Corry Area High School - Corrian Yearbook (Corry, PA)

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Fond memory brings the hgh Just Remember 0 of other days around me Seventy five years ago when Corrie Junior entered the halls of Corry High School for the first time, she was sure that she had never seen anything so magnificent. The newly built school had only re- cently opened its doors and was awaiting the inflow of students. Corrie herself was a pretty, though a rather shy girl. Her dark blue dress fitted loosely and reached almost to her ankles. fShe was not old enough to have her clothes sweep the floor as did her mother's.J Corrie wore high button shoes that had to be laboriously laced each morning, and her golden hair was combed into neat braids. She pas- sed Carrie Junior, a boy whom she knew, and nodded to him. Corrie had little time for boys, she was far too interested in her studies, and besides, she remembered the days when he had taken delight in dip- ping her braids into his inkwell. A Corrie found her assigned room and slid into a seat with a polite word to the stern, granite-eyed, tight-lipped teacher. Sometimes Corrie wondered if she had sprung right into her present position, with- out ever having attended school herself--she seemed so inhuman. Today Corrie Junior's great-granddaughter is a breezy girl who enters the school jauntly and calls out friendly greetings to her class mates, Corries and Carries alike. Corrie wears her hair in the new short feather cut and her skirt is somewhat long since she is a firm ad- vocate of the New Look . She bounces into the room and greets her teacher who is as much fun as Corrie's classmates and almost as young. Just as Corrie Junior of yesteryear and Corrie Junior of today are different, so has the school changed, also. It is no longer new and proud and elegant. It is somewhat stooped with age, its stairs creak and sag a little. On cold winter mornings its rheumatism is rather disabling, and, if Corrie Junior listens carefully, she can hear the whole building groan with pain until it is warmed by the furnace. Yes, all things change with the passage of time, and the old Corrie Junior seems to have very little in common with the 1949 edition. Clothes, actions, perhaps even manners, are different, but the two Cor- ries do have one thing in common after all-they both loved Corry Senior High. My most pleasant memory of C.H.S. ,....... tithe day before Christmas vaca- tion, 1948, when we danced in the main hall ........ Barbara Cates 25

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ALMA MATER , S I 3 -+- Eiiiiirjiiilfr 'ffl if lil A iii ll X tlillvjiflj S L V, . , U9 5,4344 raw F53 J gl - S Al Fl iiljii rc ll? 0 l ii As the hills of Pennsylvania Rise to skies of blue, So ascends our veneration, Corry High, to you. Let the chorus swell in anthems, Far and loud and long, Corry High School and her glory, Ever be our song. Chorus- There amid the Of our city fair Proudly stands the old High Building Tis for her we care. busy humming 1 Though from here our paths may seve Distant unknown ways. Still abides the memory ever, Of our High School Days. Raise the chorus, speed it onward Till the echoes flee, Here's a cheer for Corry High School Hail,-all hail to thee. My most pleasant memory of C .H .S. ........ '6Well, if it hadrft been for C.H S I woaldrft have met her. You know whonf' .ccc. Howard McCray 24 1.

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Junior Class History President .............. David Spencer Secretary .......... Mary Lou Hammond Vice President .......... George Bagley Treasurer .............. Robert Blakely We, the present Junior class, entered Corry Senior Hig-h School i11 September, 1947. We were just another batch of green sophomores 'but we got right to work and elected the following class officers: President .............. Rolbert Blakely Secretary ............... Harold Powell Vice President ............. Arthur Pitts Treasurer ................ Alice Kimmy Our junior year saw two big jobs awaiting us, the Play and Prom. For our play we chose The All American Family which was produced on March 24 and 25 under the capable direction of Mr. Philip Legal. As a result of this fine play, we sponsore-d one of ihe best Proms ever 'held in Corry. This has been one of the busiest of our school years but 0116 full of many happy memories which we will remember the rest of our lives. JUNIORS W E WILL REMEMBER: Archie AkE11l1,S ............................ Fear of Girls Norma Albaugh's .... .... Robert Anthony's--- Phyllis Armitage's .... Frank Arnold's .... Leonard Austin's .... George Bagley's -- Leona Barton's ..... Barbara Bennett's .... Lynn Bergman's --- Dorothy Bills' .... Robert Blakely's --- Joyce Blanchard's --- Kathie Boag's ..... Joanne Bridges' -- James Briskie's -- Gladys Brown's --- Marilyn Canfield's--- Harry Castrantas' -- Donald Chase-'s .... Marion Cl1ase's ...... Johann Cherry's ..... Carolyn Christenson's .... Florence Christensen's Joanne Cla bba.tz's ..... Paul Clark's .......... Fred Clayton's .... Jennie Cmiel's ..... Leon Cole's ......... Robert Coleman's ..... Betty Coon's ........ Jack Crawford's ...... William Dimmick's--- Janice Durl1am's---- Gerald Fairchild's----- Shirley Fitch's ..... Joyce Fosburgh's --- Mina Foster's ...... Rose Franchina's ..... Ronald Frontrothfs .... Duane Gate's ....... Dolores Gerzina's --- lVIartha Goring's --- Dorothy Grover's--- Martha Griffis' .... Lloyd I-undy's ........ Clarence lVladison's--- Harriet Markert's .... Coletta McClintock's-- Jack McCoy's .......... Dorothy McJunkin's ........ My most pleasant memory of C.H.S. -- Joan Ross Long Hike from Snyder Circle -----------------------,Shy Smile ---------------Escort to School ------------- Quietness ----W-ork as School Treasurer --------------------- Magic ---------------- Petiteness ---Musical Ability ----------- Height --- Artistic Ability ----------- Smile -------- Ability ---- Lovely Voice ------ Saxophone --- Straight Aim ------------Blondness ---------Musical Notes - Chemistry Knowledge ----------Love of Gum - ............ Shyness ----- Cheerleading ----Sense of Humor ----------- Giggle ---------- Neatness ---Hatred of Spelling -------------Shy Grin ------Sunny Disposition ---Complete Unconcern -----------Black Hair --------Brown Eyes -------Educated Toe ----Printing Ability --------Happy Smile ---------Witty Cracks ----Composition Works --------------- Laugh -------------- Dignity -----------Tiny Figure ----Fondness for Blondes Sense of Responsibility ---------------- Courage ------------ Daintiness ----Violin Playing ------ Quietness ----Happy Spirit -----Cherubic Grin, --------Quiet Ways ----Ceaseless Chatter ----Sense of Fairness ------ Dependabilily - the swell times in Room 43'