Ravena Coeymans Selkirk High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Ravena, NY)

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The pea-green frosh start off with a bang .... 53 members .... an ambitious class, too .... all participated in first real clean-up of study hall ..,. Red Cross party didn't net much money but showed 100fQ, fun profit ,... class seems to favor an elaborate year- book with true freshman initiative to senior trip under present war conditions .... George Fiescher, a veritable Franklin Delano with a third term .... assisted by quiet vice-presi- dent, Mert Travis .... prefers squirt guns to Hshing .... Bruzzy Hummer is supposed to handle the money, but does quite well with the girls, too ,... climatic occasion ..,. Lefs Make Up started Spoor, Klenk, Micklisin, lfiescher well on way to stardom ,... Rose Mary Mulligan and Bruz Hummer May Dance attendants .... it's been a pleasant year with Miss Bergen and her sparkling wit ..,. we hate to see you go .... best of luck always. Eighth grade boasts real class manager .... Eileen Tinkle .... those artistic master- pieces on the board .,.. creative work of Harry Ribley and Ernest Christian .... boys and girls have gone all out for gym club ..,. what excitement over decorations Christ- mas time .... eighth grade room voted best .... the thought of coming year has one dark cloud .... Miss Tyler, who has been grand to us, is leaving .... thank you, good luck, and we hope you'll remember us here at R. H. S. FRESHMAN CLASS EIGHTH GRADE Twenty-seven . -inwW.,:mhf

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JUNIOR CLASS SOPHOMORE CLASS Noisest class in school? .... Chris takes over reins after Ray leaves for working world . . . . junior candy sales net fine profit . . . . scare over discontinuance of candy sale short-lived ,... body temperatures reached new heights when proposal was made to cut out Washington trip .... that delicate HZS aroma floating thru the halls .... sugar rationing .... gas rationing .... little time for Coronation Ball practice .... mad rushing, raving teachers, exhausted t'kids but decorations are put up in record breaking time for attendants Frayer, Diacetis, Townsend, Zolner, O'Brien and Audrey Fiescher .... Mrs. Holliday pinch-hitting for Mr. White who enlisted in the air corps .... class meeting? room 1 vs. room 2 .... Powell can't find the minutes .... Karrkie lost receipt books . . . . Chris relaxing while Zolner conducts meetings. Carhart, Karrk, and Carkner take over the class reins as president, vice president and secretary, respectively, with Shirley Travis collecting the folding money ..... A dvisors Clinton and Hopke throw in sage bits of advice .... dances, teas, cafeterias and bake sales add to the general confusion .... works ambitious Ed into a dither .... Joey Whipple and Dick Cole, the sophomore contribution to the May Dance ..., waitresses Whipple, Halsted, Shader, Carkner and waiters O'Sullivan, Dalton Makely and Finke point toward Strawberry Shindig. Twenty-.fix

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One of largest classes .... S2 members .... Yosburgh, liaker, Yan liampen and Lounsbury hold leading positions of president, vice president, secretary and treasurer respectively .... Dopp, Lounsbury, and Yosburg make outstanding math drawings .... Osterhoudt faithful errand and otitice boy lor Mr. Deisseroth ,.,. Shakespearian booklets made by Dopp and Van Alstyne .... class worked like bees during magazine drive , , . won radio .... all this made possible by the helping hand of Miss Edna M. Dennis. The sixth grade goes patriotie .... expensive boxes containing food, clothing, and gifts sent to U. S. Army boys .... books go to Infantile Paralysis home .... money to Red Cross .... funds gathered in house-to-house canvass for waste paper .... Old Glory purchased to brighten up Miss Cole's home room .... all these were sponsored by newly organized Victory Club, headed by president Jimmy Farnelli and helped along by vice president, joan Sharpe and secretary, Eva Hamlin .... Miss Cole supervising the tinancial end of the club .... the sixth grade gets Wanderlust,' falter work was completed, of coursej .... get a behind-the-scene view of the News-Herald printing ollice . . . . then journeyed to Albany, glimpsing museums and the State Education Building .... their work of art, a true-to-scale, papier-maehe masterpiece of South America in technicolor . . . . complete with regional products. SEVENTH GRADE SIXTH GRADE Twenty-eight