Highland High School - Echo Yearbook (Highland, NY)

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i F 1 1' 1 you want Class j If lt S new allg 1 tho have i PCDSTING THE PAST A class of young men and women which is about to cross the threshold of a new life has much to thrnk about The future'7 To some this means either working continuing their education or at this particular time going into service But to all rt means leav ing behind what has been to them their whole life for four years the pleasure of learn ing and associating with others in their own age group Here are some of the memories of our four years at Highland High School At the begrnningofour Freshman year we entered the portals a group of undecided confused and even frightened boys and girls To lead us through our first year we chose Herbert Lyons who arranged for our first dance the Freshman Party This party meant more to us than you may think It marked the beginning of our careers as social lights Some had never thought of dating before and rather enloyed the idea Thus we started and each person began to settle into hrs own category whether rt was to be class brain clas flirt or the bashful and very much reserved bystander Joseph D1 Prima and Doris Mills were our champions on the Student Council Our Sophomore year we entered the school much differently W observed carefully the lowly Fresh men who were imposing on our right to the whole school As Mr Crowley had said You will con srder yourself infallible by next year We drd Teachers and home work seemed old fashioned to us at least until report cards came out With Joseph D1 Prima as our presi dent we staged an enyoyable Soph omore Party This year we had four representatives on the Student Council Doris Mills Evelyn Richter Edward Walsh and Herbert Lyons In out Junior Year we were the -M. people who made wisecracks at the Seniors as they went by and looked down our nosed at the two classes under us We sent Frances Swift Doris Mills Herbert Lyons and Ken neth Watson to defend our rtghts on the Student Council Edward Walsh was our president and ran things quite merrily. Thejunior Prom was a great success and everyone en- joyed it. The Junior Washington Club came into existance almost at the same time that we received our class rings. We also had a very hi- ! , f 1 rl 22 by Edward Walsh larrous Junror Play well drrected by Mr Crowley The Journey to the United Nations was made and we al so visited the Statue of Liberty This was done under the direction ofMr Miller and proved very interesting What looked like a long road four years ago has now turned into a very short one and the end of our high school years rs in sight The lowly Freshmen have become the proud Seniors To guide us in this all rmportant year we chose Eve lyn Richter as our president We are now represented on the Student Council by Mavis Cook Doris Mills Clarence Patrick and Edward Walsh In addition to completing our stu dies we are looking forward to our Senior Play and the trip to Washing ton during our Easter Vacation This history would not be com plete without a word of thanks to the faculty and all others who were instrumental in making our activi ties here both successful and plea sant. We are quite certain that no matter where our future activities or lines of endeavor may lead us we will always have a warm spot in our hearts for Highland High NIU A x I 'S ' I 1 Volume I June, 1952 ' . C . . ' ' ' .I . . ! . y 1 U . ' I 3 f' 4 4 IA A ln i Q T 2 ' ,

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Evelyn Rrchter Pres1dent Chrrsty Kallas Treasurer Barbara Wurster Secretary Roger Heaton Vrce Presrdent A CLASS OF I952 OFFICERS The Class of '52 always an act1ve group has rn rts sen1or year 11ved up to 1ts reputatmon of gettlng many th1ngs done well In September they started the year by electmg then' class offrcers Evelyn Rrchter as pres1dent Roger Heaton as vrce presrdent Barbara Wurster as secretary and Chrrsty Kallas as treasurer Edward Walsh who served as co pres1dents of the Counc1l Mav1s Cook and Clarence Patr1ck Among the1r many act1v1t1es the Sen1ors are plann1ng then' annual trlp to Washmgton D C whrch w11l take place durrng Easter Vacatron In order to flnance thls tr1p the Semor Washrngton Club has staged many successful dances and part1es The class 15 also planmng 1ts sen1or play wh1ch w1ll doubtlessly be en-loyed by all The preparat1on of th1s yearbook ' The 1952 Echo' has taken up many days of work 1n the months precedmg rts pubhcatron and lt 1S the s1ncere hope of the Echo Staff that th1S record of 1952 w1ll br1ng pleasure to 1ts readers 21 , . , . . . , . . . , . - . , I I ' To represent them on Student Council, .they chose Doris Mills and , - . . , . 1 - -1 ' i ' - u I I I C' 'O 1, ,

