Roxbury Central High School - Record Yearbook (Roxbury, NY)

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READI G CL B ESSAY SO LITTLE TIME It was a cold winter day during the Second World War, on a small island in the Pacific. The Japanese soldiers had just landed on the American-held island, and they were closing in on a small American patrol which was on duty. Bill, a radio technician in the patrol, was trying to repair his radio which had been hit by a bullet and was broken, there was so little time to fix the radio. The enemy was so close that the small patrol could hear their movements. The enemy opened fire and the patrol realized that they were surrounded and knew that they could not drive the enemy offg they needed help immediately Bill, the Marine's radio man, was working frantically on the loud speaker that had been broken by the stray bullet. There were a few stray shots fired by the patrol, but it was hard for them to spot the enemy forces which had dug in. The patrol was going to make it a battle as long as they had men, ammunition, and food supplies, and they hoped that they could get the radio repaired to get in touch with their home base, so reinforcements could get them out of the trap which was closing slowly around them. Then the enemy tried to rush them but were driven back, with a few killed and wounded. This gave Bill a little more time to do the repairs. There was more than the fact that there was so little time that faced Bill. There was the fact that they all might be killed and that they might never see home again. So with these thoughts in mind, Bill worked harder than he had ever worked before. Then suddenly he heard bugles blowing and realized that by some miracle, they were going to be rescued. Later they found out that they had been trailed by a group of Marines who were sent out as an emergency patrol after the enemy had landed. The enemy was driven off, and immediately the patrol began to celebrate its good luck. They still realized that they had so little time to live, but had survived by a miracle. The worn out patrol was safely escorted back to its base. -----Marvin Rose 21

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19 1 AWARD Prize of 33.00 given by Andrew F. Lutz to the person having the highest average in Preliminary Regents 8th grade 96.5 NANCY WHITE Prize of 32.00 given by Andrew F. Lutz to the person having the second highest average in Preliminary Regents 8th grade 93.25 DIANA COLLINS D.A.R. Award of 31.25 to the student in the 8th grade having the highest mark in American History NANCY WHITE P.T.A. Prize of 32.00 given to the student in the 7th grade with the highest average JULIE IVES D.A.R. Award to outstanding girl citizen in the 7th grade PATRICIA MORSE D.A.R. Award to outstanding boy citizen in the 7th grade RICHARD KNAPP Delaware Valley Grange prize of 82.50 given to those students showing the most improvement in N-H JACQUELINE EIGHMEY Q EULA SLAUSON P.T.A. prize of 32.00 to that student having the highest average in the Science sequenee CATHERINE SHULTIS P.T.A. prize of 32.00 given to the person with the highest mark in the Latin III Regents CATHERINE SHULTIS Prize of 32.00 given by the P.T.A. to the person with the highest mark in Latin II Regents CONRAD ROSS Prize of 32.00 given by the P.T.A. to a Junior who has the highest final average in three years of Math ANNE HOPKINS Prize of 32.50 given by John Kelly to that student who has done the best work during the year in American History ANDREW ARCHIBALD Prize of 32.50 given by F. Leighton Enderlin to the student showing the most improvement in Vocational Agriculture during the year RONALD MORSE D.A.R. Award to the Senior girl who qualifies as Good Citizenship Pilgrim ANN WEBER Prize of 35.00 given each year by Arthur F. Bouton to the Senior having the highest average for the year in the Academic Department CATHERINE SHULTIS Prize of 63.00 given by Andrew Brower for the boy or girl showing the best sportsmanship during the year in all games MARVIN ROSE 35.00 Faculty Prize for greatest improvement during the year DONALD BOUTON P.T.A. Prize of 32.00 given to that person with the highest final average , in World History CONRAD R035 P.T.A. Prize of 32.00 given to the person getting the highest mark in English III Regents ANNE HOPKINS Prize of 52.50 given by Andrew F. Lutz to that person having the highest final average in Business Law for the year FRED-A CHRISTIAN Prize of 32,50 given by Andrew F. Lutz to that person having the highest final average in typing for the year JANET MINNERLY Prize of 32.00 given by the P.T.A. to the student having the highest mark in the Business Arithmetic Regents DONALD BOUTON Citizenship Award of S10 given by Mr. and Mrs. Harrison C. Morse in memory of Chauncey F. Morse CATHERINE SHULTIS Continued on page 30 22