Theresa High School - Blue Banner Yearbook (Theresa, NY)

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School. Our candy sales have nelped us financially, considerably. Be- tween now and the closing of school we are planning to noia several barn dances, and we hope they will as successful as our o;her ventures have been. A Senior Ball to be held on June twenty-sixth will climax our high school activities. CLASS PROPHECY One cloudy day in Chemistry 11 Lab. Mr. Pratt sent me to the back of the room for ° bottle concentrated hydrochloric acid and one of ammonium Vnr j.ro: ide. On ray way back to the front of the room I accidentally hit the two to- gether and they fell to the floor. In the fumes which arose from the mixture I saw my classmates twenty-five years hence. Miriam Alton was at the World's Fair of 1960 with a prize winning cow. In a little school house not far from Theresa sat our same quiet Lois Cieeseman. She was teaching the children their multiplication tables. At a New York theatre I saw an act called 11 Mutt and JeffYou've guessed it. Mutt was our old classmate, Leonard Drake. Later, in the same program, I saw the familiar form of Erma Schell, leading an ensemble which was playing the famous opera, Aida. he scene fa'ed and I next saw Mary Duffany in Washington, keeping the books for the Secretary of the Treasury. In the same fair city I saw the Frederick twins, Clinty and Clip . It surnised me to find that they were both President. Times had changed, and, besides, you would not expect to see one without the other. From Washington the scene shifted to a hospital. I saw two nurses coming toward me. One, I recognized a. Vivien Frederick by her very rosy cheeks. The other was Lois Smith. They were talking about taeir work and seemed contented. That scene faded and in its place I saw a large farm with all the latest and best equipment. In the driveway I saw an old Dod ,e which I would

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CLASS HISTORY Well, we nave reached our goal at last, tne goal which four years ago we thought was almost impossible to attain, and it was not all drudgery. We were rather timid at first but after we held our first class meet- ing and became organized, we felt equal to the other classes. Our Fresh- man president was Carlton Alton; secretary, Lois Smith, and treasurer, Dorothy Gibbons. We had one party durin the year and it proved very successful. In our Sophomore year Doris Duff was president and Ernesting Lawton was secretary and treasurer. This was a very inactive year for us. Winifred Van Duzer was president our Junior year; Joyce Ritter, treas- urer; and Ernestine Lawton, secretary. We had two parties, one of which was the carpet rag p;rty. That same fall we held a weenie roast in Sant- way Park one night after school. Our last Junior activity wa to decorate the hall for commencement. We spent the forenoon gathering flowers and ferns, and decorated the hall in tne afternoon. For a background we used the curtain purchased mainly through the interests of our class. In our Senior year Vivien Frederick has been president; Donald Mc- Dermott, treasurer; and Miriam Alton, secretary. This year we have been more active than usual. At the oeginning of school we were invited to Canton to a football game in which St. Lawrence participated. All year we have been busy earning money. We sponsored a card party and weenie « roast. This winter w presented our senior play, Look Out Lizzie , at the Town Hall. Mrs. Kessler coached us most successfully, and, financially, we realized approximately fifty dollars from the play. Not long ago some of the parents of Seniors gave us a dance at the Grange Hall, at which a good time was had by all present. We have also held several movies at

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recognize anywhere. Everything seemed quie; when suddenly out came our ever-smiling Ruth uicbone. She seemed delighted to see me. while we were talking who should come to interrupt our conversation cut Don Hoover, es, Slow but Sure , Don was a farmer and a healthy and happy one, too. As I strolled along the road, I met Jeanette Piper. Our quiet eanette 'as doing just what you would expect her to do. 3ne was keeping her own hone neat and clean. Walking along the road I suddenly came to a prosperous town, on one of the streets of which I met Donald McDermott. Any of you would hate known Mickey with his square and determined jar. q’1'0 - h°d st» tained him a place in the world because now he was retired man with money. I next came to a large dressmaking establishment. The sign told me that it belonged to Ernestine Lawton. 1 went in and asked to see her. I was shown into a larfce, spacious office where, behind a desk, sat a well-dressed woman. She had lost her timidity and had become a successful business woman. In this same city I spent the night at a fashionable hotel where a very famous women's orchestra played dance music. Wnile dancing, at the hovel, I happened to glance at the pretty, slim girl.at the piano. She smiled at me but I couldn't place her. Suddenly I realized that it was Arab Wicks who in my high school days used to play the piano for vhe girls during the noon hour All these American Scenes faded and in the fumes I saw peaceful Spanish town. The only person on cue street was a salesman. As he looked familiar,I decided to follow him. He knocked at the door of a house, and was admitted in I went to the window anc looked in. He was another one of my classmates, Ralph Smitn, using his charm tc sell the lady of ;he house some cosmotics. La.ter 1 talked with him and founc that he was doing well at his business. The fumes were disappearing but I could still see one more person. It fas Winifl'e Van Duzer seated at a desk, typing letters. From the letterhead I learned that she was secretary to the principal of the new and enlarged Tiieresa High School.