Cincinnatus Central High School - Lion Yearbook (Cincinnatus, NY)

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1955 volume:

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N . . . , fu! ff! , f I g f oi CHARACTER order of then' appearance ACT I SUMMER Fourth of July Summer Act1v1t1es tn Town Robmson s Party School Board Meetmg ACT II FALL Mlss Morgan s fourth grade F F A Parent Banquet School Falr F H A Mrs DeMond s thlrd grade Fall Sports Gurdance Mus1c Jumor Red Cross Mrs Dodge s kmdergarten Mrs Hartqu1st s second grade Mxss Adams s fust grade ACT III WINTER Mrs Premru s kmdergarten Chrlstmas Mus1c Program Student Senate Chrrstmas Party Whrte Chrlstmas Ball Blue Moon Prom Latm Department Yearbook Workshop Varsxty and Iumor Varsity cheerleaders Varsrty and Iumor Vars1ty basketball Seventh grade Iumor Hxgh basketball Elghth Grade, Jumor Hlgh cheerleaders Acr III qcomd 5 Mrs Carr s fourth grade Mrs McNally s frfth grade Mr Mlchaud s fxfth grade PTA Banquet, Gxrls and Boys Chorus Mrs Andrew s th1rd grade Junror plays and party Freshmen Sophomores Mrs Ingersoll s flrst grade Mrs Marrcle s second grade ACT IV Scenel EARLY SPRING Sprmg Sports Jumor Plays fclass of 551 Student Day Student Senate Mlss Wood s second grade Mrs Mudge s slxth grade Wtllet School Lrbrary Sclence Club, Jumor Band Movmg Up Day ACT IV Scene2 LATE SPRING Iumor Senlor Prcmcs teacher partles Alumm Banquet Parent Semor Banquet Dedxcatron Baccalaureate Class Nxght Semor Personals Class Key The Class of '55 wrshes to thank everyone who has helped to make thls productlon We hope that, as you watch our play you wlll thmk back over some of the experlences you have had slnce you have been a part of our town in ' . ' ' Mrs. Burke's sixth grade 2 K. .pv .411-Q-. Cincinnatus is our town - - -Mary's,Chuckie's, Sis's, and mine. It's been our town for a year now, since that day last July when we first came along its friendly streets. Our town is like other typical Amer- ican towns, offering, to those who wish it, a way of life characterized by cooperation among friends in community undertakings, love for our children, and liberty through law, And yet, our town has a real life drama of its own, with each citizen playing his own important part. 'MSS .di Oh oh looks lrke the orchestra's ready to start playrng We'd betterhurry and f1nd a seat Excuse me srr may we SII here? Go on rn Mary Yes Chuckre you may go SII wrth the boys but keep the norse down' Oh H11 Nerghbor Yes rt does look lrke there'll be a good crowd out tonrght See you after the show ltdoesn't seem possrble that Ih1S 1sClass Nrght that anotherlune wrth all rts Commence ment hustle and bustle rs here agarn that thrs trme our S15 wrll be a part of the cap and gown parade why next year Chuckre wrll be the only one who can grve us the school news tell us the funny thrngs Always when I walk up to the school entrance the drgrnty and beauty of rt rmpresses me and tonrght rt came over me as never before that the school IS the heart of our town what would we do wrthout the musrc programs to emoy the athletlc teams to support the dances the school krds Jammmg L1ncoln's every noon Just when we're at our hungrrest too' how would we ev effectlve happy crtrzens wrthout our school to help us What s that, Mary'1 Oh no I don t know what that boy IS carryrng out on stage Let s see why Mary rt looks lrke those stage cards they had rn the vaudevrlle shows we used to go to rf that's the case the curtarn must be about readyto go up on the frrst act of Our Town Through the Four Seasons' Good luck Srs gli? 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We'd just moved here a couple days before that, and we were all feeling a bit strangeg Sis was sort of worried about starting her Senior year in a new town, and Chuckie--well, I guess 4th graders never do like to be up- rooted. They needn' t have worried though. People are so friendly here! Our neighbors invited us to go with them to see the doings on the 5th, and we gladly accepted. I can still remember what a great variety of floats there was. Crowning Mrs. Cincy was the climax of the parade. Then the Little Leaguers showed their stuff. The Borden team showed them! Remember, Mary, how we stuffed ourselves at the Legion dinner last year? Those women . sure know how to cook-- That was the day Chuckie took all my spare change. Said he just loved to ride the ponies. That evening the firemen played around like a bunch of kids trying to see who could get the wettest. Before that they'd staged a demonstration that made us realize how efficient our department really is. Fireworks and the dance really finished the day--and us! 5' faq , z in A M 1 N t M 1 LQ J., .inf Of, ffv. ,,-A 1 Found out soon that the firemen weren't the only ones in Cincy who like to splashg the school sponsored swimming lessons at the Wickwire pool in Cortland. Before they were over, Chuckie got to be a first class swimmer. Telephone and tennis took up most of Sis's time. Ieven joined the Brackle softball team. Didn't know if my old bones would take it, but when we won the championship, I figured allthat Ben Gue hadn't been wasted. You know, I guess we allimprove with prac- tice. Even Mrs. Bennet goes to a cook's school every summer, and everybody knows what good food and service our school's cafeteria always gives. I Say, what party is that on stage now? Those kids certainly seem to be havingarollicking time! Listen: Robinson, in apprecia- tion of all the understanding and patience you have shown us, we wish to present this gold watch. That must be the seniors' former advisor. I've heard Sis's pals talk about what a good teacher he was. 1' ' 'T ,i I guess when a communrty has good teachers rt has the school board to thank That board deserves lots of credrt anyway found that out when I went to that blg school meetlng last summer They d1s cussed the need for new school busses Sard that when bus drlvers work as hard as ours do to keep our chlldren safe they deserve the best equrp ment to help them That was the mght I met Mrs Rathbun the Drs trlct Superrntendent for the flrst t1me she had some rmportant thrngs to say and Mr Newkrrk who had a hard trme takrng down the mmutes fast enough to keep up wrth all the d1scuss1on but he managed w... -1 Well Mary theres the curtaln Guess Ill check the program agaxn Looks as though there are enough ad pages to keep me busy all three Inter mrssrons Speakrng of belng fast enough as I left the board meetrng I saw where the janrtors had been trylng to get therr many tasks frnlshed gettlng ready for school to begm Guess they managed too After the meet1ng I felt MUCH wlser and more secure about my chlldrcn s educatlonal future LAI'-'W' 8 Iustas duoughoutthe year we help to support our communrty s cluef lndustry by servlng free mrlk to the klndergartens every afternoon and by encouragrng all school ch1ldren to drrnk more m1lk so the producers of OUR TOWN THROUGH THE FOUR SEASONS Ask you to support ouradverusers1n everyseason ofthe year W T GRANT 11 Maln Street Cortland N Y if BOWERS TEXACO STATION TE ACO South OtSe11C New York Comphments A FRIEND HOTEL CINCINNATUS Phone 32 Cmcmnatus N Y PAULDI G STUDIO 5 Tompkins Avenue Cortland, New York FABRIZIO Men s Shop Cortland New York NOSS RADIO AND APPLIANCES Cortland New York KELLOGG AUTO SUPPLY CO 155 Maln Street Cortland New York Phone SK 6 9944 F AND R JENKINS Gas 8: O11 Phone 491 CRANDALL SUPPLY COMPANY INC N State Street Bmghamton N Y Phone 2 6425 Keep Clean W1th Crandall s HANFORD S MANUFACTURING COMPANY Syracuse New York Central Avenue Cortland N Y 'll ' . Meats 8: Groceries Willet, N. Y. B. R. BALDWI Clnclnnatus New York A new member of the flrrn STEVENS THE CLEANERS CORNER 31 C11nton Ave STORE Cortland NY O11 GFOCGFIGS Gas Phone SK 6 9686 P1tcher New York ITALIAN STAUBER DRUGS Cortland N Y Best Foods R A Stauber Pharmaclst and Chemlst 10 12 Port Watson Cortland New York Prescr1pt1onS Our Speclalty I3 S- fd KITCHEN 53 Main Street .