Briarcliff High School - Bruin Yearbook (Briarcliff Manor, NY)

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IN MEMORIAM 073 MW We dedicate this page to the memory of our friend and classmate, Mark Ruth, who drowned July 20, 1957 His quiet, cooperative, cheerful pres ence is missed by all who knew him Although he is not with us, he will always remain in our mem cries 22

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Wanda Sweeney WSi1ence is a sign of deep thought.' nwanda-Loun Mary Alice Thomas 'One in a millio Mike John Vollmar Why take life too seriously? Zorge Sheila Warren 'Variety is e spice of life Blondie Leonard Williams 'His every effort w worth hls while 'T Len Emma Yager Nice things come in small packages 21 Tiny

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Now that we are about to graduate and go our separate ways, we find it difficult to be lieve that we have been in school long enough to become Seniors It seems like only a short time ago that we were entering Kindergarten, and our world was expanding to the school and to the many wonderful friends we were to meet there In our first year of school, we met the following people in addition to those who started with us on the first day of school Jim Prime, Gene Hayes, Sherry Leaf, and Leonard Williams However, we didn't keep all of our new friends for the full year, we lost Fred Griffith, Jon Hoover, and Gloria Kohli Gregory Vollmar started with us, but he was there for only about three years Mrs Eggleston was our first teacher When we advanced to the first grade, we were met by Mrs Eggleston again and by Mrs Deminiak In the first grade we met John Sasenbury, Edwin Rice, Carol Koster Mary Covey, Harriet Evans, Joyce Kent, and Paul Forand Frank Mondi left us that year. We all survived that year, and fortunately our teachers survived us, too The second grade finally rolled around, and we met our next two victims Miss Perry and Miss Dolan That year we met Audrey Mooney, Ramona Hughes, and Carlton Lahah Miss Joslin and Mrs Manning led us through the third rade, where we met Bob Dolan, Fred Berger, Arnold Geiskopf, and Mary Thomas In l9h9, we started in the fourth grade, and met Miss Iseneker and Miss Allen, who were to be our teachers for that year While we were in the fourth grade we met Bob Wetmore, Bruce Wetmore, Bernice Griffith, Mary Jane Mahaffy, Larry Stephon, Neil Kaiding, and Don Golden, The fifth grade was taught by Mrs Davis and Mr Siegel There we met Carol Griffith, Em a Yager, Bessie Wichman, and Jacqueline Sugar The next year we met Miss Ruchti and Mrs DuBois In the sixth grade, we met Jack Mc Philmy and Carolyn Payne We spent a good share of our time wishing we were in the seventh grade, instead of the sixth, and at the same time we were dreading the change At last' Now we had reached what we thought was the ultimate in modern education the seventh grade' However, we soon came in contact with a new type of person the senior We immediately gave up our dreams and again found something still higher to try for Now we were used to the new experience, and we began paying more attention to our teachers and our work Our first class advisors were Miss Dorland, who is still with us, and Mr Tripp, who was with us for only one year In the seventh grade we met Chester Bandych, Lockett Ballard, Peter Poppleton, Frances Ruth and Mark Ruth In 1953, we entered the eighth grade, where we met a new advisor, Mr Simonin There we became acquainted with Charles Daignault, Bill Parker, and Ronald Seifert That year we lost John Holmes and Gail Huff In the fall of l9Bh, another major step was passed, and we became Freshmen At last we could have bake sales, dances with orchestras, etc Miss Dorland and Mr Simonin were with us again, and in the ninth graoe we met Janet Rebe, Eileen Smith Cwho did not complete the year with usD, Robert Shew, Judy Everett, Ronald Cyr, and Rollin Staring W lost Lockett Ballard, Claudette Leaf, Maynard Capron, Charles Daignault, Edward Scheve, Ronald Seifert, Larry Stephon, and Bessie Wichman Mary Jo Conway left in 1915 We had the same advisors for the Sophomore year, and there we met Bill Wolfe, Donna Gif ford Cwho later left the classl, Richard Houghton, and Linda G1les However, Bill Wolfe left us before the year was over, and Betty Roberts, Larry LaQuay, and Wallace Williamson also left that year The highlight of our Sophomore year was a trip to Albany, where we visited many places of interest Sandra Hurd left in the summer of 1956 and when we returned to school in the fall, met a new'advisor, Mr Robert Donovan We were sorry to lose Mr Simonin Sherrill Rutledge and Helga Holt joined us that year, and Edward Scheve returned to the class Rollin Staring left us in our Junior year and Helga Holt, Helen Coe, Shirley Yelton and Richard Houghton left in the sum er The highlights of our Junior year were the Junior plays and, of course, the Junior Prom The theme of the Prom was 'King Neptune's Court', and the king and queen were Jim Prime and Carolyn Payne Bob Shaw also left in the summer of l9E7 When we returned in the fall of 1957, we were all saddened by the death during the sum mer of Mark Ruth, one of our classmates Ted Purvis came to our class this year Edward Scheve left us again, and we have the same two advisors as we had for our Junior year Nothing of importance has happened to the class yet this year, but such events as the Senior play, the Senior Ball, Kortenaerian sales, and other things are in progress now We are looking forward with anticipatlon to our future lives, but we are a little sed when we think of leaving the friends and places that we have known for so many years We are confident that the future holds in store for us many wonderful things, which we may obtain through the intelligent use of the knowledge gained in school and in our daily lives 23 ' o p e e 9 A ! wished we were seniors and could enjoy all of their special privileges! Soon, however, we . e . , we . , I ' L , .