Mayville Central High School - Pacemaker Yearbook (Mayville, NY)

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THE PACEMAKER 1950 To Dorothy Harrington and Frank Henshaw, Myron Leet and Bob Berthold bestow their friendly race in scholastic standings. We wonder who will be on top in the end. Beverly Phillips leaves to Joan Swearer her quiet, sophisticated manner in the school halls. To Jean Matthews and Mary Lou Parker, Katherine Pabody leaves her great ability to talk. To Elaine Nosbisch, Louise Webber wills her formula for congenial boy-friend relations. To Patty Raun we leave Don Gage. Unharmed, unused, free of competition, together with plenty of used automobiles. Shirley Stacey, our first Senior to become engaged, leaves to Carolyn Norton her ability to stick to and hold one man. Charlie Quick leaves his well-done task of being president of our illustrious Senior class to the Junior who is the most worthy, To Marlene Dorman, Elaine Damon wills her formula to graduate in less than average time. Paul Weise leaves to all under-classmen his fine example of determination to finish his high school education. Marlene Little wills to Connie Mackenzie her ability to change her mind in a moment's notice. To Emma Barton, Zada Petersen bestows her hard-earned position on the varsity cheerleading squad. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seal this twenty-sixth day of June, one thousand, nine hundred and fifty. Signed: MARLENE LOOMIS JANET PICKARD .1 CLASS PROPH ECY Thursday morning, May 15, 1970, Ambassador Long received a special delivery with orders to return to the States immediately. This made me very happy as I have been a private nurse for Ambassador Long for many years and have not been to the States since 1952. After I settled myself for a long ride home I began looking around. The airline lrostess seemed vaguely familiar and when she came around to fasten me in my seat I realized she was Florence Chandler, my old school pal. She told me she was employed by the International Airlines, and had traveled to many countries during the year. The route traveled over the North Pole and as we needed fuel we stopped at an airport in Iceland. It was still quite cold here even though it was the middle of May, so I went over to the main building of the airport and bought a hot chocolate. I turned around from the counter and stood face to face with-can you imagine- Katherine Pabody, I was very much surprised and asked her what she was doing way up in Iceland. She told me she had been a Baptist missionary there for the past five years, and that she enjoyed her work very much. Back on the plane it did not take long to get to Washington, D. C., where I bade Ambassador Long goodbye. While there I decided to look up Gladys Legros. She had been working as medical secretary in the John Hopkins Hospital at Baltimore. Ilcalled at her hotel and, to my surprise, found Virginia Moss rooming with her. Virginia is now employed at John Hopkins also, as a trained nurse. Gladys was busy packing for her vacation. We went home to Mayville together and began looking up old school friends. We received a dinner invitation from Mrs. Richard Dalrymple, the former Shirley Stacey. Upon arriving we found Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Tucker. Mrs. Tucker, the for- mer Janet Pickard, told us her sister Janice is in charge of a day nursery in Mayville. Maxine Higgs came after dinner. She is now kindergarten teacher at Mayville. She said she had gone to the Music Festival at Fredonia last week-end. There she saw Helen Howe, who is now Mrs. Bruce Ames. Helen is now chorus director of Silver Creek High School, which received top honors with a lv rating. One of the adjudicators at Fredonia was Myron Leet, graduate of Fredonia Normal in 1954, and later Myron had earned his Doctor's degree in music at New York University. It seemed a small world, after all. We went uptown to get an appointment with a beautician and found Elaine Damon's Beauty Salon rated as tops.

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1950 THE PACEMAKER CLASS WILL - 1950 We, the Senior Class of 1950 of Mayville Central School, Academy Street, Village of Mayville, County of Chautauqua, State of New York, and Country of the United States of America, being mentally alert, of extraordinary intelligence, do hereby take this opportunity to publish this our last Will and Testament, before leaving the dear halls of M. C. S. ITEM I-To our faithful faculty We bid farewell, thanking you sincerely for the trials and tribulations you have suffered during the past years. ITEM II-To the Junior Class: First-We leave our great distinction of being the best graduating class in the history of M. C. S. Second-We bequeath our home room and our well-worn advisor, Mr. Steward. Third-We leave our well-used gum, water-filled squirt guns, and our books that have been used to such great advantage during the last year. ITEM III-To the Sophomore and Freshman classes we leave our exemplary conduct, both in the classrooms and in the halls. ITEM IV-To the eighth grade we leave our neat lockers and our excellent arrange- ment of books. ITEM V-The following, our rich possessions and crowning achievements, we will to the worthy individuals of the Junior class, as we make our way into the dark, cruel world: To Bruce Ames, Helen Howe leaves her never-dying love funless college life interferesl. To George Balcom, Patsy Ross leaves her great love and devotion for all teachers. Ross Munson leaves to Danny Barkman his law-abiding method of driving a car. Of course, Danny, we know you don't need any of this. Vesta Rater leaves to Fred Buxton her whole dude ranch Cincluding many sway- back horsesl. To Bill Chamberlain, Frank Estep leaves a goodly share of his height, We know you can put this to a very good use. To Norman Confer, Dick Mount leaves his Sad Sack disposition. Dick Chamberlain wills to Roger Dornberger his place on the basketball team. We are sure you know that we mean the bench. To Gilbert Hayward, Paul Wood sadly leaves his accomplishments in ag. Steve Elliott and Corky Hull will to Rodney Love all their ability in going steady with a girl from Bemus Point. To Herb Magnuson, Virginia Moss leaves her ability to go steady and still finish school. Hope you do as well as Ginny has. Charlotte Stage leaves to Tom Marsh her ability to get a part in every play. If you do as well as Charlotte did, your Senior play will certainly be a great success. To John McConnell, Lillian Robinson leaves her unruffled manner. We are posi- tive John can put this to a good use. To Tom Parker, Ray Biekert bequeaths his great love for the female sex, Larry Carlson leaves to Eugene Shepard his unused ability to always be on time and be fully conscious of all things that are happening around him. To Ed Swan, Gladys Legros leaves her great Ugift of gab. We are very sure Ed will put this to a good use. To Phil Young, Dave Hansen and Keith Ross bestow their technique of making Miss Paolillo smile. Every little bit we give you will help, Phil. Joyce Anderson and Ted Chapman leave to Norma Barber their enjoyable noon hours. We all know that Norma's are already very pleasant. To Dolores Beck, Florence Chandler leaves her quiet manner and her lovely voice. Richard Rockwell wills to Phylis Burke his great ability to get along with everyone. To Jeanne Carlson, Janet and Janice Pickard bequeath their ability to get an out- of-town fella. It could be a very good policy, Jeanne. To Anita Dearing, Patty Gallagher leaves her fine record of regular attendance. Make good use of this unmarred record, Anita! To all those concerned, Marlene Loomis and Bud Robbins leave a fine record of a happy high school courtship. Maxine Higgs leaves to Joyce Faulkner and Maxine Lupean her date book. Please don't quarrel over this gift, girls! To Nancy Graham, Nancy Miller wills her great ability of roller-skating. This we are sure you can use. Art Geertson bequeaths to Janice Green his Winsome ways with the opposite sex.

