Charles W Baker High School - Lyre Yearbook (Baldwinsville, NY)

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CLASS WILL We, the Class of 1933, having finished the necessary amount of work in the Baldwinsville Academy and being in the poorest of physical health, find it advis- able to make our will. Being of sound mind, we do, therefore, ordain and publish this to he our last will and testament. By it we hope to hand to those blessed individuals here sub scribed our valuable possessions and property that we have collected and held in our high school life. Our greatest and most sorely missed contribution will be the distribution of the Senior home rooms to those Juniors who show that they are best fitted for the esteemed position. Following we have a few | ersonal gifts that Seniors have asked us to inscribe herein: Margaret Adsit leaves her golden halo of hair to I lazel Barney. Ralph Cramer leaves his personality to the needy Barbara Cere. Irene Doran leaves her shyness to James Turner. James Henderson leaves his South Sea ballroom dancing to Florence Smith. Paul BogdanotT leaves bis vehement, vociferous, and volcanic personality to Minnie Van Wie. Nelson Huntley bequeaths his badman sneer to Charles Waterhury who, by the way. already has his six-shooter. Burton Erawlev leaves his profile to John Barrymore. Won’t Mr. Barrymore be delighted. Dorothy Wilkox will always have bacon for breakfast, for to her has been left the melodious voice of Victor Milkowski, the famous hog-caller Frances Weeks leaves those expressive come-hithcr eyes of hers to Marie Cook. Leila Smith leaves her boy-friends to—maybe we should auction them off. Klizaheth McQuaid leaves her temperament to Helen Cunliffe -Helen always was too self contained. Last year Norlyn McMullin left her ability to screech “stop” when she was annoyed—she must have left it as she isn’t bothered by those little annoyances any more. Carl Donahue leaves his easily aroused temper to Bertenc Kelly (pity the women and children if lie ran a steam roller). Dorothy La Point leaves her toe-dancer physique to Helen Lonergan. Grace Hamlin leaves her ability to be heard to Jane Montague—Grace always did look out for the needy. Erma Trexlerand Edith Pickard leave their inability to be separated to Norma Snyder and Mildred Kellicott. Virginia Johnston decided to leave her giggle to Persis Hall. We told her the giggle was worthless so she threw in the gold baseball and football too. John Harrington, our sophisticated man about town, leaves his extensive knowledge of wine, women and the world to Mr. Murphy. Catherine Luke and Viola Hewitt leave their demureness to Kate Thompson. Kermit Smith leaves bis fondness for picking up sweet country maids in his auto to Ralph Bradway. Jane Wheaton leaves her faithful escort, Wallace Connell, to the tender mercies of Barbara Adsit. Robert Berney leaves his hypnotic stare to Ora Hunter. Aileen Patterson leaves the encouraging thought to girls in the Junior class that despite the present day epidemic of hrunettes and redheads, still and always do gentlemen prefer blonds. (Continued on following f'age.)

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Harrison Harrington Indefinite Athletic Association. Happy and Handsome. Nelson Huntley Indefinite Cheer leader; Athletic Association; dance committee. Nutty as Ever but Learning little by Little that Youthful lassies are nice Francis Kinney Indefinite Knows the Inside News. Dorothy La Point Indefinite Athletic Association; Dramatic Club. Can You Imagine Dorothy’s time is Occupied mostly by Turner. Raymond Smith Indefinite Athletic Association; interclass basketball; checker team, 1 year. Ray was Always Young and healthy. Frank Spencer Indefinite Cap and Gown committee; Ath- letic Association, 4 years. Silence is Perhaps Easiest, as Nobody Could understand anyway. Jane Wheaton Indefinite Athletic Association: basketball, 1 year. Skeeger’s tin- Kid who was Ever Engaged by the Town team. Pearl Williams Indefinite Perseveres by doing her Work well. C2 rc) TO THE CLASS OF 1934 In this month of June, 1933, we find that moving-up day has arrived, the day on which we launch on our new career. We find that we must leave in your trust our dear old home room in B. II. S. We know that we are able to do this because of the way you, the Junior Class of 1933, have earned and shown many a merit. We wish for you, days as happy as the days we have experienced in planning and enjoying the activities of the last few months. Out with the old Junior Class of 1933! And. on with the new Senior Class of 1934! And so, here’s to success and happiness during your last year in dear old Baldwinsville High School. Winifrkd Navin.

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CLASS HISTORY 1933 Fort-—The champion golf game is on ! W’liat really have these last years been but a preparation for this one game? In our freshman year we were only dubs at the game; but, according to tradi- tion. we have some “beginners luck”. One member of our class won second prize in the Prize Speaking Contest and another one won a place on the golf team. Naturally we did not make any remarkable showing until our second year when our basketball team won the interclass championship. Members of our class began to take part in the Orchestra and the Glee Club. One of our bovs won the Boys’ County Prize Speaking Contest. Of course, we tried our best in all the major sports, but we were still little better than dulTers. In our third year we began gradually to get out of the duffer class and get into real and very interesting match play. It seemed that we had learned to place our shots with a great deal more accuracy and to be able to avoid the traps and rough much more easily. An incredible number of boys made first teams, some of the girls also played their shots well and made the girls’ basketball team. This was the year in which the first hockey team of this school was organized. Since the game appealed to the boys of the class, we were well represented. Many of ns were also very much interested in the Journalism Club which was then a year old. This last year we have been bitten by the bug, as they say in golf. Yc began by shooting the first hole in very close to par with .12 official members in our class. We were now the low-handicap players of the course; we had representation in all sports. Five of the members of the team representing our school in the Kivvanis debate were from our class. We again won the interclass basketball championship. Along with all our S| orts and other activities we also gave three benefit dances, a food sale, and a card party to finance our Lyre. Most of us now have our ball on the 18th green just ready to hole out as soon as we receive our diplomas to win our first really important match. Without our pros”—the teachers—we would never have succeeded in getting out of the dub stage. So. we certainly appreciate their showing us the rules of the game. Although we now start on a brand new course with a brand new ball, we shall still use the same rules learned here. Who knows?—Perhaps some one of us will be a “World Champion”. —Grace Hammn. CLASS WILL (Continued from preceding page.) Oscar Westfall leaves his girlish giggle to Scotty Gibbons. Mary Reddick leaves her much-used joke book to Alice Price. Wilson Wormuth, the campus Don Juan, leaves his captivating wiles to Gardner Van Derveer. John Mowins leaves his somnambulistic qualities to Kenneth Bell. William Stafford and Mary Jane Harrington gave their ability to visualize a lovers lane” in our bleak halls to Jack Bogdanoff and Ann West. Virginia Mac Lachlan bestows upon Faith Storm her remarkable ability to say Oh! Gosh!” at the right time. Winifred Navin leaves her original and aristocratic stride to Marion McCarthy. Frances Farley leaves Beezy Smallwood to the lowerclass girls- he rightfully belonged to them anyway. Helen McManus leaves her Grecian profile to Tootie Roe. —Catherine Ryan and William Reid.