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

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History page 2 Rockefeller Center and attended the Easter Show at Radio City Music Hall. Everyone enjoyed the show. Coming home, April 7, all sorts of remembrances were vivid in our minds. Ever since arriving home, Roger has been hounding the Juke Boxes with that popular song MOMENTS TO REMEMBER, Oh, and Rupert has been continually practicing his yodeling so he can make an- other debut in a certain nightclub in Washington when he returns. Yes, and Edith is now wearing a string around her finger so she won't forget to turn off the flat iron before leaving the Hotel room. Incidents like these are what will make our Senior Trip and Senior Activities memorable throughout the years to come. Each person going his or her separate way, will be remembered by his fellow classmates because of the happenings of high school days..

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History 1943 saw a glowing change in the Kindergarten of the New Berlin Central School. Seven- teen eager Children (Roger was crying his eyes out because he had to leave his mother) entered our school, never to leave for that long 13 years. The survivors of that ordeal are: Diane, Ann, Helen, Edith, Gloria, Russ, Warren, Richard, Elizabeth, Janet, Corrine, Harold, Sharon, and Elizabeth L. Some children left and others came but the next permanent member was Philip better known as Shorty. Phil entered in the Second Grade. Third Grade saw Gloria, Margie and Sharon in the spotlight of the New Berlin Central School auditorium singing LITTLE OLD LADIES. Fourth Grade brought three more of our present Seniors. They were Connie, Nancy, Angalo and Harry. Incidentally Harry wouldn't even look at the girls. Then! Quite different from his pal, Russ, who took quite an interest in sports even in the lower grades, providing of course, that the girls were playing. His main objective to the game was kissing the girls. He even went to the work of organizing a group of boys to catch the girls for him. Fifth Grade brought another addition which certainly added spice to the 1956 Class. This was William, commonly called Tiger. Yes, he's also the Master of that little yellow Model A Ford. Sixth Grade brought Rupert and Seventh Donna. Junior High proved to be a gay round of parties. Our Treasury, consisting mostly of dues, supposedly for our Senior Trip expenses, lost weight whenever a teacher's birthday came about, but, in our Freshman year we started in earnest working toward our expenses for our senior year. We elected Angelo as our president and Mrs. Coddington and Mr. Fry were our class advisors. We had Bake sales, Dances, and Basketball Games as we did continually throughout our high school years. During this year we obtained two new members, Nancy B. and Glenn. In our Sophomore year Mrs. Brown was our Advisor and Sharon Camp our President. Sharon was reelected for our Junior and Senior years, also. It was during this year that we got our class rings, a must for every high school student. The Summer of '54 the National Guard camped on the Beardslee Flats, going to and from Camp Drum. Through the kindness of the Beardlees our class was allowed to sell refreshments. The girls of the class were especially interested in this class project. In fact, rumors went about that three of the National Guard reappeared this last summer. Any of the Senior girls want to verify this gossip? The summer of '54 over we reentered school, eagerly looking forward to those special events such as the Junior Play and Junior Prom. Our play, OUR HEARTS WERE YOUNG AND GAY, was directed by Mrs. Rudnitski. It consisted of a large cast and we had a grand time presenting it to our audience. The many mistakes which were made and quickly covered up by the cast and the 1920 clothing, featuring short dresses, long beads and stockings rolled to the knees added to the amusement of the evening. The other main event, the Junior Prom, was a huge success. Our Queen and King were Margie and Harry. For music, we had the Tommy Ballam Orchestra. The decorations consisted of a sky made from a large piece of cheese cloth and stars lying upon it. The effect was beautiful with the different colored spotlights shining through. Many hours were spent on this work of art and incidentally, most of those hours were from History Class. Our last and most important year, our Senior year, had come. Our final member, Marion, joined us at the beginning of this year. Our class Advisors chosen by us for this final year were Mrs. McFarland and Mr. Maloney. To swell our class treasury, in a last final attempt for our Senior Trip, we had a variety of functions, a Circus, Magician and the Senior Play. Our play, THE SKELETON WALKS, was directed by Mr. Speigel. In a hilarious two evenings we rewrote the whole script. Then came the arrival of April 3, 1956 and the big moment was here. With our chaperones, Mrs. McFarland, Mr. and Mrs. Maloney, and Mr. Green, the Senior Class started for Washington. We saw many points of interest, including the Cherry Blossom Parade and the Cherry Blossoms. We went on plenty of tours with the tired students and sore feet as the results. Leaving Washington, April 6, exhausted, we still ventured forth to New York City. We toured the United Nations and

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