Edwards Central School - Hornet Yearbook (Edwards, NY)

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back before Lyle did. Lyle got back first and won the bet much to everyone’s surprise, but the block was a huge one. The class checked out of the hotel at 9:45 p.m. Clarence Thompson was sleeping when the conductor came to get his ticket. He tried to give the conductor his coat instead until he woke up. The class arrived at Gouverueur about 9:00 a.m. and were taken to Edwards by Mr. Donald Brown, Mr. Leonard Fuller and the mail car. Everyone enjoyed the wonderful trip. For the class, it more than came up to expectations-a never to be forgotten experience. CONTRAST Yesterday the air was soft with spring And a crow called “Caw. Caw. Caw.” Today the air has a sharp bitter sting There isn’t even a sign of a thaw.

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He had to see the manager in order to get inside the theatre again to get it. He snatched it out from under a lady just as she was sitting down. That evening the class attended a play “Harvey” at the Forty-eighth Street Theatre. Harvey was an invisible six foot rabbit. Jimmy Stewart, the movie actor, played the part of Mr. Dowd, the chief character. The play was a very amusing comedy and everyone enjoyed it. After the play, the class had a party with refreshments of sandwiches, candy, potato chips, and soft drinks in Miss Bloomfield’s room. Tuesday forenoon the class toured Manhattan in a bus. Some of the things they saw were Columbia University , General Ike’s future home; The Little Church Around the Corner; the Cathedral of St. John the Divine; Grants’ Tomb ; New York University on Washington Square; and Chinatown. In the afternoon, class members went shopping by them- selves. Stanley Zaluski and Kenneth Hughes left for Long Island where they were going to stay until Saturday. The rest of the class also packed and got ready for that night. One of the boys, Lyle Bleau, seemed to persist in getting lost. Clarence Skeldon bet Lyle a dollar bill that he would get

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CLASS WILL We the class of 1948 of Edwards High School being of sound, but indifferent memory, do thus declare our wishes in this our last will and testament. 1. To Miss McGill we leave fond hopes for a less noisy senior class next year. 2. We leave our hopes that Mrs.Rathbun will have a larger French 3 class next year. 3. To Mr. Smith we leave the first chance for what the food’s class makes so he’ll have a snack during the day. 4. We leave Mrs. Smith an accompanist to take Jeanette Todd Hobbie’s place. 5. To Miss Bloomfield we leave a key to the filing cabinet so she won’t have to bother Mr. Smith so often next year. 6. We leave Mrs. Webb plenty of cloth to beautify the home economics room. 7. To Mrs. Holmes we will a new globe in memory of Kenny Hughes. 8. To the juniors we leave our seats in the home room. 9. We leave the sophomores our ability to earn money for their class trip. 10. To the freshman we will our great ambition. 12. To Harold Aldrich we leave Bruce Brown’s position on the oasketball team.