Painted Post High School - Poster Yearbook (Painted Post, NY)

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CUNNIINGHAM IANI I CUNNINGHAIVI IVIARILHN DURKIN D LORr S EDWARDS WILMA EMI-IISER MARGARET FORD VIRGINIA GAUSS RICHARD I-IAII KENNETH IV' HAMMOND BETI H HARRIS BITTY IEAN I-IEDGES PHX LLIS HOSTRANDLR BEVFRLH IENKS CY NI HIA KING LOIS MAYER GEORGE MORSE CAROL MORSE PHX LLIS PARSONS ALAN PAYNE MARIORIE A v rf - I A , IVI. 2 ' 3 ., ' C.

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CLASS HISTORY CLASS OF 45 The story of th1s years Sentor Class beg ns way back V1 the dtm oast We were much the same group we are today when we entered lunror Hrgn School Way back rn 1939 A D So why shouldnt the saga of tfns carefree never to be forgotten group have tts begmmng back rn those ancrent trmes lm askrng you why shouldnt rt? You may say ttat no other class hrstory began wrth the seventh grade but the class of 45 has done so d many thvngs that were never done before that thrs lrttle ttem wrll be aurte l'IOfOt,lQt'1lY drsregarded by the crrtrcs of Parnted Post l-lrgh School Yes rt was wrth great Joy that we trudged up the tmrd fhght of starrs rn that ancrent but venerable rnstrtutron Parnted Post Grarrrnar School for the frrst trme tn our ltves durtng the fall of l939 lt was tust after the Thrrd Rerch had ruthlessly overrun Poland but our happy go lucky were aurte unaware of 1t all Lrttle drd we dream that the war wh n started on the frrst day of September l939 almost to the day comctdrng wrth our advent rnto brg trme educatlon would sttll be raglng on the day of our gradua tron and would affect drrectly or mdtrectly but always au te forcefully every srngle member of our class Rrnk Thomas was elected the frrst presrdent of the class of 45 when rn the seventh grade Phyl Lewrs Rrnks flame at the trme was chosen as vrce presrdent We were off' lrrn Wurth wolf extraordrnary of the class of 45 was handed the presrdents robes ln the erghth grade and Mary Lou Thompson was elected vtce presrdent Rrnk and Tl our two Iumor Hrgh School presrdents Jorned the Umtea States Navy together rn the summer of l944 although they were not able to graduate wrth the class both wrll long be remembered as probably the two most outstandrng members of our group Mrs Mae I-loelzer Mrs Mary Shoemaker Mrs Helen Whrtlock and Mr leo Harrrson were the patrent and long suffermg teachers who gurded our steps as we romped through lunror l-lrgh School Furthermore 1t 1S only had the good fortune to work under her on her long and hrghly regarded record as a member of the Iumor Htgh faculty Every member of the class of 45 a group whrch loved her one and all smcerely hopes that she w1ll meet wrth great success rn her future plans Were 1t posstble that the leavtng of the class of 45 was done wrth as much regret on the part of the PPI-lS faculty as IS the departure of Mrs l-loelzer the class of 45 would probably stay on a few more years We entered Hrgh School w1th that undemable rarrn to go and up an at em attttude St1ng1ng Mrss Eleanor Venus Hogue for the class advrsor shrp we elected under her capable drrectron the followrng Off1C9fS for the Freshman class of 1941 through 1942 Mr and Mrs Francrs Brown presrdent and vrce presrdent respectrvely tat the ttme they were Francrs Brown and Phyl Hedges but thmk nuthrn of rtl Don Rrnk Thomas secretary and 'Beverly Hostrander treasurer Ah yes we staged the tradrtronal gooa weather hrke wrth that ever present always mvrted Kenneth Clrcauennor provrdtng the ever present never rnvrted wtsecracks A skatmg party and shrndrg rn the weatherbeaten gymnasrum of PPHS also added to our fun whrle the laps were see-mg to rt that we would graduate wfule the Umted States was at war lt was rn December l94l at a ttm when we as com placent lrttle Freshmen were wandermg armlessly around the corrrdors of Parnted Post I-lrgh School that the laps attacked Pearl Harbor lt was durmg our Sophomore year that the class of 45 lost tts hrs' member to the armed forces Marv BeGell elected presrdent of the las for the Sophomore year left the old home town rn the sprrng for servtce wrth Uncle Sams Navy Marr has been mrssed greatly smce hrs deoartur from our ranks The other offrcers elected rn the fall of 42 were Altce Reea vrce oresrdent DeSales Apenowrch secretary and Lots Krng treasurer Mrs lean Damels gtrls gym rnstructor and at that trme Mrss Eldle was selected as class advtsor for thrs turbulent oerrod rn our hrstory I say turbulent because a most rnterestrng hay rrde C75 was emoyed by our class tn thrs perrod tAnd how whoopee woo woo sweet memorresl plus a slrgnt party rn the same dtlaprdated gym that put up wrth us as Freshmen Cf class i' 1' I - ' ' ' 1 . 1, ' ' A I A A A . 1 1 f . , W . . V , , , , , T. Y T , . . T , . , . ' ' . A ' . . fC' ' ' ' ' a Ir It I n 1 A I - - - I 1. fitting here to congratulate Mrs. Hoelzer, long a favorite of those who have - 1 A I 1 ll w I! A ' ' Q . . . , W , v ' L I ' 4 QL . ' , c. s Q . 1 r ' ' . ' T e . . . - x,,, A ..