-l- SKy1ine 6-7591 - -I- ' o .1 x 4 fi V , - ' A 4 Q 4 11495 I Q i Ml, .1 1' ,o 1 if fs Q p a il E s E 'S C Q A 'X Q 5 -s Ag ' f V xv I - . 1? 3 21 I Y ' f K if u - ' l 2 5 X E ii ' T i t 5 2 ffii E 5 fx fg Q 2 f gh 3 fi, is 3 sz Q -f A145 5 1 Zi 5 5 , . Z 5 iw if 5 5 .2 is J , f 235 f 2 ' . 1 2 . ,Q 4 A A Q x A qi 5 2 Z f T i . ! . K , ' . ' ' I ' f gf I ,, , l -Qfijwi, ' g. ff V . -'V -V ' .. 1 , V wg r f f' 'ftw ffff W Hurry up Johnny! You don't want to be late the FIRST day of school! Say, Mary, doesn't that line re- mind you of last fall when we watched Sis and Chuckie take off for their first day of school here? Remember how they were a little afraid of the newness of it all, but when Sis left Chuckie in Miss Morgan's fourth grade room, and he saw some of his summertime friends, he began to feel easier. He came home that noon all set to go right out and look for moss to put in the terrarium they were going to make. When Christmas came, Chuckie asked us if he could pick out our Christ- mas tree all by himself .... IheY'd 136911 studying evergreens . . . he chose a dandy! Miss Morgan manages to get quite a lot of variety into their school work . . . studying the Eskimos left Chuckie with an unholy desire to eat blubber . . . thank goodness we talked him out of thatl They took time out from their school work long enough for a Christ- mas party and a Valentineparty . . . Chuckie must be growing upg he doesn't think parties are sissy anymore! Guess Sis was busy that first day, too, what with learning her locker combination and trying to take in all those important announcements that morning in assembly. KI That first assembly where Mr. Dodge announced the school fair date really stirred things up. We never saw so much fudge as we had that week. And what a time we had chasing Chuckie's rabbit through the house! By the morning of the fair, though, Chuckie had his rabbit groomed, and Sis had turned out a prize batch of fudge. The kids persuaded us to come over and see the exhibits. Everywhere I looked I could see the jackets of the F. F. A. boys. They certainly did a good job ofsponsoring this fair. Guess they do a good job in all their projects. Folks say their parent-son banquet in the spring was a fine example of how the school tries to further the agricultural interests of the community. The F.F.A. even thought enough of their school superintendent to make her an hon- orary member of their group. I With an advisor like Mr. Dodge behind a group, it couldn't help but succeed. After all, it takes good leadership to be the President of the State Vocational Agriculture Associ- ationg of course, Sis says his most important job is taking pictures for the yearbook! That new kitchen can mean really practical experience for fu- ture Cincinnatus homemakers. They won't have to worry about having, their clothes in the latest style, ei- ther, Miss Van Vorce has really shown them a lot about sewing. KN, y ,gb 'if' But then, Sis has her own ideas about everything. She took me over to see the feminine side of the Fair. I was certainlyimpressed by the new homernaking house that the F. ll. A. had cleaned until it shone. In fact, the whole fair showed the good planning ofthe fair officers and advisors. There were some mighty thrilled kids that day when the prize winners were announced, but the cup winners were kept in suspense. Sis told us they were announced later on in the assembly. afn f T4 .vii -1, 'QR 'QE p -f ! u My! Those third graders must have learned a lot about different kinds of materials, by the looks of those exhibits on stage, but then these children must have learned quite a few homemaker's tricks by the time June came 'round---Chuckie told us one day how hungry he'd become when he'd gone past Mrs. DeMond's room and they were making and eating their own breakfast. ---Travel won't hold any terrors for them now, either, not after taking a train trip from Cortland to Marathon---buying their own tickets and everything. Snr F7 is f K According to Chuck ie all the grades have Val entine parties guess that s a pretty well estab lished custom we even did that back in my day' Back then we never learned so much about the world around us. Last fall I saw some of them gather- ing leaves for their study ofnature- --flowers- - -trees ---burdocks. These third graders got to know Indians like their next door neigh- bors, too. That Indian Pow-wow noise reminds me of a cheer the cheerleaders used at soccer games. I didn't get to as many games as I'd like, but I did get to the game where Cincy upset Marathon, andldid happen by one day just when the squad was getting its picture taken. Coming home that night from the soccer game I saw a couple of fellows loping down the street--they told me this was a new sport in Cincy--they surely took hold of it fast! Art Allen and Johnny Rathbone even got into the sectionals--in fact, took first and second places. The Athletic Association is always so proud of the whole sports prograrng I'll bet they're getting a special bang out of Cross Country. Cross Country--seemed like Sis was always going off somewhere this fall. The high school English classes took a couple busses to see Julius Caesar in Cortland. The Guidance Department sponsored trips to CSTC and Morrisville--two year college wasa new idea to Sis. She wentto talk to Mrs. Pepper about it. In fact, the guidance office is a familiar place to many of the kids, Couple nights later Mrs. Pepper took a bus load of juniors and seniors to Cortland State where Sis got her first taste of George Bernard Shaw seeing his play, Pyg- malion. A few days later Sis came home all surprised, She'd been elected to Music Council. That means she had to supervise the prac- tice rooms the music students use after their lessons. Chuckie would have been busy, too, except that he caught a bad cold and missed his grade's Hallo- ween party. Still he feltpretty im- portant 'cause he had to visit the nurse the day he went back--said the only other people in there were some high school students trying to plan time for their Junior Red Cross meeting. That snow man they're stuffing is going to be a fat oneg they're put- ting newspaper into him pretty en- thusiastically! That train looks as if riding on it would be fun. Very clever way they made it them- selves---nail kegs and orange crates ---hmm, it'd be an effective way to learn about travel, too, I should think. wlllll LJ Isn't that an attractive kinder- garten room on stage! lt's surprising how many things kindergarteners learn through their play activities. From what Mrs. Dodge tells me, rhythm band gives them a good sense ofrhythm and coordination- - - I remember she also said that learn- ing to eat away from home was an essential part of every ch1ld's ed- u c a t io n and that kindergarteners seemed to enjoy learning along with their friends. It seems as if quite a few of the grades were going on traveling sprees last fall---the second graders got sea fever along about then and their room looked like a boat yard--they turned out a pretty seaworthy ship- - -Columbus couldn't have done better himselfl- - and then they wrote a play so they'd have an official reason for making their boat. They were busy help- ing Santa out around Christmas time---one of Mary's friends was proudly displaying a clay pin her little girl had made for her in school. Seems that they'd been weaving