Highland High School - Echo Yearbook (Highland, NY)

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MARTHA TRAPANI Martha IS one of our more ser1ous g1rls at least that IS the lmpressxon we get She IS a n1fty dresser and from the trlcky way she does her halr who knows but what she may become a COIHUYB styl1st Or perhaps she expects to make use of the t1me she has spent w1th M1ss Sykes 1n art Whatever you do Martha we extend our best WlSh6S for your success Arts and C1afts 143 Dramat1cs 123 Danclng 123 Baseball 133 RUTH TRAVER Ruth IS the type of g1rl who has been as qu1et as a mouse and as busy as the proverb1al bee We haven t heard her telllng us about herself but a prom1nent tra1t of really great people 1S thelr ret1cence From the samples of Ruth s art Work that have been d1splayed we have a d1st1nct feel 1ng that she 1S go1ng places w1th It Orchestra 12 33 KH1tt1Hg Club 123 Journal1sm 133 Arts and HELEN WALTERS If Helen IS representat1ve of West Parkers We want more of them She has been one of the g1rls maxnstays 1n basketball and played some great games She has 1n her rather qu1et charm1ng way been one we ve loved hav1ng as a classmate She has what a great many term as pe1 sonal1ty and then some' Good luck Helen Basketball 12 3 43 Baseball 11 23 Manager 143 Danc1ng Club Vlce Presldent 123 Washmgton Club 123 Echo Staff FREDA WILKLOW Freda IS one who has come all the way up through school w1th her present classmates We mlght be wrong but we bel1eve she prefers sol1tude to too many chattermg people It s your own fault though Freda that those peo ple are there We really and truly enjoy your presence Your lovely ways have made you a frlend we all cherlsh Basketball 12343 R O H Treasurer 123 Presldent 143 Arts and Crafts 133 4205 . . . , . ' ' ' 41 ' vs ' 1 7 ' 1 9 ' 9 ' : ' 9 - ' 1 9 . . . , , - - 9 : ' 5 Crafts 13-43, Treasurer 1333 Echo Staff. 7 . , . . 5 ' Y . . , , . 7 7 'Q . , . I u -- z I - . 1 ' ' Z I - ' v 7 ' 3 v 3 ' -- 3 , . . , ' 3

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JULIUS SIMONE Jack We shall greatly mlss th1s young man who wlth quall tles you can t qu1te tabulate yet feel the p1esence of has won h1s way mto ou1 hea1ts and f11endsh1p He always complled Vely g1ac1ously to ou1 shghtest 1equest OI f3YO1 We have g1eatly enjoyed havlng you as a classmate Jullus Best w1shes fOI the commg yea1s Tall Story Club 113 Glee Club 123 Orchest a 133 Baseball 133 Jouxnallsm 143 Echo Staff JOSEPH SKIPP oe Meet the thlld J S And do they St1Ck together' Al though Joe has come to school fox only half of each day we know h1m to be a Vely llkeable chap Baseball seems to be h1s hobby and the1e IS no quest1on as to h1s ab1l1ty as a p1tcher No oppon nt can faze h1m More power to you Joe IH baseball and 1n llfe Baseball 13 43 Orchestra 133 FREDERICK SWIFT F1 ed If mtelllgence lndustry and good fellowshlp have any pa1t 1n success we are sure that Fred w1ll land on the top But 1n Splte of these qual1t1es and the fact that he appears qulet after we got to know F1ed we found he was qulte a tease Thats not an lnsult fellow we all thlnk you a1e an extremely llkeable tease Glee Club 11 2 3 43 Football 113 Cross Country 123 Sc1ence Club 12 3 43 Echo Staff DONALD THORN Donald has spent much t1me 1n h1s study of muslc L1sten to h1m 1un h1S bow OV61 those strlngs and you w1ll know It was worth the t1me We don t know 1f It IS gemus O1 Just plaln lndustxy and perseverance that QIVGS Donald the power to make h1S v1olm talk, but we know he can have no fears for future success. We all join in wishing smooth sailing for you, Donald. Orchestra 11-2-3-433 Stamp Club 123. 4 19 P Vw

