Colton Pierrepont High School - Coltonian Yearbook (Colton, NY)

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Last Will and Testament of the Class of ’49 We, the Senior Class of 1949, of the Colton Pierrepont Cen- tral School, being of very sound health of body, and passable health of mind, do hereby will and bequeath the following pos- sessions, tangible and intangible, to the herein stated recipients: TO MR. CORBITT, the pleasure of seeing a new school building for Colton children, a fitting summation of years of intense effort on his part; TO THE JUNIORS, an expert pattern of how to raise money and still remain friends with people; TO THE SOPHOMORES, our skill in dramatics and the hope that as a group it will present more plays; TO THE FRESHMEN, our capable advisor, Mrs. Saucier, with plenty cf ideas for class activities; TO PATSY O'DONNELL, Rita LeBlanc leaves her ability to keep quiet; TO EDDIE GARDNER, Esther Johnson leaves her neat handwrit- ing and the request that he use it; TO PEGGY O'DONNELL, Frances Vanderburg leaves her attitud toward Socia! Studies, and her well-developed skill i arguing therein; TO MARY LOUISE PERKINS, Katherine Vanderburg leaves ff ability to crack bubbles while chewing Dentyne chewif gum; TO GRETA JAMES, Barbara Fisher leaves her ability to work an earn money after school; TO GORDON FLEMING, David Sevey leaves his ability to be school three days cut cf five and still pass; TO PHILIP MOORE, Edward Thompson leaves his ability to be I, possessor cf high marks in school; TO KERMIT FORD, Harold Perkins leaves his alarm clock, and ability to get by on a minimum of homework mixed wl a maximum of personality. Signed and witnessed in the year of our Lop one thousand nine hundred forty-nine, by Class Lawyer, HAROLD PERKINS. Alumni of Colton School Hold Reunion CLASS OF '49 GREETS AMERICAN AMBASSADOR June 25, 1964 (AP)—Yesterday ihe former members of the class of 1949 met at the city airport in Colton to welcome one of their classmates, Edward (W. E.) Thompson, who is now the American Ambassador to France. Mr. Thompson has just returned home after spending three years abroad; he is reported to have found many changes in both his native town and his former class- mates. After welcoming Mr. Thompson at the airport, a banquet was held in Sevey's Hotel which is now owned and operated by David Sevey, and located on Maple Street in this city. Piece de resistance of the supper was a huge cake, made in the shape of the new High School building, erected in 1950 and 1951. Besides Mr. Thompson and Mr. Sevey, those present at the banquet were all former classmates: Miss Esther Johnson, who is manager of the Johnson Baby Products, Inc. in Boston,- Miss Kath- erine Vanderburg, secretary at Mousaw's Construction Company in Canton; Miss Barbara Fisher, head bookkeeper in Bell's Servi Station in Canton; Mr. Harold Perkins, famous English gram- professor at Yale University; Miss Frances Vanderburg, ciarine now home, for a brief family visit, from her work in a well kno! New York night club; Miss Rita C. LeBlanc, bookkeeper in office of the Coleman Hatcheries of this city, and Miss MJ Hayes, now a registered nurse at the Sacramento General Ha pital in Sacramento, California. Also present was the da former Senior Advisor, Mrs. Roland F. Saucier, whose retirem from the Colton School system took place some time ago, action necessitated by her multitudinous family. While dinner was served, the guests were entertained music provided by a local orchestra, and by a long and ins’ tive talk on foreign afFairs in France, given by Mr. Thomp and judging by which his former classmates said that W. E. had changed a bit; the evening concluded with plans for ano reunion in 1979.

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The Juniors Top Row: Alton Young, Reuben James, Reginald Stowe, Daniel Hurley. Middle Row: Greta James, Bernice Whitcomb, Esther Corcoran, Florence McCarthy, Kathleen Gorman. Bottom Row: Jennie Ayers, Kathleen Gleason, Leota Young, Barbara Hutchinson, Mary Perkins, Sally Sharrock. Junior Class Officers Officers: Daniel Hurley, Secretary; Esther Corcoran, Vice-President; Reuben James, Treasurer, Mary Louise Perkins, President.