Fort Covington High School - Covtonian Yearbook (Fort Covington, NY)

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DU muff Ave EEN eAu if uL EAL These are nine members of the graduating class as they appeared. in their 'diaper dsysn. Guess who they are. Check your answers on Dage 114. .5 r L+. r if if an X I M .V AV .., , .

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C L Principal Harry J. Weir Math. and Science Aldis Freeman Klndergarten lst Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 7-sth Grade Sth Grade 6th Grade Amzella Derouchie Rilla Gaffney ---- Eleanor Callahan- Blake W. Doney--- Paul J. Edmunds-- Joseph Sciarrino- Emma Tolosky ----- Homemaking walter Marks---Agriculture Pictures Appear with Individual Groups 7 TY

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outlaws when we were pinched 1 Y. I FORT CLASS ENJOYS TRIP TO WASHINGTON, NEW YORK A D ALBANY . . 'THE SENIOR FLINGH At 10:30 a. m. April 10th we seniors of Fort Covington high school-started on our class trip. ff: With the band playing, flags fly- '13 ing and the majority of students 5 outside wishing us 1bon voyage 1 IQ we lfelt ,very :festive as we board- ' ed our old reliable school bus. At Malone we 'finally got all of us jiplus all our luggage transferredl' 'rio the Trailways. Did we feel like 1- by the State Troopers outside 'of Saranac Lake for traveling over- weight on a posted road! Anoth- er transfer at :Saranacg a gay, noisy ride down state, and we reached Albany about six o'clock. After struggling with our suit- cases for 'what seemed miles up State street hill, we arrived at our hotel, the Wellington. The evening was left free for our own enjoyment. The next morning we -boarded a train, chartered for hundreds of senior students. throughout New York State. Needless to say,-Q that trip was fun! Travelingf. down the west side of the Hnd-Q' son, we were able to go directlyl to Washington non-stop. Our route enabled us to pass through New Jersey, Pennsylvania, -Dela- ware, and Maryland. -After check- ing in at the Hotel Hamilton ear- ly Friday evening, we had an op- portunity to become acquainted with downtown Washington. Saturday morning, we went 'to .lsee the Jefferson Memorial, 'Washington airport, Pentagon IBuilding, Christ church, George. Washington 'Malsonic Memorial, and toured Alexandria, Va., andx Mount Vernon. In the afternoon we visited Arlington Cemetery, arriving in time to 'see the change of guards at-the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.'1 Next we stop-I ped at .the Curtis Lee Mansion, then tookla tour 'of the city, see- ing the various embassies, gov- ernment buildings and parks, Saturday evening, we attended a dance given for the entire' tour group in the Hotel Hamilton 'ball- room. Those headlines tell the story! Beginning with our first class meeting held in January, l9b9, our big aim throughout the four years was our Senior Class Trip. As a class we used to meet, dream up, discuss and vote on money making projects. Cook books, rummage sales, card parties, minstrel shows, food sales, dances, cake walks, suppers, pie-eating contests, plays--- these are some of the things we Wcame up withu. The great success of these activities stands as proof of the excel- lent cooperation of every one of our class members. But our talents were not all directed at money-making. Proudly we point to our class as a very nversatileu one. We have students outstanding not only in school subjects but in every extracurricular act- iv1ty.Below is our lastugangu picture together. Now turn the page and meet us one by one. Sunday morning some of the ,group returned to Arlington Cemetery to see the impressive Easter !Sunrise service. Others attended early Mass at-'St. Mat- theW's cathedral. Later that morning we visited Washington monument. Just as we were leaving that we were stopped by a motorcycle guard clearing the highway- for the president and hisgparty who were returning from a service at Jefferson Memorial. Mr. Truman 'passed directly in front of several of usand gave us a friendly hand wave. In'the afternoon we visited the Franciscan Monas- tery, Zoological Park and the Washington cathedral. Sunday night we saw the Lincoln Me- morial and'a beautiful night View of the Lincoln statue. From there we went to the Library of Con- gress where we saw.the original Constitution. We then took a tour around the capital to view the sbeauty o-f it at night. , Monday morning wevisited the Bureau of Engraving, the Pan American Building and the Smithsonian Institution. We left Washington by'train at noon for New, York City. After checking in at 'the Taft hotel' that evening, we.went to the Ringling -Brothers circus at Madison Square Garden 'lluesday morning we 'went to Rockefeller Center, St. Patrick's Cathedral and the 'R,C.A. Build- ing, where ,we had a guided tour through the building getting a behind-the-scenes story- on radio and television., It is doubted if the 'boys saw'much of it as they were very busy watching our cute ..,..Li-2... little -blond guide, Joanie. In the afternoon 'we Went on a bus tour of upper and lower New York. We saw Chinatown, the Bowery, the United Nations Building, vis- ited. the 'Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and Grant's Tomb. Tuesday night .we saw the tele-' vised broadcast 'of Ted Mack's original Amateur Hour. Wednesday morning we went by, boat to the Statue of Liberty. The-afternoon was 'freeg some of us 'went shopping and some 'went to Coney Island. That evening we went to Radio' City Music Hall where We saw Singing in the Rain, the Rockettes, and the stirring Easter Show. Weleft 'for Albany by train at 1:30 Thursday morning and ar-- rived at 5:00 a. my--where we J I I changed' to a bus and arrived in Ft. -Covington at 12:30. .L y . 1-:,.,aBt5l'niY3.itL