Berne Knox Central Schools - Memoir Yearbook (Berne, NY)

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CLASS HISTORY The stage rs set the lrghts go off and the curtam opens on our Hrst year of hrgh school as Freshmen We elected our offtcers to lead us through the hard but happy years as follows Presr dent Stanley Kocsrs V1ce presrdent Albert Percy Secretary Margaret Swtnt Treasurer Janrce Le Buls Student Councrl representanves Marguerrte Carl and Kenneth Duell For our events we held the mov1e The Green Grass of Wyomrng a Valentine Dance and a Roller Skatrng party We also chose our class colors whtch are maroon and whlte and entered a magazme contest wrth the Jumors wluch we won Our Freshman year could never have been so successful wrthout the capable leadershrp of Mr Wrlltam Wesel and MISS Ruth Bndger as our advrsors Act two tookplace as we entered the role of Sophomores At our first class meetlng we elect ed Kenneth Duell Presldent Albert Percy Vtce prestdent Mary Warner Secretary Dons Saddle mtre Treasurer and Margaret Swtnt and Ogden Saddlemue were chosen to represent our class rn Student Councrl For advxsorswe had Mr John G Favreau and Mr Warren V Noble Dunng the year we held a Round and Square dance wrth My Blue Heaven as the theme wlth Johnny Eggers and hrs orchestra We also had a Bake Sale at the Juruor mov1e and we sponsored the mov1e When My Baby Smrles At Me Lrfe O The Party was our chorce for the Juntor One Act Play contest All these thmgs truly made our Sophomore year a memorable one The thlrd act found us rn room 206 and playmg the role of Juruors The class agaln chose Kenneth Duell as Prestdent and Charles Wrlhams as Vxce presrdent Other offtcers were Alrda Klersy Secretary and Slurley Jones Treasurer Janice Le Burs and Fred Bassler were rn Student Councrl The frrst b1g thtng we dld was to order our class rrngs w1th Black Onyx and the Two Tone Gold Styles predomlnatrng After what seemed months of endless wartrng we became the proud owners of our own rrngs one day tn January presented Ken wrth an rdentrficauon bracelet at a combtned Valentxne and Farewell party W1th our presrdent gone we voted Charles W1ll1ams as Presrdent and Rlchard Dearstyne as Vrce presrdent to flmsh our year as Junlors We held a double feature mov1e wlth Drums Along The Mohawk and Margre as the movles The One Act Play Contest was also sponsored by us and we entered The House Next Door as our play We also sold magazmes to bulld up our treasury and lost the contest to the Freshmen Then on May 23rd the final curtam closed on our Iumor events as we held the annual Prom The gym was decorated to match our the'ne Cxnderella Ball thus turnrng rt mto a fatryland of gowns swtshlng ln trme to the muslc of Kerth Wrtter and hrs orchestra At eleven o clock last year s queen Elsre Herzog now Mrs Vrctor Hall Ir led the grand march and announced that Ruth Jones was Crnderella and Fred Bassler was her Prrnce Olharmrng It was the ftrst trme rn the school lustory to have a krng rergn along w1th a queen at t e Prom The fourth and final act brought us mto the spotlight We were now Semors and ready to start out on our frnal events The frrst meetrng agarn found us electmg offrcers Holbrook Btssell Glen W1lls1e Ianxce Le Buls and Marguente Carl were elected as Presrdent Vrce presrdent Sec retary and Treasurer respecnvely Margaret Swmt and Albert Percy were our representatrves to the Student Counctl The yearbook comnuttee began workmg shortly after school started We recerved our ban ner and proudly dlsplayed II in the ltbrary A class motto was chosen plans were made for our New York tnp and we sold sweat shuts wrth our school name and emblem on them as a way to rarse extra money On October 24th we sponsored the Wltches Whrrl to the musrc of the Lrve wrres Tlus proved to be very successful Then on November 13th and 14th 1952 we presented the three act comedy We Shook The Famrly Tree And now the llghts are on and the curtaln has closed thus brtngmg an end to our hrgh school career We wtll soon be forgotten but Berne Knox wlll forever be a part of us 21 In the middle of the year, our president, Kenneth Duell left us to join the Navy. The class

