Le Roy Central School - O At Kan Yearbook (Le Roy, NY)

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Commencement Number T H E R E D A N D B L A C AK' Page Twenty-seven Oh, 1et's! I haven't seen a single episode of a serial for ages. Percival thinks they are vulgar and poor taste but I like 'em. As she got out at the corner of Court St., Nora heaved a sigh of relief. My, it seems nice to be young again. Its dreadfully hard trying to be grown-ups before one really is. I advise you not to try it. I thought it all out when we were driving to Benton in 'The Turtle' and I' decided I'd try being myself for a change, and she ran lithely up the front steps. Buddy chuckled. We-ll. 'Turt1e,' I guess you won the day in more ways than one. -Betty Brown. - The Hadclam Ghost - About 1864. the little town of Haddam was thrown into a state of excitement by the report of.a small boy who claimed to have seen a ghost in old Mr. Lord's meadow. The lad said that as he was coming home from his aunt's, about ten o'clock. it was necessary for him to cross the meadow. When he was half way over. he saw something move on the stile that crossed the fence. He approached nearer and saw that it was a girl of about eighteen. As he started towards her she vanished, and the boy. terribly frightened, scampered home. People did not take much stock in this story, laying it to an over indulgence in ginger cookies, but never-the-less. the next night quite a few re- sponsible. and otherwise, citizens went quietly out to have a look. The next morning the report went about town that the boy had not lied. for a great many people had seen the ghost with their own eyes. The natives spent many days wondering whose ghost it was, but nobody could think of a death in Mr. Lord's meadow. Finally, when the excitement had almost 'died down, it broke out again and rose to a fever heat. An old sea captain. Richard Chalker by name. remembered that when he was about twenty years old a girl friend of his had been killed in that lneadow. She was terribly afraid of cows. and when coming home from school. she had to go through Mr. Lord's meadow, in which there were a few of the animals. She got safely across the field and mount- ed the stile. As she started to get down she turned and saw a cow coming towards her. 'Thinking it was after her. she jumped and fell. apparently dead- The next day she was buried, and a great many people attended her fun- eral. As the service was being read. the Captain thought he saw her move but later decided it had been just his imagination. That was the end of Chalker's story. The curious wanted the body dug up and so, after get- ting a permit f1'om the village clerk, they proceeded to eX- hume it. As the casket. which was still whole. was brought to the surface. a hush fell over the people. craning their necks to see. The undertaker waited a few minutes and then began to carefully remove the cover- Inside was the skeleton of a young woman and it was lyiny on its face! The girl had been buried alive! Curious enough, after the skeleton had been put in its proper position. no ghost was ever seen in Mr. Lord's meadow. But in Haddam. even to this day. no one if he is in his proper mind, ever crosses the meadow. -'2G. School Day Memories Uh. our golden school days Are the happiest and the best, And we'll remember them When we've forgotten all the rest. Football games and dances Classmates and colors too Will still be precious memories No matter what we do., And as we turn the pages Of a faded Red and Black, Dear faces, times, and places Will all come trooping back. The dear old hall for study Will rise before our gaze, The teachers, books, and class rooms Of those carefree, happy, days. And there will be a cherished place Within each loyal heart For dear old Le Roy High School Where we too once took part. -B. B. '23. On the Road to Mandalay Dearest : Don't Leave Me Sweetheart! You are all the World to Me. My Red-headed Gal. and I Cannot Live Without You, I Hear You Calling Me, At Dawningf' In The Evening By the Bright Light. and Anytime, Anyplace, .knywl1e1'e. I Love You Truly and If You Don't Think No You're Crazy, Molly, Darlin. Fly With Me to Caro- lina In the Morning and There My Caravan Has Restcdf' We'll Let the Rest of the World Go The Ileaming Eyes. Haunt Me, Taunt Me. All Thru the Night, Bright Eyes. I'll Say That I Love You. All By My- self, I Am Longiug For You but Why Should I Cry Over You? Tell Me- 'Til lVe Meet Again. - Lovin' Sam Rare Bits From Le Roy Locals The prices of board in Le Roy are modern, so almost anyone can afford them. Two negatives make an intirmative. Cyrus XV. Field invented field glasses. Biology has taught 1119 that hot and cold baths are both dangerous. By hot baths you might be scalded and by cold baths you might get cramps and die.

