Deposit Central High School - Acorns Yearbook (Deposit, NY)

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THE REVELATION The history of this most outstanding and unique class starts, of course, with our organization as Freshmen, in the fall of l94O. Under the patient hand of Miss Katherine Dailey, our adviser, we stayed on the straight and narrow path during our first year in high school. Being a young and in- experienced group, the faculty and upperclossmen deemed us worthy of being seen only, and quickly quashed our every attempt for a function. As with all worthwhile groups, every kick was a boost, and we soon rose to the top, Our officers, Jane Axtell, president, Bob Bennett, vice-president, Durwood Smith, secretary, and Shirley Sliter, treasurer, were not overtaxed with work their first year in office. The year ended with a dollar and a few cents in our treasury. This we generously donated to the Yearbook. At the dawn of our Sophomore year, we cour- ageously started out to earn an honest living, under the supervision of Ray Burrows as president, Jean Cuddihe as vice-president, Mary Hathaway as sec- retary, and Durwood Smith as treasurer. By working vigorously, we attained the enormous sum of 5125, selling pencils and sponsoring the best supper of the season, The Strawberry Festival. Mr. Anderson, our adviser, showed such ability as a helper, that we decided to keep him throughout our school years. Our Junior year began with a bang. We pre- sented the first all-Junior play in the history of D. C. S., The Bishop Misbehaves, starring Bud Dailey as the Bishop, Jean Cuddihe as his maiden sister, and Durwood Smith as Red, the bartender. While the snow was piling high we busily plowed about selling two-hundred boxes of stationery and a magazine subscription here and there, In the spring we again presented ,The Strawberry Festival, the greatest supper since the year before. Our last event of the year, The Junior Prom, was stupendous. Here, while Don Mapes' orchestra played soft music, about two-hundred people danced under the colorful decorations in the school gymnasium. tGos rationing curtailed driving to The Lake.l Jane Axtell was crowned Junior Queen, her attendants were Eleanor Barre, Jean Cuddihe, Shirley Sliter, and Helen Walley. As Seniors, we elected President Jack Han- rahan, Vice-president Jean Cuddihe, Recording Sec- retary Mary Hathaway, Corresponding Secretary Anna Cornwell, and Treasurer Raymond Burrows. Our first ventures were three successful Round and Square dances, which reimbursed our treasury con- siderably. The all-senior play, directed by Miss Waller, was entitled, Every Family Has One. This was a comedy presented in December, with Dick Cole, Jean Cuddihe, Pat Kenyon, Jane Axtell, Roy Hes- singer, lda Gould, Bud Dailey, Mary Van Valk- enburg, Shirley Sliter, Betty Pardy, and Jack Han- rahan as members of the cast. In the early spring we presented three sup- pers: roast pork, chicken, and strawberry. As time approached for the Senior Trip, there was about nine-hundred dollars in the treasury, the largest sum ever earned by any class in this high school. New York City was the destination of the Sen- ior Trip. We stayed at the Hotel New Yorker, and took in many places of interest and entertainment, highlighted by Stars on Ice, Arsenic and Old Lace, and Chinatown. ln the absence of Mr. And- erson, Mr. Fox and Miss Pangburn conducted the trip. With exams looming large, most of the class members began to study harder in the weeks after the trip, Their results were well worth the effort. In figuring the averages of the group, we found that the Class of '44 was led scholastically by Jean Cuddihe, Valedictorian, Raymond Burrows, Saluta- torian, and Jack Hanrahan and Bud Dailey, honor speakers. As this Yearbook goes to press, it looks as though there will be fifty-one Seniors on the plqf- form on graduation night, a number which has been excelled by only one class in the history of Deposit Central. Each member of the class is expected to achieve in his chosen field, and is expressly commanded to mail Mr. Anderson a penny postcard stating present family status and job whenever he reads this. K1 - --av -'

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THE WITCH JANE AXTELL has become the great trout fisher of Cabin Brook. She likes to be alone while catching the big fellows. - THOMAS IARNHART, besides being a world- famous cartoonist, Tom finds time to cultivate that fascinating little growth that first appeared beneath his nose way back in '44 and is now a full-fledged mustache. ELEANOR BARRE. Flash! The future finds her hunting big game-she brings 'em back alive! MAURICE IEILBY, Still filled with lwlrath, Boni lies in a big hollow under the old apple tree-he hung his heart on the limb. DONALD BUCK. Toscanni is still waiting for that lost chord. RAYMOND BURROWS. The professor, hobbling about his garden among the birds and bees, still can- templates How to Win