Goshen Central High School - Yearbook (Goshen, NY)

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CLASS HISTORY Let us turn back the clock to September, 1926, when a group of about twenty-five happy pupils are anxious to start that adventurous journey through school. Twenty-five happy children all patiently waiting for Miss Allen, our first teacher, to give the first lessons. Of that group there are still eleven of us left who have gone straight through school making many friendships. This includes six girlsV Shirley Burnett, Anna Hegele, Helen Prosser, Marion Smith, Jean Johnson, and Marjorie Baldwin; and five boys: Robert Farnum, Charles MclJeiece, James McNeiece, Walter Moran, and Coates Remer. After three eventful years wo were joined by Alice Walsh and Rita Hingerty who came from Garr Institute. Our Little Sylvia Markowitz came all the way from Wow York City to join the Class that same year. In the fifth grade one of our star basketball players, Helen Loyas, came from Durlandville. Our Class artist, Marjorie Van Dyke, joined us that same year from the Sayer Street School. Our Class treasurer, Raymond Schwarz, came from tho O'Neil Mine .School, Monroe, New York. Also that same year came our star athlete. Tommy Lane, from New York City, and our Class pride, Ted Wahl, who journeyed here all the way from Housatonic, Massachusetts. Ann McClean also joined that year, only to leave us in 1956 to go to Broadlea from whence she returned in 1938. In our sixth year of school we had three additions to the rapidly growing’ group. Etta Fowler, another basketball star, came from New Hampton; John Connor, another star athlete, from Garr Institute; and Edward Cheche, our G. 0. President, came from Goshen School District 9. June Holcombe, another basketball player, journeyed from Bootai Lakes School, 3ooten, New Jersey, to join us in the seventh grade, Frank Littner also came that year from Gates School. During the eighth year wo had no additions to the Class, but each and everyone of us were working hard to earn money for our trip to Now York. At this time, June Holcombe, Shirley Burnett, Jean Johnson, and Thomas Lane showed their dramatic ability, acting in the eighth grade operetta, The H. M. S. Pinafore, On May 31 of this year, Theodore Wahl won the American Legion Medal. Upon entering high school, we had eleven more students join our Class; Maragaret Bonauto, our G. 0. Secretary, Rose Fllipow ski, Loretta Sundstrom, and Frank Bonauto, our Class President for four years, who all came from Garr Institute. Regina Weiss Joinedus from Now York City. Jennie Zielen3ki, our G. 0. Treasurer, came from Pellet's Island. Virginia Vavricka, our Class Secretary for the past two years, came from the Lower Road School. Carolyn Peeso, our 6—

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CLASS HISTORY Class Actress,” came from Pelham. Robert Milburn came from the Goshen Hills School. Vernon Keyes and Alton Schmueck joined our Class that year. During our Sophomore year, we had no additions to the Class. By that time we were quite used to high school and were beginning to act more like high school students. In our third year of high school, there were five more students who entered our now large Class. Margery Carey, another artist, c ' me from Middletown. David Pardy, Clark Wahl, and Helen McGowan also joined our Class that year. All through the year, we were working hard to earn money to finance our Senior trip. During this our last year of school, five students were left from the Class before us. They v’ere: Edna Clark, Henry helhoski, C1 Ja Gillespie, Louis Shesa, and John Murnhy. All during the first half of this year, ve vere working to obtain more money for our senior trip. During Easter vacation, we rent on that long-waited trio and had such a good time that none of us will ever forget th. four days we spent in Boston. Just as our school life comes to an end, so does our Class history. All of us have made friends during the twelve years at school, and many of them will last for life. Now as we are about leave school life and start in a new life, we know that our best days are those that have been spent in school. IN MEKORIAK to DANIEL FARLEY -7-