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emoirs As the last of our four happy years at L. H. S. draws to a close, we, the class of '45, wish to inscribe in retro- spect the salient events which are indelibly engraved in our nemories. Our first undertaking as Freshman tyros in 1941-42 was an attempt at organization. AI our first class meeting Dale Baird was elected president, Virginia Rohl, vice president, Anne Stutzman, secretary, and Carol Suess, treasurer. Our only nemorable accomplishments that year were the selling of Christ- mas cards and the holding of one dance. The most outstanding event of the year, however, was our graduation from Junior High School. A pageant, UGraduation Gifts,H presented by the class concluded a joyous Freshman year. In September 1942 we became members of the Senior High School, and looking ahead toward the future when we should in Seniors, we began our Sophomore year bent on filling our coffers to finance the impending yearbook. Miss Marion Warner was assigned as adviser to'guide us through the next three years. A1 the first meeting Dale Baird and Virginia Rohl were return- ed to their former offices, while Ina Mae VanBuskirk and Marjorie Feline were elected secretary and treasurer, respectively. At our next meeting we completed our organization and chose the red rose as our flower, and blue and gold as our class colors. lb did augment appreciably our treasury by conducting a suc- cessful drive to sell magazine subscriptions. We concluded the year on a happy note with a Sophomore Hop, the theme of which was the then-popular Hlittle man who wasn't there,H the Hgremlin.H The fact that the orchestra, depleted by the mil- itary demands of Uncle Sam, appeared with only three members enabled us to fare better financially than we had expected. Cnr Sophomore year proved to us that we were capable of acting collectively to obtain results. I In September of '43 we again invaded the class rooms. Following the traditional policy of former years, soon after our return we elected the class officers. Oscar Roaldi was chosen our president, Virginia Rohl and Marjorie Meline were re-elected vice-president and treasurer, respectively, while Anne Stutzman 13
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became secretary. The social functions of the year were a Hal- loween Dance, at which the fortune teller's booth proved very popular, and the much-publicized Junior Prom. The gymnasium for the Prom was decorated in accordance with the theme, Hol- land Paradise. The ceremony of investing the king, Dale Baird, and the queen, Virginia Rohl, with the royal CTOWHSJ took P1059 kefore the Grand March. As we treked gaily back to school the following fall for what most of us hoped would be our last year, we noticed that our class had dwindled from one hundred and twenty-one who answered the roll back in 1941 to a present total of eighty four. The Second world war did not overlook our class, for at this time fifteen of our original classmates are in the vari- ous branches of the service, while five members of our Senior class have recently left, or are about to leave for the service. we are justly proud of the fact that we are the first group to complete four years of high school during world War II. Now that we have advanced into the realm of seniority, we find ourselves busier than ever. we elected Crawford Smith, gesidentg Virginia Rohl, vice-president for her fourth con- secutive term, Gerald Kihl, secretary, and Raymond Ignatz, treas- urer. To finance and publish a worthwhile UCayuganH became :me of our goals. We well remember how gigantic the task seemed when we learned the anticipated cost of the project. We were determined, however, to go HOnward to Success.H We are proud that the class sold a record number of yearbooks. Much unsuspected talent was revealed in our Senior play, a three-act comedy, HThe Family Upstairs,H produced under NK. Bigelow's skillful direction. The bounteous profit realized from the play plus the proceeds from a stationery sale under- taken by fifteen of the girls increased our treasury balance considerably. We also sponsored a Sadie Hawkins Dance and a Christmas Dance. Now we are planning the Senior Ball, and we feel assured it will climax the social events of all our school years. Thus concludes the history of one of the most im- portant epochs of our lives. We express our deepest gratitude to the members of the faculty for their generous cooperation, kind consideration, and wise counseling. For many of us this is the last year of formal education. Others, however, will seek higher education in schools and collegesg while all alike, we believe, will face their new life with courage and confidence. Most of us will, of course, stumble, and some may even fall on the stony road to success, but all will benefit from their early training and inspiration received at Lancaster High. 14
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