Friends and Influence Peo- ple. BRUCE CHAMBERLAIN. The prime minister or the Little Church Around the Corner. DICK COLE. He's in the lime-light-overseer of the Happydale Home for Retired Teachers. ANNA CORNWELL. Still cookin' with gas. That Ray of sunshine still comes in from the east. JEAN CUDDIHE, We see Jean rocking in front of the kitchen stove viewing the Coal situation. LAWRENCE DAILEY. Remember Bud in the Junior play? Well, the Bishop is still misbehaving. KENNY DAVIS. Moons over those Parties. MARY DAVIS. Spreading the light of learning to the little cherubs in the little red schoolhouse. BERNICE DECKER. She's struck it rich with dia- monds and Just-in-time, tool MARJORY LOBDELL. Marge proved her efficiency in office work years ago at D.C.H.S, Now she is keeping books at the firm of Montgomery Ward in Albany, handling the charge accounts of her former high school classmates. ERNEST KNOELLER and WALTER WISNIEWSKI. Ernie and Walt have taken the advice of Mrs. Lynch and have one of the best scientifically equipped modernized contour farms in the country. JANE FAULKNER. Jane used to warble to her- self. Now she's warbling to her patients, and the song is the Bedpan BIues. JEFF CHAMBERLAIN. After all these years he's been promoted to chief meat cutter at Robersons- he doesn't need any points to get his meat, either! LELAND CARR. Leland's all confused, Since he become caddy master at Scotts, everyone tells him he's in the pink-but he knows he's on the green. JOHN HANRAHAN. Remember when Jack used to be Deposit Central's leading lady charmer? He has long since changed his ways and is now a confirmed bachelor and loves it! OLIVE EASTWOOD. She's become a great aid to the Rockroyal minister-serving punch at the church socials. NEVA GARLOW. We see Neva waited patiently for Ed to come home to her. Most people would ob- ject, but Neva says she'll take a little Bunk any day. IDA COULD. The patients all agree that ldo's blonde beauty makes her The girl that satisfies. DONALD HAFELE. He used to sit and make eyes at the girls. Now he's a farmer but still makes hay while the sun shines, NORMA HARRIS. She's tooting away on her agony S PROPHECY pipe lclarinetl-got a date at Carnegie Hall. LUELLA HURLBURT. Tying her beaus into knots. ELINOR JONES. Still keeping us guessing as she did in '44, RONALD KELSEY. Just like at the Senior Dinner he's the lblpest Private on K.P.-anything to oblige. PATRICIA KENYON. She's hitting a close second to Eleanor Roosevelt-reviewing her armed forces in all parts of the world. STELLA MARTIN, Stell finally got over her terror of public speaking and is now a famous lecturer on the subiect of Home Economics. LENORA SMITH. Lenora was right when she told us way back when . . . that someaay the right man would come along . . . Well, he has come and our little bird has flown. VICTORIA WASKIEWICZ. She was the English teacher for a day and now she's writing a diciionary of her own. FLORA SWART. Back in '44 we thought her loves were Sinatra and Capt, McCusker but she fooled us and is devoted to her 28 children-she's a school marm. KATE MEYER. Her Callen -der reads that-she has gone to Washington, where she is secretary to a bald-headed Senator. ELIZABETH PARDY. Betty certainly managed to keep Kenny and Ronnie guessing for a long time, but really she was waiting for a certain Marine to come home. - MARY VAN VALKENBURG. Mary is another of our girls who wanted to be a nurse. She became one of the best and besides that, she finds time to keep Bill in good health. HELEN WALLEY. Helen was voted the best dressed girl in the Senior Class-the future reveals that in '54 she is voted the best-dressed woman in America. LILLIAN MAYO. Turned out to be strictly a home gal, and has settled down among the pleasant hills of Rock Royal. ESTHER ,WARNER, Her business training at De- posit Central enabled her to become an expert busi- ness woman. You see, the smallest girl in the class did big things for herself. LILLIAN wssxs. Lillian, our shy little bud of modesty, has become the lovely secretary of c. lead- ing beauty salon. JOSEPHINE ZACZEK. She may have missed the train to New York back in '44 but she didn't miss the train that brought her to fame and fortune as a model. ,REATHA -PUFFER. Reatha always kept her love affairs a mystery to us, but the future shows us that a certain boy from Walton finally won a permanent spot in her heart. SCOTT STRONG. Scotty's years of labor at the A C7 P were not in vain for he has become manager of that worthy establishment. SHIRLEY SLITER. Shirl is still under the influence of alcoHALL. MARY HATHAWAY, We see that Mrs. Donahue has retired but in her place we have Mary Elnora soothing the fevered brows of her patients at Deposit Private Hospital. DURWOOD SMITH. Smitty has become chief bar- tender at Jack Dempsey's famous restaurant, and on the side he finds time for his old pastime lwalfingl. ROBERT MALLEY. The tall man with the high hat and money in his pocket.

