Hammond Central School - Spotlight Yearbook (Hammond, NY)

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HAMMOND HIGH HAPPENINGS 33 knowledge she acquired in Hammond High and else- where, with the children of that time. She is the only one who is training to be a teacher. Most of the for mer classes of our Alma Mater have produced more teachers. I suppose our class sort of generally decid- ed that there is an over-production of teachers. Roscoe Pilger and I are both in business col- leges. We will without much doubt, punch typewrit- ers for a living during the remaining years of our ex- istence. Well, we could all do worse than we are. When I recall the compiling of our High School magazine last year, I cannot help but think that if the Editor of Hammond High Happenings censors this art- icle the way the Editor of that publication slashed things last year, there will be very little of it left. But as a final and truly affectionate note, I am con- fident that every one of my class mates will gladly join me in wishing the very best of luck to our immediate successors, the class of ’32. —Erva M. McLear. Class of 1927 Has the Class of '27 been forgotten? Each grad- uation time brings back to me the memory of my nine classmates and what they have achieved. Ina Bates, the Valedictorian of the Class, has suc- cessfully completed a course in a Nurses Training School in Syracuse and is now a trained nurse in that city. Ethyl Tann Carr, Leta Smith Odessa and Dorothy Dodds Robinson have each taken the matrimonial vows to love, honor and obey. Helen Bates has attained her ambition in the teach ing profession and is now employed in one of our sub- urban districts.

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32 HAMMOND HIGH HAPPENINGS I ;! I Class of 1931 Only a year ago at this time, we, the class of ’31, were among the ranks of the students of Hammond High. We too occupied desks there and likewise, we too, tried to look intelligent when Mr. Northrup enter- ed the room. Now we are all divided, each pursuing the course Life intends for us. We are pretty well scattered. Temporarily, we are even divided by two nations, for I am at present living among our foreign neighbors north of us. It is interesting — the way conditions can change in so short a period. It doesn’t take long for a group to become divided; to have separate interests entirely apart from any group interests they may have had. Evelyn Campbell, whom we expected would go to college, is now training to be a nurse in a hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. She will have a hand in looking after the health of the present generation and those to come. Leah Bates is now putting in time until she will be old enough to follow the same profession. Marshall Tyler is still listed among the population of Hammond. He, at least, knows there is “no placo like home,” even if the rest of us do not. Howard Moore, having tried Cornell University, has also learned that lesson. Cy McDougall, I guess, has decided that farming is a pretty good occupation after all. Doris Foote is in Potsdam Normal and will prob- ably in a few years be back in Hammond, sharing the ALUMNI NOTES

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34 HAMMOND HIGH HAPPENINGS Barbara Welch and Nellie Yerdon, through the daily routine of home-making, are preparing to take up their abode in different quarters. Lloyd and Howard Felt have each completed the course in his chosen vocation. The former has attend- ed the Simmons Embalming School of Syracuse, and the latter the Empire State School of Printing of Ithaca. Glyndon Shoulette, after three successful years of teaching, decided to change his vocation and is at pres- ent holding a position in The Citizens National Bank of Hammond. —Glyndon Shoulette. Class of 1922 Ruth Grant Harriet Schermerhorn Mildred Turnbull Alta Young Ruth Allen Vernon Smith Crammond Dodds This is the crew of ’22. Seven was our number. As year roll by For none we sigh, Though miles part us asunder. Harriet was first to seek a mate. Eddy Watson then decided her fate. Ruth Grant was next, with all her noise. She heads the list with two fine boys. In ’27 Vernon brought Elizabeth into our ranks, And now they have an Alson, who is full of pranks.