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Page Twenty-six T H E R E D .A ND BLACK Com mencement Number his most bewildering curves across the plate. Benton had been so sure of winning that they had grown careless. The first man had gone to bat, recklessly and throwing jests to the crowd. He struck out. So did the one who fol- lowed him, and the next. The grandstand became a howl- ing mob. Then Urandalton began to score. Buddy played as he never had before but it. seemed as if he were moving in a dream. Finally the score stood 10-10- It was the last inning and Urandalton was up to bat. The Benton pitcher was determined that Grandalton should not score. Ex- citement, which had been at a high pitch all through the game. died down for a while, the spectators worn out with shouting. Suddenly Benton realized what was happening. Three t'randalton men on bases and the red headed player up to bat- - So much depended on him! Buddy glanced around: at Nora standing by the bleachers with Jim, at The Turtlej' which had carried them to Benton in record-breaking time, at Percival slumped in the sub bench, at the pitcher, who was grimly sizing him up. He drew a deep breath and held his bat lightly: he did 11ot swing it as the others had but held it still. Then the ball was coming toward him. He struck and missed. Again he struck and again he missed. One more strike! A deadly quiet had fallen over the watchers. Buddy knew that all Urandalton was holding its breath. Again the ball was curving toward him. He struck --4. Every person was on his feet. Vp. up. soared the ball. It Seemed to be going into the very clouds. And in the 1119311- time. Buddy and the other three were tearing round the diamond, every muscle straining, while the Benton players were frantically begging their out-fielders to catch it. But the ball flew on de- and over the high fence which sur- rounded the athletic field. As Buddy slid home in a cloud of dust hc heard a great shouting and stamping. The game was theirs, 14-10. ' Buddy rose a bit unsteadily to his feet. Lee Brayford was pounding him on the back and shouting, XVe've won, man! We've won! Buddy, old boy. you've saved the day for Crandalton. Bob Mt-Knight turned a hand-spring and came up in front of Buddy. grinning. lVhat does it feel like to be a hero? Won! Your name will go down in the annals of U. H. S. as the hero who won the Benton Game. Buddy started at his two friends in blank amazement. Then he beheld a multitude of Urandalton students rush- ing down on him and yelling, lVho's the hero of Crandalton High 'B Xvllll hit the pill clear up to thesky? Buddy Mac! Buddy Mac! For the fraction of a second Buddy stood, then he bolt- ed. A cry went up. Hey NVhere are YOU 20illSI'! For the love of Pete! Come back. Buddy! Don't let him get away ! t atch him ! Straight to the car sped Buddy. where Nora was wait- ing for him. Jim, seeing and unde ment, had hastily cranked The rstanding his predica- Turtle. lion-hearted. on being hailed a hero, retreat. Great guns. Nora, he gasped le seat. Did you hear that? They t For Buddy the was beating a hasty aping i11to the driver's hink I won the game. Let's get out of here quick. Oh, lordy! Nora was laughing so hard that speak hut she knew Buddy's horror of managed to say. The hole in the The entire student body, bent dashed up just as the little green vanished the way it had come. Crandalton. Urandalton! Sis boom bah! Buddy. Buddy! Rah, rah, rah! The yells died away and they Nora was the first to speak. Here they come l she could scarcely facing a crowd and fence ! 011 Cill' congratulating Buddy, right-about-faced and sped along in silence. 0 , it was just glori- ous. And even though you'll never a hero, Buddy. Aw, please. Nora. don't begin If you hadn't come for me 1 wouldn't have gone. We couldn't have gotten there withou how, we probably would have won that last strike I made was pure l if Nora smiled knowingly to hersel Buddy, glancing sidewise at comfortably. Well, let's say 'The hc suggested- ' her d it it. you are a real that, begged Buddy., t 'The Turtle? Any- Lee had pitched. And uck f. , saw and tiushed un- 'llurtle' won the day, All right. I'll agree on one condition. conceded Nora, laughing. XVell '? HI heard Jim say that you and he are going fishing to-morrow. May I go, too, please Buddy? Your mother won't let you. Eagerly. I'll skip out-the back way and --. Aw, what do you want to go for? You know you're scared of the worms. Well, indignantly. they wiggle and squirm just a wful. Youll yell and scare the fish will continued Buddv But th 1 - L ' 9 brown eyes wl1icl1 he kept fixed This was like the old Nora. f'No, I won't scare 'em, Buddy. blue- I 'spose I'll have to let you c . 1 probably be out riding with Pei And he knocked C. H. S. all of about something cheerful. Hum-m! Well then. how a That IIPNV Yvestern serial begins. grown the 'Continued next Satu falls over the cliff,' kind? re -iva away. You know you was a twinkle in his steadfastly on the road. Honest true, black and ome. I thought you'd l Anthony. n. All he talked about 0h. Buddy. he bored me to deatl was his wonderful ancesters, and l the time. Oh.. let's talk bon wonderful friends. iis .t the movies to-nif-Thi? But maybe you've out- rda y. come and see who

