Norwood Norfolk Central School - Keystoner Yearbook (Norwood, NY)

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U 1,29 Qs Q in iilcmoriam Q 0 The Class of 1954 wishes to pay sincere and heartfelt tribute to two Norwood-Norfolk graduates, Pfc. Donald Gately, Class of '49, and Cpl. Robert Cutler, Class of '50. It is difficult to express how we feel about these boys whose lives were sacrificed for us and for their country. Because we realize fully the inadequacy of anything we might say of Donald Gately and Robert Cutler, we say of them only, Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine. Cpl. Robert Cutler Cpl. Robert Cutler was born on October 24, 1933. He attended school in Norwood, where he participated in athletics for four years and was a member of the senior play cast in his last year, He was graduated from Norwood-Norfolk Central School in June, 1950. Cutler joined the army on July 5, 1950 and went to Fort Dix, New Jersey, for his basic train- ing. Later he took a twelve weeks' engineering course at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, before being shipped to Fort Lawvton, Washington and thence to Korea, On May 18, 1951, Cutler was declared missing in action and on December 31, 1953 he was de- clared dead. Cutler received the Purple Heart and the Korean Medal, which were awarded to him posthumously. Pfc. Donald Gately Pfc. Donald W. Gately was- born in Norfolk on- May 25, 1931. He attended Norfolk High School where he was active in athletics and where he captained the basketball :team during his senior year. On July 25, 1949, Ga-tely was inducted into the army a-nd went to Fort Dix, New Jersey, for his basic training. He was subsequently trans- ferred to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and still later was sent to Okinawa. In November of 1950 he left Okinawa for Korea. Gaitely was declared missing in action on Feb- ruary 13, 1951, and thereafter he was listed as a prisoner of war by the Chinese until August, 1953, when at telegram came stating that he had escaped from Chinese custody. He was officially declared dead in November, 1953, and was posthumously awarded the Korean Service Medal, the U.N. Medal, and the Bronze Star,

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Left to Right: YEARBOOK STAFF 1st Row: Thomas McGee, Arlene Rutherford, Chester Hosmer, Shirley Royer, Joan Doran, Patricia. McKenty Mary Myers. 2nd Row: Donna Farnsworth, Arloene Brothers, Martha Relyea, Maureen Walsh, .Philip Lynch, Mrs Mackey Mrs. Root, Philip Dailey, Dawn Colbert, Mary Pircsuk, Charles Papp, Franklin Jesmer. Ed1tor-in-Chiet .................... Advertising Managers ........ Business Managers ....... Literary Editor ....... Sports Editors .,........ Art and Arrangement Editors ........ .-. . ACt1V1t16S Editor ..,....................... Typists ........................ Treasurer ......... .........Shir1ey Royer ..........Phi1ip Dailey Philip Lynch ........Mary Myers Thomas McGee Arlene Rutherford ............Chester Hosmer J can Doran ...........Char1es Papp Franklin J esmer ..Patricia McKenty .......Martha Relyea Donna Farnsworth Rose Marie Debien Maureen Walsh ........4.......Dawn Colbert Advisors ........ ....... M rs. Helen Mackey Mrs. Frances Root The 'Keystoner is our effort at preserving the memory of the Class of '54, May you receive as much pleasure from reading it as we have received from pro- ducing it. 6

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Mr. William Kitney To Mr. William Kitney, coach and educator in Norwood and Norfolk for twenty-five years, we, the Class of 1954, pay tribute in our Keystoner. The twenty-one years that you have spent at Norwood and the four years at Norwood-Norfolk Central represent much more than a quarter century of work well done. Indeed, the loyal service that you have given to the school children and to the people of your community cannot be easily expressed in a few words. You have worked diligently to instill in us a spirit of sports- manship and of cooperation while always exhibiting these qualities yourself, you have worked many extra hours helping us to make our extra curricular activities successful, you have been an inspiration to all of us. For these reasons we are honored to be able to pay tribute to you this year. 8