllllll-illlllilIlllllIIllIl1IIIIlilIIIIIIIIIIIILIIIIUIHIIIIIIIIIllllIIllIIIIIIUH-IIIUIIIIII-illllllllll-Nllillll 1953 REF LECTOR lIllIlllIiIlIlUlllIlill-IllilllllIillllllllllIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVIIIlllllilIIIII-lllllllIllIIHIlilllIHIHilllilIIlIUIIIIIIIIIIYIIIIllillllllllllIIllIlllllllllillllIlIllIIIIllllIIIllllIl-IIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllilllllIlllllllllllllllIIIIliilllllllillllIl-iliilIlIIlllIilllllllll- Miss Baudcndistel's Third Grade The third grade has been very busy this year with multiplication, problem solving, carrying and bor- rowing in addition and subtraction, writing, and learning to write sen- tences, paragraphs and letters. They have increased their know- ledge in many different kinds of clothing, foods, ways of transporta- tion and shelter. Between all the hard work they have managed to enjoy square danc- ing, new scales in music, painting, and checker contests. The library, records, displays and film strips were enjoyed and appreciated by the third graders. Both Mrs. Hoeffner's third grade and Miss Baundendistel's thircl grade had fun in the contest be- tween the grades. All the third graders are hoping that they will be fourth graders next year. Mrs. Hoei't'ner's Fact Finders Mrs. Hoeffner's third grade has expanded this year. There were thir- teen boys and nine girls at the be- ginning of the year and now there are ten girls and fifteen boys. This year has been a good year for the third graders. They have per- fected the first arts of citizenship. The pupils have learned the success of working with others and as indi- viduals. One of the achieved goals of the third graders was helping others and cooperating with one an- other. The third graders have also grown intellectually this year in many ways. All of the pupils have learned to carry in addition, borrow in sub- traction and the multiplication facts to six. A few of the pupils have learned simple division. The third graders have also ex- panded their knowledge about the community in which they live through the social studies units. Some of the things the pupils have learned about are: workers in our community, products of our com- munity and what makes a good citi- zen. The class is sure to remember the fun it had in making murals of Pe- ter Pan and mothers' gifts which were made for Christmas and Moth- er's day. Yes, Mrs. Hoeffner's grade has had many interesting experiences to take with them from the third grade. Mrs. Tompkins' Second Grade Our second grade started school with thirteen girls and seven boys. Joe Murray left us and went to Wellsville school but returned, and so we end up with the twenty chil- dren that We started with. We all are very happy with our new room, having lived in the Burn's house the first half of the year. In spelling each month we cach have had a spelling booklet. All those that get one hundred each month get a prize at the end cf the month. We all enjoyed doing choral speaking for the P.T.A. in April. We were pleased to hear how our voices sounded on the tape recorder. Our grade won the 52.00 attendance prize for the P.T.A. this month. In arithmetic, we can all add and subtract the combinations of num- bers up to twenty. During our social studies work we visited the fire hall. We also visited the post office and on Mother's day we wrote letters to our mothers and Mr. Leo Pike, postmaster, showed us what happened to them after they were taken to the post office. We are all looking forward to be- ing third graders next year. Mrs. Steenrod's Grade VVrites Safety Sentences We have had only one new pupil this year so we end the school year with twenty-one pupils. We are all happy that we could move from our room near the boiler room to our big sunny room in the new addition. we are proud of our work in read- ing. We expect that we all will com- plete More Friends and Neighbors, our last basic second grade reader. Just now we are writing safety sentences in our free time for our Safety Booklets. We have had stories about ten different kinds of birds and have colored them for our bulletin board. Our trips to the Post Office and Fire Hall were enjoyed by us all. We hope to visit the library and parks when we complete our unit in social studies on Workers Who Help Us Have Fun. Our class won the Dental Health Week prize with our reading table set up with the good foods to feed our teeth. We are looking forward to being third graders next year. Clark's First Grade Last fall twenty pupils entered Mrs. Clark's first grade. Since then one pupil has moved. We have dcne a unit on the First Thanksgiving for which we painted a mural. For Christmas we made a village. In connection with transpor- tation we painted two murals. Book- lets were made for dental hygiene. We have worked very hard learn- ing to read this year and we feel we are ready for second grade work. We have had fun together and don't like to see the end of this year. Horner's First Grade In September school opened with twenty-seven boys and girls in our grade. We spent part of the year in the old cafeteria and surely appreciate Jeffrey Jens and school. John Schleigh Weeks' visit to Arizona. He told us many interesting things about his trip. We are working hard to complete our first grade work, and looking forward to our summer vacation. band room. We our new room. Nancy Lamb left enjoyed a three Kindergarten Grows We are ending our kindergarten year, with forty-five boys and girls. During this year, we have grown up into big boys and girls. We have learned how to share, play and work together. 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