Celoron High School - Sentinel Yearbook (Celoron, NY)

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CLASS HISTGRY I T was ThirTeen brieT years ago ThaT sixTy-seven bewildered youngsTers enTered kinder- garTen, some oT Them being The TirsT occupanTs oT The new kindergarTen wiTh Miss Bernard as Their capable supervisor, while oThers began Their course under The guid- ance oT Miss Becker aT Glidden. June came all Too quickly and wiTh iT, kindergarTen graduaTion. For This momenTous occasion The dismayed kindergarTeners were ouT- TiTTed as maypole dancers, and when Their songs and dances were compleTed, came The grand Tinale, The rhyThm band. Surviving The grueling ordeal oT Their TirsT commencemenT program They Tound Themselves propelled inTo The TirsT grade under The supervision oT Miss Cross and Miss Anderson. The TirsT year passed swiTTly, and when summer Time playdays were compleTed, Miss Anderson, Miss Pauline Anderson, and Miss ToTman underTook The Task oT Teach- ing Those mischievous youngsTers The TundamenTals OT learning. Third, TourTh, TiTTh, and sixTh grades came and passed by in quick succession. Among The various Teachers who Tried, someTimes vainly, To insTil some knowledge inTo Those youThTul minds were Miss ParkhursT, Mrs. Faulkner, and Miss Parker, who somehow survived The havoc caused by ThaT unpredicTable class desTined To become The class oT '42, When SepTember l936 arrived, sixTy-eighT subdued adolescenTs enTered The iunior high school. Somehow, Mrs. Dennison, Mrs. WhiTney, and Mr. PeTerson piloTed Them Through The nexT Two Treacherous years buT Then abandoned Them To The mercy of The high school. However, iT was a conTidenT group ThaT became The Freshmen Class The Tollow- ing year. Under The leadership oT Mr. Levine, The ChrisTmas assembly program, The main conTribuTion oT The Freshmen, was a huge success. However, ThaT day was desTined To remain in The memory oT The Tew Freshmen who didn'T escape iniTiaTion by The upperclassmen. Mrs. PorTer Took over The reins when The Sophomore year was reached. IT was Time ThaT The class began To Think abouT The TuTure. and consequenTly They chose To sell school supplies Tor a money making acTiviTy. This proved To be very isuccessful. CommencemenT week soon came and wiTh iT BaccaIaureaTe. AT This Time The Sopho- mores spread green arTiTicial grass over The sTage and sTeps and Tilled baskeT' aTTer- baskeT oT gorgeous spring Tlowers To be placed on The sTage. The place became a lovely bower of Tlowers. However, summer vacaTion had arrived once more and Tor a Tew weeks The class was again The careTree group oT Tormer years. All Too soon SepTember came' and wiTh iT The responsibiliTy oT The Junior year. Miss Schworm and Mr. McKay were chosen To guide The class Through The coming year. Money-making acTiviTies Tiour- ished, such as TTsh Tries and skaTing parTies. Proof oT The many. successes was The Junior-Senior Prom. For several days beTore, The commiTTees scurried abouT perform- ing Their various duTies: shorTly beTore, The school was Tilled wiTh blue balloons: The sTage became a resTTuI bower wiTh arTiTicial grass, lawn TurniTure, and scaTTered 5

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BOARD OF EDUCATION Lefi' lo Righf: Sherman Jacobson, Mrs. l-larold Blaisdell, Floyd Young, Waller Densh low, Conrad Nelson, John D. Windsor. FACULTY Fronf row, leff lo righl: Olive Faullcner, Bernice l-lalcla, Myrlle Dennison, Mariorie Evans, l-larriel Parlrlwursl, Principal Jolnn B. Pilelle, Floy Parker, Hazel Porler, Pauline Lopus, Alice Law, Arlene Lilly' quisl, Marqaref Slirlinq. Second row: Olive l-lanlord, Pearl Bulls, Jeanne Anderson, .lean Hullquisl, Jeannelle Anderson, Efliel Wlwilney, Priscilla Gibson, Marjorie Bell, Rosalind Jacobson, Dorollwy Gor- ber, Belly l-liclcolc, Virginia Allen, l-lelen Williamson, Third row: Byron Phillips, Fullon McKay, Ram- sey Roqers. Walton l-lueslis, Lloyd Miller, Chesler Rose. 4

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flowers. Trellisses wifh masses of flowers covered fhe walls and made liffle nooks here and fhere. The scene was complefed by fhe soff music of fhe orchesfra and ihe gay laughing couples. ' Commencemenf decorafions were fhe final 'rask of fhe Juniors. Early fhaf Tues- day morning fhe nearby fields were filled with daisy pickers. Then many a long weary hour was spenf as we arranged fhe daisies and made fhe swords. Thai evening The fronf of fhe sfage was a bank of while daisies broken only by fhe green covered sfeps. The Junior girls in fheir pasfel frocks formed an arch wifh crossed swords of daisies. l-lowever, fhaf evening was soon complefed and The Juniors welcomed fhe few weeks of resf. If was once again Sepfember and room 202 was filled wifh fhe chaffer and laughfer of fhe new Senior Class. They chose Mrs. Hafch as class adviser. Time passed quickly and soon if was fime for fhe Senior play, The High School Mysferyf' This was an addifional link in fhe chain of successes. The Seniors leff fhe money mak- ing acfivifies fo fhe needy Juniors excepf for fhe sale of candy and ice cream. This added much fo fhe diminished Senior freasury and increased f-he presfige of fhe Class of '42, The year seemed fo fly by, and fhen came 'rhe Junior-Senior Prom once again. The Juniors lavishly enferfained fhe class, carrying ouf fhe spirif of fhe fimes wifh fhe pafriofic mofif. So fhe fime passed by unfil fhey complefed fhe final chap- fer of fheir hisfory as a class, and sfarfed on fheir individual hisfory wifh eager hearfs and daunfless courage. C m c--- V 1.-ifnifl 3 -35:4 XM' i : WWYVYHDIA I xi . -X g U T If ! X i Av -K. V as . fr aft' YW! T! A , ........ T ai 5-:ig-5. - X gi. .. i' Ti rw , 'E 3 6