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CALENDAR FOR 1943-1944 SEPTEMBER 7-lTuesdayl D.C.S. portals once again opened to those happy, carefree students. Half-day vaca- tion in the afternoon-breakin' us in easy! I7--lFridayl 4-H Fair. Seniors started the year right with a round and square dance. OCTOBER 8-lFridayl Rev. Henri Ferger talked in assembly about lndia and demonstrated the latest fash- ions in Indian dress. 9-lSaturdayl Junior Bake Sole, ll-lMondayl Sophomore round and square dance. l 2- lTuesdayl Columbus Day-vacation--yippeel l5-lFridayl G.A.C. initiation-highlight of assem- bly was Connie lPistoI Packin' Mamal Williams. 29-lFridayl Senior Dramatics Club presented their first great production in assembly. 30-lSaturdayl Hallowe'en parade, dance and par- ty in D.C.S. gym. NOVEMBER 6-lSaturdayl Senior round and square dance. ll-lThursdayl Armistice Day-more vacation. I3-lSaturdayl Senior dance at Cannonsville, I8-lThursdayl First quarterly tests-ls everybody HODPY? 2l-lSundayl A group of Seniors dropped in on two unsuspecting teachers who obligingly served re- freshments in return for which the boys graci- ously fixed lthey really did!l the vacuum cleaner. 22-iMondayl The members of the Language Club, attired in appropriate regalia, met in the Cafe- teria in observance of their annual Roman ban- quet. 23-lTuesdayl The Junior Carnival, in which Bup Shackelton and Rita Gronsbury made their debuts. DECEMBER 3-lFridayl The Senior Play, Every Family Has One, chalked up another success for the Class of '44, IO-lSaturdayl Freshman and Sophomore party. 23-lThursdayl Christmas vacation starts with a great deal of celebrating during the halt day of school. 28-lTuesdayl Junior Mistletoe Dance which was a great success for all concerned. JANUARY l-lSaturdayl l:lappy New Year Eve'rybody! 3-lMondayl Back in the groove again. I7-lMondayl Regents start - why all the long getting too dry by dashing around with a spray gun every few minutes. 28-lFridayl Sophomore round and square dance. FEBRUARY I0-lThursdayl Freshmen Ice Cream Social. Their first large successful undertaking, I4-lMondayl VaIentine's Day. Need I say more? lSigh!l 2l and 22-lMonday and Tuesdayl Vacation - Washington was a great guy 'n' est-ce pas. Z6-lSaturdayl Junior round and square dance. 28-lMondayl Senior Roast Park Supper. Hurrayl We're in the dough again! MARCH 3-lFridayl Prize Speaking tryouts in assembly- Soph. Hop. IO-lFridayl Junior Spring Dance. V I7-lFridayl All girls are ready to run off and ioln the Women's Army Corps after a WAC movie and pep talk in assembly. I8-lSaturdayl Sophomore Dance at Canonnsville. 20-lMondayl Senior Chicken Supper. Can any- one spare a dime? 2l-lTuesdayl Prize Speaking Finals- Unaccust- omed as I am to public speaking . . , 24-lFridayl Freshman assembly program. 28 and 29 lTuesday and Wednesday! Third quarter test-Why the silence? 3l-lFrdiayl Freshman dance. The only howling success of the year-they may even have to pay income tax. APRIL l-lSaturdayl April Fool's Day-Junior Bake Sale. How appropriate! 6-lThursdayl Easter vacation starts. Seniors taught classes for half a day. IO-lMondayl 4:30 a. m, Seniors departed lin pieces? No, that comes laterll for New York. I3-lThursdayl Seniors returned-well, give 'em credit for that! I4-fFridayl Junior Bunny Hop. They are so-ooo original! 26-lWednesdayJ Junior Supper, MAY -l-lMondoyl Acorns goes to press. I3-lSaturdayl Junior round and square dar...e. 24-lWednesdayl Senior Strawberry Supper. 29 and 30 lMonday and Tuesday! Memorial Day ,,,,. 4 Q:-, If X avr' . , RA .7 i I H J 5 1.- 1. i b .V 1 Q , ' ' ' :fy Mm, 4 , -ful'-l. K W : ' J ' -fu n. . .xfwxv .1 KI. . i A.. 5 l I li F lf rx! faces? I9-lWednesdayl Another roller-skating party. Get- ting pretty good aren't we? vacation! 3l-lWednesdayl Let's hope the Junior rings are here by now! JUNE 2-lFridayl Another of C. E. Jones famous as- semblies. I9-lMondayl Regents begin - and we were so young, too ! 21-lFridayl Bud and Ray presented an ur-usual '23-lFridayl Junior Prom. program in assembly explqining the why's and wherefore's of an engineer while Smitty, for the good of the poor audience, kept the. air from -15 25-lSundayl Baccalauriate. 26-lMondayl Class Nite. 27-lTuesdayi Commencement.