different materials and working with clay. ' 1. Erm- The whole grade school talked for days about their as- sembly, it was a circus---what won't second graders tackle?! ---last fall they studied seeds and made acollection--then in the spring it was a scrapbook about g r o w i n g things- --then they studied health, and made some posters. k WZ., Posters---say, Miss A dams's first grade made some good ones for the display in Fritz's window, during National Education Week. The posters and all the student work shown helped to call some well de served attention to the school The little first grader next door told us they d madeacol ored Christmas tree and put names on it and sent it to one of the s t u d e n t teachers that they d liked especially was awfully proud of the folder with his work in it that he was going to give his mom for Christmas. Miss Adams had promised that they would learn to tell time, too, maybe they T would even make a clock with movable hands, to help them. They were going to learn about the Post Office later and use their lockers for mailboxes. Finger paint- ing and learning numbers with ice cream spoons---making a weekly trip upstairs to the library---some fun---but meaningful, too! Congratulations Seniors G H WILTSIE L and L L MBER Pltcher N ew York 37 '59 Maln Street Cortland New York CORTLAND PAPER CO Wholesale Paper products of quallty for use 1n Homes Offlces Schools Stores and Factor1es CHURCH S GROCERY Grocerles Drugs DryGoods Clnclnnatus New York CLYDE FRANKLIN Plumbmg and Heatlng P1tcher New York HARRY ALPERT 60 Maln Street Phone SK 6 5731 Cortland N Y GREENE S GAR AGE Frlendly SGTVICG For All Clncmnatus New York 23 Phone SK 3-1050 Cortland, N. Y. RICHARDS 8: DONAHUE INC A Complete School Photo Servlce Webster New York MCGRAW 8: ELLIOTT Drug Store Maln Street Cortland Cosrnetlcs Drugs, Cameras Fllms Phone SK 3 0032 MULLEBS Cortland New York HAROLD S STORE Maln St QODDOSIIG Post Offmeb Cortland New York OLDS AND FULMER SHOE STORE Cortland New York TICKNOR S The Proflt Sharmg Store Cortland New York Telephone SK 3 0721 WESTERN AUTO ASSOCIATE STORE 19 Cllnton Avenue Cortland New York Phone SK 3 0471 VICTORY CHAIN INC Clnclnnatus New York 50 ' , ARMY AND NAVY 103 . . . . 24 fx K. ,f xiwufwf' S it ggi 1 Ark.. vvivg ' 5 . A Q 5 I X.. , l.. + Q S, s 1 S 5 5 3 fn 23 5 5 1 4 X 5? X 1 Q 5 5 Q 1 fff 55 fY!?1?35aa5?!f4E?i?5 5 5 Q 5 E s 4 f .X s I VA vw W f1.', ,mwQ S ,4 --r M ..., E, iff' Oh, Maryg look! 'Member the day you went uptown and met that group of kin- dergarteners on a snow walk? Must be they s like walking. Sis saw them last fall touring ' ' the school---going to the main office--- nurses' office--cafeteria. Later, they had if r fun marchingin their first Hallowe'en parade in the gym and then a more serious walk--- when the buzzer sounded for their first fire drill and they marched out so straight and solemn. Gi f E 5'-4-ai' Iremember talking with parents ofa kindergartener last fall---said they were really going to celebrate Thanksgiving right this year. Their little girlhad been studying about Pilgrims-Q-first Thanksgiving and everything---she was telling them just how to do it. Doesn't that snowman they're making look real? And look at that mural! All that snow makes me shiver! Not much like this hot Class Night in June! Somehow, snow always makes me think of Christmas. Come to think of it, Mary said that when she was over at A.B. Brown's, doing some Christmas shopping last winter, Mrs. Prernru and her group came into Toyland. She said that when they looked at all the toys, their eyes got so BIG---! Sure wasa lot go- ing on for everyone last Christmas. M,,.,,.,,,,,a...wm..-iv 'y ,. -.s , ,a 3 , U L ,'fQ,., -,,5,,1g.,-S.As..11-v'i ' ...I V' f ' .-Q- - v!g,A JE ew -+- Didn't the music department help to make Christmas a lot more meaningful? It showed what the School and Community can do when they get together. The primary chorus certainly did alivelyversion of Up on the House Top . . . O Holy Night had a new love- liness when the grade and high school choruses sang it together. fa Av- 4--Y -Q -L 4 'rf 4, 1, it 'VV What a thrill the Community Orchestra was playing for the carol sing and accompanying the Massed Chorus as they sang The Song of Christ- mas. Who'd ever expect to see a minister, a truck driver, a college student and a primary child all working together in a music program in a small community? The whole evening was a tremendous tribute to the Music Department and the Wilburs. As if this exertion wasn't enough, the Depart- ment had to turn around and help with the High School Christmas party the next day. Parents were invited . . . Mary went over . . . Said she would have never known that Bill Abbey was Santa, except she saw his stamp on the pack. I'll bet Greg Pryor was surprised when he got Bobbie Duncan as his gift. Christmas --- how many things it brings to mind! t Y!! How many of our activi- ties Christmas covers. It even crept into Latin. Sis told at the dinner table about the Latin Department's assembly, how they'd sung Christmas Carols before they'd presented Little Red Riding Hood in Latin. She said it really made a hit. In fact, the kids were beginning to wonder whether Latin is a dead language --- the bulletin board has shown them all year how Latin Lives Today! Mia Sis said Christmas didn't last half long enough --- when she went back to school, she and the rest of the class plunged head first into yearbook work --- Mrs. Pepper even made it part of their English class --- Sis said they surely appreciated that! She talked a lot about editor Jane, too --- said that Jane had had to withstand a lot of criticism and hanging back till the class understood what she was trying to do --- then she won the whole-hearted respect and cooperation of the group by keeping before them the idea that the job must be done, herself to a standstill, trying to keep every- when she felt low, too! ability to work together Z and well done, and by pitching in and working too. Must have been sort ofa tough job,at times, one else from staying discouraged --- especially But thanks to a sense of humor and the class s as a team the last page FINALLY went in' Basketball was now the big social event. At every ball game, between quarters, little girls were jumping all over the hall---imitating the cheerlead- ers---I can remember Sis doing the same thing a few years ago ---they did a good job at the games--really put their hearts into cheering ---- ,M KM Sn an -xx., 0 Chuckie's set was hero-worshipping the varsity. They thought that was quite a game, when Cincy beat Truxton in an overtime- period---and so did everyone else! Truxton seemed to be one of Cincy's arch rivals---we ended the season tied with them for third place in the Cortland County League---then when tournament time came around, we were matched up with Truxton again---when we won, 46-44, everyone in Cincy just about went wild. Even though they didn't make it to the sectionals, Mr. Springer and his Varsity team did Cincinnatus proud. The IV team held their own, too. In fact, both teams were a credit to their school with their enthusiasm and good sportmanship. The JV's felt bad about losing their coach, Mr. Merhige. Sis said the boys really thought the world of him and they didn't know what they'd do without his jokes in a tight spot. His seventh grade felt the same way about him, I guess. They gave him a combination birthday and farewell party. Miss Van VorCe's class wanted to go too, Sis said, but they had an important Class meeting, fduty before pleasurej. One afternoon when Sis was coming home from a yearbook meeting, she heard a lot of yelling coming from the gym. Being a