Hermon DeKalb Central School - Demon Yearbook (De Kalb Junction, NY)

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27 (Front row, left to right) Edward Durham, Robert Durham, Frank Dimock, Edwin Bresette. (Middle row, left to right) Carol Cranteer, Joanne Conklin, Marilyn Kennedy, Marjorie Kennedy, Beverly Crameer, Shirley ' frhold, Shirley Langtry, (Bacte row, left to rignt) Carl Raymo, Junior Durham, Donald Rose, floyd Newcombe, Miss Bernier, Floyd Streeter, Orton Dimock, idward Boclair, Lawrence Langtry.

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BEACON | BEACON II In your hands you have the last cony of the 1949-50 edition of i I Richville Union Free School's paper, The Beacon. As you remember I I year started out with a . history making change; the format of the paper was completely changed. Gone was the usual book cover and in its place we had headlines with right up to the minute news II This last issue, a combination of present and yearly summary, is another innovation in The Beacon. (At no extra cost to the subscriber too II Beware, advertisers, next year.) Seriously, we do feel that we have accomplished a lot this year with our paper and since we have received compliments from so many people, we have the «ill to work for a bigger and still better edition next year 11 Bot only the format was changed but regular columns were es- tablished and were followeo by the subscribers with avid interest. Chit Chat. a page for the girls, Between the Covers, the book column, Silver Screen, a movie review column, On the Air, a radio column, opppialtv Page.a page for everyone 6 to 60, Letters in the Editor. were the new pages that were added to the regulars such as sports, gpeaking Frankly, and the editorial page. However, one of'the biggest innovations in the columns was the Around the Town, the column-- which caught all the local scoops. In fact, this column did have two (2) actual scoops over the big newspapers in our short per- iod of publication 111 The mimeograjh machine caused considerable difficulty and the printing was not top-rate. (A new mimeograph machine would be the perfect answer.) Headlines improved with the purchase of lettering guides but more are needed. Here again we need more money as these simple gadgets cost from $2.75 up. and next year perhaps we can raise the money. In 1948 The Beacon joined the Empire State Scholastic Press Association and received a very low rating in comparison with the other schools in this association. However, this past year, although we did not make the top three ratings, we did pull ourselves up some 40 points, which in itself was quite a task. Next year we plan to latch on to one of the top three. We are going to follow the sugges- tions of Miss Mary Gilmour, Executive Secretary of the Association, and change our format again, this time doing a newsmagazine, rather than the straight newspaper that we tried to do this year. Our hand was guided for half of this year by Anne Hawn and when she left, Irene Rowland quickly jumped into the breach and very competently took over. Elwin Bigelow should be complimented on the ad and illustration work. For a beginner in the art field, this boy really put out the goods . Those are the only people on the staff that are to be mentioned as all the rest really worked hard to g£t the paper out on time and make it good. In fact, sometimes the town girls, who were not even on the paper staff helped to put it out. It was a cooperative effort by every student We hope thay jrou have liked it and we'll see you next year II

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HOBBY CLUB 28 pie Hobby Club was formed from the student body that was not in- ested in working on the paper or being a member of the Student tficil At the organizational meeting in the fall, we decided our and tried to include every activity that every member was in- ted in; These activities throughout the year turned out to be rfnR pong» checkers, pedro, pinochle, knitting, and softball. P1 jjiss Bernier was ouir genial advisor and Earl Newcombe was our «miling president. However, when Earl left us, Marjorie Kennedy .«ole over as president and was very capably assisted by Don Rose acting as vice-president, and the eighth grade valedictorian. Junior narham, watched over our books and money. We also decided on dues of five cents a week later in the year hUt due to the lack of time, we only have one dollar and forty-five cents in the treasury. This money has been turned over to Mr. Bowler to help finance the school picnic. Throughout the winter several ping pong tournaments were held with Floyd Newcombe eventually being crowned champ in the boys division. On the girls side the twins, Marilyn and Marjorie, were rated about even and on the top. f The checker players, a closely knit group, were always to be found off‘in one corner concentrating like fury. The secretary- treasurer, Junior, walked off with all the prizesJ1J Pinochle and pedro were played frequently with Miss Bernio and Mr. Bowler, trying to teach us some of the finer techniques of pinochle • When spring rolled around, everyone was bitten by the old bug. and thus, we decided to move to the great outdoors and play softball, the following teams were chosen: Carol Cranker, Captain Marjorie Kennedy Joanne Conklin Floyd Streeter Lawrence Langtry Edwin Bresett Robert Durham Orton Dimock Frank Dirtock Floyd Newcombe, Captain Shirley Langtry Donald Rose Shirley Arnold Junior Durham Edward Durham .Eddie Boclair Carl Raymo Alas and alack, time and trouble, after we took half of one of our periods to choose these two teams, Cranker s Crackers and Newcombe's Noisemakers never faced each other on the diamond 111 It Gained most of the days and finallyMtempus fugifso thot activity Periods were cut out to study for exams;'. Oh well, I guess wo all oiow how to play baseball anyway whereas, perhaps some of us didn't ??0w our subjects 1 I think that Eddie Boclair summed it up quite uceiy for us when he said,. I became better acquainted with the other Pupils, it taught me new games,, and above all, it was a time for re- ihg after a hard week's work.