Northville Central High School - Sacandaga Saga Yearbook (Northville, NY)

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CLASS HISTORY Believe ut or not thirteen years ago hfteen scared luttle kids started out to a new adventure our hrst day of school Muss Conklin now Mrs Lawrence was our teacher Our next year when we were un the first grade we thought ourselves quite bug e pecually when we all had the bug and excutung exper uence of playing in the rhythm band under the durectuon of Mrs Cunningham We have many happy memories of our days un the elementary grades such as those many mornings un second grade when Mrs Muller came un and taught us our penmanshup and those saxette lessons our first class pucnuc and our clubs un the sixth grade Arriving un junuor hugh school we thought our selves quite grownup Eleven members were added Emma Brownell were our teachers un seventh grade Thus year we went to Johnstown for our first class trup Here we visited Sur Wulluam johnson s home the jaul the court house and finally the Johnstown Hotel where we had our dinner In our second year of junuor hugh Mrs Lindsey and Mrs Emma Brownell were our advisors Thus year we vusuted Howe Caverns and we also enjoyed a pucnuc un back of our school Finally the day arruved when we reached hugh school Our class advisors were Mr Felber and Mrs Beulah Brownell Thus year our class sold taffy for our money making project For an assembly program we put on a play called Swept Clean off Her Feet whuch was quite a hut In our second year of hugh school we again had Mr Felber as our class advusor We sold quite a few things thus year to enlarge our treasury We sold magazines taffy book covers and vanilla With some of our money we held a banquet at Hugh Rock Lodge where the dinner consisted of turkey or ham Later un the evening games and movues were enjoyed For our assembly program again we put on a play named Bobbysox Again in our junuor year we managed to have Mr Felber as our advusor Our biggest project of the year was the unuor Prom The theme of the prom was Swayung toward Heaven The gymnasuum was decorated un pastel colors hung from a low star fulled blue ceiling The outstanding feature of the decorations was a staircase of silver surrounded by yellow streamers leading up to a gate of gold Also this year we put on a leap year party and had the gurls unvite the fellows The party was a real suc cess and everyone seemed to enjoy the movues games and refreshments At the end of the year we all enjoyed a pucnuc and a day of fun at Caroga Lake Our senuor year certainly was full and exciting The first bug event of our senuor year was the senuor play The Importance of Beung Earnest by Oscar Wulde Under the durectuon of Mr Karstetter the play was a great success To rause money for our class trup we sold taffy Christmas cards basketball puns and candy also we sponsored a donkey basket ball game and spaghetti supper At last the day came when we were on our way to Washington It was luke a dream' We are proud to say that several of our boys helped un wunnung the basketball sectuonals at Sara toga thus year We apprecuate the guidance and durectuon that Mr Felber has guven us throughout our hugh school career ' D D l ' Y U I D . ' ' y . . Y S- .. ' , 1 , . ! : . Q , , . . . , v ' , A I to our class from Edinburg. Miss King and Mrs. ' ' ' . , . . . . , , . . . 9 ' fy - ,, . . . . A , I ' ' 1 V A Y 7 , - 7 9 9 , . . . A

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CLASS PROPHECY Ten years have now passed and the class of 53 has changed from a group of happy go lucky gradu ates nnto a group of thnnkers not drnfters a class made sernous by the constant overcomnng of obstacles whnch have been nn the way of progress Most of thns sernous group gathered a few days ago to attend the mann feature of our reunnon a banquet held at the Stork Club nn New York Cnty As we seated ourselves at the long beautnfully decora ted table we were snlenced by a young nnce looknng man whom we recognnzed as Donald Gardner W found hnm a man up nn socnety expernenced nn law He announced that he would call on the members of the class to tell of thenr success He chose jnmmy Aston who had been our treasurer durnng that hard money ransnng year Thns was lust what jnm was ex pectnng for he stood up nmmednately and started talk mg He was always able to say much but tonnght he sand more He told us that he was helpnng Chnna speed up her educatnonal and economnc programs whnch were gnvnng us so many headaches When he iinnshed Pat Grega was called upon She gave a short speech nn favor of the movement agannst marrnage she and Pat Gnblnn had started among the women of the Unnted States After they had finnshed Marjorne Bergman jumped up and sand she knew marrnage had nts advantages for she had marrned her employer nn order to get a vacatnon and come to the reunnon After lnstennng to Maryorne we saw Larry Serfis who was a promnnent lawyer nn Chncago Larry over whelmnngly approved of marrnage for wnthout marrnages there could be no dnvorces and dnvorces were hns specnalty Marnlyn Manzer changed the conversatnon to ward polntncs when we learned that she was a well known Congresswoman at the head of the Chncken Party She had met Francns Canfield there and he was arrangnng for hns polntncal campangn He had been looknng for a posntnon wnth the least work and had finally found nt secretary of the secretary t one of the Senator s advnsors Larry Cramer promnsed him the support of the Northwest He was especnally nmportant nn that sectnon because after mnnnng a few years he had now become a mnllnonanre just as Larry hnnshed Maurene Shaw ran nnto the room and exclanmed that the shernff Nancy Storer had arrested Earl Colson for speednng on hns way to the reunnon Dnck Rockafellow who had been nn Alaska for a number of years could not bear to see a manden nn dnstress so he rushed to the nanl wnth Larry Cramer s gold nuggets to banl Earl out After the excntement Mary Gruet grasped the golden opportunnty and told of the Old Mand s Home she had founded Evelyn Robbnns had begged to run the nnstntutnon whnle Mary attended the reunnon Thenr dnetncnan Ganl Crannell was very expensnve and Mary pleaded for donatnons to pay her wages Lewns Decker came dressed wnth long tanls and a hngh hat We thought that he would feel out of place but Carol Wnlson told us that he had been leadnng thns knnd of lnfe ever snnce he nnhernted a very nnce sum of money Carol seemed to understand men and no wonder she had a son of her own She wasnt the only one who had a famnly Adella Morrnson ransed her head and proudly sand that she had two very nnce daughters at home Beverly Fountann was dressed for the occasnon also and we no longer wondered where she got her clothes for someone mentnoned that she had posed for one of the leadnng fashnon magaznnes Her hanr looked especnally nnce wnth the new puff poo hanr set Ileane Knowles was responsnble for thns creatnon just as we notnced that a few of our classmates were mnssnng Shenla Berry came nn and showed us the NEWS TIME where she worked as a socnety of Loretta Warner saynng that she had dnscovered the fourth dnmensnon Glorna Brooks was her prnvate secretary and Ivory Knapp her chauffeur Loretta was certainly lnvnng nn style Much to our surprnse Eugene Davenport was also nn the news Eugene and ack Rhodes had become famous nndustrnal owners We were so glad to hear that they had made a success of thenr lnves Davnd Morrnson was nnterested nn the subject of educatnon for he was wnth a lnttle help wrntnng a novel about hns school lnfe I nmagnne nt wnll turn out to be a story lnke Huckleberry Fnnn Wnlma May was hns prnvate secretary and she had qunte a bnt of trouble keepnng hns papers nn order We couldnt forget our wonderful advnsor Mr Felber He was also nncluded nn thns group and wnth hnm was hns very pretty wnfe Mr Felber had been teachnng at Harvard Unnversnty and he was thn of taknng a vacatnon and gonng to France The banquet fnnally ended and we had a short busnness meetnng at whnch plans were made for another reunnon We parted glad that we the class of 53 had done a lnttle for manknnd Y , , . 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