Ontario High School - Echo Yearbook (Ontario, NY)

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Greeting To perpetuate in the memory of Ontario Men and Women Some of the pleasures of school lifeg To recite by word and picture the incidents of This Junior year of our high school career, a year of Growth, new achievements and victory in competitiong To remind us of those who have striven for fame In school activities and scholastic attainmentsg To awaken our sense of duty to, and to instill In the hearts of her children a greater love of GBLII' Alma illllater such is the aim of the Junior Class in issuing the 1925 .Uuninr Erhn

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