Fort Edward High School - Siren Yearbook (Fort Edward, NY)

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CLASS WILL We, the class of 1944 of the Fort Edward High School, of the town of Fort Edward, in the county of Washington, and the state of New York, being of sound mind and memory do make, publish and declare this our last Will and Testament in the manner following: THOMAS CHAPMAN leaves his shyness (especially with the girls) to Jimmy Toole. GLORIA HUMPHRJF.S wills her giggling in English 4 class to Betty Dickenson. JEAN MARINE, with many tears, finally decided to leave her height to Jean Anderson. ED HENRY leaves his favorite song Mother McCrea” to anyone who likes music (just the song, mind you). PEGGY BERRIGAN is willed NORMA HAAS’S ability to make baskets. SUGAR LaFARR,” after hesitating awhile, leaves his ability to jitterbug to Speed” Hayes. HELEN KOMSA graciously leaves her nickname Muscles” to Ethel Hillman. FEET” CARUSO and JEAN PARKER will their Canal Boats” to Savino Dangelico and Priscilla Reese. SYLVIA JOHNSON wills her ability to cheer our boys to Victory to Diane Parker. JANE McCORMICK, after two years of hard studying, leaves her sweet French accent to Dorothy Reid. CAROLINE MORGAN wills her wonderful Bunny” to anyone who delights in cuddling them. JOAN CARPF.NTIER and JANE DANGELICO leave their devoted companionship to Rose Sarchioto and Theresa Ann Kelleher. ANN SOMERS wills her Muff” to any girl who has cold hands (like fun). ETHEL DOTY leaves her quiteness in homeroom to Jo-Bctsy Walsh. MARY O’HANLON has finally decided to leave her book-learning to Theresa Etu. BETTY BUSSING leaves her ability to flirt with the boys to Cooty” Cimo. (Do you think she needs it?”) COOCHIE” MULLEN, Esquire” leaves his stylish clothes to James Cunningham. CAROLYN COOK is willing to leave to Josephine LaSarso the hard task of fighting with Caples over her English notebook. JOHN TIDD and MARIE BOWE leave their continual eye winking to Effie Smith and Eddie Davidson. WINNIE CRONKHITE does not wish to give away her interest in DeSantis Restaurant. GLORIA LEWIS wills her gum cracking to Mary Isgro. (So one can hear her coming.) LESLIE DE GROOT leaves his satrical viewpoints to Hoot” Robinson (who can carry them out perfectly). JIMMY CAPLES decides to leave his not-so-hotcha” Sinatra voice to Jackie Henry. TEENY IVES wills her ability to talk in fourth period study hall (without permission) to Mary O’Brien. PHYLLIS JOHNSON refuses to leave her Hudson Falls Heartbeat” to anyone. (What about Bruce, Phil?) SHIRLEY MacDONALD and SHIRLEY WICKS leave their tooting” ability to the future saxaphonists of F. E. H. S. DOROTHY ROODS and MARY ZETO, two great companions. leave their friendship to Mary Ellen Cook and Shirley Phelps. MERWYN WELLS and ERNEST CUTLER leave their farming ability to Raymond Lahuc (as if he needed it). ALBERT ARCURI and JAMES McCREA will their ability to build airplane models to Robert Cronquist. LEONARD JOINER leaves the undying love of Red Smith” to Joe Fisher. (What about the Navy, Red?) SHIRLEY KNICKERBOCKER and LANITA TURCOTT do not wish to leave their Bobs” to anyone. RUTH LADERACH leaves her ability to argue with the teachers to Peggy Doyle. The SADLER and MULLEN twins will their ability to dress alike to Frank and Dick Doyle. ROSE CATONE wills her so-called hankies (really bed sheets) to all those with runny noses. PAT ETU refuses to leave her favorite instrument (Banjo) to anyone. MARGARET STACAVICH graciously leaves her diet to her sister Mary Ellen. GYLE E'TU leaves his ability to handle money to Malcolm Elder. MARY KING (ticket seller) wills her vocation to Myrt” Doyle. BETTY MIDDLETON leaves her long hike to her sister Jane. JOAN TILLOTSON leaves her gymnastic abilities to Joleen Durkin. CHICKEN DONAHUE refuses to leave his Sho Sho Babv” at F. E. H. S. (P. S.) He will take her to the Navy. ED REARDON is willing to leave his appetite to anyone who likes to Etu. The Senior Class oi 1944