woman, her curiosity got the better of her and she peeked in to see what was going on. Those seventh and eighth graders were playing their hearts out. M. XA And the Cheerleaders were be- hind them all the way. Eighth graders do lots of different things these days. Mrs. Pepper told me that now they take exploratory courses to help them choose their high school majors---Sounds like a good idea to me. Wish I eouldhave experimented with Ag or HOME ECONOMICS or Art. Might have made some man a good wife! 8 Is that an Eskimo on that stage? I believe itl Their social studies classes must be inter- esting if that one is a sample . . . fishing, the prairie and the desert . . . no end of things in social studies, so it's not hard to see why the classes are so good . . . wishl could read that school work on the board . . . it looks like mathematics, from here . . . fourth graders always do have quite a time with mathematics, anyway . . . Chuckie's sweat blood over it this last year. i l remember one day when Mrs. Carr and her grade got Chuckie's curiosity up. They had a woman in to talk to them, and Chuckie didn't know who she was . . the next day he found out it'd been Mrs. Barnes, the county health nurse . . . she'd talked to the children about her job of help- ing people to keep well. li Everyone likes to count money, like those kids on the other side of the stage are doing . . . if you could learn all your arithmetic that way, it'd be ok! . . . I'd like to have been around when they did their special unit on rubber trees . . . maybe I could've found out why my tire blew out yesterday. That makes me think of the health posters Mrs. McNally's fifth grade made. Seems like that would be a good way for kids to learn a- bout proper foods to eat. It would get the important points across--- make their room more attractive, too. Mrs. McNally was telling Mary that the grade visited an industrial plant ---some of the things they saw there would probably have made the first Pioneers' eyes pop! She was also telling Mary about the bread the kids had made, to go along with their study of yeast--wonder if the girls wanted to bake it in pioneer ovens since they were so wrapped up in pioneers-- bet they'd settle for a good old modern stove pretty quickly, after they'd tried the other! That fifth grade room is al- ways decorated somehow. Back at Christmas time, it looked like one big Christmas card---those table decorations they made out of ever- greens and fungi were something! - - - The hooked rugs they made a little later would have made good Christ- mas presents---I guess they used them to decorate their pioneer cabin, though. Chuckie said that from the hum he heard whenever he went past that room, Mrs. McNa1ly's make-believe frontiersmen got a bang out of playing the part. N., rf? Mr. Michaud's fifth grade got into the pioneer spirit, too---they thought square dancing was just the greatest. I guess Art had quite a lot of influence on all their studies. They finger painted, made a social studies muralg young Rem- brandts painted Christmas scenes on the windo ws. They dida lot with English, too---wrote their own true tale of Mighty Mouse --- wrote compositions on still ---got some radio work in, by making their own newscasts in the morn- ing. Mr. Michaud is so musieal,it's no wonder that the whole gra de enjoyed music so much---they learned about two part sing- ing and some of the pupils demonstrated their musical instruments for the rest of the class. With all this fun, they got their share of the three R's, too---now where in the world did I get all this information? Oh yes, it was at the January PTA meeting. The fifth grade mothers served the refresh- ments there. In February, the PTA had a Founders' Day Ban- quet instead oftheir regular meeting. I hadn't had such good fried chicken in ages! The PTA had put it on as a money- making deal, as well as a social event-- it was asuccess both ways-- after dinner, with all the music on the program, the talk turned to the school music department. B V I The Girls' and Boys' Choruses had been prac- ticing hard for the County Music Festival February 12g then that was postponed till March--adding the Festival to the Spring Concert and NYSSMA contest made spring a busy time for the Music Department. If it hadn't been for Mr. Wilbur and Mrs. Harris, no one knows how it WOULD have been done--so well done, too. hm.. I 'VOA Chuckie's grapevine kept him up on a lot of the third graders' doings. He could tell us all aboutit when they made their big study of dairy- ing. I hope all the day-after-tomorrow's dairy farmers will know as much about their job! A trip to Borden's,reported Chuckie,was the high- light of this unit. He was interested in their study of weather in the winter, too. When he found out that they were going to go see Mr. Sawyer's display of old cars -- well, he sort of WANTED to skip school and go with them--that bright idea didn't work out too well as I remem- ber it,though--the third graders enjoyed it, any- way. Oh, Dear, just look at that sweet little boy and girl up there on the stage--and that aw- ful old witch! l'd guess they hadlots of fun get- ting ready to do this Hansel and Gretel scene! I bet they did, too, Mary--that's Mrs. Andrews' grade, isn't ir? They're always doing suchinteresting things like thatunit on materials --weaving on hand looms--and Chuckie heard that when they studied Indians, they even made cornhusk dolls-- how school has changed since my day! The Juniors enjoyed getting ready to put on their plays, too--when they finally got to do them! It's like they said when they gave Mrs. Pepper her flowers, Neither sickness, nor exams, nor bad roads could prevent Mrs. Pepper and the Juniors from pro- ducing a couple of really outstanding plays. Bet Miss Dowdle and Mr. Ross were proud of their class! Next day Sis told us that three of the Juniors' mothers had given the class a party after the plays. The food and fun were just what they needed to relax them after all those weeks of hard work. Art Allen and Blue were the hit of the party! f- The Sophomores were no slouches when rt came to ac uvitres either Sis said every morning at 8 30 there was a big mob of them going to chorus -or band or something Bu that sa big class there were always a lot in study hall then too When they put on their amateur show in spring there was quite a bunch to help and they all d1d that s class spir The freshmen were a law minded class made sure none oftheir rights were abused studied the Constitution and then with Mrs Muncy's help made one of their own legal eagles! This made a difference in their conduct as a class too--like when they went down to assemblies. Wonder if it was a February thaw that got those kids up there interested in fish? Anyway, they look like they're all wrapped up in it. Hmm, looks like the ones over in the corner are playing with steam: mak- ing steam yourself must make science more interesting than just reading about it. When they were studying about time, each of them made a clock and used pine cones for the pendulum. Mrs. Maricle laid great importance this year on reading. As a matter of fact, Miss Clark, the grade supervisor, empha- sized the reading program in all the ele- mentary grades. Since reading is such an important basis for learning, she wants to be sure that Cincy students are com- petent at it. I'd say that we're lucky to have her to work with us. Mrs. Ingersoll cooperated with this plan, too, and it paid off--'most any time you went in, you could find some child en- joying a book. Still, they weren't book - worms, by any means! if S' lu Q , ,S U, 'l it fs ' 5. Last fall,they made a toy store--what with building and clerking and buying, they learned a lot about business and arithmetic and liked itl Then they made Christmas decorations, --took lots of trips in the boats and cars and airplanes they made, and just like all the good farmers around here, started getting their barns and animals and gardens ready for spring back in February --Their gardens really produced and they even got some lunch vegetables out of them, I've heard. 