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ig ' Ii H115 y pt tures OUYNHII H Class i 1 i 2 1 Ll El l IOO MIQMLAHD Volume II June 1952 PARADING THE PRESENT LOCAL TALENT PUTS HIGHLAND OIN THE NIAP Such a display of skill talent beauty and showmanshrp was exhibited by our own A hometown amateurs at the Amateur Night at Madlson Square Garden last night that there is talk that Highland be renamed the Hollywood ofthe East Our players went into the1r acts with tremendous gusto and took their bows amid thunderous applause Pr bably the ones who made the biggest hit were Clarence Patrick and Dottie Vlsconu fa mous dance team Although Clarence s exh1b1t1on ofthe Lindy and other spirited dances are very well known around here the Judges swore they had never seen such an unctvi lized routine Miss Vrsconti followed Patrick s kicks crawling jumpings and Jlvtngs like a professional although itwaslater said that she took the first tax1 to Bellevue Hos pttal to rest for a few months by Mavis Cook Also walking away with honors were Pat Taylor and again that dauntless Patrick boy this time puffing on hrs trombone Miss Taylor accompanied by her trumpet and Clarence played a stirring tune and later took the grand prize Mtss Taylor and Mr Patrick are indeed great musicians and this writer would not be surprised to hear of them often in the near future The next act also brought down the house for out upon the stage came those zany brarnless individuals Christy Kallas and Jo DeMarco This couple had the audience in stitches even before they had opened their mouths Of course this is understandable The only flaw in the performance was the fact that the comics became so amused by the1r own jokes that a slight intermission was required to give them a chance to recov er themselves Mr Kallas especially had a difficult time trying to stop his hysterical giggle but Miss De Marco promised him one of her famous shots in the head which did the trtck For a change of scenery fand what a changej the next item on the show was a beauty contest but one a anda girl from the thousands ofcontestents that best answered the description of Mr and Mrs America Need less to say as soon as Evelyn Richter and Ken Watson Jr appeared the whole contest was sewed up These two walked off with the thirty pound beauty cup and it was a good thing that two of them were there because we fear that just one could not have dragged it away AMBASSADORS TO FRANCE APPOINTLD It was learned through reliable channels today that two more of our home towners have hit the road to fame Miss Doris Mills and Christy Kallas because of their popularity have been appomted to spread good w1ll through the country of France We are sure they will do this to the best of their ab1l1ty and pray that the night ltfe tn good old Paree w1ll not prove too strenuous for them ESCAPE TO DESERT ISLE Two ofthe most bashful individuals in the Semor Class it 1S report ed have transported themselves to a remote desert island somewhere rn the Pacific Robert Simpson and Paula Giamportone were last seen but not heardj in their respective homes a week ago last night We ope they w1ll get tired of talking to themselves and come home to their friends soon Y TO SAIL FOR OLYMPIC GAMES Those popular sportsmen Tont Srcolo and Roger Heaton will sail tonight onthe good ship Lollypop for Oslo where they are certain to dlsplay their talent tn sports Ton1 and Roger are well known around Highland for their top notch abtlrtytn every form of athletic endeavor Good luck Kids' ' ' ll x, AMERICA S SWEETHEARTS INOMINATED Manufacturers of playing cards in an earnest effort to renew warn ing interest in this old fashioned pastime have announced a nation wide contest to elect America s King and Queen of Hearts Winners will be chosen on the basis of looks personality and abtlrty to get along with the opposite sex Miss Doris Mills and Herbert Lyons local can JA. didates for the honor will aobear rn the Atlantic City finals on April 2 of Q M I t I I 52 Q 7 . 'Ir L K - . . . 4 , . .V - X . . I . . . ' . , . 1 . , . . .. . - V little different from most of the beauty contest to which we are accustomed. The judges were to pick a boy 'H A . -A ' ' ' I V 1' X l 1 I ' ' ' , Q I I , A ..... I ' l ' Q ' 3 I- S l . I D - b. , . ' . .- -. - Q Q Q . . ' . . . 4- K A 4 A I . . . . . . ' . , ' 'f lst. C J 4- N ' 3