Sidney High School - Reflector Yearbook (Sidney, NY)

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FRONT ROW-Charles Brooks, Robert Weir, Millard Van Valkcn- burg, Robert Gorham, George Crofoot, Raymond Winkler, Lynn Van Orsdale, Martin Blenis, Dominic Spinelli, Charles Hollenbeck, Milton VanValkenburg. SECOND ROW-Delphia Rose, Henrietta Plankenhorn, Lottie Finch, Thelma Finch, Thelma Scott, Ethel Long, Mabel Olmstead, Catherine DeMott, Florence Waters, Elizabeth Westcott, Ruth Terwilliger, Helene Barlett, Pearl Pra.t, Merle Charles, Francis Long: THIRD ROW-Hazel Howe, Virginia Dimicco, Marie Ostrander, Dorothy Baker, Ruth Morenus, Alta Palmer, Doris Hancock, Dorothy Simons, Vivian Dunshee, Margaret Youngs, Prudence Preston, Kathleen Courtney, Alma Klink, Catherine Platz, Waneta Bowermaster, Elizabeth Weeden. FOURTH ROW-Philip Dellock, Kenneth Farm lr, Woodrow Sissqn Winifred Rex, Walter Johnson, Charles Bishop, Wilson Olmstead, James O'Neil, Robert Smith, Henry Gitiord, Clarence Gifford, Chester Jewell, William Dennzfr. LAST ROW-Leona Burdick, Josephine Donaloio, Clements Col'- llalph Bresee, Stanley Burnside, Dudley Edwards, Glenn Barnhart, Ed- ward Ir-land, Charles Dann, Stanley Linder, llexford Huyck, Edna Sim- r r THE SOPHOMOR E CLASS The Sophomore Class of 19132- 193313 is a very lively organization. mons, Mildred Marr. The students of this class have been working very dilifrently and hard during the past year. Not much has been accomplished financially due to the fact that the upper classmen have the privilege of raising money since they are planninpr to go to Washington. However, we are noted for several things. Members of our class are prominent in sports, in- cluding football and basketball. The orchestra also has several Sopho- inoie members. VVQ are, moreover, very proud of the fact that we were the first class to graduate with diplomas from Junior High School into Senior High School. Since we are divided into two home-rooms. we have two Presidents, Robert Gorham and Charles Dann, two Vice-Presidents, Edna Simmons and VVoodrow Sissong and two Secretary-Treasurers, Dorothy Simons and Josephine Donaloio. It is the purpose and intention of this class to make Sidney High School proud of it next yeai when it becomes the Junior Class. cuaizrns Brooks. E261

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SOPHOMORE CLASS PRESIDENTS - - Robert Gorham, Charles Dann VICE-PRESIDENTS, Edna Simmons, Woodrow Sisson SECRETARIES, Dorothy Simons, Josephine Donaloio TREASURERS, Dorothy Simons, Josephine Donaloio ADVISER, Miss Kentneld

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LOCAL HISTORY THE EVOLUTION OF THE NAME 0 Sidney has had various names before the present one was decided upon. Ori- ginally it was part of Harpersfield and later of Franklin, but at last, in 1801, it separated and received its first name, Sus- quehanna Flats. Then later it was called Sidney Plains. Finally at the suggestion of a school master, Mandeville, the name Sidney was established in honor of Sir Sid- ney Smith, a British admiral who had checked the progress of Napoleon Bona- parte in Syria at about that time. 0 0 EARLY RESIDENTS OF THIS VICINITY The early settlers in Sidney endured many hardships, suffered many perils and showed great courage, fortitude and strength. Several interesting tales come to us from historical sources about these settlers and their families. One of the first visitors to this section was a man named Kleyuties, who explored the territory from Albany to Otsego Lake and then traveled into Pennsylvania to see if a suitable post for fur trading could be found, since the facility of the Susque- hanna river would make trading most pro- fiable and easy. This visitor was not a permanent resident but he helped pave the way for older explorers and settlers. The first actual settler in this vicinity was Rev. William Johnston who arrived here on May 10, 1772, in company with his son, Witter, who re- mained here throughout the summer, fall and winter while his father returned to prepare for the migration of this fam- ily the next spring. The place was then called the Johnston Settlement after the name of this famly although there were other settlers who came along soon after including the Sliters and McMasters. Rev. William Johnston was born in Dub- lin, Ireland, in 1713. He received a thorough education from Edinburgh Uni- versity, Scotland, which included four years in the literary department and three years in the theological department. He married a Miss Cummins, an educated English lady, who had an annual income from England of .5150 which she surren- dered at the beginning of the Revolution- ary war because of her sympathies with the colonies. Captain Hugh Johnston came also to this vicinity with his father Rev. William John- ston. He was a man who possessed some fine characteristics, including a friendly spirit, a genial temper, and a sincere love for animals. The following tale has been told by David McMaster to illustrate his kindness toward dumb animals. Hugh was working on his farm near the river one day. The hired man brought an ox team to the river, which was swollen but not high. Through awkwardness of the team- ster, the oxen fell into the water and headed for the other shore where there was a high bank. The captain, although he was about fifty or sixty years old, swam to the team, unhitched the cart and headed the oxen for the opposite shore. The Plains, lying to the west of the present vil- lage, where the original village was located. The photograph was taken in 1908 from what is now known as the Airport. Deacon Israel Smith moved from Vermont to this section in 1790 with four daugh- ters and sons. He received 640 acres