Van Hornesville High School - Otsquagan Yearbook (Van Hornesville, NY)

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l.ell lo riqhl. lirsl row--liarl Miller. Dorothy Miller, Mrs. Young, Mrs. Bronner. Rev. Watkins. Second mu'---f-ll.n'vey Shaul, Ward VanDeusen, Harvey M.1Ginnis, Howard Mathise, Burtus Ackerman. The Qclwal Pmmne This year the employees of the Van Hornesville Central School have the added attraction of having a Methodist minister as a bus driver. The Reverend Miles Watkins. pastor of the Jordanville and Paines Hollow churches, is driving the school bus in the village of Jordan- ville. The other bus drivers. Howard Mathise, Paines Hollow: Vifard VanDeusen, Starkville and vicinity: Earl Miller and then Harold Eckler, Jordanville to Van Hornesville: Harvey Shaul, Rocks district: and Harvey MaGinnis, Chyle and locality. did the pressing and tying in bun- dles of the four and one-half tons of scrap paper collected in the nation-wide paper drive con- ducted by the A'Truth or Consequence radio program and sponsored by the freshmen. Burt Ackerman, the school janitor, has added to his usual duties the job of collecting and pressing the waste paper found in the school waste paper baskets, as well as tending the furnaces. Miss Dorothy Miller, the cafeteria cook, was busy watching the school food budget and mind- ing her P's and Q's in vitamins and calories to get a balanced noon meal for the grade and high school students. Mrs. Hazel Bronner, janitress. is working later than ever to keep the windows clean in the buildings and to keep clean towels available for the athletes of the school. This year, as well as last. Mrs. Bronner has sold ice cream to the students and faculty. Ice cream was purchased in bulk form, and Mrs. Bronner has dipped five and ten cent ice cream cones for those who wished them. Mrs. Mary Young, secretary to Principal Woodruff, has taken the added responsibility of typing and making copies of the problems and questions for the newly required state-wide health classes. Howard Leneker, VHS business manager, has for the past year driven the sta- tion wagon in the Frog City district, and has also been delivering the monthly pay checks to the faculty and other employees. Having done their required work for the upkeep of the school, the employees have also bought bonds and stamps and have served as blood donors. And so each school employee in his own small way, is furthering the war effort, building for a stronger, better tomorrow, and serving the world. all in one. 8 The 1944 Ofsquagan

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Glass of 'LM Dear Mrs. Wz'll1'ams: Last week we held the last class meeting of our school career, and it was a majority vote that we tell you the history behind our small but loyal class. Twelve years ago Jack Hemenway, Samuel Skandera, John Hubiak, Evelyn Gerhardt, and Eleanor Nabinger, entered the first grade, with a smile on their faces and mischief in their eyes. As the small country schools closed, others joined in on the fun. Then about two-thirds of our class came from Jordanville in the seventh grade. when our enthusiasm was the highest. When we were the happy-go-lucky, giggling freshmen, there were thirty-five of us under the supervision of Frederick Price. We felt very proud to elect our class officers for the first time as a high school unit. They were Derward Gifford, president: Virginia Sherman, vice- president: Betty Katovitch, secretary: and Nicholas Malincheck, treasurer. We launched our year's activities with a football dance in the fall. Our football boys were to be admitted free if they won their game. and sure enough, they did. Next was the Valentine dance. The high school put on a circus, which we took part in by sponsoring the Fish Pond. Another thing that all freshmen looked forward to with Mr. Price, were his humorous stories of Kyoti Bill. So every noon we possibly could, we'd gather together for a few min- utes of laughs with Mr. Price. A year later we were sophomores with some of our members gone, but new ones joining us. Officers were elected as we kept on our journey to complete our four years: Raymond Bay- nard, president: Nicholas Malincheck, vice-president: and Virginia Sherman, secretary-treas- urer. We had two dances that year also. One was the Spring Hop, and the other was a Christmas dance with the freshmen. Another circus was sponsored and we took part as usual under our supervisor, Miss Marjorie Bumstead, the commercial teacher. We sponsored a Christmas dance again that year, with Leon Jeffers' orchestra. The tra- ditional junior prom was The talk of the town that year. Also a new creative literary mag- azine appeared, called the VHS Variety. It won the highest, all-New York award with 197 out of a possible 200 on the rating scale. Were we proud! Class officers were John Herron, president: Virginia Sherman. vice-president: Betty Kat- ovitch, secretary, and Jack Hemenway, treasurer. Now as we have advanced to the seniors of Van Hornesville Central School our officers consist of Raymond Baynard, president: John Herron, vice-president: Eleanor Nabinger, secre- tary: and Helen Richvalsky, treasurer. Helen was also our DAR representative from this year's senior class. So far this year we have sponsored one dance, Witches' Hall, a Hallowe'en dance, with Leon Jeffers' Moderneers. Eighteen cooperative students came back in the fall to make up the 1944 graduating class. although only fourteen are with us now. Leland Collins and John Hubiak graduated in Jan- uary. Out of our freshman class of thirty-five, four have entered the service: Harold Wal- rath. Donald Yule, Edgar Shaut, and Glenn Young. We realize that we are graduating into a world of disaster and destruction, but we hope to do our best. We'll say good-bye to some of our senior friends, and work along beside others to keep the home fires burning. Respectfully yours, Eleanor Nabinger, Secretary of the Class of 1944. Helen Richvalsky Raymond Baynard Mrs. John Williams John Herron Eleanor Nabinger Treasurer President Adviser Vice-president Secretary 10 The I9 4 4 Otsquagan