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If 41 no GLEN WILLSIE Most ofthe t1me he IS qulet the rest of the ume who knows? 4 H 1234 FFA 1234 GleeC1ub1 Vrce prestdent 4 Operetta 1 Red Cross 3 fins HOWARD ZIMMER Knowledge comes but w1sdom lmgers Dramat1cs2 4 Basketball 3 4 4 H 1 Year book 3 4 CHARLES WILLIAMS I never let studtes mterfere w1th my edu canon Glee Club 1 Chotr 1 2 3 Basketball 1 2 3 4 Baseball 4 Dramatxcs 2 3 4 Vlce presl dent 3 4 H 1 Stattc 4 Operetta 1 2 3 4 -his 4 ANNIE MAE WRIGHT Small frgure but a btg heart Glee Club 1 2 3 4 Chou' 1 2 3, MaJorette 1 2 3 4 SIBIIC 4 Dramattcs 2 4 H 1 2 3 4 Operetta 1 2 3 fr.: 3 Q--f . AAartll1lau li t1l'A flixffj rtln g VT 20

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PROPH ECY Berne Knox Central Schools Statrc June 1963 CLASS of 1953 HOLDS REUNION Last Saturday the Class of 1953 held therr frrst reumon at Thacher Park Offrcers were elected and a brref meetrng was held Every member of the class was there or at least accounted for The offrcers for the year were elected as follows Pres Brookre Brssell Vrce pres Glen Wrllsre Secretary Ianrce Le Burs Treasurer Peg Carl Notrce that the class agarn choose the same offrcers as they had rn therr Senror year Could be because of the frne Job they drd? After supper each member had to tell what had happened to hrm srnce Graduatron rn June of 1953 The frrst to speak was Maver Becker and although he rs presrdent of the Farm Bureau and very busy now days he told about hrmself and hrs twrn srster Mavrs who wasn t there It seems Mavrs went to Germany to see Wrllard and lrked rt so well she stayed Maver also mentroned that Mavis lives only a short drstauce from Ottr Hanses Ottr frnrshed hrgh school after returnrng to Germany and then opened a school of Amerrcan Expressrons She now has all the people over there sayrng Grnger peachy and Oh George! After Maver s report Janrce Le Burs spoke Janrce rs now a physrcal educatron teacher rn a brg school up North but took trme out to attend the reunron Ian also gave a report on Alrda Klersy who has become a famous prano player and rs now playing at a concert rn Parrs France Peg Carl and Thelma Jansen are strll the same unseparable couple they were in hrgh school They re famous travelers now as they both are salesman for the Brrghter Shrne Boot Polrsh Company and they travel outWest to sell therr polrsh to the cowboys However they left therr cowboys long enough to vrsrt wrth therr old frrends Next a very wealthy lookrng man stood to speak Everyone recognrzed hrm as Chuck Wrllrams Chuck made out okay for hrmself after school It seems he rs a model for The Super Dooper Curl Co and ad vertrses a new home permanent to give you that Natural Curl look Srttrng next to Chuck and ready to tell us about hrmself was Art Shultes Everyone knew he and Peg Swrnt took the fatal step shortly after graduatron as most everyone attended the weddrng It seems they are dorng Irne he as charrman of GOP and she as the Democratrc Charrman However he drdnt say whether thrngs are peaceful rn the household Katre Gossman spoke after Art She was wearrng one of her famous orrgrnals Katre told all of the ladres present to VlS1I her at her dress shop rn New York Crty and she d make one of her orrgrnal dresses for them Her fashrons are bemg revrewed rn the fashron centers all over the world The sound of laughter came from a group of people and then everyone knew why Someone was tellrng a funny rncrdent and Maggre Nrcholson who hasn t changed a brt was grgglrng Maggre s job rs a nurse rn the Veteran s Hosprtal rn Albany The rumor has rt that the patrents are gettrng well faster wrth Maggre there to keep them laughrng Hazel Mrller was the next one to hear from Her love lfor Schoharre was so great she couldn t stay away from there so she now rs grvrng drrvrng lessons to the krds out t ere Someone mentroned Konrad Trsher s name and later leamed that he was rn