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

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THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES Mary LOUISE Perk1ns Chapter I Fat funny frantlc Freshles Rushmg madly through the halls Look1n scared as l1ttle rabb1ts When t e teacher g1ves a call In the fall of 1946 when we entered h1gh school there were mneteen of us Our fxrst actxon was to hold a class meetm Although a b1t xgnor ant of parl1amentary procedure we elected the fol owmg off1cers Presx dent Regmald Stowe Vxce Pres1dent Reuben James Secretary Florence McCarthy and Treasurer Bob Gu1ney Student Councll members were Florence McCarthy and Regmald Stowe and for a class adv1sor we chose Mr Snyder As Freshmen our act1v1t1es were l1m1ted but band chorus baseball and basketball gave us a chance to show our eagerness to take art 1D school affa1rs Before we knew lt June was upon us w1th the dread o f1nal exam1nat1ons They soon passed though and summer vacat1on con suxned our txme C hapter Il S1mple s1lly smppy Sophomor Knowmg more than teacher does And when asked to 1ve a reason They w1ll answer ust Because We began th1s year w1th two members less Robert Gu1ney and Gladys Joln the army We chose Mrs Hawley as our class adv1sor The off1cers were as follows Pres1dent Dan Hurley Vxce Pres1dent Reuben James Secretary Esther Corcoran Treasurer Florence McCarthy Student Coun c11 members were Florence McCarthy and Regmald Stowe Our act1v1t1es were cheerleadmg mus1c baseball basketball Racquetteer Staff, and the Annual Hallowe en party our f1nanc1a1 actwxty F1nally our stru gles w1th Lat1n II Blology and lntermedxate were over and we were free another surnmer s vacat1on C hapte r III Joyous Jurnpxng jestful Junlors Car1ng for noth1ng except some fun Always gomg out to part1es N ver gettmg a lesson done We entered thxs year w1th a new member Sally Sharrock a transfer from St Mary Academy of Dover New I-Iampsh1re The class begin th1s year w1th Dan Hurley Presxdent Reuben James V1ce Pres1dent sther Corcoran Secretary and Mary Perkms Treasurer Florence McCarthy and Regmnald Stowe were Student Councxl Members and Mrs Hawley was class advlsor by ,, . ' . , . es Tuper, who chose other vocations. Later on Eugene Severance decided to ,' , Q , . . 1, Q C -P . . , . I . for , . e ' .

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Th1s proved to .Je a very act1ve year We were engaged 1n several money makm act1v1t1es such as The sale of Chr1stmas cards a luncheon the sale o chances on a cap and scarf set and our Juruor Prom wh1ch 1ntro duced a new custom that of crown1ng a K1ng and Queen These two per sons were chosen by popular school ballot W1nn1ng were Esther Corcoran Queen Dan Hurley K1ng w1th Margaret Campbell and Reuben James act 1ng as the1r attendants The flower 1rls were Sandra Buck and Kay Thomas wh1le the crown bearers were Jerr cCarthy and Theodore F1sher Thus another year of school l1 e ended Chapter IV Sad ser1ous studlous Sen1ors Some work hard and some do not Always ar u1n w1th the teacher Just to ma e t e teacher hop By th1s t1me our class had d1m1n1shed to twelve members Florence McCarthy marr1ed R1chard Tenney Jenny Ayers and Greta James left us to go to work and Barbara Hutchmson moved to Syracuse To lead us th1s year we elected Dan Hurley Pres1dent Reuben James V1ce Pres1dent Sally Sharrock Secretary Margaret Campbell Treasurer Mary Perkms and Reg1nald Stowe Student Councll members Mrs Hawley was our class adv1sor Our successful act1v1t1es were the sale of magazme subscrlptlons to New York After th1s exc1t1ng trzp we came back to face the dec1d1ng fac tor 1D our h1 h school career regents So ende the best years of our l1ves remmmscent of odorous furnes reek 1ng from the laboratory lat1n verbs we tr1ed so hard to conjugate and the methods of th1nk1ng and reasomng Mr Freeman tr1ed so hard to teach us CLASS PROPHECY NON CENTS IN THE FUTURE Well Here I am b ck ln the Colton Pxerrepont Central School after twenty years of hghts fun and muslc but let me tell you the cxrcumstances whxch led me here It all started two days H80 wh1le rest1ng mn the hxp pocket of some bxg shot strutt1ng down Broadway I was hummmg to myself when I heard some one call Non Cents That's what my fellow co1ns call me because I m always Jokmg Well as I was say1n It was Nick the N1ck1e pag1ng me to tell me the latest d1rt from the Blg gllty He asked me 1fI knew the owner of the pocket 1n wh1ch I was rxdmg What a shock when I learned It was that of Dan Hurley the DAN HURLEY Imag1ne me 1n the wallet of the greatest trumpet player mn the mus1c world The shock . I I . . D . ' . ' ' . ' I i E '- our Senlor Play, Cousin Jill from Junction Hill , The Yearbook, andthe trip . , 'C I . 1 ' -