Ovid Central High School - Ovidian Yearbook (Ovid, NY)

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We were very proud of our Senior rings which we received shortly after Easter. Along with our many studies we sponsored a bake sale, a stationery sale and a vic dance to make money for our Junior Prom. We held the Prom in April and had charge of the Senior Ball in June. In our Senior year there were 34 members in the class, 24 less than in our Freshman year. Our class officers were: President .......... ...... A lan Clarke Vice-President ........... ..... R oyce Green Secretary-Treasurer ..... ..... R uth Nielsen Mrs. Franklin was our class advisor. We, being The class, set out to show ourselves off. It's a good thing that shoe rationing stopped because we were rapidly wearing our shoes out travelinj around the halls. l'm sure each one of us remember the long talks that Miss Mannix gave us about being Seniors and not to go riding along on the crest of a wave any more. We really have done one thing this year that we are very proud of and that is to sponsor a Benefit Dance for Billy Duncan. Billy had been in the hospital recovering from serious bu rrzs for about 8 months and we decided to give him a Christmas present. The community clubs g :ive us some money to put with what we made from the dance so we had a total of 5215. We h sive thought of Billy as our protege since this and are proud to dedicate our yearbook to him. We had our Senior pictures taken on Valen ine's day and since then have been very busy working on the year book. The boys from our class who are in service are: Robert Baldorf Gerald Baynes Walter Evans Henry Jordan Lincoln Lathrop Irving Lewis Herbert McCutcheon Neil Kenyon James Young Our Honor Students are: Valedictorian ..... ...... A lan Clarke Salutatorian .... ............ R uth Nielsen Third Honor ..... ....... H arriet Van Vleet Fourth Honor .... ............. J ean Lyda As we look back over the years we realize what a wonderful time we have had in high school and also realize that it has gone much too fast. We are looking forward to the future through rosy glasses and hope that we will not be disappointed. i'23-l

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CLASS HISTORY lt seems queer to look back to when we were Freshmen! At that time we thought of the Senior Class as being much older and far superior to us. Although it seems long ago we remem- ber our Freshman year quite vividly. Miss Man nix was our class advisor and of course we were all scared to death of her. We didn't dare open our mouths for if we did she would immedi- ately silence us! We soon got over being so shy and came to like Miss Mannix very much. Now that we think back we wonder how she ever put up with us. This was the year that Herbert McCutcheon, who is now in the Navy, jumped out of a second story window. That really made people look at us little Freshmen. To be sure, we displayed our talents in other ways, too. Our class officers were: President ...... ..... A lan Clarke Vice-President ...... James Young Secretary ...... ..... J ack Swarthout Treasurer .... ...Ruth Nielsen This being our Ninth Grade commencement year, we had the following Honor Students Valedictorian .... ...................... J ack Swarthout Salutatorian .... ...... A lan Clarke Third Honor ..... Fourth Honor ..... ,.........Ruth Nielsen .....Harriet Van Vleet We well remember the night of graduation. The girls wore their first formals and the boys wore suits. There were 58 pupils in the class. Our Sophomore year was the year that the boys became experts at throwing erasers. lt was really dangerous for a teacher to leave our room and then come back in. We also remember the time that Mrs. Depew disliked our singing on the way upstairs from assembly and promptly marched us back down to return in order. We learned by experience, all right! In our Sophomore year we gave money to the Honor Roll Fund and now we have a lovely Honor Roll in the front corridor. This was the year that our basketball team went to Rochester and many of our classmates went to see this game. Our officers for this year were: President ........... Vice-President Secretary ........ Treasurer Our Junior year was a busy one. There were 38 class advisor and our officers were: President ........... Vice-President Secretary ...... Treasurer ..... i22'k ...Barbara Bowers .Donald Robinson ...........Dixie West ......Ross Cassidy members in the class. Miss Wilson was our ......Alan Clarke .....Royce Green .........Ruth Nielsen Harriet Van Vleet

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CLASS PROPHECY Time: 1956 Scene: The Alumni Banquet of the class of 1946, held at Ovid Central School auditorium. As we are gathered together today, we see the changes which have come into the lives of our fellow classmates. A few are seated around the table, but the rest are still straggling in as in days gone by. As we visit our old Alma Mater, we find that Miss Jane Simpson has followed in her Mother's footsteps and is hopelessly struggling to teach the Freshman which Miss Mannix left to her when she went to New York to teach dramatics. fHer latest hit A Case of Springtime now appearing on Broadway.J Here comes Miss Barbara Bowers. She is now the nurse in charge of the psychoneurotic patients at Willard. She has a chain of grocery stores extending from Ovid to the moon lby radarj as a side line. Bobby is still patiently waiting. Just keep smilin' kiddo. Oh, yes, here comes General Cassidy. He is now the Commander of the U. S. Army Air Force and he will now tell us of his many harrowing experiences. Now entering are Joe Finn and Don Munson, the present owners of the Sure Hit taxi service. A few of those seated are Miss Jane Hayes and Miss Shirley Albro. They have iust opened a tea shop called Dew Drop Inn. Miss Helen Doane is at present a tight rope walker with Barnum and Bailey. Dick Jennings and Phil Lynch are the owners of that famous Drape Shape modeling agency. With them is their outstanding model, Mrs. Edward Carroll. She is the former Miss Jean Lyda, the Miss America of 1956. Miss Esther Blake lbetter known as Betty Hutton the secondl is now singing with Bill Reed lKrupa the secondl and his Swingsters appearing nightly at the Starlight Roof of the Ovid lnn. They will now favor us with that smash hit song number one on the Hit Parade, Don't Flag the Train with Your Petticoat, Mother, The Engineer Might Give You the Slip. lf anyone in the audience would care to invest in some slick chicks, iust call Davenport, 00-2 Short. The owner of this Chickery Chick Chicken Farm is Miss Christine Goslicki. Mr. and Mrs. Alan Clarke lformer Marie Wagnerl have iust dropped in on their way back from their honeymoon which was spent at Hector Falls. Mr. Clarke is Dean of Men at Cornell University. Get up off your knees, everyone, this is iust an informal visit. Miss Harriet Van Vleet is the Dean of Women at Cornell, where she is giving the Co-eds quite a bit of competition. We are now drinking a toast to Miss Joyce Worth who has iust been elected the first Woman Senator. Miss Beatrice McDonald crashed Hollywood in her heliocopter and made such a forceful landing that they decided she was the catch of the year and signed her to a 30 year contract. She is now appearing in the picture The Men in My Life directed by the one and only Royce Green. i'24i