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

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STAFF E ditor-in-C lzief--LAWRENCE COTTER Associate E ditor-EVELYN WILEY Business M imager-ROBERT ROCKEFELLER A ssistant M 471dg67'1JAM ES M ELLEY A dfvertisirig Af0Hdg67-RUT H COLE A ssistant A dfvertising M amz ger-C HARLES COLE Photography Editors MARGARET PESDITSCH EDWARD BURNS EVELYN SCHRADER Art Editors DORIS ANsPAcH MARGARET VEACH Feature Editors PHYLLIS COOKINGHAM VIVIAN WOLCOTT Typists AUGUsTA PERZ DOROTHY TEATOR JACQUELINE A,BRIAL I-IOYT DONERLY MARGAR.ET PESDITSCH

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FGREWORD For the past several years, it has been the custom of each succeeding 'Senior class to entitle its yearbook, Hardscrabble. It seems a more distinctive heading than Senior Salute or Sen- ior Symphonyf' However, there has been 'much contention among many of Hardscrablble's readers as to innuendoes behind this inscription. I assure you, there are none intended. In Smith's History of Dutchess County, we are told: What is now Upper Red Hook was known as Red Hook until General Van Ness, the postmaster, transferred his residence to 'Hardscrafbble' which has become Red Hook's post ofiicef' It is also interesting to note that the homestead of General Van Ness, Mainland, is the site upon which the school is now situated. Hardscrabble later was changed to Red Hook but no source -has -been found to establish the origin of the name. The fact re- mains, however, that our town was once known as Hardscrabble. I have heard many unconfirmed legends about the origin of the name, as for example, the old peddler who came through Hardscrabble 'but traveled on to Red Hook f now Upper Red Hookj lbecause, as he said, it was hard scrabblingv here. Other villagers can recall hearing their parents or grand- parents mention that they were going to 'Hardscra-bble. So, I hope 'I have somewhat cleared the clouds from the mys- tery of Hardscrabble. VVe think it is a good title for the year- book, one of historical note and interest and belonging traditionally only to Red Hook. How about you? PHYLLIS Cooxmoi-IAM.

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JACQUELINF M. A,BRIAI. .l.1r'fl'f6,' Knitting Club 4. Second thoughts are ever wiser. DORIS fXNsPAcH nlJ0v! Blotter I, 2, 3, 4g Assistant lftlitor-in-Chief of News Staff 3g Camera Club l, 3g Knitting Club 3. 4g Cheerleader 4g Publicity Nlanager of Sen- ior Play 4. Time as hc grows old teaches many lessons. HEI,EN BROWN Bobbie Glee Club I, 2, 3, 43 Charm Club 4. Laugh and the world laughs with you. l lDVVARD BL'RNs l:'f!fXizf .-Xssistant Basketball Manager zg Stage Manager 2, 3, 43 Cheerleader jg Glee Club 35 Class President 33 Special Teain ZQ Band 4. l'arietj s the verux spice ef life. C1mRi.i2s Colm ' K C.'olfy F. F. .-X. I, 2, 3, 42 Slutlent Council 3, 45 Honor Society 45 Basketball 41 Baseball 4. Good wits ninpf,