Owego Free Academy - Tom Tom Yearbook (Owego, NY)

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SOPHOMORE GIRLS Ifirsl row. left lo righl: Fern Saddlemyre, Myrtle Rosengrant, Wanda Hartman, Virginia Bennett, Betty Hawkins Daisy Abbey, Louise Niehols, Onalee Graves, ,Ioyee Harvey, Regina Burns, Dorothy Roe, Nancy Hethering- ton, Betty Wfoodburn, Mzrritrn Catlin. ..S'emn1lrow: Eleanor Kinney, Geraldine Murphy, Wilma Van Buskirk, Ruth Whitney, Naomi Weagrail, Mary Colburn, Phyllis Davis, Theresa Fahl, Charlotte Jacobs, june Wood, Marilyn Cain, Naney Quinn, Mary Williams, jean Miller. Third roze: Irene Bureh, Joyce Sibley, Eloise Simons, Arlene Ayers, Elnora Kinney, Jean Morse, ,Ioan linna Virginia Doyle, Beatriee Patton, Beatrice Stocks, Margaret Field, Betty Wood, Madalyn Creighton, Lillian Bensley, Dorothy jones. Fourlh row: Elizabeth Groome, Gloria Thomas, Betty Fry, Jean Hooker, Margaret Lenox, Luey Robinson, lrene Hollenbeek, Dora Hall, Eleanor 'l'aylor, Barbara VVhitney, Viola Witter, Lorraine Campbell, Elli Kriszat, Barbara Wood, Natalie Hill. Fiullh mae: Mary J. Madden, Barbara Grey, Marian Aldrieh, Shirley Yaple, Blanch Vrooman, Margaret Wallaee, Barbara Williams, Dorothy Elower, Janeth Hiekein, Beverly Bendle, Evelyn Franks, Jane Fitzinartin, Betty Widmayre, Shirley Rouse, Caroline Panetti. SUPHONIORF. BOYS Ifirsl row. lef! lo riehl: Fritz Rudin, Claude Relyea, Wendall Bill, Donald Gowen, Gerald Murphy, Richard Hiley, Clyde Barnes, Robert Presher, Paul Steele, Donald Biklor, Russell Berkeley, Dean Wakefield, Walter Sllaugh- nessy. Sefanfl rote: Robert Travis, Harold Snyder, Donald Williams, Lewis Fraser, Herbert Lange, Robert lennant, James Ford, John Forbes, William Westover, Le Roy Kemp, Sehuyler Bill, Raymond Hiekey, Franeis Scott. Third row: James Wood, Gordon Watkins, George Mead, Kenneth Whitmarsh, Paul Wagner, Arthur Hollenberk, John Litzelman, Robert Mead, Herman Hunsinger, Richard Strope, Bernard Holden, Steve Kravie. Fourth rose: Edward Burdick, Charles Griggs, Clair Brainard, Erwin Ehrhardt, james Sehmitt. Fiflh row: Jeane l'lellmers, Seott Smith, Bernard l.oft11s, Harold Bennett, Edwin Loekwood, John Johnson, Harold Halstead, George Hartriek, Lawrenee Jordan, Frank Smith, Sheldon Lounsbury, Clarenee Blower, Bert Smith, Raymond White. 25 v