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ONE STEP AT A TIME, BUT ALWAYS FORWARD In September N33 the Freshmen Constructron Corporatron of Hrghland Hrgh School was organrzed At our first meetrng we elected a Board of Drrectors to manage our affans Those who could not appear 1n person voted by proxy and the results were as follows James Rrchards Presrdent Elarne Weston Sec retary and Treasurer Those who were not elected on the board became promment stockholders Of course we needed supervisors and thus the 1rres1st1ble Mr Gaffney and the ex er patrent Mrs Faust performed the1r dutres by managrng our typrcal Fresh men Class Imagrne how delrghted we were when we made our first contract Our Presrdent agreed wrth Mr Campbell that we the Class of 37 would work five and one half hours a day for five days a week and the contract would be ful filled wrthrn four years We all real1zed that the nature of our busrness necessr tated 1nd1v1dual work o wrth th1s rn mmd we set forth bravely For the remarnder of our first year we more or less turned towards the so cral srde of lrfe We gave two partres whrch certarnly were successful and whrch conv1nced us that many of the class possessed talent wh1ch would greatly rnflu ence our future In September 1934 we returned to contmue our unfinrshed task Many of the stockholders deserted us by Jomrng other compan1es and eventually broke therr terms rn the contract Th1S penalrzed the remalnrng ones by forcrng us to work harder We couldnt afford to farl now for our corporatron was 1ust be grnnrng to be recognrzed So onward we went We recerved much support from M1ss Taylor Mrss Columbe and Mr Crowley who d1rected us through that year s actrvrtres Frank LaFalce replaced James Rrchards as class Presrdent and Franc1s Rheal was elected V1ce Presrdent Our Jun1or year' How trme flres' Just one more year and our work wrll be completed Wrth that 1nsp1rat1on we drllgently resumed our work wrth Mrss Cook and Mr Wrnchester as advrsors Frank La Falce was re elected Presrdent Jane Ch1llas became Secretary and Kate Varl the Treasurer For the last half of the year George Lane acted as class Pres1dent Our corporatron had much busrness to attend to th1s term We selected our class rrngs and recerved them after Chr1stmas We gave a cake sale whrch helped to approprrate some money for the Jun1or Prom The Senrors of that year were convrnced that they wouldn t have a prom but we couldn t deny them that event so we hast1ly made plans for the dance Needless to say rt was quxte an affarr wrth 1ts southern atmos phere and mus1c wh1ch was put over rn Roger Baer s rnrmrtable style The Sen1or Constructron Corporatron was greatly reduced rn srze because a great number of Mrlton students were forced to Jorn another school It was the good fortune of four to be able to return to help carry on and take the place of those who left But strll we d1d not weaken our goal was wrthrn close reach In fact we were greatly strengthened through the ard of Mrss Wrllrams our class advrsor I don t have to rntr oduce her for I m sure everyone became acquarnted wrth her through her efforts rn makrng our class achreve 1ts goal We were well supported by havmg Jane Ch1llas as Presrdent George Lane as V1ce Pres1dent Marlon Deyo as Secretary and Dorothy Roosa as Treasurer Our aCt1V1tlBS were many 1nclud1ng the B1ngo and Bunco Party and the Spaghettr Supper wh1ch went over w1th a bang Then came the great event Dollars to Doughnuts our Senror Play The productron was well grven and reflected cred1t on the members of the cast and the1r coaches The play added manv dollars but no doughnuts to the treasury Many thanks to all who made our class a success And though we may roam north south east or west We shall always remember each one of our clan And the precrous school days spent rn Hrghland Margaret Caffarella 4215 ll Il . ,' . . ' . . ' ' - . - - r x ' , . Y - . . . . . - . . . - 1 a v v ' , . . . . , . 1 v - 1 , . . . . . . . . . , . . . . , , . v 1 - 1 r T . . . , . . . . , . v v . , . , . 1 ' ' , . a a - a H .. . . . , . nl -v . . v