North Tonawanda High School - Northstar Yearbook (North Tonawanda, NY)

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CLASS POEM RETROSPECT A day has closeclg. Twilight beauties thrill my heart, Woo my mind to dream. I see a world Filled with eager maids and youths, High school - childhood's goal! With free-reined will Class and student found its place. Novel life enthralled. Ere long came clouds,- Problemati-c rounds of workg ' Teacher-guides seemed good, Off:-times we played,- Games of prowess, nights of fun, Mom-ents spent in song. But years have passed. Men and women now I see Watching further goals. The paths divide - Labor, marriage, other schools, Music, art or stage. We hope and fearg Shining dream-worlds call us on - Life has need of us! Ruth M. Segu in

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SENIORS X I X JOHN VONA HOWARD WITKOP lt is excellent to have a giant's Men are but children of a larger strength. B. A. A. '32g Basketball '30-'34: Assist- ant Manager Football '30g Football '30- '33. KENNETH WAGGONER He dashes through thick and thin. Boys Glee Club '34g Publicity Manager Senior Play '34: Assistant Stage Manager Senior Play '345 Dramatic Club '34g News School Correspondentg Feature Editor North Star '31, '32: Hall Monitor '33, '34g Assistant Circulation Manager Annual, '34 Assistant Business Manager Annual '34. WALTER WENDELL A ge-ntleman's first characteristic is a fineness of nature. Cheerleader '32-'34: Cast Bah, a Sub- Deb, '34g Honor Letter '32, FLORENCE WERHUN Great thoughts, great feelings come to her. Cast Page the Prince '32g Hall Moni- tor '33. growth. Annual Staff '33g Hall Monitor '33g Senior Prom Committee '34. CHARLES WOLGAST His time is forever, everywhere his place. Debate '32-'34Q Hall Monitor '33, '34g Honor Letter '33, VERNA WOLLENBERG A still, small voice. Nature Club '31: G. A. A. '33: Honor Letter '31. NELLIE YATES My only books are woman's Iooks. EDWARD BAKER MARGARET GRAHAM MELVIN MILLER CHARLES TOTH EDWARD WEHRUNG VERNA ROGGOW JAMES SIEGFRIED ALICE KRIEDEMAN

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CLASS HISTORY XXI OUT OF THE STRATOSPHERE Dear Diary, H September 1930 What a myriad of beaming and gloomy faces! The latter belong to Freshmen. Our first taste of high school apparently smacks of the bitterness of disillusion. However, they inform us that it's all in getting used to it. April 1931 Miss Wheeler's Freshman English Class entertained the Sophomores at a tea. Everybody appeared to enjoy it - especially the Sophomores. May 1931 The unexpected death of Superintendent Batchellor is a sad blow to us. Though we view his passing with the deepest regret, we wish the best of luck to his successor Claude L. Moss, and a warm welcome is extended to Dana H. Wells who will assume his duties as principal in the fall. V Junel, 1931 Regents! We surely are studying, although the greater achievement seems to lie in overcoming various distractions - mostly the weather. June 30, 1931 Very few casualties. September 1931 Besides lending excellent support to the older activities, the Sophomores are credited with the origin of three new clubs. The Nature Club, with Earl Hilfiker as faculty advisor, is in its second year, while the Junto Club and the Dramatic Club have been recently formed under the guidance of Mrs. Gertrude Taylor. June 1932 We pause here to bid an affectionate farewell to Miss Coman, who is retiring after many years of successfully conveying Latin students through the hazards of declensions andlconjugations. We shall never forget her. , October 1932 Undertaking the task of establishing a precedent for future Juniors has embarked us upon our first project - a magazine sale. March 1933 The publication of an annual is left to us this year. Work has been begun on a two-fold theme dedicated to the depression and the spirit of mirth. September 1933 Our tirst Senior meeting resulted in the election of the following officers: Fred Parrott, Presidentg Dorothy Stenzel, Vice-Presidentg Elizabeth Prohaska, Secretary, Frank Stephan, Treasurer, and Wilbur Ganzhorn, Business 1VIanager. A magazine sale has been launched. October 1933 At the first football game, our hot dog stand was very successful. It promises to be even more so in the future if there is any relation at all between practice and perfection. December 1933 Treading upon the heels of the magazine sale comes the candy sale. March 25, 1934 The Senior play, Bah, A Sub-Deb, exceeded our highest hope. Many judged it the finest one produced in years. The dance after the play furnished a fitting conclusion to an enjoyable evening. April 1934 We feel as if we've just experienced the passing of a crisis. We're going to have an annual! And a prom! And perhaps a picnic! Although time is scarce, we intend to make this annual outstanding in many ways. The Prom committee has lost no time in getting its plans well under way. W May 1934 It is with mixed emotions that we watch the rapid passing of each day whose ending bears us closer to our goal - and to farewell. We shall come together that last hour to share the triumph which we have helped one another to attain. Elizabeth Prohaska, Historian