Silver Creek Central School - Hi Lites Yearbook (Silver Creek, NY)

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Personnel Custodians: F. Erdlu. J. Bifaro. H. Staehlr-. S. Swift. H. Hipwc-ll Clerks: First Row: A. Fox. M. Payne Second Row: G. Williams. M. Train Cafeteria Workers: L. Bartlett, M. Shores, E. Kcddic, Bus Drivers: J. Roof, E. Cross, C. Borzilliru, R. Nelson A. Militello Bifaro, F. Erdlc 12

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Dow-Jones Report 1944-45 1945-46 1946-47 1947-48 1948-49 1949-50 1950-51 1951-52 1952-53 1953-54 1954-55 1955-56 1956-57 14 Each of us acquired a small share in the Silver Creek School the day we first entered Miss Perault's kindergarten. During our kindergarten days we remember all the fun we had playing house and taking naps on our rugs. In first grade we recall our attempts at reading Dick and Jane books. Lynne Ellsler held her first big sleigh ride party that year, and we almost lost half our class in the snow. As second graders we enjoyed ourselves viewing the silhouette scenes in Miss Gugino's room. Jo Anne Richardson turned out to be the star of the show when she played the part of the duck. Moving upstairs in the old Babcock School, we found ourselves in third grade. Paul Barone can probably still remember how he was punished for putting tacks on the desk seats of his classmates. Ken Wlasmund, our class lover, had his first heartbreak in fourth grade when his flame moved to Buffalo. In this grade the publishing of our class newspaper was started by jon McGowan, who believed in freedom of the press and abolition of schools. During fifth grade we found ourselves faced with accuracy books and competing for citizenship awards. This was the time that Curtiss Ehmke used a whole bottle of wave set on his hair and became the sweetest smelling student in our school for the rest of the year. We all eagerly watched the construction of the new grade school progress when we were in sixth grade, and many of us spent hours trying to teach English to Bruno, a Dutch boy who was a temporary member of our class. Seventh grade brought us our first experiences of junior high school days. Our first class meetings and our first social rounded out the calendar for this year. In eighth grade we visited the Ford plant and began to see what Regents exams were like. We can still remember all the experiences that we had during our class picnics at Chestnut Ridge Park. The threat of senior initiation and other problems of High School faced us when we became Freshmen. We soon gained the reputation of being the freshest class in school, and our classmates Dick Gull and Don Priest clowned to the enjoyment of the entire school in the Latin Assembly. This year saw revolutionary campaigns in class elections and the start of our own class treasury. It was in our sophomore year that we first found ourselves taking apart everything that moved in Biology class. Our project of selling Christmas candy was very successful, even though several members of our class tried to eat up the profits before the sale was over. As juniors we found ourselves possessing a deadly combination: class rings and drivers' licenses. We remember Chemistry class where the mad scientists of our class tried to do away with the science lab! We presented our first play, which starred Celia Strek as an energetic girl football player. Our first formal dance, the junior prom, ended the calendar for the year with a romantic note. Seniors at last! This year brought the hardships of senior essays and the excitement of our New York trip. We will never forget those Model A Fords and our trip to Mayville, which saw Dave Genung and jon McGowan locked in the county jail. Our projects, the HI-LITES and HI-TIMES, our clubs, and dates, made time pass by quickly, and before we knew it the year was over. NVhen Class Night and Commencement brought an end to our High School careers, we realized that a diploma was not the only dividend we had earned during our years at Silver Creek. The experiences gained through work and fun, studies and activities, will continue to pay dividends in years to come.