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fs 'E ,s, a 1950 THE PACEMAKER That afternoon we went to a baseball game between Mayville and Sherman, and Sound that Keith Gooey Ross was coach of the Mayville team. Gooey was the former basketball star of MCS. At the ball game we saw Corky Hull who told us he was working for B. 8z E, in Dunkirk as a master electrician. The next day we stopped to see Mrs. Edward Robbins, who used to be Marlene Loomis. There we found Louise Webber, who was acting as interior decorator for Marlene's home. Just then Bud came home and told Marlene he had invited Art Geertson for dinner. Art was employed as foreman at Art Metal in Jamestown where Bud had just recently been promoted to assistant manager. Suddenly the doorbell rang and in walked, of all people, Ray Biekert in a Navy uniform. From the insignia on his sleeve we saw he was a commander. Ray told us that Larry Carlson was chief petty officer on the good ship Morgenthau. Bud read us a letter he had received from Richard Mount, who was in the Marine Corps. Dick was stationed in the Mariannas Islands. We bade our friends a fond farewell and were on our way again. We then decided to look up Charlotte Stage, whom we heard was working at the Chautauqua Maid milk plant as secretary. Much to our disappointment we found she was now employed out west. As we walked toward our car we saw Ross Munson loading milkcans on trucks, Ross told us that the milk plant's chief competi- tor was Charles Quick's Dairy on North Erie Street. The next morning we took a plane to Yellowstone National Park. Upon arrival we set out with our guide to view the natural wonders. In the midst of the huge trees, we suddenly heard something crashing through the bushes and yelling like mad. It was Dave Hansen in a ranger's outfit, running as fast as he could with a large black bear right behind him. Dave was carrying a huge piece of chocolate cake which the bear apparently found very tempting. Our guide shot a gun into the air and frightened the bear away. We went back to the hotel at the entrance of the park and were greeted by the hotel manager, Marlene Little. Our waitress was Lillian Robinson, who was helping Marlene out for the summer. Zada had to send out a letter, so she sent for the public stenographer. After a few minutes a young lady came toward us, and when she came closer we saw it was Charlotte Stage. She was employed as hotel stenographer. Charlotte told us she had always corresponded with Vesta Rater. She said Vesta ran a dude ranch near Tomb- stone, Arizona, This interested us very much and Gladys and I set out for there the next morning. Vesta was very surprised to see us and said she had some surprises for us. She was anxious for us to see the beauty salon at the ranch. When we opened the door we knew why, for there was Nancy Miller, hair-dresser, and Patty Gallagher as manicurist. Vesta suggested that the three of us go to Niew York to see Beverly Phillips starring in 'tLife's Little Problems which was now a hit on Broadway. We changed trains in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As we had two hours between trains we decided to look the city over. We went to the Hotel Sheraton for lunch and there in the lobby sat Stephen Elliott. He took us to lunch in the main dining room. Hunk, as we used to call him, told us that he was interested in oil. As we Walked out of the hotel, after bidding farewell to Steve, we bought a newspaper. On the front page we read that the multi-millionaire, Steve Elliott, had found new oil deposits in Iran. We had no idea that his interest in oil had been so great. We also read of the new technicolor television 'phones that had been in- vented by Richard Chamberlain, the great electrician. Dick has gone a long way since his first job as apprentice electrician in the Westinghouse plant. Returning to our train we noticed that sitting across the aisle from us was none other than Frank Estep. Frank was now employed as chemical engineer at Carnegie Institute of Tech- nology in Pittsburgh, Pa. Before we hardly realized it we were in the great city of New York. The porter called a taxi for us. The driver got out and said, Where to, madam? Then, with a surprised look on his face, said: What are you girls doing in New York? We saw that it was Ted Chapman, our old school pal from M. C. S. Upon arriving at our hotel we called Beverly Phillips. We told her that we planned to attend the opening night of Life's Little Problems. She was excited to think we were in New York and invited us to a party after the stage play. Life's Little Problems was a wonderful play and we discovered that Beverly' was deserving of all the advance advertisement, On the program we saw that Joyce Anderson was make-up artist. At the party, which was held at the Waldorf-Astoria, we saw many old friends. Mrs. Crester, whose husband is owner of Crester's Tile Company, Inc., we discovered was the former Patsy Ross of Mayville. As we walked