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Ithink this play is a real tribute to the drama department and just shows how much hidden tal- ent there is in Cincy. Of course, Come to thinkof it, it was a dramatic spring, anyway. Mary and I learned at PTA that Mrs. Burke's sixth grade was do- ing a unit on drama, building their own theatre, and making puppets -- Qpapier-mache heads and wooden bodiesj to represent the different countries the sixth graders had studied. l I Qt 'abs K1 I was convinced of that, when the seniors presented their play---this spring. ln the spring, they took a trip to the Bungalow House in Cortland, to see displays from the Orient seems to me thatif more people took this much interest in world relations, everyone would be better off! With all this wor1d relations talk, these pupils realized that they needed to be considerate of the people they are with every day, too, so all year they made a special effort to learn and practice courtesy. 'You know, dear, from what Mrs. Pepper told me, spring has always been the time for drama here in Cincy. A year ago this spring, Sis's class took one of their Junior plays, 'Sunday Costs 5 Pesos' to Drama Festival at Cortland State. She said that for amateur Mexicans, they did well--but that the houses were an- other story! It took more people to hold up the houses than to put on the play! Oh, well, they brought home a trophy anyway. A couple weeks before that, the class had put 'The Old Lady Shows They had to master . At the end, a good to tears, they say. on this play and another one, Her Medals' on the Cincy stage. a Scottish accent for this one share of the audience was close l wish, we'd been here to see both of them, don't you? Seeing those young teachers on the stage reminds me how Sis was all excited one night about Student Day at school. Seems selected juniors and seniors change places with the teachers for a day once every year. One of Sis's pals who was going to be teacher asked Mary ifshe should wear heels. I don't know what Mary told her, but I guess she had her own answer af- ter that hectic day. lt's a good experience for kids. The students certainly have lots of valuable ex- periences. Seems like only a short time ago Sis was all excited about Student Senate primaries. Chuckie had informed us that two men were carrying a big metal box with a curtain on the front into the school. Sis patiently explained that that was the voting machine which they'd used. s.5g Guess it's really im- portant for the classes to e- le c t go o d representatives since Sis says they are the ones through whom classes may make suggestions about their school problems. Sis says the halls are orderly when the Student Senate's on duty, too. Young people certainly can govern them- selves when properly trained. L X i Nur' lt's certainly hot inhere, Mary! Oh, Dad, It just seems that way because those children are sitting a- round the fireplace in that scene of Miss Wood's room. That's just part of their morning work. Don't they look cozy? Yes, that's a real cozy corner . . . I guess corners are a specialty in that rooml . . . 'way back last fall, Chuckie saw some of the second graders busily bringing in bugs and things . . . said the children had told him, for our science corner . . . they had leaves and cones and all sorts of things by the time they finished. When we went to the PTA meeting in October, 1 remember Mary and I were interested in the milkweed pod boats the second graders had made for Columbus Day and that night. During National Book Week they used another corner to display their favorite books. I bet all the boys in that room had a big time when the grade visited the local fire station . . . most little boys want to be fire chiefs, sometimel . . . they had fun on their bus trip I0 Cobakco in the spring, too, so Chuckie's friends told him. Look at them nowg they're on their way to their own post office to see where their valentines go. See that flag in front of the post office. Chuckie's friend in second grade says they give a salute to the flag every morning to start the day off right, C h u c k i e s a y s that's the way they start their grade assemblies, too. Chuckie really enjoys those grade as- semblies on Fridays. I remember the night he came home from school so excited we could ge' hardly make out what ' he was saying. After ff he had simmered down, we found out he was talking about Mrs. Mudge's sixth grade assembly. It seems they had been studying about famous men and their play included Sir Galahad and the Knights of the Silver Shield. Chuckie really liked the part where the knights killed the dragon. firwii 'ss 4 Ms' ' l Then Sis told us she'd noticed quite a lotofactivity in that room-- - said they were building a medieval castle out of corn meal boxes and papier-machef Sis said it looked good enough for Sir Galahadliimself. .uv J 'Y- Before the castle, it had been a terrarium that kept them busy---one of the boys told Chuckie that they were go- ing to have a crane fly for it---offered to let Chuckie come in and see it as soon as it hatched---they worked with arts Q' and crafts to make Christmas presents for f their folks---Chuckie'spalwasespecial- ly proud of his pot holder rack that he'd made for his mother. 3 I thrnk I recogmzea couple ofthem the1r parents got a chance to see all they d been dorng when the school had an open house and some frrends of ours asked us to go so we dtd there was a lot to see, too! Hmm they look as rf thev were hav mg fun at that sand table why that mast be the Wxllet Sehool chrldren 'Yr' 1? if uve! They ve made a phonrcs QI thlnk they ealled tty mural to help them learn to read art class they worked wrth clay studred materrals they had a bulletln board that they kept rnterestrng thrngs on looked as rf Mrs Carter would have her hands full teachlng all three grades down there she gets some help though Mrs. Brckford, Mrs Harrrs, and Mrs. Paprsh go down onte a week, for gym, mu srt and art I PNP..-'Q Isn't that library dis- play up on stage something! I've heard a lot about the two libraries in Cincinnatus. It seems that Mrs. Geer was the librarian both in school and overtown in the Kellog bf Library for thirty years. Then last June she retired from the school- - -just when all her pleading to use the library for story hours and reference work instead of a study hall was ready to get results. But the new li- brarian, Mrs. Bays has made the most of these changes ---Sis was so enthusiastic about the displays she put up every month of new books and things---Mrs. Bays' story hours made a hit with Chuckie! Mrs. Geer still does a wonderful job in the Kellog Library---it's one of Cincy's proudest landmarks, and famous all over the state. Who's that coming into the library now? Maybe it's someone from the Science Club---Sis tells me one of them is often in there when she is---reading up on a new experiment---1et's see, I think Sis said they were divided up into Senior and Junior groups---that's just like band! Chuckie was inlunior band and liked it a lot---said Mrs. Harris was lots of fun AND a good director! Look, Mary, there on stage are some of Sis's friends carrying banners. It says there on the program this is Moving Up Day. Must be this is the way it was their first day as seniors. Must be a pretty important day to those kids. Sis says it's an important day to everyone. The music students receive contest medalsg classes move up a gradeg and the Student Senators are in- augurated. Why, there's the Student Senate president giving his inaugural speech now. f K Pretty important day for the Honor Society, too, Sis says. It's the day new members are announced and old members receive their pins. High standards ofscholastic achieve- ment are still stressed in our school. That's a fine thing! 