Dolgeville High School - Slippertonian Yearbook (Dolgeville, NY)

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PHUPHECU Last week I R1chard F Loucks declded to make a survey of the last homeroom that I sponsored It was you may recall Just after graduatxon of the class of 1949 that I had a nervous breakdown Smce that txme I have been dxhgently pursumg my present task of vendmg apples candy and used tng books At each v1s1t wlth my former students I was greeted ln a fnendly manner and succeeded ln makxng a sale Grac ous what a change ten years can make' My fzrst stop was at the dormclle of Anthony Morra Mr Morra IS now head coach of Tlddeleywmk Tournaments at Bungtown Academy Next door I found the 19 room bungalow of the Oscar Pxndars where I was greeted by the thlrteen llttle Puxdars and tl'e1r mother the former Betty Ortheb I was extended an xnvltatlon to a sneak PREVIEW of her argyle sock which was started ln 1949 Due to cucumstances beyond her control fbmdmg offj the sock has now attamed a length of ten feet Across the street I knocked on the door of Bemard Bahr s home I knew lt was hxs house because the door was 8 feet hxgh I was mfonned by the thxrd Mrs Bahr that Bemxe would not be home from hxs posmon at the olxve stuffmg factory untxl mldmght As I stepped out Lnto the street once more I was almost run down by a hopped up model A drxven by that famous raclng drn er Mary Mantn At the same tune Jlm Broats mllk truck wh1zzed by Jxm advertlses mxlk from contented cows h m m wonder what keeps them contented' As I passed the offxce of the of the Gressler Cartwheel Factory I met Clara Nickerson pnva e secretary to the bxg wheel hxmself Across the street I espned that world renowned commerclal artlst Wmme Houser workmg on a 35 foot Burma Shave slgn m three colors and fue dlXl l6l'lSl0l'lS Next I passed the Honest John Patterson used-car lot H15 motto rs Sat1sfact1on guaranteed or your antl freeze cheerfully refunded Around the block I halted at good old D C S When I went by the offlce I heard Prmcxpal Francns Connor dxscussmg plans for the new school wlth Vmcent Trxpodl, Presxdent of the Board In the lxbrary I was greeted by Lols Ingersoll thxrd assxstant lnbrarxan m charge of overdue books She really IS a busy g1rl Wh1le I was there George Van Valkenourg entered m pursunt of a rare reference book Our George ms domg scxentxfxc research on the possxbnhtnes of feedmg rubber plants to chxckens purpose unbreakable eggs Some yolk' Later as I was gomg down the hall I met Josephme Pxlottx Jo 15 musxc supervxsor now and ln her spare tune she organizes double quartets down at Louxe Walter s Bxlhard Parlor Before I left I stopped off to say Two blocks down I came to the Club Can Can operated most successfully by Dxck Delaney aided and abetted by the terpsxchonan art of Queeme 1Nardo and her own special skm game Upstairs over the club IS the combmatxon barber shop and bookxe Jomt operated by Jasper Wexr As I went out I passed Dlp Contmo but what a changed man' He hasnt been the same sxnce he bought that fnlhng statlon 1n Sahsbury The next busxness estabhshment I vxsnted was the radlo shop of Arnold Brown Arrue advertxses h1s latest mventlon-televxslon that smells I found out that xt sure dld Before me on the te'ev1s1on screen were two of my former students who are now wlth the Barkem and Bxtem Cxrcus Roar Lyon IS sellmg Squeezer perfume and Neckem wafers Rudy Yatarola ns the wlld man from Bomeo he hasn t shaved xn nme years Travelhng wxth the same cxrcus IS Lefty Carpenter He twlrls baseballs all day and sells the pnzes he wms to semor classes to be raffled off Well I saw all but two of my students-George Near and Phy.l1s Nxchols I hear that George IS owner of the only constructlon company ln America that uses Model A s exclusxvely He ns drawxng up plans for a canal to connect the Gulf of Mexxco and the Atlantxc Ocean but hes stymxed he cant fmd a good place to put xt Phyllxs IS cooklng at a lumber camp where her husband 15 cuttmg trees especlally selected to makmg toothpxcks for left handed Irlshmen After seelng how my last class turned out I am of the opuuon that they are no worse for the tune and effort I spent on them A heartenmg thought' P ' an Va I J 5, 'QQPQE M, f is X955 5 George r 1 1 ' v I . , , l . Y 1 . A . . . , y . ' ' ' . Q , . A . y . 1 . . . . Y . . I . . . , . i , . . . . . ' Y . . . . . - . . . . . . U H .. H - A . v , .v . y . , . . i . . . 3 - - ' ' 3 I Y . 1 . . . . . . y . . ' . .. U - . - , V . .. U 1 . . , . , U . A. H V l ' - , hello to Joan Hodge in the art room. She has just completed a painting which she calls, Telephone Wire, End View. L. - yn - 1 - . . . . n 1 . . , . , . ,, . . . ,, . . , . . . . , . . - - . - H H ,, ,, . . I , . . . . I . . I . . . . , . . . . . y . . , , . . u . . . I ' I D' , I nr 'f , a , .. , A f ' , 1 1 l ,I 5 0 , 'III Q : :Q . 5 ' ' l n I I A 4' ' , fp! . , L ' 2 3 , .h 1

