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

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RICHARD NOSTRANT Dick Dick is The guy who manages To keep on The righT side of The kids and Teachers boTh, which is an accomplishmenT in iTselT. NeverTheless, he played TooTball and J.V. baskeTball. He was presidenT oT Hi-Y one semesTer, presidenT oT our class boTh Tieshman and senior years, and he, Too, had a hand in The class prophecy. Dick also Took oraTion honors in boTh speaking conTesTs. His TuTure is still indeTiniTe. DORIS POTTER Doris SilencefOur Deceiveru Yes, anoTher oT our more reserved seniors. ll-laven'T we a loT of These?l Coming in on The bus every morning, Doris has been ready, willing, and able To Take hold in any emergency. She was on The senior popcorn commiTTee and also played volleyball on The girls' Team. Selling magazines was righT up her alley and she was one OT The Three highesT salesmen of The senior class. MARY RYAN Mary Silence ls Thy VirTue GreaTly inTeresTed in home economics, Mary has been raTher quieT These pasT Tour years pursuing her sTudies. She has always been a very welcome addifion To The class and was always presenT To pop corn Tor all The home baskeTball games. Mary also Tinds Time To play volleyball and acT as usher in The local biiou . LESLIE RUSS Lg, Loafing ls An ArT Les is The TirsT one of our class To go inTo The Air Corps. He has had his biTs ol Trouble wiTh The Teachers The same as every normal guy buT maybe a Ii+TIe more aT Times. Anyway, he's come ouT wiTh flying colors and we're sure he will do all righT in The Air Corps. I-le played baskeTbaII, TooTball, and baseball during high school. Baseball, however, was his Tavoriie and, perhaps, he will even yeT make This his career aTTer The war. BARBARA SARGENT Sarge There's SomeThing abouT a Soldier Barb was a drum maioreTTe Tor The school band, and cerfainly could Twirl ThaT baTon. Spending mosT of her Tree Time wiTh Red Henderson, The Two could be seen walking The halls mosT of The Time on in The office Typing. We know Sarge's mind was going around in a Loop Tor some reason or oTher. NELSON B. SKINNER Bogie l'm Trom Missouri Bogie never Takes no Tor an answer and if There is no answer, he'll Tind one! Wifh his argumenfs and giTT of gab, no wonder he was voTed poliTician ! He was a member oT' iournalism all year, and served as sporTs ediTor oT The Crimson and WhiTe The TirsT seme-sTer. He was assisTanT adverTising manager Tor The Lyre and really did his share. JUNE STRONG Juno AnoTher bus rider, June waiTed unTil The lasT Ten weeks To move inTo Town. The TriumveraTe oT I07 will conTinue To go on even Though graduaTion draws near and June says goodby To her assisTanTs. Volleyball and healTh class give June her opporTuniTy To shine among her classmaTes. WILMA VAN DENBURG ShorTy All good Things come in small packages Regardless of her'size, she geTs around. You can depend on Wilma To geT Things done and geT Them done well. She was a TypisT Tor The Lyre and served on various senior commiTTees. The ChrisTmas Ball was raTed a success and Wilma had a hand in making iT so. She's planning on aTTending Powelson lnsTiTuTe aTTer graduaTion. JOSEPH VIRKLER Virk WhaT I mean is Joe is one oT The unTorTunaTe seniors who has such a long walk To and from school each day. No doubT his heighT and long legs help ouT a biT There. He is also one of The arTisTs who did The Tlashy drawings in our yearbook. Besides being arT ediTor oT The Lyre he also served as arT ediTor oT The school paper Tor The TirsT semesTer. Joe is B'Ville's Charles Boyer in The opereTTa. Wow! ELIZABETH VOORHEES Liz For She's A Jolly Good Fellow Liz is our besT naTured senior who is ever ready wiTh a hearTy laugh. In English class she is amazing To puT iT in Mr. EddingTon's words, as she always has a comeback Tor him. She Takes a greaT inTeresT in 4-I-I work, and is mosT always seen aT The square dances held in Thisl viciniTy. Her Trip To Albany was quiTe a TreaT as well as very educaTional. Yes,'Liz is quiTe a gal!