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V, - 1 v .-s A ' ' 4 Y 9 v ' ffiqf' fa f ta rf. ,Q Db J' V 3 I . I 'MQ' jf yn-ver. i -sqm - , , . , A 1 fro R x .k, After the Moving-up Day forma- 1ities were over, the Seniors whooped off to their picnicl Sis came home tired and sunbumed, but happy. A couple of weeks later, Sis was off to another picnic---the Juniors were treating the Seniors. 'More sunburn--- more fun! said Sis. The faculty was right in sty1e--- they had parties of their own. They have parties to honor faculty members A few days ago, the four of us went on a family picnic---Sis and I went for a wa1k--- she sat down under a tree ---awfully quiet--- I could almost hear her thinking What's nextg what will weall be doing tomorrow--- a month from today, ten years from now? Pretty serious business when you stop to think of it! who are leaving---this year they had one in January, too, for Mr. Merhige. ' -f 'u The Alumnr As socratlon 1nv1ted the Senrors to be therr guests at therr annual Banquet sf' Mrs Clyde Blrss 13 Mrs Ivan Harvey 13 Mrs Gerald Beekwrrh 20 Thomas Cass 28 Mrs Edna Baldw1n 28 M Sheldon Baldwrn 30 Mrss Nlna L Mrller 33 Arlene Darley 34 Paul Harvey 37 Douglas Jewell 38 Mr Wrllram Freeman 88 Mrs Ellenea Hammond Lyke Seward Totman 41 Curtls Gardner 44 Mrs Curtrs Gardner 44 Mrs Ruthella Oros 46 John D Davrs 46 4 'vlrs Mary Sturdevant 48 Arlene Gardner 48 Mrs Harold Jordan 48 Wlllram Freeman 48 Donald Potter 49 Helen Oros 49 Clarence Totman 49 Paul Gates 49 R1chardAuwarter 50 Lawrence Ufford 50 Mary Harvey Davrs 51 Adah Muncy Harvey 52 Mrs Clarence Totman 52 Margaret Oros 53 Conme Wheeler 54 Then came the BIG day the Seniors had all waited half hopefully and half fearfully for--- the yearbooks came! When they got their first look at this, their own yearbook, well, they were really up in the cloudsl Sis said that now they were doubly thankful to their sponsors: Dr. and Mrs. George Landwehr Cincinnatus New York Payne Brothers Cortland New York Winters 2 Main Street, Cortland New York Dr. Frank Ulrichs l South Broad. Norwich New York Harrington Brothers 14 Central Ave., Cortland New York The Powers Regulator Co. Syracuse New York Dr. A. P. Windheim 1 South Broad, Norwich New York Loomis Hayloft North Pitcher New York Dr. Donald Maddy DeRuyter New York Bill 's Barber Shop Cincinnatus New York So then Sis turned to Mary and me with a big smile and invited us to a Parent Senior Banquet for a few nights later Of course we said yes quickly We were really pleased to think the kids wanted to spend some of this last hectic time with us! The two class advisors were there and it was plain to see how much the kids thought of them MRS PEPPER whose en thusiasm and sincere sup port of their efforts had kept them going all year so Sis said 'HK and MR OFSLAGER who was making a place for himself in the community and who will always be a very special part of Sis s Senior memories is We When Mary and I came in we noticed the Family Center the Seniors had set up but it never occurred to us parents that it was there for quite so special a purpose All of a sudden there was a suspicious smarting in my eyes and by the looks of tlungs other parents were having the same trouble I think I'll always remember what came next 60 , ' . . . , . . - . s - n If - - - . Y I j Q 1 1 4 1 . . , - ' 5 , xg :fu ms M if ' -th . ' I -Qs l ' Love's a funny thing, isn't it, Mom and Dad? It's sort of hard to talk aboutg when we try, we usually end up calling each other ratt1eface or squirt, or 'most any- thing. We quite often forget about it from day to day, 'cause we're so busy grabbing a mouthful of food. a couple hours' sleep, and then ramming off somewhere again. But, we can recognize love, when the two of you sit at the table, long after we've left, with the love that brought you together in the first place shining out of your eyes, we, dumb as we often seem, can easily recognize the symptoms. And when you wait an hour in 00 weather for the bus to get in, or bravely let us take the car . . . I've just GOT to go to Cortland, Dadl . . . Well, it MUST be love that makes you so patient! We've got more news for you, too . . . we can FEEL lovel Next year, when we go to our own farm, to college, to a new home . . . for two, to our first job, we won't be under foot much. But the ideas and ideals you've given us, and the social example you've set us fand that we're TRYING to live up toy will still be a warm, close bond between us. Then, if you start to miss us as much as we'll miss you, and that letter from us just doesn't come even when it's high time for it to, well, Mom and Dad, please open up your yearbook to this page, and remember: WE DEDICATED THIS BOOK TO YOU, BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU. Q Last nrght was the Baccalaureate Servrce at school When the faculty got all lrned up along wrth the Senlors and the school board and everyone 1I made a m1ghty formal 1m posmg lrne accord mg to Srs they d1dn t look much lxke the rnformal human creatures who eat lunchrn the cafe terra each noon They probably need the relaxatxon they get then to go on teachmg for the rest of the day Mrs Gardner would need some relaxatlon too I should thmk after a day of typrng and frlmg and glvmg bus permrts and a hundred other thtngs Mlxed C h o r u s looked pretty solemn as they marched rn too when rt was trme for the chorus to stng the s e n 1 o r members came from therr places rn therr caps and gowns to srng wxth them another last trme .. Y 5: diy . by K I .CM . ' gi ' lr I LQ v Q I ax' , ., x k K A A . gf v . And now it's Class Night--the night of fun before the solemnity of Commencement takes over. When I close my eyes, Ican just picture Sis in her cap and gown coming in for the biggest night of her life. There will be an outside speaker.but he won't say anything to them more meaningful than the Principal's Message to the Seniors that Mr. Sleight wrote for their yearbook. Members of the Class of 1955: As you approach one of the great milestones in your lives, we congratulate you. And now perhaps you might ask the question, Why congratulations? Our answer is that your accom- plishments are worthy of recognition and praise. Scholastically you have been much more successful than the average graduating class. The fact that approximately fifty per cent of the members of the class are planning to continue their studies after high school graduation SP6akS f0I ilS61f- However, your ability to work together and to attack various projects in a manner that ex- cels the best efforts of most adult groups, merits a tremendous amount of praise. You have ex- emplified the old adage that with every privilege comes a responsibility. For, to be a good member of a democratic society you must do more than obey its laws and customs. It is neces- sary that you accept your share of responsibility in any group to which you belong. Each mem- ber of your class has taken responsibilities in the true dem- ocratic sense of the word. As the years roll by, I am very sure that the faculty and student body of this school are going to feel a great deal of pride whenever the Class of '55 is mentioned. 