Edwards Central School - Hornet Yearbook (Edwards, NY)

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graduation. And now as we sit at this banquet to talk over the happenings of the years, we are saddened by the thought that the 43 who left us during the past 12 years cannot be with us tonight. We are out into the world to partake of other feasts and to sit at other banquets, but we shall always remember the happy days at Edwards High School. CLASS TRIP TO N. Y. C. Tfle senior class left Edwards at 5:30 A. it. April 5th. for Carthage where they were to board the train. Mr. Harmon and Mr. Hovey provided the trans- portat inn as far as Carthage. Those who went were Frank Harmon, Paul Whitmarsh, Melvin Ho vey, Charles Woodard, Wallace Hurley, Leona Bullock, Marsha Watson, Mary Hall, Olive Anne Hosmer, Pratricia Gengl n and Lois Finley with Mrs. Smith and Miss McGill as chaperones. It was still raining when the group arrived in New York about 3 o(clock. They were taken by taxie to the Hotel Piccadilly which was to be their resid- ence for the next five days.

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light of the year was the basketball team winning the championship trophie in the Play-offs . We were very happy to sit down to the fourth feast and to see that we had 14 members of the last feast still able to enjoy the courses and events that were going to take place. We dropped Bruce Erown and Willard Jones during. However, we were proud to have with us a veteran, Charles Wo odard. Frank Harmon and La Verne Hosmer joined us un January, making the group to tal 15. With Miss McGill and Mrs. Smith as toastmistresses, we elected the following officers: Charles Woodard, president; Bernard Welch, vice presid dent; and Betty Baldick, secretary and treasurer. The courses we had during this feast were; English IV, social studies 12,chemistry, intermediate algebra and home economics-D. The events which took place during this feast were: the senior play, Professor How Could You ; and we also had two dances. We sold stationary, magazines subscriptions and Christmas cards in order to raise money for our New York trip. This year the basket- ball team won both trophies at the end of the season. The climax of the year is class night and then

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That avening the group attended a radio broad- cast at the N.B.C. studio. It was a debate between Col. Taylor, leader of the American Legion, and Philip Murray, president of the Newspaper Guild. Ben Grwer was moderator. Later in the evening they attended a professional basketball game at Madison Square Garden. New York Knickerbockers and the Cleveland teams played. The New York teams were much better than the Cleveland. The girls also had a game. The most interesting thing about the Cleveland girl's team was that four Negro girls played in the first line-up. At the half a group of nineteen girls gave some very fine twirling exercises. Easter Sunday turned out to be a beautiful day. The sun shone bright and the temperature was about 80 or 85. Nearly everyone attended church in the morning. In the afternoon, a group of ninety four Including Edwards went to the Bronx Zoo. Mary Hall, Patricia Gengler, and Olive Anne Hosmer got lost. After much walking around in circles and acquiring sore feet, they stumbled upon the rest of the group. Sunday evening the group attended Iceland a musical comedy in three acts composed entirely of