Blue Ridge High School - Torch Yearbook (New Milford, PA)

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CLASS HISTCRY GREAT BEND In our f1rst year of hlgh school we were 1n Mr Gf1ff1S room Our class conslsted of Melva Hughes Nancy Foote Shelby Smallacombe Shuley Galloway Betty Lou Hawk Patr1c1a McHugh Sally VanVleck Mary Gallagher Stella Welch Eugene Wrlght Gerald Ralston Arlyn Colwell Rlchard Mason Charles Bldwell and Franklln McIntyre Though our 3CtlV1t18S were much llke those of any nlnth grade everythlng held 1ts speclal enchantment for us Our year sped swlftly and soon we were on our way to becommg Sophomores In our Sophomore year we lost Stella Welch and Rlchard Mason Now we had only thlrteen members left Th1s year we chose Mr Grxffxs to be our class sponsor The class off1cers we elected were Presldent Shelby Smallacombe Vlce Presldent Franklln McIntyre Secretary Shlrley Galloway and Treasurer Patrlcla McHugh We had Fudge Sales and sold Salt Water Taffy When our Sophomore year ended we felt truly grown up for 1n the fall we would be Jumors' Returnlng to school 1n our Junlor year was a bxg thr1ll for all of us Th1s year Franklm McIntyre and Charles Bldwell had left our group Our new offlcers were Presldent Eugene Patrlcla McHugh Th1s year we purchased our class rmgs a project wh1ch seemed l1ke our blggest step toward graduatlon After part1c1pat1on 1n many events espec1ally our play Look Whos Here we concluded our year w1th a bang at the Jun1or Sen1or Banquet At last we are Senlors' The t1me for graduatxon suddenly looks very near Our offlcers are Presldent Shelby Smallacombe Vxce Pres1dent Arlyn Colwell Secretary Betty Lou Hawk and Treasurer Nancy Foote Our days are fllled w1th events that we shall always remember for we are kept busy th1nk1ng about roller skatmg partles graduatxon announcements name cards md everythmg else that could posslbly fxll a semor s head Of one thxng we are certaln we shall always treasure the assoc1at1ons and fr1endsh1ps of our Sen1or year BLUE RIDGE Color Pmk and Black Flower P1nk Rose Motto Llfe IS what you make lt 29 3 7 3 .1 5 7 ' l 7 1 9 5 . 1 5 , . 7 . , . I . . . , . I Y 0 ' 9 ' 5 2 D 1 Q ' - ' 1 . J L , ' ' . ' 3 3 . 1 Wrightg Vice-President, Shelby Smallacombeg Secretary, Shirley Gallowayg and Treasurer, . . . . . . . H ' 7 7 H as ' vs A - ' . a I . Q l v 1 9 - l Y I l 1 1 . . . . 3 L . , , L X . E . . . , xl . . . , , ll ' ' ' J!

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lt. I HAROLD EUGENE WILLIAMS, Slim Hallstead Rifle Club 1-2-3, Junior Play. Harold is our class joker. His favorite saying is Is that right? Pizza pie is his favorite food, He plans to go in the Air Force after he graduates. HAROLD DOUGLAS WISE, Doug New Milford Wrestling 1-2, Male Glee Club 1-2-3, Senior Play fat Elmira Heightsl. Doug is new in our class this year. He has a friendly smile for everyone. His favorite saying is, I don't know. He en- joys eating, swimming and skating. Good luck. LINDA LEE WOOD, W00die Hallstead Hostess Club 1, Treasurer 1, Yearbook 3-4, Senior Play, Secretary 4, F.H.A. Reporter 4. Linda is the liveliest gal in our class, always hustling for something. She has a sweet personality and a disposition to go with it. Her favorite food is spaghetti and pork chops. Her fa- vorite saying is Oh! sugar. She expects to work after gradu- ation and later become a housewife. EUGENE EDWARD WRIGHT, Gene Great Bend Chorus 1-2-3-4, Basketball 1-2-3-4, Track 1-2-3, Baseball 1-2-3-4, President 3, Vice-President 2, Junior Play. Gene is our class athlete. He is kept busy writing to a cer- tain girl in New Jersey! We wish you the best of everything, Gene. 28

