Belmont Central School - Reflector Yearbook (Belmont, NY)

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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

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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

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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. During the summer, we are all going to remember our safety rules. so that when September comes, we will be well and happy first graders. 16 lllilllllilllllllllllllillIlillIllllllllillllllIllllil-IIHIIIIIII-IIIIIIHIIlllllll-Illll-lllllllllllllIllllllIIillllllllllll-lIIlIlIllIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIXIIIIlllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllII1llIIIlIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIll-lllil-IIIIIUN