Pearl River High School - Pirate Yearbook (Pearl River, NY)

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SOPHOMORE FIRST CLASS PRIVATES I-ront Row' Moody, Tovsen, Davidson, Berry, Roos, Rosso, Jersey, Costigan, Effenberger, Ehrhardt, Doscher, Schneider, Janicki, Fritz, Scarpulla, Haines. Second Row: Stankevich, Bocket, Gardner, Roth, Zeller, Zabel, Schoonover, Kroenung, McNulty, Walser, Massey, Hoffman, Spreen, Bodenseik, Winne. lhird Row: Doscher, Reilly, Perillo, Helmke, Hartel, Blackburn, Colligan, Nash, Van Houten, Pilgrim, Armstrong, Bongartz, Kruk McGill, McCarthy, Back Row' Hunter, Frohling, Erickson, Breda, Katenkamp, Hoermann, Oakley, Straub, Triller, Hopper, Sarvent, Guterl, Morgan, Kane. A Private'S Letter Home ISOPHOMORE HISTORYI Dear Mom, Now that we-'re coming close to becoming Corporals, I get the same feeling that I did when we became First Class Privates last September. I can remember how we strutted up and down the halls feeling quite the thing and even a little proud when we could help a bewildered Buck Private. We've been put through some pretty tough paces in Geometry, Biology, Latin ll and other subjects which make us entirely eligible, if we pass, for the rank of Corporal. On the whole we haven't done anything outstanding, Mom, but we have a swell bunch and that's what counts a lot. They do their jobs whole-heartedly and usually succeed. We are now well acquainted with our teachers and even stay after school with them for a half an hour now and then just to show our affection. Some of us have favored Mr, Lawrence by making his lab desks nice and shiny because we used our freedom of speech at the wrong time, l'm afraid, but we still like him. Members of our company have engaged in such sports as football, basketball, soccer, baseball and track and have done a pretty good job of it too. As far as war bonds and stamps are concerned, we've reached a total of around SZOO, and we intend to keep right on buying more and more until the battle for freedom is won Now all that we have between us and becoming Corporals are the final tests which will be overl come by victory-we hope! Your loving son, SOPH O. MORE 23

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JUNIOR CORPORALS Front Row: Green, Paquette, Smith, Snedecker, Paolella, Pritchard, Banthin, Wolf, Lester, Schonfeld, DeVries, Huyer, Barz, Darling, Reimann, Gray, l-ladeler. Second Row: Defoe, Wilcox, Seymour, Chambers, Bertussi, Stevenson, Tonies, Naugle, Vergin, Simpson, Dillon, Moroniello, Brattori, Grimm, Gage, Ackerman, Anderson. Third Row: Lauer, Andonian, Locke, Reynolds, Burneister, Cox, Johnson, Hyslip, Heil, Rowan, Patterson, Rhodes, Doscher, Johnson, Bonomolo, Top Row' Hundertund, Morgan, Bremer, Farington, Gabel, Bigi, Stemmermann, Hillje, Stark, Noyes, Assur, Heidgard, Littles, Mariea, Zaidan. A Corporal's Diary JUNIOR HISTORY June 23, l942 Dear Diary, lt has been a hot and hard day and I'm all worn out however, lm as happy as a Buck Private on his first furlough and I can't help but feel proud as I look back over this past year. The class activities started right in and we began by electing Betty Greene and Bill Littles as G. O. representatives, After weeks of discussion, we finally elected Bill Littles as our class president, Eleanor Schonfeld as secretary, and Robert Heidgerd as treasurer. When Mary left school, Russel Hyslip was elected to succeed her. Oh me, midyear exams, they were enough to scare anyone out of his skin. Well, we knew we had to go through them anyway, but they always left us in a dither. When we came back from our Christmas vacation, we found that our dear adviser, Mr. Raymond Godfrey had left us for government service. Naturally, we didn't forget him and we didn't want him to forget us--so we sent him four beautiful but educational books. Soon we got started on our prom, but having no money, we started to earn some. We sponsored the exciting picture Heroes of the Alamo . This straightened us out financially and we were able to pay back our debt to the G.O. Then our company of Corporals decided that Friday dances and Thursday cake sales would help. Our good judgement increased our finances and we began to plan our prom. Jackie Bratton handled the publicity with Bill Rowan as the head of the decorations. The Pan-American theme in our decorations and made a very favorable impression on all those who attended. The prom was a success and ended our year's activities. Well, dear diary, I guess that's all for tonight so l'll leave you now till reveille. Good-night JUNIOR 22

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FRESHMAN BUCK PRIVATES Front Row: Winters, Walker, Zimmerman, Speechley, Simpson, Yeoman, Woods, Wolf, Ric-kle, Herrmann, Rambach, Lindley, Buller, Helmke, Boggs. Second Row: Lovatt, Zabel, Warner, Woods, Ogden, Lakeston, Patterson, Ritchings, Hadeler, Steinman, Thiery, Bongartz, Smellagar, Lester, Reilly, Johnson, Hadeler, Lemke. lhird Row: Jacobsen, Rui, Paolella, Olivo, Budd, Wright, Behrens, Marsh, Dean, Eberling, Erwine, Doscher, Allison, Emmanuelli, Roske, Higinson. Fourth Row: Park, Linderman, Kolka, Lester, Rust, Barz, Harrison, Davis, Carl, Judge, Payes, Pitts. I-itth Row: Riley, Wittchens, Morgan, Seymour, Yuda, Cobb, Stark, Holstein, Smellegar, Weischaar, Eybers, Jewell, Knapp, Dobin, Johns, Kohler, Kreutzer, Grant. lop Row: Cornish, Yarmesch, Tierney, Sanche, Sanford, Wilcot, Bongartz, Schlemmer, Stemmermann, Bowman, Clark, Helmke, Glatstein, Griffith, Gage, Frederick, Smith. Guard House Notes lFRESl-IMAN HISTORYJ UR class of ll2 Buck Privates upon entering the 9th Division of Pirate Camp began the year by choosing our capable officers under the super- vision of our barrack leaders Miss Dorothy Truesdell, Miss Augusta Shuman and Mr. Hubert Wilkens. Although almost always busy in the guard house or drilling, many of us found time to join organizations for which Buck Privates are eligible, such as the Dramatics Club and the Traffic Squad. For sports many participated in football, field hockey, soccer, basketball, archery, baseball, and bowling Quite a number took part in the Operetta and Ruth Woods played one of the leading parts, Buttercup. The Buck Private General Organization members were Dorothy Park and Frances Zabel. Mr. Wilken's Barracks sponsored an afternoon dance which was the only social event of the year. Although most of us have enjoyed being Buck Privates we all look for- ward to the time when we shall become First Class Privates and future offi- cers in other ranks. '24