Candor Central High School - Candorama Yearbook (Candor, NY)

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' cuss msronv N The pnnent senior class enthusiastically freshmen in September entered high school as 1942. High school to us seemed a dream and a great adventure. We has been quite an adventure and now seems more like a dream. are proud to admit it As freshmen, we studied. We also put on an assembly program consisting of a play, 'Let's Make Up,' and choral reading. We. began to wonder if fate had meant us to be actors and actresses. High school was prov- ing to be fun for us. In our sqwwmore year, we did not do any- thing very outstanding. We still tried to keep up our marks so those report cards would not have to be returned to the oQfice with our mother's signature on them. We made a small amount of money by sorting school pictures. As juniors, we started really to get down to the business of making our bank account grow. We sponsored movies for a time. Our classmate, Snmie Kaidon, had been strick- To help en with that dreaded disease, polio. her, we sponsored a dance, the S. S. Kaidon Cruise and made over 160 to ive to her. 3 Q We were very pleased to be able to do this for her and uma glad to see her back at school this year. In June 1945, ushers were chosen for senior commencement. These wereg Edward Winnick, Sam Osovski, Dawthy Williams, Stella Polyniak, Elizabeth Lohr, Joyce Whitney, and Esther Johnson. Our last year qf school rolled around. After all our years of fun shooting paper wads and doing other little mean things to see what the teachers would say, we find our- selves nearly at the end of our school career. We are still trying to make some money. In the fall we sponsored movies. After school pictures were taken and finished, we had the job of sorting them and making sure,that all pictures were bought or returned. This was not such a small task as we had anticipated. We got our senior rings in November. We pre- sented our senior play, 'Growing Pains,n on November 16. After the play, we had a steak supper at a nearby eating place. Our play was a success and the supperseemed to put the finishing touches on an evening of great fun. Three ex-seryicemen came into our class in January. Elbie Butterfield was in the Navy thirty-seven months. Thirty-one months of this time was spent overseas. Merle Love- joy was in the Army thirty-seven months. He was overseas eighteen months. Corky larshall left CCS and completed his Junior year in Texas. He was called into the Army when he was eighteen and spent fourteen months there. Our dance April 26, with Fraley's Orch- estra, furnished both fun and funds. CLASS WILL The seniors make the following bequests: Dorothy Williams' obesity to Raymond Anderson Leon Bachynski's ever-present smile to Norman Sullivan. Ed Winnick's muscles to Donald Armstrong. Sam Osovski's farmer's shoulders to Dale Bar- rows. Art Strait's shyness and bashfulness to Bill Vergason. Harold Nielsen's stature to Albert Ellis. Jean Dence's quietness to Buddy Bauer. Joyce Whitney s size to Joyce Blinn. Stella Polyniak's piano legs to Gloria Roberta Helen Anderson's daydreaming to Peter Ward. Esther Johnson's brown pen to anyone who can find where she left it. s ,Ss . Esther Lovejoy's absenteeism to Jean Whitney. James Jennings' violin technique to Chester Talarski. John Jennings' overdue assignments to next year's faculty with hopes that they will be done in time for them. Alice Curtissl job on the Broadcaster to some one who is not nervous and shaky. JameAnderson's list of addresses and tele- phone numbers to Marcy Thomas. Corky leaves everything to his wife. , Thelma Traver's good deeds to the classes who will benefit from them in the future. Everett Dence's hammer and nails to Floyd Es- telle. Liz Lohr's typingspeed to someone who doesn't make so many mistakes.

