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

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Klasse' ffl tvrze ln 1954 as hopeful and excited vassals, we began the drffrcult clrmb toward knight hood The Lords under whom we strove were Mrss Secor and Mr Grtlow Also gurdrng us this year were our class offrcers Thomas Betts Madeline Crosrer and Harold DeVoe We sponsored three actrvrtres thrs year, a dance, a movre and a roller skating party These activities, along wrth a magazrne contest which we won, enlarged our treasury and enabled us to enjoy ourselves as well. Our Sophomore year marked another step in our progress as we battled wrth the dragons of mathematics scrence, English, and hrstory As leaders this year we chose Thomas Betts, Harold DeVoe, Virgrnra Mitchell, and Dons Miller Under the guidance of Mrs Wrrght and Mr Fennessey we successfully presented our act1v1t1es whrch con srsted of 2 movies and a dance, The Leap Year Frolrc This was also the first year we participated ur the Jumor One Act Play Contest Our presentation was the hrlarrous comedy One Happy Family Everyone will remember Barbara Quay s 1912 bathing su1t and Doris Miller s famous jrtterbug We were Jubrlant when we found that we had won the contest Thl1S we clrmbed a step higher on the ladder of success Our Junror year found us as squrres nearing our difficult goal Our advisors Mr Mitchell and Thomas Betts In Match, rt was our turn to sponsor the One Act Play Contest As our presentation we chose Grandma Fixes Things a comedy m which Harold DeVoe changed to skirts to contnbute to the h1lar1ty of the plot In May we sponsored one of the biggest events of the year our prom We choose the title Hawarian Paradise and decorated the gym accordingly We ended the year looking forward to our next and best steD Knrghthood In September 1957, we began our Senior year We were knights we had achieved our goal' Some of us had already begun to work on one of our largest senior proyects, the 1958 Memoir Our staff headed by Allen Kaehler, was supported by Irm Decker Harold DeVoe, Garland Cross, Thomas Betts, Alan Rockmore, Vugmra Mrtchell Delores Frgel, Carol Palombo, and Lillian Zona Our elected offrcers were Thomas Betts, Frederick Bartz, Virginia Mitchell and l-larold DeVoe Miss Sherwrn and Mrs Bove were our advisors A sock hop was our frrst event of the year and next, we presented a three act comedy entitled The Loud Red Patrrck, whrch starred a clever father and four shrewd daughters As the year drew to a close, we looked back on the years that had gone by We saw the happy trmes and the hard trmes, the tests, sports, and actrvr tres rn which we had participated We knew, even though they were not with us physically that the classmates we had left behind were wrth us and were sharing our sorrows and Joys Then as graduation neared, we realized that we had finally achieved the crowning goal that four years of work had wrought 0 0 D . . . . . - Mustico and Mrs. Osterhout, were aided by Harold DeVoe, Robert Dexter, Virginia l s D '

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XF ffwitgik . ANN :M CLASS OFFICERS ent, F. Bartz, Vlce President: V. Mitche f W M

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Klasse Hill We the knrghts of Beme Knox do solenrnly proclarm thxs document to be our last wrll and testament To Berne Knox we leave To Mr Schoenborn we leave new gray harrs and a chorce He may exther have hau dye or a toupee for the years ahead To Mr Zrmmer we leave Ann Southern and Marcella Rocker as hrs private secretarres To Mr Sherwin we leave a radar controlled robot to del1ver the absentee nouces To Mrs Flagler we leave bushels of announcements to be relayed over the P A system Oh yes, she wrll also recerve boxes of cough drops To Mr Campbell we leave the Max Factor Studio to use when makrng up the senrors for thetr professronal debuts To Mr Bove we leave two extra hours of nighttime so that he ll be sure to get enough beauty rest To Mrs Morey we leave oodles of boxes of kleenex To Mrs Bove we leave frfty Srlence posters translated in f1fty drfferent languages To Mrss Sherwin we leave the hope that she will someday produce drrect and star In PYGMALION To Mr Plckens we leave a bm of vitamms and a Santa Claus surt for next year To Mrs Osterhout we leave a soundproof 209 so French and yearbook wrll never mrx To Mrs Wnght we leave more good math students to learn to desrgn a Supernrk To Mr Favreau we leave the hope that he ll have better fortune next t1me keeptng up the teacher s precedent of twrns rn every famrly To Mr Trberio we leave an extra key to the secretarral practrce room To Mr Shaul we leave B K in hope that be 11 never do the same To Mr Jacobs we leave a I V Team of 6 4 or over To Mrss Frgurski we leave a new recrpe for making peanut butter fudge To Mr Boyden we leave all the materral rt w1l1 take to bu1ld B K a new gym To Mrs Trgner we leave the job of artrstrcally decoranng the gym Mr Boyden burlds To Miss Frost we leave all the elrgrble men teachers of B K To Mr Carter and Mrs Stapleton we leave an adequate supply of megaphones and ear plugs to cope wrth the deaf ears and strong lungs of the Junror I-hgh To Mr Haas ard Mr Cohen we leave the Fred Waring chous for theu drrectron To the Janxtors Mr Shultes, Mr Wnght Mr Bassler and Mr Bundy we leave a specral Janltors room equrpped wrth a sofa arm chaus and ash trays To Mrs Yarmchuk we leave baskets of Mr Sherwrn s clothes to be mended To Mr Davrdson we leave Mr Truesdell Mrller s theory on MAGNETISM and RELATIVITY To Mr Guszcza we leave the mathernatrc genrus of the seventh and erghth grades To Mlss Hrltsley we leave the hope that she wrll contrnue her frne work at B K To Mrs Maurache Mrs Swart Mrs Mattxce and Mrs Sand, we leave a new addrtron to the staff Douglas Jones w1ll be employed as the chref ch1ef taster, that rs To the Jumors we leave a fat treasury to dlspose of as they please next year in New York To the sophomores we leave the wonderful closer than you thrnk thrtlls of therr senror year To the freshmen we leave three of the most memorable years of then' lrfetrme ahead of them The Senior Class leaves wrth mrxed emotrons of happrness sorrow and fond memorres of B K and many frrends Fred Bartz leaves all of the unattached women of the world to Johnny Saddlemrre Tom Betts leaves hrs fond memorres of B K to 'us srster Pat 1 1 1 ' Q . - I U U . Q Q , Q Q Q I I 5 9 Q . Q Y Q Q Q Q . ,, . ,, . . Q Q 1 o Q Q Q Q Q Q ' ' If ' ll Q Q , . . . I N ' ' ' ll Q Q Q I I O I 5 ' I I1 Q Q Q I - O Q Q Q ' s I O - Q Q Q Q , . . g Q . . ,, . , 9 N . . . I I . ' I Q Q . . . , C O Q Q ' Q Q g Q g Q 9 Q . --.. I . ,, . ,, . . . Q Q 1 - 0 Q .. A- ' .