Central High School - Indian Yearbook (Chautauqua, NY)

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THE INDIAN PAGEFIFTEEN 1947 should rid ourselves of this pointer, therefore some of us quietly walked into the room and hid the pointer behind a cupboard. Then we thought that our troubles were over until Doug Seymour, the traitor, pulled the pointer out from behind the cupboard and told Miss Johnson that the Girl Scouts did it. Then our troubles really began!!! But it wasn't until sixth grade that we really cut loose. ln this grade our teacher was Miss Jane Eggleston, whose name is now Mrs. Richard Barron. It was her first year of teaching at this school and she was young, and we took advantage of it. We were always playing tricks on her. One noon hour we thought it would be fun to turn all of the thumb-tack boxes over so that all of the thumb-tacks would fall out when she opened the box. The sixth grade room used to be where Mr. Turner's office and the storeroom are located now. We used to like to climb out on the roof which is outside the windows and 'play there. Cne noon we got caught, though, so that ended that. We made puppets and candles while we were in this room. Making the candles was quite a lot of fun. We would get in line with a piece of string in our hands and march around the room, dipping the string in the wax every time we went past it. It took several weeks before we had completed a candle. From sixth grade we went, as most grades do, to seventh grade. Junior High at last!! Our seventh grade teacher was Miss Marian Benson, whose name has since been changed to Mrs. Taylor. When we were in the fourth grade we had a music teacher whose name was Miss Forrestel, who had devoted one day a week to new song day. This day was usually Friday. We were supposed to stand up and sing a new song in front of the room . We all dreaded this day above all others. Johnnie Whitehead would always sing I Had a Little Dog. We always enioyed this because Miss Forrestel didn't appre- ciate it- but she got used to it. We had Mr. Cowles as a math teacher in seventh and eighth grades and he helped us considerably with math. When we were freshmen, Shirley Crump, Stephen Kovach, and Martha Milligan lolned the class. Martha had attended C. C. S. for parts of several years and so was no newcomer. William Geertson left the class this year. Carol Saxton, Joanne McMahon, and Carol Miller ioined the class last year. Martha Kemp entered this year, having skipped her iunior year. Sidney Smith attended C. C. S. for the first semester of this year. When we were freshmen, the senior girls gave a dinner for the entire class. Later

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1947 PAGEFOURTEEN THE INDIAN LINCOLN FISHER Basketball Junior Varsity, 1, 2, Basket- ball Varsity, 2, 3, 45 Baseball, 1, 2, 3, 43 Volleyball Team, 3, 43 Dramatic Club, 31 Dance Club, lg Intramurals, 1, 3, 4: Class President, 1, 33 Class Vice-President, 23 F. F. A. President, 3, 45 F. F. A. Vice-Presi- - dent, lg 4-H President, 1, 2, 3, 4. Linc . . . likes: jokes, comedians, food, sleep, playing baseball and basketball , . . dislikes boasters . . . pet peeve: character trait marks . . . secret ambition: get into radio work or professional athletics . . . hobby: athletics, following sports events. CLASS HISTORY By Marion Greene The C. C. S. graduating class ot '47 tthat's usl started school in September, 1935. Our tirst teacher in C. C. S, was Miss Maude Skinner. Only three of the original class that started are still with the class, Rosemary Flanders, .lohn Whitehead, and Lincoln Fisher. Our second grade teacher was Miss Mariorie Akin, while in third grade we were taught by Miss Evelyn Murney. While we were in the third grade we had classes with the fourth grade. This is probably the reason we were so sorry to see last year's Seniors leave. During these years, Willa Mary Hewes, Marion Greene, and Douglas Seymour joined the class. Most ot the Seniors agree that the teacher we most enioyed having was Miss Murney, who in addition to being our teacher in third grade, also taught fourth grade. When we entered fifth grade, taught by Miss Garnett Johnson, we telt that we were grown up. We also started our deviltry in this grade. All the girls ioined Girl Scouts. Our posture came in for quite a bit of attention that year. Whenever anyone relaxed, the pointer was brought into use, and the ottender immediately came to attention. One night while the Girl Scouts were having a meeting, we decided that we

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1947 PAGESIXTEEN THE INDIAN in the year a luncheon was given by the girls, on occurrence which became a tradition with the class until this year, when it was decided to hold a dinner in Gretchen's Kitchen at the end of the year. We have had a Hallowe'en party every year, except this one, while in high school, last year having one with the class of '46, As sopho- mores we gave a party, in the form ot a carnival, that will be long remembered by those who attended. Last year we had on outdoor class party at Orsers'. There are seven members of the class in the Senior Honor Society, Martha Milligan being president ot the organization. There are also several Seniors on the Sportsmanship Brotherhood. Several of the Seniors play in the C. C. S. Band and many members of the class belong to the F. F. A., F. H. A., and Mi-Y. There are many Seniors in executive positions on the Chronicle and some are members of the statt. Most of the boys belong to the basketball and baseball teams, and Seniors have acted in many ot the school plays. The class has kept up school standards in scholarship as well as being active in extra-curricular activities. XA! 'QT Y C ' N - Y. ili.Pf4 --,L . ,, M, -... - 'To--' 7 s .' --B ,.jilf7 . ',.j ff A? .-..,..-- z. 3,11 1-Y