St Johnsville High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (St Johnsville, NY)

Text from Pages 1 - 34 of the 1945 volume:

K .Q rf L , ,wt W , Y , 7Y -7 DEDICATION With deep respect and gratefulness, We, the Purple and Gold statt, dedicate this yearbook to Mrs. Alma Richards, Whose skillful direc- tion of the Class of 1945 and Whose Wide- spread activity in all school atlairs will be greatly missed with her departure in June. T 1 4l..J T i 5 4 L WALTER DAVIS, JR. What hzs upheld you on your way? What has supported you when faint? On what have you for strength relied? My vittlesf' said the dear old saint. Senior Class, President, Student Coun- cil, President, Senior Play, Basketball, Baseball, Dramatic Club. LOUIS MONTONI I-le gave with zest and he gave his best, Cuive him the best to come. Senior Class, Vice-President, Base- ball, Basketball, Student Council, Senior Play. ALICE KLOCK I had a little dog and my dog was very small, I-Ie licked me in the face, and he ans- wered to my call, Of all the treasures that were mine I loved him best of all! Senior Class, Secretary, Journalism Club, Editor-in-Chief of Purple and Sold, Library Club, Band, Senior ay. JEAN DYER But she whose inborn Worth her acts commend, Of gentle soul, to the human race a friend. Senior Class, Treasurer, Journalism Club, Library Club, Band. ANNE BATTISTI They are never alone that are accom- panied vvith noble thoughts. Glee Club. WILLIAM BEISCHER The mildest manners and the gentlest heart. F. F. A., President. LEONCRA CACCIOTTI I-ler heart as Far from fraud as heaven from earth. Journalism Club, Library Club. LOIS CHRISTMAN ln friendship I early was taught to believe. Library Club, Journalism Club. BERNARD DAVIS Better know nothing than hall-know many things. Journalism Club, Editor-in-Chief of Lookout, Bachelors Club, Baseball. RODNEY DUESLER I-le who owns the soil owns up to the sky. F. F. A., Vice-President. BEVERLY FREDERICK Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, ln every gesture dignity and love. Glee Club. ROSEMARIE GREEN But far more numerous was the head of such, Who thinks too little, and who talks too much. Glee Club, Dramatic Club, Senior Play, Band. CHARLENE GUHRING Deep in her heart the passion glowsi She loves and loves forever. Glee Club. GEORGE KRAFT Olin Awhistle, and l'll come to you, my a . Bachelor's Club, Basketball, Journal- ism Club, Senior Play. LOUIS LaCOPPOLA l-le knows not when to be silent who knows not when to speak. Bachelors Club. MARJORIE MARINO I-ler air, her manners, all who saw admired. Courteous though coy, and gentle, though retired. Glee Club. MARY MASTRACCO God made a heart of gold- Shining and sweet and true, Gave it a home of purest mould Blest it, and callecl-You. Library Club. WILLIAM MCMAHON A little curly-headed, good-for-noth- ing, and mischief-malcing monkey from his birth. Bachelors Club. ROBERT MOYER The man who seelcs one thing in life and but one, May hope to achieve it before life be done. LAWRENCE NAGELE The life of a husbandman-a life led by bounty of earth and sweetened by the airs of heaven. Senior Play. RITA PAPA An ounce of mirth is worth a pound of sorrow. Cheerleader, Captain, Senior Play, Journalism Club, Dramatic Club. JOYCE PONTIUS Across the gateway of my heart, l wrote, No thoroughfare, But love came laughing by and cried, I enter everywhere. JANET ROBINSON As the rolling stone gathers no moss, so the roving heart gathers no atlections. Senior Play, Cheerleader, Dramatic Club, Secretary, Student Council, Secretary. LOIS ROCKEFELLER A health unto the happy! A Fig for him who fretslf It is not raining rain for me, ltls raining violets. CHARLES UPDYKE GERALD SLOAN Hearts of oak are our ships Corn shall malce the young man cheer- Gallant WTS ale OUT men- IUI- Senior Play. GRACE TRIUMPHO WILLIAM WHEATLY Born with a gift of laughter and a l'ldDDY GfT1,lflVOm CGVC I dm IYCCI ' Sense that the World is mad. Why Qaren t they call contented like Journalism Club, Senior Playf Dra- me, matic Club, Treasurer. F- F- A41 TVCGSUVCV- CYNTHIA WILLIAMS There is so much good in the worst ol ROSE TRIUMPHO The sweetest Flower that blows, I give you as we part. For you it is a rose For me it is my heart. Cheerleader, Journalism Club: Library Club. us, And so much bad in the best of us, That it ill behooves any of us, To talk about the rest of us. SENIOR ACTIVITIES Qur Senior year got otl to a good start with the presentation ol the class play, l'Galloping Ghosts , on Decem- ber 6th. The Christmas spirit was slightly saddened For us by the loss ol our mascot, lt, I-lowever, we soon purchased a new mascot-a turtle named HElmer. Af Friday the 13th didn't mean bad luclt lor us, lor on that night we held our Junior-Senior Prom with music by Leon Jellers. Qn May 23rd the Junior-Senior Banquet was held at the l'IoteI Johnstown, With Baccalaureate on June 24th, Class Night on June 25th, and Graduation on June 26th, the Class ol T945 will say good-by to their Alma Mater. 8 E 9 J . f 7--Y V 10 L 11 JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS Carl Cochi ..... President Angelo Macci . Vice-President Elnora Fiacco . . . Secretary Dorcas Guhring .... Treasurer A million stars are in the slcy, A million planets plunge and dief A million million men are sped, A million million wait ahead. Each plays his part and has his dayf What hol The Worlds all right, l say. Robert William Service ir SOPHOMCRE CLASS OFFICERS William Carter .... president Glenn Chandler . Vice-president Crestina Croce ..,. Secretary Josephine Palma .... Treasurer That very law which moulds a tear And bids it triclcle from its source- That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course. Samuel Rogers ir FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS Davis Smullen ..... President Donna Nellis . . . . Secretary Edward l loFfman .... Treasurer Wide are the meadows of night And daisies are shining there, Tossing their lovely dews, Lustrous and fair, And through these sweet Fields go, Wanderers amid the stars- Walter De La Mare 12 K ?Z..!.J-H.. DMJ... C,-dnnlli D.-A,-1 kA...., RAIN XYIJM ilu,-LIL, I--L-.nnorlu fiom:-me grlxuvlor Dannil'5!r2 fV1LI2H2l'. if 13 V f w F M L HGHTH GRADE OFFICERS Helen Mazur ..... President Kenneth l,lpdyl4e . Vice-president Richard Rapacz . . . . Secretary Jeanette Haggerty .... Treasurer Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth, While all the planets in their turn, So contirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. Joseph Addison ak SEVENTH GRADE OFHCERS 7A Beverly Updylce . , . President Jimmy Reddy . . E Vice-President Dean Shafer . . Secretary Helena Smith . . . . Treasurer 7B Harold Hiclcey . . . 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