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ClHSS Ullll Vle the SENIOR CLASS of the Dolgevllle Central School be mg of sound mmd and memory do make publxsh and declare this our la t Wxll and Testament IH the manner followxng r IRST Vle hereby dlrect hat all faculty members attend our funeral vnth tears m thelr eyes SECOND We leaxe to Rlchard F Loucks a roomful of empty eats full of hllarlous memorles of whlspers shrleks and wax whoops and our grateful thanks tor hxs guldance our Semor year LHIRD We gne and bequeath to the members of the class of 19.10 mdnxdually the following personal possessxons of our class o vut Joan Arndt Mary Mant: s Model A so she can come to town more often Bob Arthur John Patterson s abllxty to make the faculty mad when he s there and laught when he s gone Betty Barragan Bernle Bahr s helght so that at the next p aydays we ll have helght Loulse Brockett Phyl Nxchols blonde halr Just for a ch nge Harold Buckbee Bob Walters ablllty to rxng bells for good sound effects Shxrley Bush Joan Hodges abxlxty to chew gum so she can snap tt to wake the school up John Connor Ant Morra s easy access to clothes so John can top the 11st of DCS best dressed Audrey Cramer Susie Nickerson s speed m transcrxblng so he wont have to mxss her ride Mar on Davxs Cecxlxa Nardo s posltlon as plamst so that the chorus vull have support Bob Delaney Flapps Trrpodx s sweet baritone vonce so that he can smg duets by hrmself Merrill Doxtader Robert Weir s flghte physlque so the gxrls w1llhaxe protectlon Catherme Goldthwax e Jackxe Wrxght s ab1l1ty to carry on dxscusslons so Health Class w1ll be lnely next year Dons James Flash Yatarolas camera so she can record all the class escapades Harrlet Knapp Wmnxe I-'ou ers famous recltatnons so there ll be hllarlty on the game buses Wlmfred Lmcourt Russell Gressler s ablllty to get to sc hool Donald Maddocks George Nears car to carry the gang down to Lxttle Falls George McGu1re Lefty Carpenters reservatxons at the Valmar so xt w1l1 cont1nue to operate Clormda Pagllaro Jo Pllottl s soprano voice so solos wlll stlll be heard Peter Polansky our good health so his smllmg countenance will always be seen here Chxt Chatter Dorothy Pye Jack e Wrlght s abxllty to have only one loxe so he can settle down J ck Schuyler Dxck Delaney s temper so he can hold hrs ovsm after he s married Conn e Sxver Abe Conners abxlxty to get a 94 1n Engll h Regents after bexng out of school Rodney Stewar James Broats frxends m Lxttle Falls so he can have a collectxon Geraldme Tlbbetts Jo Prlottxs p0S1t10h so Mrs Tanner will have a good assistant James Trumbull Roar Lyons plow so he can arnve ln txme to play basketball on stormy nxtes Bernard Trumpowsky Rudy Yatarolas boommg volce o D C S halls wlll contmue to echo Joan and Mark Tyoe Arnold Browns abxhty to keep quxet LaVeme Waldvogel Lols Ingersolls natural wavy halr Q0 she won t have to put lt up nltes Lols Ann Ward D1p Contmo s memory so she ll never be lonesome Edward Wardner Robert Welr s whlskers just for the sh ave of xt Allan Welr George Van Valkenburgs talent for obtam mg hlgh marks Dxan Youker Joan Hodges loves so she can fly from one to the other Mary Youker Betty Ortheb s horse Topsy so she can gallop the long dxstance home LASTLY We hereby appoint the honorable Russell E Harde ndorff as executor of thxs our last Wtll and Testment because of hls general knowledge of law In wxtness thereof we there fore subscrlbe our name at the Dolgexllle Central School on the 24th day of February ln the year of nmeteen hundered and forty nme SENIOR CLASS OF 1949 Wxtnesses resldxng gf resxdxng at 16 , , . V . . V Y . r . - I 1 I. r : f ' . , s ' ' ' ' ' , ' , ' '- , , . . ' 7 Y To , A' . . To y , . . . I Y . l To , ' ' ' I ' ' ' ' . To ' , ' ' ' ' 3 To , ' ' ' ' . To ' ' , ' ' ' ' . To , ' ' . . To 7 . . , . . . S . . . . To L , y . . . . . . . V, . ,io , ,, ,, . ., . . . . - To ' , ' ' ' r ' ' ' ' ' . To . .1 , . . , ., . . . .V Y -V U . 'lo ' , U ' . To ' , ' ' A s ' ' ' r. ' ' ' Y . To . . . , , .. . To , ' ' . To ' , ' ' ' ' ' . To . . Y . ., . . . I To . , ' A . To Rose Polansky, the new P.A. system so she can listen in on all the rooms and therefore, have exclusives for the To , i ' I' ' S. . To a . ' ' ' ' ' . To i ' , ' ' ' ' 'S ' . To T, ' ' l' ' ' ' . To . . Y . ., . . ' . . . To , ' ' ' ' ' . To , ' ' ' s . . . ' ' . To , ' ' . To Y . , . l . , . I To ' , ' ' ' ' . To , ' ' ' ' ' . To ' , ' ' ' ' . To ' , ' . To . ' ' , . ' . . . , , . , . . . Z ff ,Z ' . . rj' 5 E .. . ............ .... ........ . . . . . . .......... .... .l. . . .. 4' . .... . .. . ........q.. . 1..,.' W K