Hartwick High School - Hub Yearbook (Hartwick, NY)

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|| Natural History, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Little Church Around the Corner, Columbia University, School of Journalism School of Business, Horace H Mann School, Central Park, United States Navy Hospital now the New R York Cancer Hospital, Times Square, Grand Central Terminal. We also |[ saw the Eternal Light Flag Pole which was placed by the Gold Star R Mothers in memory of their boys who lost their lives in World War II. Jj The light at the top is connected with every power house in New York. B This means that every light in the city would have to go out before the JJ Eternal Light would be extinguished. We saw the Martha Washington y Hotel where only women are admitted. Then we saw Grace Church, jU Chrysler Building and New York Public Library. We saw a clock on y the Metropolitan Life Insurance Building. This clock is the largest in the iy world. The minute hand is 17 feet long and weighs one-half ton. Then- |f we saw the home of Mark Twain, one of America s famous authors. R After the tour almost everyone went back to the hotel to pack. Har- | riet, Marian, Wilma and I went shopping. Wilma and I went down a R different street. We had been shopping for about half an hour when JJ Bob, Don, Harriet and Marian came and told us our bus left in ten min- C utes. We hurried back to the hotel to check out. When we got to the JJ hotel we had to wait an hour before the bus left. Somehow things got y a little mixed up. At 2:00 P. M. we left the Dixie Terminal for our return trip home. Many of us were so tired we slept most of the way home, y We stopped at Kingston at 5:30 P. M. where we ate our supper. Then |j we arrived in Oneonta at 8:30 P. M. where Mr. Perry was waiting for us. This was a trip that will never be forgotten by the class. We all had an en- r joyable time and increased our knowledge about the state in which we live. 1 f The Senior Class wants to thank everyone who helped to make this trip 5 possible, and to express special thanks to Miss Mary Telfer who helped Jl plan the trip and also to Mr. and Mrs. Dalrymple who chaperoned us. y --Murl Shepard. c CLASS HISTORY r 4 An important phase in the lives of the Class of 1950 has now gone by. J[ Maybe we shall forget some of our good times at Hartwick High School but R some of them will always be outstanding in our memories. 1 he history of K our class is somewhat varied due to the arrival and departure of students. lj Murl Shepard, Wilma Barney and Bill Balcom are the ones that best li know what our class has been doing throughout the years as they have y always been in Hartwick High. Harriet Fish attended school with them ju until she reached the third grade,- then she went to the White House, to y return to Hartwick again in the seventh grade. Margaret Thering came here from New York City in the sixth grade. John Hurtubise from Con- |f necticut, Joe Orlando from New York City and Bob Caskey from New « Jersey joined us in the eighth grade. These students entered high school (19)

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 itors, providing one can tolerate the noise at night. It was fortunate that we all got on the same floor. Wilma, Margaret and Mary were in one room, Marian, Murl and Harriet in another room. John and Bob roomed together, and in another room were Bill, Joe and Don. Of course Joe did not spend very much time in his room. He was busy commuting to Brooklyn. The first night we went to Radio City Music Hall where we saw the Rockettes, a stage show, Easter pageant and a movie, “Daughter K of Rosie O’Grady.” This was one of the most enjoyable evenings in | New York. f Friday morning we went on the subway to the National Broadcasting Studios and Television. Wilma and Don almost got lost and left behind on the subway. After leaving the Broadcasting Studios we went to the Empire State Building. We took an elevator to the 102nd floor. We went out on the Empire State Observation Roof where we could see for miles around us. This building is the tallest in the world. Friday after- noon we went to the Museum of Natural History. We spent most of the afternoon here. It would take days to study the entire museum. Some of the most interesting things to us were the wild animals and Indian exhib- its. Coach and John were more interested in the mummies and the human skeletons. After we had spent all afternoon in the museum we were glad to get to our hotel rooms to rest. f Saturday morning we went on a subway to Battery Park. Then we went on a steamer, Miss Liberty,” to Bedloe Island where the Statue of Liberty is located. Bill was one who went all the way to the top of the statue. Some of us were so tired we were glad to get back to the hotel. Satur- day night some of us girls went shopping on 5th Avenue. When we got into the taxi cab that night we said we were going to Macy’s Department Store on 5th Avenue to shop. The driver told us the store was closed. That did not stop us, we went shopping just the same. Sunday morning found Mary and Margaret up early to attend the beaut- iful Easter service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Sunday afternoon we toured |? to the Bronx Zoo. Here we saw many animals of every specie. The Si main attraction was the monkeys. jf Monday morning we took a tour on a chartered coach of upper and g lower New York. On this tour we stopped at the Cathedral of St. John U the Divine and walked through Chinatown. Our lecturer pointed out 5 many interesting things on this tour. We saw Central Park, the Flatiron U Building and the Woolworth Building which had caught fire the first « morning after our arrival. Our lecturer said the fire had destroyed one 31 floor completely. On our tour we went on 5th Avenue and Wall Street. H On 50th Street we saw the World s Famous Radio City or Rockefeller H H Center and the R. C. A. Building. Our hotel wasn’t far from these places. | Our tour covered many more interesting places. It would be impossi- r ble to re member them all. We saw Macy’s Department Store, Museum of j-1 (18)

