New Berlin Central School - Crest Yearbook (New Berlin, NY)

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Thirteen long years ago, in the year ninteen thirty six, several little boys and girls were toddling off to school for the first time With their hair combed and shoes shined they went out into the world Little did they know of the exciting days in store for them They went on through the grades, learning their ABC's Through losing members and gaining members their four survivors are Janet, Dotty, Doug and Frank After seven long years of study, we successfully reached high school No one knew how proud we were to at last be in high school George Hudson tackled the job of being our first president, for tuo years at that At last, we became ninth graders, the so called Freshmen This is where the fun began With Bob Spicer taking over the leadership, we then began earning our way to Vashington The sale of Christmas cards being our first project was a big hit The next thing we knew we were in the Sophmore class This was another big mo ment in our class history We male the purchase of pins, T shirts, etc Klncidently you can buy pins from any Senior 'Reduced I Nelson Toed, slavinp with the class did his best Buy a lovely pin from any sophhore, huh Nelsonv what been very Perk Prom It was in this lovely year that the Sophmore class purchased class rings Oh, an occasion After much discussion, we decided on one ring, and we've never sorry Dances, bake sales, etc , kept us out of bankruptcy Thus, into our Junior Class Janet Matteson, taking over the presidency, did a successful job with our big project, the Junior Prom, we were in full swing and bhirley made a wonderful kung and queen, with all of us working, to make the a big success Yes, after thirteen long, long years, we, the class of 1950, are Seniors W could write a book about this year However, we regret we can't afford the money it would involve Nelson Teed, our Sophmore President, came back to put in another successful term With our seventeen members, and Washington in mind we began slaving We sponsored bake sales, sold magazines, Phristmas cards and stationery Ve pre nted a play called 'A Pair of Country Kids,N one which will be long remembered While all these other activities were going on, we were collecting ads, writing mat rial, and hfving pictur s taken for our yearbook Ve are looking forward now to the fruits of our labors, our Washington trip, and graduation, but there our eager ness ends Although we are enthusiastic about making a place for ourselves in the world, we are reluctant to leave this school vhich has meant so much to us CLASS HOTTO 'RTW Xxyl I CLASS COLORS E I Red and White Not at the to but climbing 'A 1' Q .jj CLASS FLOWER X54isa. Red Rose 12 C C . Q . o . ' o e 5 Y Q u . - O V I 0 ----A , J 0 - . . v , O . I o I ' 0 . o 6 Q e I . 'T U I ' o U . J ' se ' . . J 3 - 3 o I' J 1 3 - ' U r' 0 h X , np' wi iggwlu , fl - ' I C. ? fl- A D R O P1135

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E IOR PLAY The night of November 8 19 9 proved very sucessful to the seniors The senior play was presented entitled 'A Pair of Country Kids The play, a farce by Vivian Mayo, was adjudged one of the best comedy performances ever presented on the New Berlin stage Among the most hilarious of the characters were H1 Hawkins, a coun try kid, and his partner Sis Spooner, a pair of husband seeking el derly women, and two city slickers The successful performance was certainly one of the brightest highlights in the career of the Class of 19 O CAST Mrs Sarah Starr Janet Matteson Sisn Spooner Harriet Blessing Lucindy Appelby Dorothy Elliott Susan Grimes Gladys Calhoun NHin Hawkins Gordon Whitten Ambrose Sneggins Lelson Teed Philip West Marvin O'Hearn Arthur Roberts Robert Spicer Albert Rooner Foward Smith 13 . lr Cn . I f April Starr--Shirley Rogers , 9 n 11 . -- V