Parishville Hopkinton High School - Panorama Yearbook (Parishville, NY)

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CLASS HISTORY CONTINUED As we began our sophomore year we were 18 strong. Again Room 21 was our homeroom, and this year Miss Johnson was our advisor. We were again led by David Place as President; Vice President was Merrill Brainard; Janet Miller was Secretary? Eugene Groebler. Treasurer; and Ed Snickles was our reporter. Our dues were fifty cents. Our activities were the same ex- cept for a spring dance which was our first one. New teachers that year were Mr. Taylor and Mrs. Radway. We also had a new English teacher, Mr. Corbin. The fall of 1951 found us moved to Room 22, as juniors, with Mr. Pelotte as advisor. Dues were $.75 per month that year. Janet Miller was our President; Eugene Groebler, Vice President; Audrey Aiken, Secretary; Merrill Brainard, Treasurer; and Llnnie Hotallng, Reporter. We had two dances, a Fall Frolic and a Leap Year dance. We also joined with the seniors of that year in making the Junior and Senior Prom, which was the 1952 Cinderella Ball, a success. Mrs. Cummings and Miss Nuttell were new teachers, and Miss Bumup had become Mrs0 Hanlon. Jane Prittle, from Long Island, joined our class. On September 2, 1952, our class entered its last year of high school. Our number had now dwindled to 14. This proved to be a very busy and exciting year. We entered the new building and found more space in the halls and classrooms, and a great many added facilities such as the new gymnasium, shower rooms, and later in the year a P. A. system, thus doing away with written notices. New teachers were Mrs. Duffy, Miss Boyce, Mr, Santor, Miss Reamer, Mrs. Trerise, Mr. Phalen, Mrs. Seamons, Mr. Beha, who was our homeroom teacher and did a great deal for our class as assistant advisor. Mrs. Dominick joined us in January replacing Mr. Phalen who resigned. Officers for our senior year were David Place as President, Janet Miller, Vice President, Audrey Aiken as Secretary, Jane Prittie, Treasurer and Linnie Hotaling as Reporter. Miss Bloomfield was our advisor. Dues this year were $1.00 a month. Our first activity was a magazine sale conducted in the form of a contest. This proved to be extremely successful. We also sold Christmas cards and stationery. Probably one of the most memorable of our activities was our senior play ’’The Inner Willy.” presented on December fourth in Parishville and in Hopkinton on December fifteenth. Both presentations were very successful. We felt very fortunate in having as an activity, for money-raising purposes, the sale of candy through- out the school. Another activity was the basketball p me be- tween the faculty and the varsity. We have completed plans for our class trip to New York City as this goes to press.

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Senior Class History Out of our class of fourteen, there are five students who started their first school year here in Parishville. They are Merrill Brainard, Linnie Hotaling, Sandra Mathewson, David Place and Lyndon Seaver. However, Sandra, Marrill, and Linnie are the only three in the class who began together and have remained in the same class for twelve years. Lyndon and David began earlier. Lyndon Joined this group when it was still in its early years of grade school David did not become a member of this class until September, 194-9, hen the class entered its freshman year of high school. Eugene Groebler Joined the class in the third grade and Audrey Aiken came here from Malone in the fifth grade. The other seven members of the class who entered in, or after, the seventh grade ares Lynn Clark, Janet Miller, Altha Reed, Joyce Witherell, Jane Prittie, Edward Snickles, and Joyce Howes. The following have been at one time or another, members of our class: James Bradish, Dale Brown, Arthur Burnett, William Champney, Marvin Dibble, Willard Gilbert, Edward Lucas, Lloyd Peck. Donald Planty, Gerald Reed, Edison Rich- ards, Lawrence Trimm, Mary Alguire, Lillian Bradish, Eleanor Burnett, Dorothy Conklin, Keitha Drean, Charlotte Kent, Violet Richards (who transferred to Winthrop following the ninth grade), Wenda Sabre, Barbara Thomas (transferred to Colton following the tenth grade), Jinia Votra, Joyce Wilson, James Ashlaw, Donald Brown, Guy Reed, Earl Rice, Walter Simonds, Arnold Strader (who graduated in 1952), Carl Thomp- son, Doris Holcomb, Beverly Murray, Jessie Simonds (graduated in the class of 1951), Alison Smith, Joan Votra, Marie Allen, Betty Adner, Norene Watson, Richard Peryer, Martha Stark, Lane Nimmo, and Marlene LaMay. The seventh grade is when most of the class began their school years here. We were up in Room 25, the lab in the grade building, with Mr. Schmitz as homeroom teacher. The eighth grade found us in Room 14, now the kindergarten room of the grade building. Mrs, Clark and Mr. Knapp were our homeroom teachers that year. Our graduation was with the seni- ors of 1949. Eugene Groebler was valedictorian. During our first year of high school, we occupied Room 21 as our homeroom, and as advisor we had the new Athletic Director, Mr. Cross. Miss Johnson, Miss Gillette, Mr. Knapp, Miss Bloomfield, Miss Bumup, Mr. Bliss, Mrs. Smith and Mr. Stearns were our teachers. Miss Johnson, Mr. Stearns, and Miss Bloomfield were newcomers to the faculty, the latter eoming in December, after the sudden death of Miss Williams.

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Another activity which was part of our English IV course, was the political debate just before election. The proposi- tion debated was Resolved that Eisenhower Should Become next President of the United States. Not only did this provide an opportunity for keen competition, but we received a tremen- dous amount of value from the knowledge gained through this activity. Our next activity was the senior participation in the pre- paration for the Varsity Dance which we held December 19, sponsored by grades 9-12 in an effort to aid the Athletic Association in raising funds for an electric scoreboard. The annual Varsity-Faculty basketball game was held on February 27. As a preliminary game the junior and senior girls played the women faculty who were aided by the freshman and sophomore girls. The former were victorious by a score of 23-10. In the main event-the varsity and faculty game- the large crowd saw a fine exibitlon of basketball. The var- sity were victors by a one-point margin - 55-5 « A Chinese auction was held between the two games for the benefit of the yearbook fund. The class was particularly pleased with the fine turn out at this—its last activity. THE SENIOR CLASS PRESENTS ORCHIDS TO THE FOLLOWING: To Audrey Aiken for being senior girl winner of the good citi- zenship award and for being salutatorian. To Merrill Brainard for winning the senior boy’s good citizen- ship award and for being valedictorian. To Janet Miller for winning the D. A. R. award and for being Business Manager of the yearbook. To Ray Waite for being captain of the football team. To Bill Goodrich for being captain and high scorer of the Varsity. To Sonny Forrest for being captain and high scorer of the J. V. To David Place for being Editor of the yearbook. To Judy Wright and A1 Remington for being junior winners of the good citizenship award. To Mr. Beha for being homeroom teacher and assistant advisor. To Miss Bloomfield for being a wonderful class advisor. To Mr. Pelotte for coaching football. To Mrs. Garlough for helping us with our finances To Mr. Corbin for his delivery announcements over the P. A. To Mr. Santor for conducting a Pep Band. To Mr. Knapp for running the movie projector for the library movies. To Miss Reamer,'Miss Boyce, and Mrs. Trerlse for helping with our senior play. To Ann Swift for helping us with our candy. To Grace‘Christy for being President of the St. Lawrence County F. H. A. To Linnie Hotaling for being Vice President of the St. Lawrence County F. H. A. To Joyce Witherell for her outstanding sports. To Lyndon Seaver for his outstanding award in sports. To Edith Rosenbarker and Juanita Katner for being at the top of the honor roll. To the students who went to All-State sectionals.