Mechanicville High School - Halfmoon Yearbook (Mechanicville, NY)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD AND DEDICATION ADMINISTRATION Board of Education Faculty Around School HALFMOON PUBLICATIONS Y'rarboolc Staff SNAPSHOT PAGE SENIORS Baby Pictures SNAPSHOT PAGE CLASSES Juniors ............ Sophomores Freshmen SNAPSHOT PAGE ACTIVITIES Student Council Aristoi Alpha S. O. S. Service Club Patrol Camera Club Dramatics Chorus Band and Orchestra Senior Ball Junior Prom SNAPSHOT PAGE SPORTS SECTION Football Basketball Baseball Bowling — Cheerleading Intramurals — G. A. C. SNAPSHOT PAGE ADVERTISEMENTS Snapshot Page ADVERTISEMENTS CONCLUSION 4 ... 5 .... 6 .. 7 12 13 14 16 17 36 ... 38 39 40 44 48 52 53 54 ..55 56 ... 57 ... 58 59 ... 60 61 62 ... 63 64 65 66 67 68 70 72 73 74 75 ....76 77 82 83 86 t?]

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. . . This is our school . . . This is the front view of the Mechanic ville H ijjh School, the one and only high school in Mechanicville. It it situated on a 100,000 sq. ft. lot with the Hudson River on its northeast side and North Main Street on its southwest side. It was erected in 1914, and in 1925, two new wings were added. A new section with a larger gymnasium and more class- rooms will he constructed next year. At the present time, 601 students are enrolled in the school which houses eighth grade as well as grades from 9-12.

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Mechanicville High School Mechanicville, New York, U. S. A. June, 195.? Dear Friends in other countries, We would like to dedicate this book to you as an everlasting hope that good w ill will some day exist among all nations. In these times of strife among nations, we must attempt to analyze the way in which we conduct our lives. In this book, we will try to present to you, the people in other countries, the different phases of high school life in a small citv located in the U. S. A. We will have you meet the people who run our school and the people who attend it. In this way, we hope to acquaint you with a typical American high school system. Our high school stands on the main street of the small industrial city of Mechanic- ville, New ork. This city has a population of approximately 8,000 and occupies a land area of one square mile. In ir are located the West Virginia Pulp Paper Mill, which employs 1,229 people, and various other industries which are smaller. The smaller con- cerns manufacture such articles as clothing, thread, and bricks. Mechanicville is also a great railroad center as a result of the junction of the Delaware Hudson R.R. and the Boston Maine R.R. Of all the people in Mechanicville, these two railroads combined employ approximately 10'» of them. Mechanicville is situated on the banks of the Hudson River, an ideal location for industry. Buses which run to all neighboring cities serve the community. A super-highway which will run through Mechanicville has been planned and will be completed in ten years. The state barge canal, in existence from 1883 to 1916, was located on the exact site of the new super-highway. 1 his letter will continue throughout the book in the form of writeups and running headlines of people and events. Our aim is that this will s rve as an explanation for the pictures which accompany them. [6]