Washrngton D C wartrng to see the presrdent thus tryrng to settle an argument wrth a frrend One of the grrls who became popular was Mary Warner It seems she made trrps to all sorts of places to frnd some brg game The latest thrng to add to her col lectron rs some elephant tusks She also edrts The Hunter s Weekly Glen Wrllsre is around rn case any of the anrmals rn town get srck Glen rs the town s one and only veterrnarran and rs doing qurte well at rt Bob Taber was recognrzed when he spoke as he plays hrs harmonrca on Dave Denny s program Pat Morey stood up next but everyone knew how famous she became She now srngs over statron 4U and has made hundreds of recordrngs A brg man stood up next After some thrnkrng and guessrng he was recognrzed as Pete Bassler Pete became very wealthy after posrng for a new cereal called Man s Delrght whrch rs supposed to make a man out of a mouse Al Percy and Howard Zrmmer drd okay for themselves They demonstrated therr new gadget that rs equrpped wrth radar so that when they spot a rrch vrctrm rt automatically brmgs the vrctrm s pocketbook to them By the way rt works too! Another one of the grrls that made good was Shrrley Iones She told about the super typewrrter she rnvented that reads the typrst s mrnd and automatically types Shrrley made so much money on rt that the makers of correctron flurd frled bankruptcy suits Therewere two celebrrtres rn the group Of course we all knew Dick Dearstyne and Holbrook Brssell became brg league Stars The New York Yankees srgned them after gradua tron They ve already been ln erght world serres Thrs sure put Berne rn news Bob Flagler stood up and spoke next Everyone knows Bob rs the founder of The Home For Mrsused Persons and has many famous parrents Wanda Sturgess academy whrch rs located across from the school It seems she has a boomrng busrness durrng the noon hour fOhl Have thrngs changed Q A great author then spoke The man was none other than Fred Morlock Hrs phrlosophy on lrfe was a great ard rn wrrtrng hrs latest book Stop Your Worryrng Some crrtics say thrs mrght ard screntrsts rn therr research work on how to lrve longer Joyce Latham s artlstrc abrlrty was frnally put to work She now draws cartoons rn frve drfferent papers The proprretors of the Fun and Frolrck Skatrng Rrnk spoke next Of course it was those two grrls who could always be found at Ken s or Knox Cave Skatrng Rrnk Barb Stevens and Ruthre Gustavson have frxed up a skatrng rrnk that has a super raceway The skaters are requrr ed to have stop lrghts on therr skates qwonder rf those people can get rnsurancej Belva Boyden and Annre Mae Wrrght gained so much from Salesmanship that they both teach the subjects now It was qurte by accrdent though It seems they entered an Orator s contest and talked so fast the contest ended in a tre and they were awarded posrtrons by some school down South Delores Knapp got a job working wrth the F B I as I Edgar Hoover s sec retary The last person to hear from was Doris Saddlemrre She was rn such a habit of watchrng the clocks rn sciholol that she couldn t get them off her mrnd So she set up a shop of her own and now she reparrs watches and c oc s The sun was settrug rn the west and the former class members were getting ready to leave Each one to hrs own home rrchwrth the happiness of seeing therr old classmates again and talking over their old memories 22 I 1 1 ' 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 . . 1 1 1 . 1 1 - 11 - 11 1 - ' , 1 1 1 . , 1 0 11 - - - 11 1 - . 11 11 - ' 11 11 - - 1 - - 11 11 ' , 1 1 1 1 . 1 . , 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 ,, 1 . ,, . . 1 . . . , . . . . . 1 . . 1 , . 1 1 1 . . . , . . . , 1 1 . 1 1 , 1 . . . . . 1 . . , . 1 . . 1 r 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 . ,, 1 ,, 1 . . . . 1 , 1 1 . 1 1 ' 11 1 - 11 - - 1 1 1 - - 11 11 - - . . , . . 1 . 1 . , . . 1 . 11 11 - 11 - 11 - 1 1 1 1 . . 1 . 1 1 ,, . ,, . .- 1 1 1 . . 1 1 1 1 , . 1 1 . 11 11 - - - - 11 - - - 11 . , 1 . 1 , 1 . 1 . 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1