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

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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.

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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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CUPID AND TI-IE WOLF