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THE SOPHOMORE CLASS :LAST june most of us passed our Freshman exams and were elated with the idea of being Sophomores in the fall. The summer passed and September came sooner than was expected. We all came back with many new ideas. Most of our new pupils came from 'Tioga Center. An assembly was held for them and they were welcomed by everyone. In class meeting we elected the following officers: Scott Smith, President, Bernard Loftus, Vice- President, Betty Woodburn, Secretary, and Margaret Wallace, Treasurer. Our Student Council Repre- sentatives were Beverly Bendle and Robert Travis, and Class Advisers, Coach Hubbard and Miss Hamil- ton. With such a list of fine officers and advisers the class was off to a good start. In the Held of sports we were well represented by our boys. We had Ed. Lockwood, Scott Smith, jimmy Schmitt, Bernard Loftus, and many others. Well do we remember the game so long awaited with Vestal. It was the most exciting game ever attended. Near the end of the time the score kept getting closer and closer. Coach put Ed. Lockwood in and he played splendidly, making a couple of baskets. We know he had a great deal to do with our winning. Our boys did so well last year that we warn all the teams that play the school next year, Beware of next year's Juniors! The girls did well in sports, too. They played the other classes and won or lost in a fine sporting manner. Their fine playing was due to Miss Cunningham's splendid supervision. At the games the cheerleaders were a valuable asset. Two of the leaders were from the Sophomore Class, Betty Woodburn and Bob Travis. Several members of the class were prominent in the music department. Some were in band, choir and a few in the orchestra. Talent was shown by many in that field. Eleanor Taylor was the leader of the drum majorettes. She was good and we were very proud of her. Theresa Fahl wrote some cute jingles this term for the 'STimes.,' She gave some broad hints to many of us. There were many others who belonged to the Journalism Club. Our daily assistance in work for the paper helped make the school news interesting. Very good work was done by our class for the yearbook. lVIany were on the Tom Tomi' staff. The majority of these pupils were assigned to the advertising section. It kept us stepping to get everything done on time for the printer. WVe also had some ever faithfuls in our class. These were people who went with girls or boys from their class or with pupils from the other classes. The only teacher we all had was our English teacher, Mrs. Blanchard. Next year we'll miss her oral book reports and diagrams. We all had a very interesting year. Many had very high marks and if this continues it will be difficult to pick our valedictorian. Next year we are going to have more fun with the Prom and other dances and social gatherings. This last year was a most successful and happy one for all of us. May the incoming Freshman Class enjoy the same good teachers and fine times that were had by the Class of 45. NANCY QUINN OFFICERS First row, left lo right: Beverly Bendle, Student Council Representative, Scott Smith, Presi- dent, Bernard Loftus, Vice-Presidentg Mar- garet W'allace, Treasurer. Second row: Robert Travis, Student Council Representativeg Miss Hamilton, Adviser, Betty Woodburn, Secretary. 24

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THE FRE HMA CLASS ELL, here we are. As you gaze at the pictures on the opposite page, you see one of the best, the most intelligent and the most progressive Freshman Classes in the history of the Owego Free Academy. We may not look it, but you know it's the brains that count. Last September when we entered the school, we were skeered of them thar furriners, the Seniors. They were kind to us and for the first time in a number of years we were not initiated. Some of us had some difliculty getting around, at first, for we were unfamiliar with the school. When we were supposed to be walking into the Biology Lab. we walked brazenly into the Chemistry Lab. Now, however, we are so familiar with the building we could walk it in the clark. We showed our super wisdom when we held our first class meeting at which we elected Harold Arnold, President, Louis Bradley, Vice-President, Jennie Lou Ziemer, Secretary, Mary Ellen Donnelly, Treasurer: and Miss Sandford and Mr. Peabody as our class advisers. ' The Freshman girls organized a basketball team which played after school many nights against the Sophomores. Our boys didn't have so much to do in regard to basketball because they had too much competition from the older boys. Many, however, were on the football squad in the fall. The Freshman Class was well represented in the choir, and if they keep on they will be ahead of the high and mighty Seniors. There were many girls such as: Patricia hlallory, Eleanor Brown, Laura Foster, and Lucille Hoskins who were drum majorettes. They were so good they were asked to take part in the haughty Junior Floor Show held this spring. We did our best to make a good impression on the teachers. Even Mr. Hetherington will have to admit we did our best and Miss Sandford knows we know so much about short stories, dramas, and lyric poetry that we could probably teach a class ourselves. For something diH'erent we gathered together our nickels and dimes and gave the school a surprise by showing the Film, The Lady of the Lake. You see we didn't want to be the only ones not to do something for our school. We had a number of super intelligent students who were on the high honor roll all year. Most of us, however, were on honor roll, which is another feather in our cap. Well, now it is about time to close for, you see on account of the war, we are not supposed to use too much paper. However, next year be sure to look at the Sophomore picture in the Tom Tom and see how much we have improved in looks and read underneath how much more we have gained in intelli- gence. MARY ELLEN DONNELLY OFFICERS First row, left to righl: Francis Arnold, Student Council Representative, Lewis Bradley, Vice- Presidentg Harold Arnold, President, Mary Ellen Donnelly, Treasurer. Second row: Mr. Peabody and Miss Sandford, Advisers. 26