Red Hook High School - Hardscrabble Yearbook (Red Hook, NY)

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ECI-IOES OF THE PAST Throughout our school years each one of us has had some particular event or experience that has clung with us despite time's passing. Most of all, it is the little things that count in life and, particularly, all of our mem- ories are little things but at the time they seemed the most important in the world. Herewith, we humbly submit our entries of life's biggest moments. Jacqueline A'Brial-'iMy liking for Commercial. Doris Anspach- Boys and things to that effect. Helen Brown- I recall so well the days when Mr. Schoenborn slammed the book down in front of my nose in Biology classf' Edward Burns- I didn't set off any dynamite or TNT, BUT--I did light a few firecrackersf' Charles Cole- Seventh grade . . . Coonie, Pete and I were throwing snow- balls over the roof of the Lutheran Chapel and one hit Mrs. Forbes on the head. . . Wow! Ruth Cole- The good times in History Class with Mr. O'Hora, and the fun we had with Mrs. Lelfevre rehearsing for Senior Play. Phyllis Cookingham- Bathing the doll in Home Economics class . . . Get- ting lost on Main Street in Poughkeepsie during a Home Ec. trip. Lawrence Cotter-- Adventures back-stage with Eddie during assemblies. Hoyt Donerly- That sleep I took in Rep. I classf' Ruth Gritmon- My trip from Home Ec. Class to Detention. Lawrence Holt- Interests in the lower grades. Eugene Losee- The leg I broke in a soccer game. Rachel Mead-4'Memories of the work we didn't do in History B. James Melley- I broke the step at the Lutheran Chapel at dismissal . . . eighth grade. Donald Nelson- The time I sang in assembly . . . initiation. Augusta Perz- All the fights we used to have at the Hoffman Inn. Margaret Pesditsch- The time I came home at three o'clock in the morn- ing to find my mother waiting for me. Anna May Redder- The time I almost fainted in Social Studies Class over a rumored French test. The day I asked Mr. Schoenborn if he was Mr. Gunschf' Robert Rockefeller- The Sophomore quiz when Jimmy C Melleyj ran out on us and I had to take the rap. V Evelyn Schrader- The nights of rehearsing for the operettas . . . especially 'Patience'. Warren Shaw- I rememlber the time we were going to school. at the Chapel and Ralph DuBois and I were sent to -the office up at the I-Iolfman Inn. We never reached the office but-We did go swimming. Dorothy Teator- Playing 'footie-footie' with a certain boy in the 8th grade proved to -be embarrassing. Patricia Thorley- Days of my basketball prowess, here and in Yonkers.

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CHARLO'r'1'E YVAL'1'ER ally Glee Club ZQ Library 2, 33 Knitting 4. Patience is the best remedy for every trouble. E,VELYN XVILEY Illifkex ' Library Club 2, 32 Softball 2g Patience 33 Hansel and Gretel 33 Class Secretary 33 Cheerleader 3, 43 Senior Play 43 Charm Club 43 Class President 43 Honor Society 4. Let thv Speech be better than silence or bc silent. VIVIAN VVOLCOTT Cf 97 Vw Library Club I, 2, 33 Charm Club 3, 4g National Honor Society 43 Senior Play 43 Class Treasurer 4g Senior Annual 4. The mildcst manner and the gentlest heartfy Absent when pictures were taken: DONALD NELSON CKDOUD F.r..X.1,z,3,4. --ma ima new won fair ndyfi OFFICERS 194201943 I're5idefz! - - E,VEIjYN W'ILEY Vive-1're.viflef1f - EUGENE LOSEE Sevrelary - - lQACHEL IVIEAD Trarzsmer - - VIVIAN VVOLCOTT Rep1'e5emzi1'a4f l2UTH COLE, CHARLES COLE ,llflcisor - - MRS. CHAAIPLIN I,IlI6LZil'fO7'ill7! PHYLLIS COOKJNGHAM Salumtorimz - EVELYN XVILEY

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SENIOR WILL We, the class of 1943, of Red Hook Central School, Village of Red Hook, County of Dutchess, State of New York, being of sound mind and memory do hereby make, publish and declare this to be our last Will and Testament, in manner and form following, hereby revoking any will or wills heretofore made by us. First: We request that all our debts and good times expenses -be paid satisfactorily as soon as conveniently may be after our departure. Second: To the Class of '44, we hereby bequeath all our brilliance and renown in scho- lastic and social activities, room 2043 all the responsibilities of senior class, and best wishes for the coming year. Third: In addition to the above we should like to make the following specific bequests: Rachel Mead bequeaths her slender figure to Ethel Thompkins . . . Bob Vistica leaves his quiet and calmness to Jimmie Hicks . . . Evelyn Schrader leaves her talent in singing to Audrey Amith . . . Margaret Pesditsch wills her musical talent fthe pianoj to Joyce Battenfeld, that violin wizard . . . Dorothy Teator leaves her shortness to Jane Hard . . . Doc Cotter bequeaths his ogling ability to Frank Brehmer . . . Charlotte Walters leaves her good nature to Marie Boice . . . Ed Burns wills a portion of his humor to Raymond Troscianiec- . . . James Christopher Daniel Melley grudgingly leaves his interest in Rachel Mead to Bill Stevenson . . . Bob i Rockefeller leaves his height to 'Gordon Denegar . . . Bill Holt wills his feminine appeal to William Dykeman . . . Phyllis Cookingham bequeaths her writing abilities to Bob Schrader . . . Ruth Gritmon leaves her liking for nursing to Velma Phillips . . . Jacqueline A'Brial gives her interest in bus drivers to Jane Dixon . . . Don Nelson, in col- laboration with Losee, wills his tires to Robert Pavitt . . . Eugene Losee leaves his car to Robert Pavitt . . . Evelyn Wiley bequeaths her talent in dramatics to Margaret Gallagher . . . Warren Shaw leaves his ability to argue to Kenneth Teator . . . Charles Cole gives his ability to get into the Navy to Jimmy Hicks . . . Ruth Cole leaves her ability to get around Bard College to Char- lotte Becker' and Betty Martin . . . Doris Anspach bequeaths her natural curly hair to Anna- belle Feller . . . Patricia Thorley leaves her athletic' a-bility to Josephine Tator . . . Margaret Veach bequeaths a few pounds to Barbara Godfrey . . . Helen Brown leaves her ability to make up work to the Feller Twins . . . Lil Wagner bequeaths her quietness to Bill,' Cole . . . Gussie Perz leaves her interest in Commercial subjects to Margaret Fallon . . . Vivian Wolcott wills her pleasant speaking voice to Shirley Rhodes . . . Hoyt Donerly wills his tardiness to History Class to Marj :rie Dixon . . . Anna May Redder wills her interest in Latin to Pat Teator. We do hereby make, constitute, and appoint Mrs. Fields to be the executor of this our last Will and Testament. In Witness Thereof, We, the Class of 1943, the Testators above named, have hereunto subscribed our name and affixed our seal, the twenty-first day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand, nine hundred and forty-three. CLASS OF 1943.