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

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'WNY . , RICHARD NOSTRANT MR. GUERRERA, Advisor WILLIAM LONG Presidenf CLASS OF To fufure grads of B. H. S. To our friends ai home and af war, To you we'll bring a hisfory Of our Class of 44. Back in I94O- Our class fofaled 80 or more, And now we're only 45 Buf IhaI's because of fhe war. We sfarfed ouf wifh Nosfranf, Our freshman class he led, In Junior Prize Speaking, Bill and Adele Ranked in honors af fhe head. Those freshman dances made a hi+, We leff Ihem wifh regref And exfend our fhanks fo our adviser, Mr. 6 For 'rhose parfies remembered yef. Again as merely sophomores Wifh compefifion greaf For fhose Jesse Jones prize speakers Dick Nosfranf made us raI'e . And our girls wenf ouf for cheering, A+ games you found us yellin' With Pefe and Irish and Mefa While leading our cheers was Helen. We fraveled on as juniors ln IO3 and IO4, And wifh success, a junior dance Was added Io our score, AILEEN MITCHELL CAROLYN NAVIN TFCGSUFBI'--l5i Segrefgry-I51' Vice Presidenf '44 We Iook fhose prizes, we juniors- Joan's essay rafed besf: While Bill Kinslow won orafion honors And Helen a spelling confesf. Abouf This 'rime We losf some friends, as all misforfune Vivien, Lee, Adele, and Pai No longer roamed our halls. And here we are as seniors- The mighfy upper class , You'd be surprised you undergrads How fasf 'rhese four years pass. We've done quife well considering The shorfages, The war, and all, We've had our parfies and dances And a super Chrisfmas Ball. We've held 'rhe fop. This year, again Our classmafes helped us rise, Wifh Carolyn's speaking abilify And Furbush's essay prize. And fhus in passing lef's nof forgef The fribufe we musf pa , To our boys who leave for fhe service Near our graduafion day. And Io our feachers and Mr. Baker, To our classmafes lar e and small, We guaranfee fhese cfasf four years Aren r really so bad af all. Joan Follef HELEN HENDERSON JOAN FOLLET Treasurer-2nd Half Secrefary 2nd Half

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THE STAFF CO-EDITORS CAROLYN NAVIN JACK GILLESPIE Here are 'the busy beavers of The senior class, who wilh 'rhe aid of Their colleagues have labored fo bring 'ro +he public anofher issue of 'rhe annual Lyre. From righf afier midyear regenls unfil April Isl, 'rhe deadline, fhe Lyre sfaff dashed hifher and yon searching 'for maferial, selling ads , and se'r+ing up copy. Typis+s were required +0 consranfly re- fype maferial To make changes while +he camera hounds worlced furiously +o find phofoqenic subiecfs. Pafienf wrifers aimed a+ complefing fhe prophecy 'fo The sa+is'Fac+ion of all. Finally The grea+ day dawned and fhe hardesf parf of all was infroduced, rhaf of wailing. Wearied worlcers sa? baclc and said a prayer 'rhaf 'their labor would noi be in vain. And fhus we preseni' The Lyre of I944. CIRCULATION Manager AA,,,,,A,,,,,,,,A,,A,A,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,..... D orofhy Balch Assisfanf Manager ..,,,.,,,,,v,,,.,.,,.,,......,.. Roberf Aushn Manager ...........................Yv....,,,....AY.,...Y.. Homer Lynch Assisfani Manager .,..,,....,......,......,. Nelson B. Skinner Edifor-in-chief ,,.............................. Assisfanl' Edifor Girls Sporfs ..... Edifor-in-chief .....,,.. ........... .... Assisfanf Edifor Edifor-in-chief ,,,.....................,,,,.,,.,,,, Assisfanf Edifor Class Will ,,,,,,..,,... ........ Class Hisfory ,,,... ,.,, Class Prophecy Charles Kollenlrarlr ,,,,,,,,,,,,........,...,,.,,, Broolcs Wesf Frederica Monfague Joseph Virlcler ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Barbara Hewiff Marcia Gales .. Mela Brammer Marian Loveless Helen Henderson Joan Follef William Long Richard Nosfranf

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ROBERT AUSTIN Bob Bob is one of The quieTer boys oT The senior class buT he manages To know whaT is going on all The Time. As a member of The Lyre sTaTT, he was assisTanT circulaTion ediTor. He was also a member of The iournalism club. The money angle seems To call l,im. DOROTHY BALCH DoT Hi-O Silver! The humorisT of our class, DoT keeps us all in sTiTches mosT of The Time. As circulaTion ecliTor oT The Lyre, she cerTainly made a superb salesman and sold more Lyres Than any oTher senior. She was also one of our soloisTs in glee club, was arT ediTor of The school paper, and was a member of Mariner ScouTs. OuTside of school, DoT spends her Time Taking care of CarnaTion . JEAN BORT Bari AlThough Miss BorT only Took parT in senior acTiviTies a half year, she really did her share in enTerTaining us unTil January. HealTh class underwenT a decided change wiThouT This amusing senior and we missed her on ThaT volleyball Team. BorT also was a sTar in The girls' baskeTball league Tor Two years. META BRAMMER MeaT He Wears A Pair of Silver Wings AccepTing The applause Tor being our preTTiesT senior, we Tind MeTa busily wriTinq leTTers To a cerTain air cadeT in her spare Time. Aside Trom This, she Tound Time To play girls' baskeTball Tor Tour years. be a cheerleader in her iunior year, and belong To glee club. MeaT was, also., assisTanT TeaTure ediTor of The Lyre and acTed as presidenT oT Tri-Y The lasT half year. ELIZABETH BRATT BeTTe AlThough BeTTe is one of The quieTer parTicipanTs OT The senior meeTings she, neverTheless, Takes an acTive inTeresT in Them. She was a member of The Red Cross council in her iunior year and did her share in selling Lyres. DUANE BUNYEA Bunny I Love The Life I Lead Bunny hails Trom Lysander way and manages To make The Trip quiTe TrequenTly Tor purposes aside Trom ThaT of school. OTher Than belonging To iournalism, he played J.V. baskeTbali one year and VarsiTy his senior year. Bunny also aided in The Task oT decoraTing Tor senior dances. GERARD CHAPMAN Chapman Boom!!! Gerard is one of The seniors' camera bugs: his hobby is phoTography. Aside from being a loyal member oT Hi-Y, he worked in The phoTography deparTmenT of The Lyre. His plans Tor nexT year include Syracuse U. where, wiThouT doubT, he will have a legal righT To experirr1enT wiTh uncombinable subsTances. ETHEL COLE ETheI Friend To All-Foe To None Always cheerful and on The iob, EThel keeps busy wiTh glee club, Sub-Debs, and girls' baskeTball. Healfh educaTion seems To be her mainsTay. MighT we say ThaT she's inTeresTed in a corporal whose TirsT iniTiaI is Gene? DARREL COLEMAN Darrell Darrel Flynn IT doesn'T maTTer whaf The hisTory quesTion mighT be, Darrel always sTammers ouT some answer Tor iT. He was a member oT iournalism and played TooTball'. Darrel was voTed The handsomesT senior, which isn'T aT all hard To undersTand. ChemisTry also Takes pride in having Darrel as one oT iTs ardenT experimenTers. JOHN CURTIS Johnny I Love LiTe IT you're ever feeling down and ouT and you need someone's smile or good naTure To cheer you up, iusT call on Johnny. He's iusT The guy ThaT can do iTl He kepT himself preTTy busy pumping gasoline, buT always' Tound Time To aTTend The schooI's social TuncTions. He, also, played on The TooTball Team where his presence was needed.