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a in 1946 soon to be joined by Mary McCarthy and Marian Gage from Isj H Cherry Valley. || | Now in 1946 we felt we were really on our way,—to what, we really ra ji} did not know. We did our share of studying and also had our good J3 times together. Joe Orlando was president of the class, Wilma Barney was vice-president, Murl Shepard treasurer and Harriet Fish was secre- $ tary. The highlight of our Freshman year was the Spring Frolic held March 21. It was a lovely spring night and we danced around the floor to the music of Ernie Russ’ Orchestra. We were all a little hysterical with joy during this evening and later since it was the most successful dance of the school year. Of course in our Freshman year there was also initiation which all of us enjoyed!! Mrs. Green as our advisor guided us through this first year in high school. We entered our Sophomore year still in our happy-go-lucky stage and anxious to make some money. Don Gras was president now with Connie Turney as vice-president, Wilma Barney as treasurer and Mary McCarthy as secretary. Mr. Santora was class advisor. We held a dance early in November with Ernie Russ’ Orchestra. Our plans for more activities were abruptly brought to an end when the hall burned in December. Throughout the rest of the year we spent our time studying. |j After our pleasant summer vacation we entered high school again in the fall as Juniors. During the Junior year Harriet Fish was president, John Hurtubise was vice-president, Mary McCarthy was secretary and Margaret Thering was treasurer. Miss Navratil was our advisor. We began the year by selling magazine subscriptions. We also had several movies but never got Manila Calling’’ which several of the boys wanted. The highlight of the Junior year was the Junior Prom. Ken Haith s Orchestra furnished the music. We all enjoyed it very much. | Now that we had finished our Junior year we were ready to start out as full-fledged Seniors. Joe Orlando returned to the position of presi- dent, John Hurtubise was vice-president, Mary McCarthy was treasurer and Margaret Thering was secretary. Miss Navratil was our advisor until January when Miss Telfer took over. Again we sold magazine subscriptions. We also sponsored several dances. Early in December, after several weeks of practice, we presented fhe Nutt Family,’’ a three act play. After the play, December 8th, the cast, and all those who had helped in any way. went to Oneonta to ' The Rex for supper. The class also held two bake sales. Throughout the year everyone had been discussing plans for the Senior Trip to New YorkCity. We left for NewYork City April 6th and returned April 10th. Mr. and Mrs. Dalrymple were our chaperones. We are sure no one will ever forget this most eventful trip to the big city! 4 After our trip we settled down to study. This brought our final school activities very near. Saturday night was the Alumni Banquet,- Sunday night, Bacculaureate,- Monday night, class night, and last of all on Tuesday night the goal for which we had been aiming throughout the years-— GRADUATION. --Harriet Fish. (2D)