3,7-2 And while the speaker's talking, the kids'll be half listening, half day-dreaming, about these last four years and all they've done. MR. SLEIGI-IT 63 GeeI I'm going to miss schooll Cheerleading. . . especially doing Bob's personal . . . I don'tthink I'l1 ever forget the night of our senior ball, when Geary and I were crowned . . . or all the fun rehearsals were, when we were getting ready to put on Sunday Costs 5 Pesos . . . and that swell spaghetti supper after the plays . . .No more orchestra rehearsals and all that fooling arotmd in the brass section, either . . . darn itl SinginginGirls' Chorus and Mixed Chorus . . . going to contest and select chorus. l've got a sneaking suspicion these have been some of the best years of my life. Never did understand that Law But that was Just one of my worries Junior play time meant posters to be designed soccer and track kept me well informed for Athletic Association meetmgs never quite made a champ ionship intramural team either though we seniors did come close once C4thJ Still got marks on my back from carrying that bass drum Seems to me they could have rolled it But then it might have hit Mr Wilbur and ohl ohlld better leave fast and get to Law class Say no I dont it s all over Gee al it Gee I ll sure miss going to school next year What a time I had with make up at the ,Tumor plays Got almost more make up on myself than on the other characters Maxwell Citizenship Conference I was really pleased and surprised when the class nominated me to go learned a lot there Wish I could play some more intra mural games had some rough ones but it was a lot of un Student Day 54 now I know what teachers go through every day being social studies teacher for Mr Robinson showed me that being a teacher is not all peaches and cream but it has its rewards we ll seel 64 il Oh where s my class ring? I must have left it home e I I I on the kltchen s1nk that rmg stands for a lot to me bemg ln the sen1or ball court that wonderful week at G1rls State all those Old Lady rehearsals bemg Honor Soc1ety treasurer and presldent Jumor Red Cross representauve and presldent class v1ce pres1dent th1s year Student Senate newspaper and drama c ub I thmk the happ1est day of my llfe was the day the last yearbook page was mauled! bemg the edttorl those MUSIC Counc1l meeungs were a rtotl Glrls Chorus Sally and I just had to talkl M1xed Chorus Select Chorus what a work out but we really learned some thmg as well as havmg a lot of fun hope Mary enjoys bemg hrst v1ol1n now I ll m1ss ll all those rehearsals and all that talk! School really IS gomg to be qmet when we UQ leavel Remember the day we had to hold up the houses ln the ,Tumor Play at Cortland? Gosh what a dreamy mght at the Blue Moon Prom I went home Pr1nce w1th Sharon as Pr1ncess Band Orchestra Chorus Basketball and Cross Country all earned me letters to clutter up my bed room walls smgmg w1th the Four Notes earned money to clutter up my pockets then that Semor year bemg Presxdent nearly f1n1shed me Cameras were my greatest hate by the mme I f1n1shed bemg the yearbook Photo Ed1tor Gee Wl'11Z now I won t see Sally every day that means more rmles on the Chevy now that schools out Well no more walkmg to school on cold mormngs! And someone else can worry about the sen1or monfkjey busmess fand how they dont pay thelr duesj What would I have done w1thout band and orchestra to get me out of study halls? I remember how nervous Iwas the f1rst yearl went Into contest the next year II wasnt so bad All State was fun too Those noon mtramurals an my wonderful refereemg OhBrotherl H04-QGQ 65 .. . W ' C It ID ' 1 . . . ' ' ' it ' I Q a 0 I I D I I . li- , . . A ' ' ' ' ' w ,Q A , ' 0 n at ' 9' I' ' LJ ' . . . - , . ' a D A 0 So this is what it was like for Viv last June! I'm glad I'm graduating, but it's going to seem sort of funny, next year, to come to a basketball game, and not be cheerleading . . . to see Girls' Chorus and Mixed Chorus at their concerts and not be in them . . . hope the new Student Senate treas- urer and secretary keep things straight . . .1ikeIdidn't! Come to think about it,IguessI was class treasurer and Vice- President a couple of years . . . oh joyl how surprised I was when the class elected me the DAR good citizen . . . I really worked on that composition . . . my biggest thrill, I think was being Prom Princess . School was so many nice surprises! Seems to me I ve always been on the mechanical end of things like that time I wired up Mr Dodge s com pressor to paint the Christmas tree for our Ball Ive worn out many a shoe running up and down stairs to operate lights for plays and any other light that s needed to say nothing of the money I wore out for shells in the rifle club Between F F A activities and those rough intramurals I found very httle time to rest S Id sleep eighth periods Never again will Mr Ofslager have to wake me up Wxafffl '70-re mx! 7-MJ: Have more time to hunt coons nowl My rifle club training will come U1 handyl Gonna miss F F A too had a lot of fun at Oswe Oswe well anyway that F F A campl Purtin on those Junior plays was alot of work so was the yearbook they were both worth it, though I guess My intramural team was quite a bunch good guysl Seems flmny not to be III the Orchestra down there N Y S S M A Orchestra was fun worked hard there had more fun monkeylng around though what a head ache that yearbook was never thought photography could be so dlfficult Intramurals were oertamly fun fEspec1a1ly when we beat the other Semor team'7J Musxc certa1nly played a large part m my school lxfe Gxrls Chorus Mlxed Chorus Mus1c Councxl had fun there I beheve Ill actually m1ss bemg dragged out of bed to go to school Gzoe I got there 1IW3SI1ISOb3d espec1al1y days when we had soccer or a basketball game Track and baseball weren t bad st1ll I d rather be over on the tenms court w1th the g1rls Iwonder 1f my Dad ever reahzed that I dtdnt ALWAYS break my glasses wh11eI was playmg sports Darn glrls I told them to be care full But I could always see as long as Mr Sprxnger s glue v and Scotch tape held out He ll sure have a lot more now that lm not around I sure got my moneys worth out of I really learned to appreclate musxc durmg my four years of band orchestra and chorus And how about that A11 State chorus at New Hartford llearned to appre c1ate other thmgs too Look at all the money I handled durmg my re1gn as treasurer of the class and the Student Senate Gee come to thmk of It Ill m1ss those Senate meetmgs and those Musxc Councll meeungs on the same days as baseball games Ohl Ohl I m go1ng to have to PAY to see basketball games now Gosh lcan t afford to graduate! Pfwyda Af 1 I A X 67 Wonder who will be playing my cello next year . . . I sure had a lot of fun playing in orchestra . . . going to Contest and Tri-county orchestra . . . my school life would certainly have been different if there'd been no music ac- tivities . . . Girls' Chorus or Mixed Chorus, Select Chorus . . . Music Council . . . I'd sure hate to whine all the time like Mrs. Haggerty in The Old Lady Shows Her Medals! but I wouldnt have missed being in it for anything F H A fair supervisor class secretary all those years and that yearbook! what a struggle! aizsae., Im glad we moved back to Cincy so I could graduate here I liked it in Hartford though singing in Glee Club F H A meetings all of us would be artists in Art Club we liked what we did anyway! intra murals track basketball volleyball still had mtramurals when I came back to Cincy too Iloved volleyball I wouldn t have missed working on the year book either! Those dividers with the crazy designs! My art experience sure came in handy there JQMMJ Hope my diploma s really in that folder! Oh really I suppose I ll miss school some especially the music and sports No more singing in Mr Wilbur s favorite second bass section or going to All state sectionals an that really great All State Conference how much we all liked that director! And band those all day marches in Sherburne Cortland Oxford Music Council meet ings and me president think of that! Im gonna have to come back and check up on the soccer team see if the new center half back is on the ball! Basketball too Golly school wasn t so bad after all 04.