Charlotte High School - Witan Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Com- 299 LIQLIC' ui . .i 2 i iflrllle. , l RC 3 S 'aiu . En 5 d ll i 1 fl Q '19 C L 22 La e' oa My earl if t' ' . . Bas b'1l 3 .orps 4. GALE YOUNG 51 Seneca Parkway l'm ulzmyf flaming minbouuf' Basketball 2, 33 Chi-Y 3, 45 Senior Class Finance Coinniinee 3, -lg Teen Canteen 43 War Bond Drive 4g Volleyball Kg Witgln 4 ,- Vffl Jfiilffy or -ffiifilfrila Jj' 9 ,, J . Vyyf 91000 AI ygjfr Wh0's N ext Big shots? We sure were. No one could touch us with a ten foot pole. Graduating and next year going to Charlotte High. Boy!! It was also a red letter day for Mr. Wilcox, principal of No. 42, he was retiring. But after all, six years of us and anyone would be ready to retire. Big shots? Oh no!!! that was reserved for the seniors only. Why when the 38 and 42 gang came, we were just something that people saw, stared at. looked aghast, and said to one another, My back, they get smaller every year. CWe do the same thing-now.J The first day we toured end- less halls and climbed innumerable stairs. For weeks we got lost in the catacombs looking for the gyms. When we were finally settled, things were wonderful. We witnessed our first basketball and football game. Mr. Westburg's English class pre- sented him with a lovely Baker bar. Cin S those days they sold candy in the lunch- room. Remember? Hard, huh?J And be- fore we realized it, our first year at Charlotte was completed. Big shots? Not very!!! At least we were no longer the babies but we wanted to hurry up and become Freshmen. When the war came in December, many new courses were added. Red Cross and First Aid Classes, both for students and teach- ers, were organized. The Victory Corps was started and we had our pet get-out- of-class device, the Air Raid Drills. They proved complicated however when the boys got caught in the shower room and had to appear in numerous stages of attire. Our boy, Dick Hindley, appeared at Charlotte after a year at Marshall. Rela- tions between the two schools have been strained ever since. Donny Barry came HMWJ 24 gl'

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Wlao's Next fcontinuedj to school bearing the - ' . biggest, the blackest, the bluest and the ugliest shiner e v e r - --,- --1 . f seen at Charlotte. He said that he got hit with a door. That's as . good as any, I suppose. We were also an ex- periment that year. They shoved an eight week experimental course on us. Though the fellows rebelled at cooking and sewing-at first--everyone loved it. The experiment must have been a success as they're still doing it in the eighth grade. Another year and closer to 1946. Big shots? Yes sir!!! Ninth graders now and we just ran the school-we thought. But we did have the only girl ever elected to the office of Junior High President. And Sue Phillips proved to everyone that it can be done. ln the fall Mr. West left as principal, to join the U.S.O. fwhat do we do to our principals?J and Mr. Eddy took his place. He was sorry! With the kids from Holy Cross and Seneca, our class was now complete. Several of our teachers left to go into the service. That was one way to get away from us. They were Mr. Allison, Mr. Ward and Mr. Woodam who left for the Navy in May and took Charlie away from all the females. He was good though and brought him back to us. With. the com- pletion of his second performance of Ring Freedom Ring, Mr. Enright went into the Army. Our Freshman year went out with a bang, all our teachers having left. We tried hard to think that we weren't to blame. - Xl fi., Ii iff?-'rl' I l 53 .ffl 4 f ' E f C' Q' S ,ff Aw! lrwas A025 The tenth grade and we could now attend H.. the coveted senior as- semblies and senior lunch period. This was .e, a big day in our lives Q even though we weren't big shots. Mr. Seidel left us and Mr. Reifsteck took h i s place. Everyone sat around with bated Q ! Q2 W breath to see how long he would last with us. Remember Suzie Pinder and his two- way stretch? Our first big Bond Drive and Suzie put on his act for us. The first Teen Canteen was a huge success and surprised everyone. They're still wonder- ing how we could get so many kids when we lived way out in the sticks. But then with the mighty Sophomore class behind it, it was bound to be good, pardon-great. In our third year of high at C. H. S., the streets became a very dangerous place to be, especially at night. Bob Watson, Bob Ahrens, Eddie Roberts, Don Barry and Dick Bennett became the proud fathers of bright, new shiny auto-mo-biles. I guess that's what they are. I've been told that they run on gasoline so I took it for granted that they were cars. Every- one had a choice spot in some tree, rented by the month from some poor robin, where www uwwy f Tw, 5 . 1 o lo ff m .175 :A K is ,D tg +'l'!.1!lIt l o I 3, in x they sought safety when the proud papas took their babies out for a wheeling. With Lighthouse Flashes came the oppor- tunity to show everyone what a talented class we were. They expect those people that are still in the hospital recovering from shock to be released soon. Big shots? The biggest!!! Only one more year and we reach our goal-we all hope. When we came back from summer vacation, Miss Bitter was no longer, but a Mrs. Mitchell took her place in 219. Our good and always cheerful pal, Mr. Allen, who has been with C. H. S. 5+ for twenty-five Mm ff iw' years, retired. G' f --f' What do we do F. i V Q to people? We .f '-i1Q.f?fX really do like X f l X bl thattheywould stay with us, but I guess they can't take . we-K -' .1 I them and wish . dx Scwoois oo'r !!! fcontinued on page 551