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

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14 FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL A SOPHOMORE PARTY. MARY WURTH-1918. Last year our Sophomore class was organized and We decided to have a party eaeh month. I invited the cllasss to my home for the first party. It Was a lovely evening in the fall. At seven o'oloek, While Waiting for the members of my class to arrive, I heard a knock at the door. I opened the dolor and there stood one of the Sophomores. I said, f'HoWf do you do? Come in, but he said, No, it Will be im- possible for me to come this evening, but here is the salad which I was :asked to furnish. And he handed me a dish all done up very nicely. To satisfy the curiosity of my dear readers I will disclose the fact that Mr. G+'s pressing engagement was with the Senior class. I carried the dish to the kitchen and unwrapped it. I was thinking what a queer-looking salad it was when the door bell rang, and so I didn't give another thought to the salad. Soon they had all arrived and We had mal line time playing games until lunch time. Not many of us partook of the queer-look- ing salad. but those Who did, didn't feel very wiell for the rest of the evening. We found later that the salad had been stulfed with pepper. Soon the fun and excitement began. Some of the Seniors and Juniors had gathered at a neighboring house and they were soon busy trying to open doors and putting cards on tl1e windows. We held our own very Well though, and more than one daring besieger had a good bath from the Water which We poured from the Win- dows. This fun kept up until nearly eleven o'elock. The Sophomores decided that it was time to go, assuring me that they had enjoyed themselves immensely, in spite of various interruptions. VVe declared that the person who brought the dish of doped I ' salad must come after his dish if he Wanted it. But it is still at our house today. VVe congratulate the courageous Mr. Gt. OF SOME USE-'tGentlemen, remarked tl1e professor, the general function of the heads of several learned members of this class is to keep their neekties from slipping off. Some people speak as they think, while others speak oftener.

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FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 13 THE MARSHMALLOW ROAST. ELMA CINCEBAU-1916. , Who-Four Juniors and one lonely Senior. When-June, 1915. Where-Anywhere between Chapel Street and Mr. J. Dear- 1ove's meadow. W hy-A marshmallow roast in wihich we endeavor to show the Sophs and Freshmen that we are little affected by their slight. The way was dark. We had no guide but a much enduring little fiash-light, and the yells of tl1e infant Sophs as they sported and frisked around their fire. Being burdened by iifty cents worth of marshmallowls it was a little difficult to travel along the rough and thorny way. The weighty UD members of the little party puffed along behind, the while groaning against fate wlhioh made them fat. A barbed-wire fence offered a slight resistance to our progress by clinging lovingly to our clothes. Immediately beyond the fence, a veritable precipice fell away at our feet. We were gazing in anguish at each other, when one of our party looked wise, and, dropping to the ground, rolled down the embankment, land- ing with a thud at the bottom. The rest of us did not take to this suggestion as we knew not what lay beneath us, but toiled patiently down the hill. We at last reached a creek bed, which, on account of the warm weather, w1ass partly dried up. Here we built our fire. After some trouble, such as falling over hidden fences and losing our matches, we were ready to begin our feast. After eating all we could pos- sibly hold, we put out our fire and feeling rather ill, we toiled up the hill, giving our class yells as often .aus the Sophs, who had been 11ear us, stopped for breath. Afvoiding the barbed wire fence by going a long way 'round, we finally reached home, vowing as we left each other, Ma.rshma.llows? Never -aaga.in! IN 2016- Wl1o is that haughty and aristocratic dame? Ssh! A real personage. Regent of the Descendants of the Ford Peace Party.

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FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Sophomore Class Toi- Row Qlieft to Riglitj. lleginnltl TIIOIIIZIS, liulmy Smith, Clara Prosser, Sarah Polnmnteer, Mary Prosser, Mabel Cawnrcl, Bessie Early, Dorothy Walker, Ilnttie Wrnig,l1t. Marion Clan IIIIIIIDLIC Row. Mildresl Brown, Olive Benedict, Bernice Stiekney, Isabelle Peterson, Isabelle Cawurrl, ltlurgmet Brown, Grace Borden, Helen Blood, Rowena Smith, Dorothy Sturclevnnt BoT'roM Row. Lester Sisson, Harold Cook, DeWitt Stiekney, Ernest Kennedy, Walter Mahon.