-O. 68 I ..- ..-... ..- .- uv - -.. .-. ' Il Y! ' ... .-. ..- lll 1 not - .-. ... .-. --. , ..- , . . Ill - s n ..- u - I - o u , . . . ... . . . . , . . . - d ..- ..- ang 5 .vo ' . . . , ... p ..- , --- o , . Gee! thxs 4th of July w1ll be the last mme I ll be a maJorette w1th the bandl It ll seem queer to watch some one else 1n my shoes after th1s goxng to Contest w1th my tw1rhng all the fun we had 1n Dramauc Club trackmg down props for our Jumor Plays mtramurals at noon I 11ked volleyball about the best those two years ID Newspaper Club w1th Mr Robmson pracucmg for the gym demonstrauons bet we looked sort of funny rollmg around the floor! 5'vLM:1 Siege, My F H A tra1n1ng IS gomg to come 1n handyl Wh1te Chr1stmas Ball 111 always remember when the orchestra played that song cause John and Id just gotten f1rst two years that would probably ve been page l 1tem 1 Im gotng to rruss G1r1s Chorus and Mxxed Chorus State was fun th1s year Qian! Now that I m graduat1ng I wont have any excuse for commg to town No more xce cream soc1a1s or rollmg my car over on the way home QP1tcher'7'7'7J Illmlss my da1ly run on Sawyer s axrport too My S510 track shoes w111 have to be worn to clean the barn and only the cows w1ll have to hsten to my Sll'lg1l'lg979 Ill never forget those noon hour mtramurals espec1ally the day we played the faculty What a game! No rules every man for h1mself Gosh who do you suppose w1ll play bass 1n orchestra? Well that s Mr Wxlbur s worry or good fortune Depends on how you look at lt 69 ofwvgaafilwvvz f ' H . engaged . . . if we'd had a newspaper club like we did the ' ' ' ' ' ' . . . All . - -1 nl I ' O f - I 0 0 I I ' 1 How by Wflllllg ttme I got traxmng Those ,Tumor plays Sharon certatnly knew how to xght even rrpped my blouse at a rehearsal Probably d1d rt on purpose We had fun together on the Semor Ball court Art class I never d1d get my valentme made for Tommy Jane kept knockmg It all apart Guess I deserved rt She never got hers f1n1shed e1ther there slvlrs Brckford down there ee Im glad I got a chance to work wrth her so much gomg to Wrllet School was qtute an expertence but ll was fun when I taught for her on Student Day, just made me more sure I wanted to be a gym teacher Iprty my pupllsl cheerleadlng Mr Sletght was always teaslng me about cheerrng so hard I drdn t REALLY mmd xntramurals say our semor team was volleyball champ ow bout that! our Jumor plays Inever knew there was so much work to prompttng but plays weren t half as much work as the yearbookl for awh1le Iwas domg lay outs rn my sleep Ihked G1r1s Chorus and Mtxed Chorus guess I d better pay attentron d1d I get up here? Sure chdn t pass my Englrsh composttxons to Tommy I ll never forget the stuck rn the German h1lls when I was tak1ng dr1ver Now why do men thrnk women are bad dr1vers QW Ill never forget the wtld rldes rn the drrver trauung car w1th Martha and Geary or the day I brought a trans m1ss1on to school for class F F A kept me on the good s1de of Mr Dodge whtle mtramurals kept me pretty well beat up and on the good s1de of the Doc Sorry ll s all gone 70 gt ' --Oh... - . -I 5, , Q' , ...h uNV'l t . Ecole... '. one I . W ,D I I , I .cu ua. l'm glad we moved to Cincy, I've had such a good time here . . . playing on the soccer team . . . making people walk around me when I stood on hall duty for Student Senate . . . clowning around in Honor Society meetings and Junior Red Cross . . . going on trips with F.F.A .... being a Mexican gent in our Junior play! I remember our Blue Moon Prom . . . I didn't 'specially want to come, but then I was in the court, so I did . . . had fun, tool - 'I Here I am ready to graduate All those timesl marched in Sherburne Those poor band uniforms really take a beating soaked by the rain every year What a time I had at Junior play rehearsals Mexican people certainly couldn t have such silly ideas for getting their men I got all tired out from trying to keep everybody happy What an intramural game that was when the two seruor teams played they practically killed each other Oh well! F F A and basketball basketball and F F A Let's see what else did I do? I can always talk about me and Harold s getting all them baskets and Mr Wilbur s complaining of my strained tenor voice for being on the Junior Prom court as well as the Senior Ball court I hate neckties Seeing all those girls there helped though Golly they looked good enough to eat Never did get all my yearbook ads sold Guess it s too late LJMGQ f I I I I I O I I I i u . . . l In - - . 4 . , . . . . l . As N L 6 now,v- 7 lf' J A gil l xiii I 71 What a relief . . . no more letters to write for the Senior Class . . . Being corresponding secretary for Seniors sure made my arm ache . . . I'll miss playing the clarinet . . . Marching all dal' .Tilly 4 . . . Seems like it always rains ' that day . . . Certainly got my feet wet walking through those C mud puddles . . . Thought that banquet committee never would Q meet . . . I hate to leave all this though. ,0-4,424.5 This ll be an event to tell my grandchildren Let s ee I could tell them about Student Senate meetings the year I was president the tlmes I had at chorus and band rehearsals Oh yes Private Kenneth Dowey my .Tumor year Gee Ill never forget the day I broke the pole vaulting record Soccer and baseball really kept me bat ting that ball around Extra after school activities oc cupted my spare time The Four Notes Iremember the Chamber of Commerce banquet where we sang Good Foodl I suppose I ll miss it all Tlus Commencement is different from what I thought it would be four years ago back in Knoxville! so much fun dovm there J V dteerleading trying to keep track of Student Council money playing the piano for Glee Club that girls basketball team being in the Harvest Queen s Court I felt awful about movmg but it WAS fun to come back to Cmcyl Girls Chorus Mixed Chorus the Christmas sextette up in the projection room when we all got to laughing so hard and blamed it on spent practicing my lessonl being the Old Lady that was a thrill I ll never forget! All those nonexistent Athletic Association meetings took the rrunutes being Mrs Osborne for a day the Citizenship Conference m Syracuse National Honor Society and those ump teen yearbook meetings! it s a good thing Jane had a lot of patience never laughed so much for worked so hard'PJ 7 in my life nice work Lf you can get itl s . . . t W 4, If Q o o I n n Q . the flashlight! Orchestra . . . violin class . . . how longl 72 2 - Yes, to Sis and me this will always be the greatest class that ever was. Glad we moved to Cincin- nhtus. Glad we came to Class Night: As senior e class, most our us a RCW OU! , , Z 5 1 i 1 ' 2 2 5 hr F I 3 5 5 , ' 2 P 4 6 xy INTER CULLEGIATE P S Knnsus Cnty PLblX.P've's fofer Murwtorruvew Bow- Bwders FAITOPY HOME OFFHE ,Qs5-1f'?QulQz::gh- - 1. 1:-,,, -Y 3, ' ....x.,. 1 ...---Y--.,....1 . V -x:.:.1,L .5247 . t - 1 - ,TI - , .ia ,. Eff My Y' V ' a . 5 L 42,1 r' A N ' A Y' 41na.f,n,aag Qwvif' PWJQ If r. AQ ' Q 1 QP' in 'f ' 9 ' M ' 1- 'QV J? 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