Prattsburgh Central High School - Franklinite Yearbook (Prattsburgh, NY)

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8 FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL PROPHECY OF THE SENIOR CLASS. HAROLD COOK-1918. I was a Sophomore when the Senior class of' 1916 graduated. llhey were as queer a. lot of people as I have ever met. All but one were wild acting. She was as quiet as the rest were wild. She would sit in school with her fingers in her ears, studying, while the rest giggled. How they ever got through is a mystery to me. One day, about ten years after I had graduated, I was riding along a country road when I had a blow-out. Not far from the place of my disaster was a farmhouse, and, a.s I did not have a jack in my car, I went to the house to ask for one. I heard some- one at the barn, so I went there first. Walking in, I yelled hello to the farmer. He looked up at me from his work and I recognized Arthur Paddock, who had been the president of the Senior class of 1916. His overalls were tucked into the tops of' his boots and he had a ragged straw hat on his head. I-Ie wias as surprised as I. Af'- ter wle had shaken hands, he said th!a.t he would like to have me see his wife. As we neared the house I heard ai woman singing, Just a Song at Twilight. That voice sounded iaimiliar. VVIIPH we went into the house, there was Bessie Bloomer, another mem- ber of the class of' 19164. They invited me to stay all night, and I accepted the invitation with pleasure. It was Sunday morning when I started on my way again. When I arrived at the next towln the church bells were ringing, so I decided to go to church. I walked in and sait down, not noticing the preacher. Wlhen I did finally look at him, my mouth 'dropped wide open, for there in the conventional clerical coat and white col-- lar sat IVilliam Pratt, looking as saintly a.s anyone could. He did not see me until he rose to give out the number of' the hymn. He looked at me a moment as if he could not believe his eyes. He gave out the number, and coming down from the pulpit, asked me to wait after church as he wished to visit with me. He then de- livered his sermon with that wonderful grace and elegance of language which were characteristic of' him in his scliool days, when his English teacher told him that his reading sounded like a trot- ting horse. After church w-e went over to his home and had a long visit about the old days in school. As I was getting ready to go I asked him if he knew what had become of the other three of his class. He told me tl1a.t Rnlth Ca- ward had sailed to China as a missioniasryg that Elma Cincebau had gone to Hot Springs Sanatarium as a nurse, that when How- ard LaGrange heard this he had suddenly become a confirmed in- valid and insisted on going to Hot Springs for his health. I got into my car and rode away, wondering how VVilliam Pratt had ever calmed down enough to become a minister.

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FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 7 Penelope Hornwell ..... . . .... Elma Cincebau Mary Ann Hicks ..... .... M ildred Brown Abraham Whitestone .. . ...... Walter Mahon Jonah Partridge ...... ..... H oward Campbell Josiah Barebones ..... ....... W illiam Pratt Ebenezer Doolittle .... ..... D elos Saunders Peter Paul Peterkins .... ........ H arold Cook Bud Hornwxell ........ .... H oward LaGrange Obadiah Bangs .......... ....... R ussell Kelts Melchizedek Littlejohn .... Ernest Kennedy Patrick Von Pelt ....... ...... L ester Sisson Jeremiah Hazelbaum ...... Errol Wheeler Job Jenkins ................................ John M'cManimon VVednesday and Thursday, Feb. 16 and 17, at Academy Hall for the benefit of the Athletic Association. The prize essay contest held by the W. C. T. U. for the best essay on temperance was won by Mliss Edna Andrews, Junior. This essay will be sent to Bath, wihere it will compete in the county contest of the same nature. A speaking contest was held on April 13th, in which the stu- dents of the Academy competed for prizes offered by Miss A. M. Lambert. The prizes were awarded as follows: First, sion, Ar- thur J. Paddockg second, an edition of Longfellow's Poems, Elma Cincebvarug third, Mrs. B1rowning's Poems, Ernest Kennedy. The judges were Mr. E. J. Stua.rt, Miss C. W. Howe and Mr. J. G. Mc- Connell. The teaching staff for next year is as follows: Principal, Mr. Carrol ...................... Syracuse University Preceptress, Miss Edna Kuhnert ........... Rochester University Agriculture, Mr. Van C. VVlhitmon ......,..... Cornell University Second Preceptress, Miss Jessie I. Armour ......... Springwater Music and Drawing, Miss Cookingham ........... Oberlin College Seventh and Eighth Grades .............. .... M iss Robinson Fifth and Sixth Grades .... .... M iss Horton Third and Fourth Grades .............. ..... M rs. Hibbard First and Second 'Grades ................. ..... M rs. Kennedy The first game of baseball was played on April 15 at Pratts- burgh. This game wlas won by our boys in the first inninxg, when they obtained 9 runs. Score: Prattsburgh, 33, Pulteney, 9.

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FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAI Senior Class Tor Row. Arthur Paddock, Howzlrd L21 Grange, Profbssor Todd, Willliam Pratt. Lowm: Row. Elma Cincebau, Bessie Bloomer, Ruth Cawzlrd.