Middletown High School - Epilogue Yearbook (Middletown, NY)

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Hzstory o The Class o 1950 The day we waited patiently rn the gym of M H S to be assrgned to our freshman homerooms that was one of the most rmportant days of our lives Some of us were drsappomted because we were separated from our closest frrends We soon learned however that rt wouldnt be for long we met them rn the halls several times a day looking almost as much abashed as we looked The upper classmen began to take advantage of us by msrst ing that we buy trckets for the elevators and passes to go to the head of the lunch llnes We had a lot of questrons to ask how do the locker combl natrons work? where s room 2077 which starrcases are up and which down 7 Soon we attended our first audrtorrum program and for the first trme sang the Alma Mater How much that song would come to mean to us' Before long we had settled down to a well rounded hrgh school cur rrculum With the swift coming of Sprrng we realized what the old sayrng Tempus fugrt meant It was already time to organize 1nto an ofhcral class and to functron as such We chose competent Paul Hayes as president popular Edrth Conant as vrce president Mary jane Bull as secretary and ef ficrent Leverta Rrchard as treasurer Miss Beal as able leadership and endless patrence to help us we moved successfully through our first year A few of our act1vrt1es were these the sale of programs at the Thanksgrvmg Day Football game the sale of school pencrls and M Pins and the sponsorlng of noonday dances rn the gymnasrum In our unror year we found ourselves with a more serlous attltude toward our actwltres We elected Mary Zoghby presldent Stanley Mrller to the vice presrdencv Mary jane Bull as secretary and Leverta Richard as treasurer One of our first problems was to find an advrsor to take Miss Beal s place Mrs Burlew filled our order and from then on we enjoyed continual progress Our major pro ject of the year was the sale of magazrne subscrlp trons Fhrs proved to be so successful that our treasury went ahead by leaps and bounds The hrgh spot of the junror year was a very exceptronal junior Prom The seniors chose dreamy Charles Lam and vrvacxous Muriel Clark as kung and queen To attend the royal couple we chose Arlene Paduch joan Wrckman Annamarre Gras berger Barbara Jones Betty Lou Ehlers and Do lores Monahan Followrng our prom we entered rn to such actrvrtres as candy concessions at city league basketball games note paper sales and a card party The card party was a successful project mainly because of the work Mary McLean d1d for Page forty rt as general charrman It was thrs year too that we chose our class rings At our last officnal meetmg as unrors the most Important business was to select a new slate of officers and an advrsor for our senior year Paul Hayes havrng already proved hrs exceptronal leadership was again elected to the presidency to carry us through our most memorable year of all Russell Mascr a newcomer to the executrve depart ment was elected vice presrdent Popular une Chapman was chosen to keep our records as secre tary We again elected as treasurer Leverta Rich ards who had already done so well in keeping us out of debt Another fleetmg summer had passed When we arrrved as seniors we demanded great respect of all the lower classmen Our thoughts now turned toward Washrngton and our best luck was to have Mrs Warren to show us how to reach that goa Among the biggest events of the year was our senior play The Great Brg Doorstep The cast consisted of Claude Marshall Jane Posten june Chapman Millie Belfrglro George Roesch Bill jackson Curtis Reinhold Jean McCarey Esther Roosa Right here we must slncerely thank Doctor Rosenblum who as director must now feel he has achieved hrs goal a polrshed productron Class actrvrtles continued wrth the opening of the football season We continued to fill our gold pot by operatrng the concessron at Wilson Field During the season the Senrors held a sport dance rn honor of the football team The team chose Mane Grosso as queen of the dance she was crowned by the team s captain Duck Brown The important game of the season on Thanksgiving Day really showed the courage of an underdog team We upset our tradrtronal rival Port ervrs when Mrddle quarterback Ilarle Oakley passed a lucky one to Angelo Marcello for a touchdown The Class of 1950 partrcrpated m choosing Miss M H S to represent us at the turkey day game Our choice was june Chapman ACtlVltlCS quxeted down unt1l Chrrstmas and another prom Choosmg the king and queen was drfiicult but soon everyone agreed that Miss M H S couldnt be surpassed rn lovelrness Handsome Brll jackson was chosen kmg to walk the velvet carpet to the throne beside her Our refreshment stand at the football and basketball games was a huge success This was due only to the untrrrng leadershrp of Betty Gardner :wo n f f ' Y 7 . . . , , . . . 7 A Q .y . - . , - j j .. ,, - .. , , 7 I . . , . . . 7 . .. . ,1 1- . 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