Hammond Central School - Spotlight Yearbook (Hammond, NY)

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 Staff of H. H. S. Annual, 1911 Back Row, left to right—Dean Moore, Vincent Gallagher, Allen McGregor, William V alrath. Front Row — Laura Banford, Eula Wrilson, Grace Rodger

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HAMMOND HIGH HAPPENINGS three-fourths has to be import- ed. The Adirondack Mountains in New York state cover 5,000 square miles and. the Catskills about 1,000. There are 52 counties in the Empire State, of which the largest is St. Lawrence, with 2,701 square miles, and the smallest New York county, with only 22 square miles. New York state leads all others in tree planting. Nine- ty-seven million young trees have already been planted on land worthless for anything else, and it is planned to re- claim four million acres of idle land within the next twenty years. H. H. S. ADVERTISING SECTION While censoring the school mail the following was inter- cepted : Hammond, N. Y., April 17. Mr. A. Slip Noose, Warden, Sing Sing Prison, New York. Dear Sir: I saw your advertisement for a hangman in yesterday's “Hammond Advertiser. I am twenty-five years old and have graduated from high school. During the Civil war I was em- ployed as hangman for George Washington. I refer you to “The Red Scar, whom I hang- ed about five years ago. I would leave the salary for you to decide. When could I have an appointment with you? What's the verdict? Yours truly, Maurice Edgar Wanted—A room by a gen- tleman with double doors.— Roscoe Pilger. Strayed or stolen—Arthur Lebeau. Notify Jean Stiles. Best prices for thrills—Dor- othy Conger. Wanted—A piano by a young lady with mahogany legs.'—Theresa Maloy. Lost—A short distance ac- ross the bridge in Morristown, Howard Felt. Finder please return to Erva McLear. Re- ward offered. Wanted—Some one to take my place as floor walker.— Howard Allen.

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HAMMOND HIGH HAPPENINGS HIGHLIGHTS OF 1911 Looking over the High School annual published by the mem- bers of this school in 1911, we find some interesting things concerning the students who preceeded us. :'fi :|{ Dish Gallagher and Scotty McGregor were called the Sia- mese Twins, and Dean Moore the Musical Baboon. We can hardly believe this one. Dean Moore in Physical Geography— “How do you know when there is any at- mosphere in the air.” (Judging ourselves by him, we find that there is hope for us who are now so dumb, for he is now a teacher in New York city.) Wanted—Some Ogdensburg girls—Murray McGregor and Vincent Gallagher. (At least our boys now seem to be satisfied with the home town girls.) HERE’S ANOTHER Vincent G.—“You’ll have to put me down for one more bas- ket ball picture, Prof. It’s a pity we couldn’t wait until the season opens at Oak Point.” (Judging from the number of times Vincent’s name ap- pears in that paper, we think that he must have been quite a lady’s man.) Wanted of G. H. Wyllie—A tonic to keep me awake.;— Dean Moore. Wanted—A silencer for En- glish III—Miss Sipher. Wanted—A girl about eigh- teen years of age. Must be tall, slender and graceful. Ex- cellent opportunity for the right person.—V. Gallagher. -1: Students of II. H. S. pass from school days into married life very suddenly. (This ap- plies to teachers as well as to pupils in 1930.) % ❖ One evening last week we lost young Curly, And always before he, had been in early, We looked on the flat and we looked on the hill, And at last we found him on the street by the mill. As I sit me here and ponder, I can tell by Merrill’s looks That his thoughts have sure- ly wandered To the little laughing brooks