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f Hearn close-ups 5 A PSALM OF THANKSGIVING QD 1. I am thankful 2. I am thankful 3 for my country's freedom. for my mother and father. . I am thankful for the sun, the moon andthe stars. 4. I am thankful for the trees that shade out faces, and the woods so cool. 5. I am thankful for nature's glory andbeauty 6. I am thankful for my food. 7. I am thankful for my clothes. 8. I am thankful for my life and the crea- tures that have life. 9. I am thankful for the flowers that lighten our hearts. 10. I am thankful for the holidays that give us rest. ll. I am thankful 12. I am thankful 13. I am thankful 14. I am thankful peace. 15. I am thankful 'born. 16. I am thankful 17. I am thankful us right. The foregoing for the water we drink, for our God. for our knowledge, that I live in a country of for the day thatChristwas for our rules of justice. for the Bible which keeps was an original composition written at Thanksgiving time by a Sophomore when he was in the fourth grade, Candor Cen- tral School, year 1938-1939 PREJUDICE Prejudice is the basis of world mis- understanding and hatred. Prejudice is based on opinion regarding other people and usually has no relation to fact. It really is very unfair, for it gives no one o chance to re- deem himself. For instance, let us consider the preju- dices against the foreign immigrants. They are said to be filthy, lawless, crooked, neg- ligent and lazy. Why are they filthy? Be- cause the American people don't give them a starting chance. They don't have the money and therefore must occupy the slum areas. Are they lawless? After all the persecution in Europe and Asia it seems that anyone would learn a respect for law and order. They wor- ship it if it's justifiable. Are they crook- ed? Well, if you were on your back from starvation, you wouldn't be a truly trust- worthy person either. Besides, in the case af the Jews, the American people as well as all others are just jealous of their business talent. Are foreign parents neglient? I should say not. What percentage of the delin quent cases points at the foreigners? The foreigners are much stricter with child dis- cipline than Americans are. Are foreigners lazy? Who settled and started our progress- ive and prosperous country? Yes, it was the foreigners. They came over to do the tough and dirty jobs of nation-building and succeed ed. They plowed our first furrows. For- eigners developed our nation's scientific and mathematical fields. They started our prog- ress in manufacturing. They created our democratic form of government. The foreignms are solely responsible for our existance to- day. After considering the services rendered by immigrants, most people change their atti- tude toward them. We won't have inter- national peace in the world Until GGCH HGti0n eliminates prejudice and learns to work with, to live with, and to understand the people of other nations. dz 63, - - 5 IT TASTED GOOD - In our Senior Play, 'Growing Pains,' a bowl of punch was required for a party scene. I suppose we could have used water with a little coloring in it. Whether having real punch would help make the play a success is a debatable question, but have it we would. Someone had to make the punch. Now my friend, Dorothy, and I love to get into things like that. We had no recipe but we had made some for a dance once before by just putting things together, and it had turned out well. So we volunteered to try our luck again. We bought several kinds of juices, some ginger ale, and some Kara syrup to sweeten it with. We had planned to use Kool-Aid as a base but the store was out of it. After con- sulting the clerk we bought a bottle of dark- colored liquid, grape flavor. It was sup- posed to make a very good drink, so we had no qualms in buying it. We went down to the cafeteria kitchen with our purchases and proceeded to put thugs together. We dumped all the juices and syrup into a large kettle and added water. Then we put in the bottle of dark flavoring. What a catastrophe! The mixture had tun1ed into the darkest, dirtiest, green color I have ever seen. On sampling we found it didn't taste bad at all, but I want you to know that our main purpose was not to achieve a good- tasting drink, we wanted it to look pretty in the punch bowl on the stage. What were we to do? This certainly would not meet with approval. A suggestion from the Homemaking teacher boosted our hopes a little. She gave us a bottle of red vegetable coloring. We added a large portion of this to the drab-colored concoction. It did turn a little bit red, but it still looked more like a mixture qf'dish water and beet juice that it did punch. How- ever, it was an idea to work on. We added more water, more red coloring, and some bright cherry juice brought from home. It did look more inviting. By the time we were through, we had several quarts of punch with an indistin- guishable but rather nice tasting flavor. We kept it back stage during the play and when anyone was thirsty all he had to do was pour himself a drink. There was still some left the next morning when we went down to clean up the stage. We drank all we could and per- suaded the janitors to drink some. We hated to waste it, but a quart or two was still left over and we had to pour it down the sinh J dupe-fc What are some causes of crime? Leon Bachynski: Criminals are the causes of crime. Miss Dorsett:

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iff THE MUSIC DIRECTOR SPEHKS! The band made its fall debut at the football games playing between the raindrops for the blue and white eleven. September found the organization proud with victory after sharlng in first honors at the Owego fair as part of Mr. Olichney's Candor-Spencer band. Boys can sing tool And they made a new mlxed glee club possible this year, Jhlch sang at the Christmas and spring concerts and for assemblies. Small ensembles such as brass, string and clarinet quartets widened the experiences of CCS musicians and provided entertainment for the Senior Play and Assem- blles. Will we ever forget: John Jennings asking a fel- low cornetlst ln band nAre we brass?n UPicklen Bar- rows and his viola renditions which always seemed to coincide with Miss Day's desire to tune the orchestra. The Girls Glee Club singing The Lord's Pra er brought to an impressive conclusionthe annua ristmas program, given in the school auditorium on Dec. 21. nChristmas Comes to American was the theme of thi s music department presentation . STUDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS I The Annual Students' Association Drive was held October ZZ. The Freshmen were the first to have IOOZ membership amd received lollypops as prizes. The total membership ln the Association ls l3l. The Stdhenisf Association sponsored the Halloween Party, the Annual, and the athletic activities. It also ordered awards for our music, athletics, and Jour- nalism to be presented at an assembly in the spring to students who have earned them. Four representatives of the Student Counsel, Eliz- abeth Lohr, Stella Polynlak, Gloria Roberts, and Peter Ward attended a conference in Spencer on November 15. The theme of the conference was 'Leadership Training for Council Officers.' Members of the Council took charge of all ticket- selllng at Basketball games. They also observe the be- havior of the students at games and other school acti- vities and devise ways of correcting faults lf the students do not act as they should. ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE RETORTSJ The assemblies this year have been planned asusual by the committee, consisting of Miss Day as chairman, Mr. McCune and several of the new teachers with Edward Osovskl as representative of the Students' Association. During the flrst semester there were several informal Student Association rallles ln the form of pre-football pep sesslons at which the band played and the cheer- leaders had charge. There were several assemblies in which we had movies, purchased by the Students' Associ- ation. The Seniors gave a preview of their play 'Growing Palnsf. The Christmas program was one of the outstanding assemblies of the year, conducted by the music department. Miss Dorsett and the Soclalstudles Dept. planned a play uLook Beyond the Label,' put on by the Senior P.A. D. Class. This play takes into consideration tolerance heredity, environment, and stresses good qualities we should all possess. As this goes to press, lt is planned that we shall have a speaker from India to tell of his llfe and of the conditions there. Sometime in the spring there ls to be a muslcal assembly directed by Mlss Day with all musical organizations taking part. The grades l-6 have'had some very interesting pro- grams this year, too. The slxth grade presented a Thanksdlvlng play and they have had several movies. i Tmis 05 4 YCHUU ,-f , ,-