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

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W by Barbara Webb 1946 saw a great change rn the kmdergarten of New Berlrn Central School Twenty two enthusiastrc chrldren entered our school never to leave for thirteen long years These survrvors are Rrchard Burroughs Charlre Carpenter Paul Brown Charline Borst Barbara Beardslee Davrd Deal Roy Gregory Celia Burr Sue lowe Marcia Honeywell Mark Huth Peter Maples Kendall Burdrck John Runron Lamont Smith Larry Maxson Tom Reed John Rowe Ada Mae Musk Shrrley Potter Mary Farrchrld and Barbara Webb It was in thrs year that we found Ada and Tom slttrng behind the piano because they were frghtrng over the toys We have often wondered what went on behind the prano Did they keep on frghtrng or did they choose some other means of entertainment? It was re ported that rn thrs year Marcia enjoyed walkrng John Rowe to his Grandmother s house after school so John would go to her house and play Our next permanent member was Frances Krnney Fran entered rn the first grade In thrs year the boys took Mrs Ackerman s gold ftsh out of the bowl and put them in their desks Mrs Ackerman found the guilty persons because of a strange aroma whrch came from certain boys desks Delbert Gregory was added to our happy group in second grade Marran SNCCI and Jerry Ormmings Jomed our class rn fifth grade and sixth grade brought rn our quret grrl Audrey Taylor As we entered the seventh grade we were a lost and scared group of students but under rntegrated part of the Junior Hrgh schedule In this year we obtained three new mem bers John Funk Lucrlle Talcott and our blushrng redhead Marjorie Gelatt In eighth grade Don LaFond came over from Morris to Join our class In our Freshman year Davtd Deal was elected presrdent of our class and Mrs Speigel and Mr Taylor were chosen as our advrsors Elwood Johnson Joined us ln this year In our Sophomore year Mrs Wrlliams was elected class advisor to replace Mrs Speigel Charlie was elected class presrdent He was re elected in our Junior and Senior years Joyce Potter came mto our class in this year As we re entered school in September of 1957 we were looking forward to our special events We purchased our class rings Our Junior play They Gave Him A Co ed took up a great deal of our trme We were all quite good we thought Mrs Beardslee di rected the play Durrng the rehearsals a tragedy developed Marcia had pink eye and what a coincidence Charlie came down with pink eye They were playing opposite each other but was this how it really happened or did they practrce outsrde to perfect then parts Also we found out MarJolre could really blush when John Bunion had to kiss her in the play Our Junior Prom Japanese Twilight was the really big highlight of our Junior year It was a great success and our decorations were very effective We had paper wistaria hanging on the walls In the center of the floor was a minrature stream with grass around it A small brrdge was burlt across the stream. Our King and Queen Marcia and David and their attendants crossed this bridge to the throne which was made in the form of a fan I l 1 U I l D I the guidance of Mr. Whitney, Mr. Fry and the other teachers we soon became a well ' 0 s ' --- .

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At last our brg year arrrved We were SENIORS Jerry Lucas Jorned us at the begrnnrng of the year and he played the egotrstrcal foreman rn our three act play Dude Ranch Marjorre wrll always remember the play because she wore Mr Butts long red under wear I am sure all the cast members as well as the audrence wrll never forget Clarence the pet rattlesnake rn our play At last the brg day arrrved On March 30th twenty erght Senrors and our chaperones Mr and Mrs Wrllrams and Mr and Mrs Moskwa left for Washrngton D C The Lafayette Hotel was a welcome srght after our long Journey but we strll drdn t go to bed very early because of the excrtement On Tuesday our prctures were taken on the Caprtol lawn We went to Hogate s for drnner that evenrng and then we went to the National Arrport Wednesday nrght we went on the Potomac Crurse The wrnd was blowrng and the water was a lrttle rough but luckrly no one was seasrck Thursday we were glad we drdn t have to walk very far because of the heavy rarn We spent most of the day tourrng the crty by bus In the afternoon we vrsrted the Washrngton Cathedral and we were all rmpressed by rts magnrfrcent altars Frrday came too soon and rt was trme to leave As had happened many mornrngs our bus was late and so we were delay ed rn startrng' It was quret on the bus untrl noontrme It seems we drdn t have enough sleep rn Washrngton and we drdn t have enough strength left for even a peep On our last lap home we had a little excrtement rn the back of the bus when the flashbulbs started popprng I understand some very rnterestrng prctures were taken Know any thrng about rt Barb B and John Rowe? We are now wartrng for Graduatron Day June 22 So as we leave you we the class of 1959 brd you farewell rn hopes that yours wrll be a happy and prosperous Senror year .lout Wddmd We the Senror class of 1959 havrng deemed ourselves as berng sound of mmd ex tremely generous unsurpassmgly brrllrant and hrghly modest do wrll to next year s Senrors some rtems that wrll prove most helpful to you both rn the remembrance and the actual usage of same It rs hoped that in rememberrng your rnherrtance your day wrll grow a lrttle brrghter and your courses a lrttle easter And when you remember these thrngs thrnk a krnd thought of us the immortal Senlor class of 1959 The Senrors will to the Iunrors as follows Barbara Beardslee leaves her love of Shakespeare and Chaucer to Warren Camp Charlene Borst wrlls her flrrtatrous ways to Beatrice Bemamrn Paul Brown leaves hrs sense of humor to John Backo Kendall Burdrck bequeaths hrs shy quret ways to Gerald Brownell Celra Burr leaves her wild reckless ways to Elrzabeth Busch Rrchard Burroughs leaves hrs love for an argturrent to Nathan Wrllrams Charles Carpenter donates hrs way wrth the grrls and wrth the boys to Robert Morgan Gerald Cummmgs leaves hrs collectron of Ivy League sports clothes to Charles Dart Davrd Deal leaves a bottle of asprrrn to Julran Webb so he wrll be prepared for all hrs hard courses rn hrs Senror year. . . . I - n ' n . . , . . , . . . . . . , I . , . . . , . . . . . . . , , . . , , . , . , f , . v . . . v v p ' . . . . . , 1 1 r 1 n 1 ' I , . , . , .