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CLASS HISTORY HALLSTEAD Our freshmen days began ln September 1951 w1th a total enrollment of 19 g1rls and 22 boys After the flrst confuslng weeks we settled down to our studles of h1story Engllsh algebra general scxence home economxcs Latm and health Th1s was a busy year We had ahard time gettmg accustomed to our new hxgh school schedule but some of our members found t1me for such extra curr1cular act1v1t1es as baseball basketball and track Class off1cers were elected and they were as follows Pres1dent Jack Dearborn V1ce Pres1dent L1nda Holtzman Secretary Sally Florance Treasurer Bobby Whalen We were very sorry when Jackxe Dear born left us ln the mlddle of the year to go back to the state of Washlngton In June 1952 the class made a very enjoyable tr1p to Rocky Glen thus concludlng our freshmen days When we came back to school ln the fall we were sophomores another step toward our grad uation We elected new class offlcers Pres1dent Sally Florance Vlce Pres1dent Connle Achterberg Secretary Linda Holtzman Treasurer Ellen VanValen This year was one 1n which we lost more classmates than we galned Although we welcomed the new Danny Denny L1nda Wood and Ray Rood we were sorry to see such old and dear classmates as Sally McDev1tt Connxe Achterberg Ellen VanValen Frances Wales and Ronme Osterhout depart from our lxttle group Our studles were gettmg harder but we managed to squeeze sports and fun into our busy schedule We ended our sophomore year w1th a class tr1p to Rocky Glen then vacatlon t1me whxch we were all very glad to see We reluctantly turned our backs on summer vacatxon as school started agaln m September 1953 Our class offxcers this year were Pres1dent James Morgan, V1ce Pres1dent Harold Willlams Secretary Richard Banker Treasurer Steve Hussmg We galned two new students from New Milford Ann Morrlson and Wnufred Darrow The purchase of our class r1ngs which bore the new Blue Ridge emblem was a new experxence for all of us and we were very sat1sf1ed w1th the results To fxll our somewhat empty treasury we sold personal1zed statxon ery but what we cons1dered our biggest financlal success was the presentatxon of our Jumor Play 1n March The txtle of it was Let Me Grow Up ' a comedy m three acts All those who took part mn xt were a lfttle sad when lt was all over but brlghtened at the thought of our Senxor Play next year We held the annual Jumor Senxor Banquet at the Park V1ew Hotel 1n New Mllford After we received our report cards at the end of the year we could proudly call our selves the 1955 Semors of Blue Rxdge Hxgh School When we returned to school 1n September 1954 as the seniors of the Hallstead d1v1s1on of Blue Rldge Hlgh School we all had a funny feelmg about bemg the oldest students ln the bu1ld1ng and for the flrst couple weeks we mlssed last year s semors But now we ve come to the full realizatxon of It all and take xt 1n our strlde As usual we elected class offlcers Pres1dent Dorothy Crandall Vice Pres1dent Bobby Whalen Secretary L1nda Wood Treasurer Steve Hussmg As seniors we had to thlnk ahead toward such f1nanc1al matters as our trxp to Wash 1ngton D C and graduatxon As a starter we ordered our name cards and mv1tat1ons then 1n October we presented our Senxor Play which greatly contrnbuted to our treasury The name of the play was Men Are Like Streetcars Another event whlch took place 1n October was our class trip to New York Clty It was an experxence that none of us w1ll ever forget Also on that trip we got better acqua1nted w1th our fellow classmates from New Mxlford and Great Bend It seems evervthmsz happened xn the month of October for ln the latter part of the month we be came very proud of one of our classmates and we had reason for bemg so Our Ton1 Aust1n had become Penna Queen of Apple Desserts and also ranked thxrd 1n the Natlon We all thmk xt couldn t happen to a mcer g1rl Another of our money raismg ideas was the presentatlon of a Ma,gic1an Show in the late part of November As our semor year draws swxftly to a close we all thlnk of graduatxon and our future some of us amuous to leave and others sad because we all know that our school years are the best years and xt 18 an experlence we can never rellve 30 7 9 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 - . . l . - . . . ' 1 1 1 1 0 l 1 3 D Y ' ' 1 1 , . 1 1 - . . . . . - . . ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' - 1 , .. 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 , . 1 . ' . D . - . . . , , 1 1 1 1 - . . . . 1 1 1 1 . , ' 1 ' ' ll 1 ' . 4 , . 1 I , 1 9 7 1 . . , . , . . . . . . I . 1 1 1 1 0 1 . I - I 1 9 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 . . . . . . . . . , , , . Cl ,Y ' ' . - . , I J s 1 , . , . . . . - 1 . . . 1 1