Homer Central High School - Odyssey Yearbook (Homer, NY)

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'Twas back in '36 our little group 0' forty-niners first was giv,n permission ter make a journey ter find the blessed gold. All 0' us had had separate dreams 0' such a journey an, so we finally got to- gether an' under the direction o' our first instructor, Mrs. Shaff, we entered the main Lodge, Homer Academy. This very small group was made up 0' Pat Carlson, Don Collier, Alberta Coon, Bob Dur- kee, Sally Eberhardt, George Foster, Fred J effery, Gerry Lawrence, Ken Little, Sally Litz, Dorcas Mes- senger, Mary Miller, John Riter, Jim and John Ryan, Marlene Randall, Lucille Signor, and Adeline Watson. After learnin' the fundamentals of such a trip, we got supplies an' entered the element'ry stage 0' the journey. The first year we really traveled we follered the Mohawk Valley through the Appalachian Range. We found Wayne Brown, Jim Campbell, an' Mary Hamilton waitin' ter join us, an, when Muriel Clark see us comin' she left her home on the Health Camp Road ter come too. Before the year ended Norma Ayers also became a faithful pardner. After we,d been goin' fer two years, we decided we needed a little entertainment along the way. So in our third year we put on a play, Hansel and Gretai' under the direction o, our leader fer the year, Miss Stevens. Pat Carlson and Johnny Riter took the leadin' parts. Also, durin' this year Joan Gibbs out in Buffalo heard about us an' come hurryin' after us. Jim Campbell, who was chosen ter help a small country group organize a searchin' party, left us in the second year, but came back again fer the fourth. Joyce Spencer,s relation told her about us, so she left New Milford, Pennsylvania, ter help us out an' git her gold. Ruth Garner also came from Georgetown, N. Y. an' give our group a total o' twenty-six searchers. By the end 0, our sixth year, we had reached them great Central Plains an' increased our num- ber ter 29 by addin, Dick Leach, Larry Albro an' Helen Randall. We now had ter gather tergether more supplies an, git ready fer the trip through the great des- ert. Shirley Cowburn left Cortland and Beverly Park come from Summer Hill ter give us their support as we come along ter our seventh year on the trail. By some means Ralph Potter got word we could use him, so he left Stanford, Maine, ter help us out. We was forced ter a great trial in our eighth year as our lodge burned an, we had to make our stay in the cellar o' the Methodist Church. Though we was sad, we was spurred on by the happy faces of Sigrid Anderson an' Ted VanPatten of Preble, LaVerna Lansedowne from Scott, an' Lois Kniffen from Cortland. After the supporters 0' our party fixed up the old lodge as best they could, we moved back inta it just before our tests. Now we found ourselves almost ter the gold an' ready ter turn off Freshman Road. On the cor- ner here we picked up five more sturdy pardners who'd been waitin' fer us. They was Louise Ames from Cold Brook, Richard Davidson from Springfield, Mass.g John Fletcher from Preble, an' Marilyn Briggs an' Paul Stoker from Cortland. Our funds was gettin' pretty low by then so we put on a dance fer ourselves an' other searchers, called the Pumpkin Promenade? At the close of a very happy year we held a picnic at Fillmore Glen where everybody had a good old time. At the end o' this road, jest as we turned off to Sophomore Lane, Ida Call, June Downing, Har- riet Putnam, an' Sally Sharp met us. Dora Breeds left the searchers at Moravia and Fred Morrison left fffontinued on page 591 U01 GDI! gf' l 1... f , X Jr A2 A ' - 'N Q . H F la b' Ex I 'Z-I at A - X Vx. 4' - ,fkf x f N J-5 ..- 4