Berlin Central School - Mountaineer Yearbook (Berlin, NY)

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C iaSi Jlidto We were welcomed into high school with the annual Freshman Initiation Hie girls were decked out in gym suito, cotton stockings held up by neckties and the biggest shoes they could find. They also had one side of their hair in pincurls and the other side was straight. The boys wore their blue jeans inside out and backwards rolled up to the knees over their pajamas. The Juniors made us look as foolish as possible, but everyone had a lot of fun. Our undertakings in our Freshman year were the Frosh Hop, a magazine drive and a food salo. Class officers for the year »48-‘49 were: Pres. Alice Vars Vice-Pres. Steve Wilcox, Sec. Madeline Jones, Trees. Rosemarie Griswold. In lur Sophomore year we did not accomplish anything but we managed to have some fun anyway. Our officers for »49- 50 were: Pres. Victor Lecce,V. Pres. Gayle Croxson, Sec. Rosemarie Griswold, Trees. Betty Sheridan. Patty Lewis was the representative to the student Council. Our Junior year was one of more success and excitement. When our first endeavor the Freshman Initiation rolled around we found that the Freshmen were very good sports and everyone had an enjoyable evening of fun and laughter.This was also the year we put on our first formal, the Junior prom. Rosemarie Griswold was crowned queen and William Moses king. Patty Lewis and Victor Lecce were chosen as attendants. At the end of the year we gave a Senior Ball for the graduating Seniors. The representative to the student Council was Betty Sheridan and our officers were: Pres. Rosemarie Griswold, Vice-Pres. Victor Lecce, Sec. Gayle Croxson, Treas. Steve T.ilcox. Hurrahl We are now the «dignified Seniors of B.C.S. after 12 years of fun and hard work. To start off the year we again elected Betty Sheridan as representative to the Student Council, and then proceeded with our first event, a Chick on supper. Next we presented a variety show which was also very successful. On Dec. 13 we made a small profit on a Spaghetti supper. Vie also took on the project of selling refreshments at the basketball games. One of our most important projects was our Senior Play, Everything Happens Tt Us. In the Spring came a partial reward for all of our work—our Senior Trip. The officers for »51-»52 were: Pres. Patty Lewis, Vice-Pres. Robert Kroboth, Sec. Luella Yerden, Treas. Steve Wilcox. Now the one objective is to complete the big job of finishing our yearbook.

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Ellio Luella Yerden First in the fight and every graceful deed. Chorus 3,4. Photography Club 2. Committees 1,2,3,4. Library Club 3. Treas. of Tat’1 Honor Society 4. Class Secretary 4. vearbook Staff 4 Senior Play 4. 'Yaldemar Zwinge Walt Always pushing; ever going. Soccer 1,2 ,3,4. Baseball 1,2,3,4. Basketball 1,2,3. Chorus 1,2,3,4. Student Council 3,4. Word of Life Club 3,4. Automobile Club 2. Athletic Club 2,3,4. Allied Youth 3,4. Senior nlav 4. Operetta 2. Taconican 1,2,4. Yearbook Staff 4.

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The year is 1964. The place is the enormous dairy farm owned by the millionaires Robert L. Soles and Fred Allen Humphrey. With them are Gayle Croxson and June Yreelanc, and the four of them are rummaging through the attic of the old farm house.looking for the trunk containing pictures and souvenirs of the class of ’52. Soon after being graduated from Berlin Central, Bob and Fred went into partnership and are now the owners of one of the largest dairy fame in New England. Following high school Fred married, but Bob was a little less fortunate and did not reach the alter until five year6 later. Now there are two little Soles and one little Hump running around the farm. After college Gayle became ?'rs. Alvin Berry and has been teachin school since. Gayle and Alvin are now the proud parents of 3 little Berrys---------- triplets no less. June also went to college and soon became a woman in white. She is now superintendent nurse in a large Eastern hospital. She is the proud mother of four boys and three girls. Her husband is an M.B. now serving as a cartain in the army. These four along with Irene LeBarron had planned a reunion which was to have begun today. By the way, where is Irene’ Irene planned to be a nurse tco, but could not adapt herself to hospital routine. She is now a governess, and by a strange coincidence is caring for June's seven children —or is she? Irene started out with June, but it looks as though she got lost on the way. Suddenly a loud screeching sound is heard and we see Bob Kroboth alight- ing from a flashy 1964 Chrysler along with Walt Zwinge in a snappy 1963 Gadalac. Bob is accompanied by Vic Lecce and Tommy MacVeigh. Walt has brought tlsie lives and Rosemarie Griswold. Still our four classmates are not aware of the arrival of their friends, they are two busy trying to locate an old trunk. Our newcomers are directed to the attic. We notice that Bob Kroboth, who is now a retired 3 Star General of the Air Force, has greyed slightly at the temples. Bob finally settled down and is now happily married with two children. Vic became a garageman soon after leaving high school and soon went into partnership with a new found friend. Vic’s friend proved otherwise and he found his friend gone and most of his money too. This disgusted Vic and he moved to Texas and started a ranch. He recently discovered oil and now is quite happy. Who wouldn't be? Walt and Arlene finally went down the long middle aisle to the last roundup. Walt has had a very successful career singing on T.V. and has been dubed Singing Zwinge. He reminds one of a combination of Frankie Boy Sinatra and Frankie Laine, v ho was popular back in the early fifties. The Zwinge's have added five extra rooms to their Long Island home to accomodate ten extra pair of little footsteps. Elsie has become the Grandma Moses of our class. She has received notable fame among artist of the country and last year was awarded the Nobel Prize for Art. Elsie has just returned from a tour to her native Estonia where she acquired among other things a very handsome husband. Rosemarie studied to be a secretary but soon gave up her job to enter the glorious world cf the theatre. After several years of hard work she