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Production Record of ’ q f The labor situation meant nothing to us as we started our first year apprenticeship with seventy-eight on our daytime shift. Everything was well under control with Donald Rabine as our first foreman and his assistants, Tony Iannucci, Edwin Henry, and Rose Catone. Our representatives to the Employee’s Union were Ruth Laderach and Anthony Caruso. For just a simple get-together, we had a Halloween Party to which we all came with our best bibs and tuckers to make the right impression for this, our first job. Sophomore year our apprenticeship still on, we chose Jean Parker as foreman and Leonard Joiner, Edwin Henry, and Joan Tillotson as helpers. This year Jean Marine represented us in the Union. The three girls who held jobs as bosses showed us how ably a girl could fill a boy’s place in this changing world. Joan Tillotson took the leading reins into her competent hands and led us through a prosperous Junior year filled with good production records. Other high-ranking officials were Patricia Etu, Jean Marine, and Gyle Etu. This year we chose Sylvia Johnson and Anthony Caruso to represent us in the Union. We really had a coming-out party that year and displayed our wealth of beauties at the Junior Prom. Sylvia Johnson, our beautiful queen, reigned for a glorious evening with her bevy of court lovelies, Ann Somers, Patricia Miller, Joan Tillotson, and Ruth Smith. During that year we experienced our first man-shortage by the losing of Daniel Berrigan, Martin Cardinale, Anthony Iannucci, Vernon Palmer, Francis Smatko, John Blair, and Ernest Zeno to various branches of the armed forces. Our department also sponsored several successful socials after the football games. Because of the excellence” of our work, we were awarded gold and onyx rings. It was a proud day for us when our pals in the other departments received us with envy because of our sparkling rings. The year, from a social and financial standpoint, was a good one. Senior year we thought that changing of bosses might prove fatal to us, so we kept Joan Tillotson as our foreman. George Sugar” LaFarr, Edwin Henry, and Charles Brother” Mullen were her aides-de-camp. Our Union representatives were chosen for the high positions of president, Anthony Caruso; vice-president, Ann Somers; and treasurer, Edward Reardon. Our main activity was the presentation of the play The Mad March Heirs.” We picked the play ourselves, made the tickets, programs, posters, and scenery under the direction of Sydney Miller. This year we lost more of our help. Among them are Daniel Donahue to the Navy and Donald Doyle to the priesthood. Others are awaiting their greetings.” We decided to do something different in the way of announcements on the completion of our four-year apprenticeship when we decided to have etchings of our place of industry” on the cover of the announcements. As we now look again to our records, we feel proud of what we arc leaving and what we are taking with us.

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CLASS PROPHECY Time Marches On! It is the year 1954 and the factory is still going at top speed and producing only the best. But let’s look and see what the Class of 1944 is doing in the course of ten years. They are now in new activities. What’s this! Why sure enough there is Carolyn Cook acting as a supervisor over a Senior History class. The boys seem quite fascinated with her. And a few doors down the hall we have Gloria Lewis teaching the Senior English class. She sure can teach them how to write a good letter. Here, what’s all this noise! Oh! it’s only Ed Henry and Muscles” Komsa having their daily tussle. Poor Ed, he’s beginning to look a little weary. She’s a little too much for him, I guess. Betty Bussing, Mary O’Hanlon and Betty Middleton have left the factory for good (I hear). They have their own respective farms. They are feeding our factory workers. I just looked out of one of the factory windows and saw Shirley Knickerbocker, Shirley Wicks, and Phyllis Johnson talking over old times and how time have changed since they now lead the married life. Watch out! Here come Eddie Reardon and Jean Marine strolling by. They often do that for they have so much in common. And here comes Pat Etu hurrying home so she will have time to practice on her Banjo.” Teeny” Ives has gone on the radio. She has left us for good. We haven’t forgotten Teeny” but the jokes she pulls now will bring back old times. Sylvia Johnson seems to have listened to her supervisors very carefully at one time, for she sure has the right idea on how to handle her Toolcs. Joan Carpentier is still carrying around the bottom part of her bass tuba, and here comes her life-long chum Jane Dangelico with the top part. It’s nice to have a good friend. Albert Arcuri and Jim McCrea just landed their helicopter and they are coming in. Excuse me a minute. Well, I’m back; I had to go over and see if they are still air-minded. Marie Bowe and Rose Catonc arc still known as the shorties” of Fort Edward. The smaller you are the quicker you can get through the crowd, they always say. Sugar” LaFarr and Jane McCormick are having a very hot battle on the question of the war. Gyle Etu is still running his little factory (store) in Little Canada” with the helpful assistance of Mary Zeto, who also knows a little about that kind of business. Gloria Humphries and Mcrwyn Wells are talking over the city life. Gloria is doing the talking and Mcrwyn is the same as ever. We leave the factory now with Swoonatra” Caples and Ethel Doty singing Dairzv-Moats” (hit song of 1954) with the accompaniment of Shirley MacDonald on the sax and Mary King on the clarinet, coming over the noise of the machinery.