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Page Twenty-eight T H E R E D A N D B L A C K Commencement Number 63-65130 Basketball LE ROY-BATAYIA The final game of the season was played with Batavia on Le Roy's court. Thirteen healthy looking youngsters were brought down to represent the Blue and White of Batavia. Two minutes after the whistle blew. LeRoy had scored one basket. Une by o11e Batavia substituted its men. At the end of the game, all of the thirteen were able to boast of having played. The final score was 39 for Le Roy and 11 for Batavia. MEDINA GAME The girls played one of the best games of the season on the Medina Uourt March 24th. The Medina squad was an exceptional team and had a record of having been de- feated only once. and then by a professional team. The Le Roy girls lined up against the Medina girls and at the end of the first half the score was 10-3 in favor of Medina. At the end of the third quarter the score was still in their favor, 17-7. Then the real playing began- The two Le- Roy forwards made seven field baskets. while Medina made one foul. The score at the end was 18-18. Medina ob- jected so the teams played three minutes more, still keep- ing the score 18 all. After this interval the ofiicials decid- ed to let the tie stand. so the Le Roy girls are awaiting with interest the return game on the home court next season. Baseball LE ROY-BERGEN Our first game of baseball was played with Bergen 011 the home diamond. Bergen's team was composed mostly of veterans and, as this is the first team Le Roy has had in ten years, 1llllCll doubt was expressed concerning the outcome of the game. t'Red Maloy as pitcher was the mainstay of the team. Gooly Lapp was catcherg Bar- ney Callan 1st base: Sid U'Shea 2nd base: Luke Welch 3113 Frannie McKenna center field and Wishy Maloy left field. The game was a long drawn out aiair with a sprinkling of two or three errors every inning. The score was seven until the sixth when Bergen brought in two runs on an error. The final score was 8-6 in favor of Bergen. ATTN TA-LE ROY Le Roy High School lost the second 2211116 of the season to Attica by the close score of ZZ-3. Honors for the most errors were about equally divided- However, the game was snappy and very exciting. Le Roy was presented with a wonderful opportunity to win the game. but failed to take advantage of it. In the last inning. with two outs, RTS 3453- LeRoy had a man on third. but the last player up struck out, preventing the much needed run. LE ROY-PERRY The lhird baseball game of the season was played with Perry at Le Roy. The game started with Heineck pitch- ing and Welch catching. The first part of the game was played without either side scoring. in the fourth Le Roy scored a run. In the fifth. Perry scmimred four runs. Dur- the sixth Le Roy made two more and Perry, one, making the score at the beginning of the last iinning 6-4 in favor of Perry. Then Le Roy. by means of brilliant playing, scored three runs, winning the game and making the score 6-7. LE ROY-UAKFIPILD The Le Roy-Uaklield game was by far the most Sill'- cessful for the High School. Coach Sindlinger had put the team through strenuous practice, and they were in tip-top condition. The first man up for Oakfield hit a three-bag- ge1'. This was the last straw. From the11 on, Oaktield never saw the ball- When Le Roy went to bat. it was a continual succession of hits. Walt Maloy's playing was by far the feature of the game. Besides having twenty strike-outs to his credit. he had thefhonor and distinction of knocking a home-run. The final score was LeRoy 16- Oaktield 1. ALBION-LE ROY The Le Roy High School team journeyed to Albion, lirmly determined to win. Red Maloy pitched and Gooly Lapp caught. The game was exceedingly uninter- esting fillil unexciting. Due to many errors, Albion soon took the lead and maintained it fhll0ll3Ill0llf the final inn- ings. The score was Albion 7fLe Roy 1. 1-----F Bill4You look worried. old top.. Willn-I am, I am not sure whethjer my girl said I danc- ed like a Zephyr or a heifer. -Exchange. Out teachers must be Germans. The marks they give us are getting low. A woman was getting her hair waved. The father and daughter were waiting for her. The little girl said to her bald-haired father, No waves for you, Daddy, you're all beach. Miss D. tin history classb: Dudley, tell all you know about Catherine II. Dudley tinquiringlyi: Did her first husband die?