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.QQ Q ,ai 'T' ,,T'W0w . i, , his RSF' WILLIAM KINSLOW Bill The General Bill loves To read. He reads in social sTudies, heaITh, English, and mosT any oTher class he happens To be in. lThe books he reads are noT TexT booksll He was Jones in The opereTTa and was iusT The Tellow To deliver The quips which iT confained. He also Took Time QTT Tor glee club and iournalism while he helped The senior boys To capfure The inTerclass TiTle Tor The second Time. CHARLES KOLLENKARK Lacey On The Beam Chuck is This year's sTar aThleTe, alThough he did miss ouT on a few games aT The end of The baskeTball-season. He played TooTball 3 years. baseball 2 years, J.V. basketball 2 years, and varsiTy baskeTball 2 years. Aside from his sporTs, he spenT a parT of his spare Time acTing as sporTs ediTor of The Lyre and serving on various senior commiTTees which required a sTrong fellow around. Upon graduaTing, The Army Air Corps will presenT him wiTh a TuTure. WILLIAM LONG Doc Hi, Red Doc is going To wow 'em wiTh ThaT red hair and a sailor's uniform! He's enTering The navy as soon as possible aTTer commencemenT nighT. During his Tour years of high school, he has played TooTball, baskeTbaII and baseball. Bill was vice-presidenT oT The class all year, presidenT of Hi-Y one semesTer, and had a hand in wriTing The class prophecy. MARIAN LOVELESS Marian Efficiency Is The BesT Policy Marian is The quieT, sTudious Type and her marks cerTainly show iT. Whenever in doubT abouT a hisTory quesTion iusT ask Marian-she's sure To know The answer. She is very eTTicienl' and can be TrusTed To carry ouT any Task To The besT of her abiliTy. She helped devise The class will and did a swell iob of ThaT, Too. HOMER LYNCH Hormone His LaughTer ls Our Joy Homer is The guy wiTh The loud Ties and hearTy laughs-and can he square dance! He's noT bad aT selling adverTisemenTs. eiTher. Hormone played on The senior inTerclass Team and was a member of The TooTbal Team. Hi-Y also kepT him busy as well as The exTra subiecTs he Took To make The air corps. WiThouT Homer The English class and also The school would be a very dull place. Where There's laughTer, There's Homer. BEATRICE MADDEN BeaTia Are You Kiddin' This Tiny senior may be seen TliTTing Through The halls mosT anyTime, alThough her desTinaTion is usually unknown. She is a member of The glee club and plays a mean game of volleyball. Why is iT ThaT BeaTie appreciaTes The greaTer heighTs ? ROSEMARY MC GIVNEY Rosemary Parlez-vous Francais? Yes, Rosemary is our quieTesT and mosT sTudious senior. She is never aT a loss Tor words in explaining her viewpoinTs, however, and is a whiz in hisTory class. She is, amazingly enough, The only French 3 sTudenT and plans To make This subiecT her vocaTion. C'esT Tres bien Mademoiselle! AILEEN MITCHELL Irish Rise and Shine Irish as PaTTy's pig wiTh blue eyes, dark hair, and a vibranT personaliTy, Irish holds her own in any man's language. She is a member oi Mariner ScouTs and glee club. She plays baskefball and also was our class Treasurer Tor The TirsT half. Sub Debs as well as cheering have kepT her aT her iob Tor The pasT Two years. Besides working in The Super MarkeT , Irish finds Time Tor The oTher Things in liTe-namely Billy. FREDERICA MONTAGUE Pda Baldwinsville FighT Here's PeTe, anoTher TinymiTe oT The senior class, buT her size has noThing To do wiTh her vim and vigor. She has been busy This year wiTh glee club, Sub-Debs. girls' baskeTball. Triangles, and was girls' sporTs ediTor of ThegLyre. She has been a cheerleader Tor Tour years which is really an accomplishment lT's no wonder PeTe Takes such an inTeresT in aThIeTics--or should we say a cerTain aThleTe! CAROLYN NAVIN MCGI'0sIY Tell'ya WhaT l'm Gonna Do The brains oT The class. Carolyn has everyone gasping Tor breaTh as she Turns ouT Those super marks. McGrody has had a Tinger in The pie oT everyThing worTh- while including Sub-Debs and Tour years oT girls' baskefball, She was ediTor-in-chief oT The Crimson and Whire as well as coAediTor of The Lyre and pianisT Tor The glee club. She also has an excellenT voice and Took parT in making The opereTTa a success. Her TuTure includes Syracuse U. and we're sure +haT wiTh all ol These qualiTies To sTarT her QTT, Carolyn will be a success in any underTaking. -'NL is ,ngu- ,hw

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ROBERT WILSON OE OE is our wonder-boy. We wonder why he sifs ouf of sighf in English class, we wonder why he furns up af odd fimes in sfudy hall, buf. all in all. we iusf wonder! OE has played J.V. baskefball 2 years. lhe second of which hel was fha +eam's capfain. He also was a valuable assel fo fhe foofball 'ream in spife of his appareni' laziness. ANN ZAHN Annie Whaf Do You Do in fhe lnfan'lry7 Everyfhing from A fo Z, Annie has a lol' of 'rerrifory fo cover. Full of fun, Ann was kepf busy on various senior commiffees, Tri-Y, girls' baskefball 2 years. and vice presidenf of our junior class. Speaking of covering a lol' of Ierrifory, Soufh Carolina is rafher a long way from B'Ville. buf fhen-? ROY WALKER Roy I danced wifh fhe Dolly E'en fhough he makes his fardy enfrance info I07 every morning quife noisily. he's quife fhe opposife on The dance floor for he was vofed besf dancer by his fellow seniors. During his four years of high school, he has played baskefball and baseball. llc w:.s one of fhe oufsfanding players in each of fhese sporfs and if has reclly been swell having him in fhe class. BROOKS WEST Wed Our assisfanf sporfs edifor of fhe Lyre, we find Brooks an acfive parficipanf in baslcefball. The Hi-Y couldn'f gef along wifhouf him fo say nofhing of English 4 and Mr. Eddingfon. Wi+h a knack for presenfing his own ideas, we find Brooks slafed as mos? likely fo succeed. ls fhere any doubf abouf if? KENNETH WOODRUFF Snipe Snipe was our no. I Plainviller for fhe firsl' half year, alfhough he didn'f spend much fime fhere. He graduafed in January fo enfer 'rhe Navy. He was one of our fopnofch magazine sellers and played on bofh fhe baseball and baskeiball feams. Our loss is a gain io fhe Navy. WILLIAM GOODMAN Bill Alfhough Bill leff before fhe close of school for a prep school in Massachuseffs, we feel fhaf he has a place in our graduafing class. From fhe kindergarfen fo January I944, Bill has faken an acfive inferesf in whaf goes on wifh fhe class of '44. Bill played baskefball and was also inferesfed in iournalism. He was fhe fellow who had fhe snazzy clofhes and 'rook fhe gang around in fhe ford . Good luck fo you, Bill. We know you'll do O.K. whafever happens.