Groton High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Groton, NY)

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AT YOUR SERVICE Left to Right: Meeker, Mudge, Dann, McMasters, Spafford, Hora, Adams, Rawson, Mr. Cleary, Lillie, Cleary, Dassance, Seligman, Senecal. There will be an FHA coffee hour in the Home Ec room tonight is often heard over the P.A. system after students have left school for the day. Our faculty welcomes these words, for now they have a chance to relax from their labors, The Groton FHA chapter consists of 32 girls The projection club, member of the Pro- jectionists Club of America, is the group of students which runs the audio-visual teach- ing aids for the faculty and operates the stage lights. The equipment they use is ex- pensive, and in order to help the school pur- chase some of it, these fellows sponsor dances and skating parties. Last year they invested in two filmstrip previewers, this year they bought rewinds and a splicer and they have plans to buy more. Just for fun, the Club members make an annual trip to Syracuse to view new film- making processes such as Cinerama or Tech- norama 70, and to eat dinner together. This year they also visited the WSYR TV. studio. Left to Right: Haynes, Wagner, Jones, Schmidt, McFall, Petrovich. with their advisor Mrs. Stringham, Throughout the year they have many money-making projects in ad- dition to their coffee hour, including bake sales, a dance, and a mother and daughter banquet. They put on dinners and have parties on special holidays. They have an evening meeting once a month where the girls can use their cooking skills. These girls are learning to be better citizens, homemakers, and mothers. Standing: Sococool, Hora, Shaw, Christofferson, Westfall, Nalley. Seated: Myers, Mar- shall, Karn, Secretary Decker, Eldred, Vice-President Conger, Treasurer Pearsall, President Scheffler, Bancroft, Roberts, Moore, Halliday, Mrs. Stringham, Murphy, Schooley. 71

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SING! SING! SING! Lalala- Teaching French in the music room? Certainly not! lt's the G.C.S. chorus tuning up. The Festival at Lansing and the chorus dance rounded out its traditional schedule including the Christmas con- cert, the operetta, and the Spring Concert. Under the skillful guidance of Mr. Wright, the chorus promotes the atmosphere of warmth through- out the school. Altos, Back Row: R. Sovocool, Mudge, Hopkins, Frink, Rood, Tompkins, Healy. Front Row: B. Bell, Head, Accampanist Harris, Mr. Wright, Mattoon, S. Bell. Baritones: Kirk, Halladay, Gamel, Christofferson, Raymond, Vorhis, Bacon, and Accompanist Scheftler. Sopranos, Standing: Hall, Harris, Barrows, Cooper, Stevans, Hathaway, Green, Petrovich, Ross, Christofferson, French, Hart, Schooley, Miller, Ferrell, Gavras. Seated: Spafford, Beers, Moore, Mott, and Papish. 70

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lt's so easy when you use Lestoil, F.F.A. members, Back Row: Clark, Kirk, B, Demond, Leet, Petersen and Sauerbier. Front Row.: Whatman, Batzer, Conger, and Simons. Those Absent: President R. Demond, Tvaroha, Marks, Mack, VanBenSchoten, Holden, McMasters, Ludlow, Raymond, Decker, Halladay, Myers, French, Husted, Karn, Warner, Christofferson, G. Schmidt, Carpenter, Lukosavich, and R. Schmidt. laughs Demond to VanBenSchoten as Husted, Raymond, and Mack look on. Christofferson, Marks, and Holden observe as Myers and Karn demonstrate their mechanical skill. 72 The Future Farmers of America, a helpful organizat is, as its name implies, important in training tomorro farmers for our country. Learning to do, doing learn, the first part of the F,F.A. motto, is practi at their farm about one-half mile from the school. T conduct lime and fertilizer experiments and prac advanced farming methods like strip cropping, di sion ditches, and prevention of erosion. Learning live and living to serve, the last half of their mo is gained through the four degrees of advancem The opportunity is provided for advancement fro green hand, to a future farmer, to an empire far and finally to an American farmer,