Vernon Verona Sherrill Central School - Sheveron Yearbook (Verona, NY)

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CLASS OF 1958 CLASS OFFICERS Donald Hoyt, Treasurer; Annette Beane, Secretary; Wayne Hull, Vice-President; Paul Hummel, President. 13

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PAGES FROM A SENIOR’S NOTEBOOK September 1954 ■ ■ . Back to School! ! Trekked to Verona for class elections. Shanghaied good ol' Joe” (Bierworth, that is) for president. Lots of campaigning at polls. Big headaches for Miss Davies, Miss Vaughn, Mr. Dominy, Mr. Hruby, and Mr. Odell. We had fun. December 1954 . . . Spent hours on end making Christ- mas corsages. Many casualties from bent pins. But much money. Learned of Mr. Dominy’s hidden talent for mak- ing bows. February 1955 ■ ■ . Moved into new school! Together at last! Mutual experience of being lost in space formed fast friendships: Melting pot produced flu bug that bit us all. Closed school for week. What joy for us fresh- men! June 1955 . . . Advisors and students take well-earned vacation. September 1955 . . . Resumed activities. Fired with de- termination to improve. Attended first class meeting with most honorable intentions. Not knowing what plurality” meant and resolved not to show ignorance, de- cided to elect by majority” vote. First mistake. Spent whole period electing Tina Vanderwall president. Rest of slate elected next day by plurality.” Advisors: Miss Davies, Mrs. Snyder, Mr. Clark, and Mr. Teeter. Much blowing of tops. November 1955 ■ ■ ■ Frosty Hoedown introduced us to upper classmen. Packed Verona gym. Experience in cooking hot dogs for a crowd to come in handy at foot- ball games this year. Situation back to normal, good in- tentions vanished. Miss Davies carrying ball. Profits sufficient to get us as far as Utica on Washington trip. December 1955 . . . More Christmas corsages. Fewer casualties due to greater skill. Great activity spurred by effort to use up material and eliminate project. May 1956 . . . Lou Barile Dance . . . Capacity crowd. Big success. This bonanza carried us as far as Albany on Washington trip. End-of-year burst of energy resulted in selling car plates (made of iron . . . they won't rust!); also poppit beads (rustproof). June 1956 . . Decorated auditorium for Baccalaureate and Commencement. Was it ever hot! Wilted with the peonies. September 1956 . . . Jaunty juniors! Elected Steve Wal- lace president by plurality. Advisors: Miss Davies, Mrs. Wellman, Mr. Glazier. Resolved not to goof off. (Had no choice.) November 1956 . . . Football Dance . . . Jackie Heuer, Queen. Music by Collegians. Spent hours on decorations. Had wonderful time and made money . . . Sold book covers. (Love those grade school kids!) Took orders for school jackets; not much money but fun for all! December 1956 . . . No Christmas corsages. January 1957 . . . ]. P. Abaray Dance. Big crowd. Profits carried us to New York. June 1957 . . . Elected officers in June because of busy year ahead. Paul Hummel chosen as captain to guide us through final year. Recessed for vacation. Plan to rest up for Senior Trip. September 1957 . . . Sold programs and hot dogs at foot- ball games . . . Hot dog, anyone? . . . Sold bookcovers, tablets, pencils, anything saleable we could get our hands on, at School Store. Ran concession at School Fair. Big attraction — booth where our senior boys stuck their heads through canvas, and students paid to throw sponges at same. What we won't do for money! October 1957 . . . Record Dance with Roger Christian from WONG emceeing. Had kids from all area schools attending. Something of a riot . . . Had our Senior in- dividuals taken for yearbook. Asian Flu hit and closed school for four days. November 2, 1957 . . . Won first Tri-Valley Football Championship, beating Canastota 19 to 7. November 1957 . . . Sadie Hawkins Dance. All local Lil Abners and Daisy Maes attended. Senior Play. Since dinner motif was so successful in previous year, decided to present Onions in the Stew,” a rollicking comedy on both sides of the curtain. Sputnik!! December 1957 . . . Sold refreshments at basketball games. Figures beginning to show strain of constant eating. Christmas Dance climaxed 1957 at school. Re- cessed for Christmas vacation. Santa Claus was good to all us Seniors. January 1958 . . . Record Dance with J. P. Abaray from WKAL. February 1958 . . . Big Blizzard. Joy of snow days” tempered with worry. Would this cut short our Senior Trip? March 1958 . . . Talent 'Show. Never knew we had so much local talent. Another record dance with local D. J. spinning the discs. April 4, 1958 . . . Weeks of budgeting, wardrobe plan- ning, four years of work, work, work and the great day was here at last. Left on our SENIOR TRIP. Can only say it lived up to all our expectations. June 22, 1958 . . . Baccalaureate. Wore caps and gowns for first time. June 23, 1958 . . . Graduation ... the day we’ve been looking forward to ever since we began our voyage through high school. Now that it is almost upon us we face it with mixed emotions. June 24, 1958 . . . Dinner Dance. Together as alumni for the first time. Tomorrow we go our separate ways. But through the years ahead, this yearbook will be a magic carpet that takes us back to these happy days at VVS. We’ll be seeing you! Annette Beane Ruth Griffin Literary Editors, 1958 12

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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TOP FIVE VALEDICTORIAN ANNETTE MARIE BEANE 93.147 SALUTATORIAN BRUCE CARL MOULTON 93.013 MARY ANN SAWNER 91.608 TRUDY ANN ERNENWEIN 90.151 PATRICIA ANN WHITE 89.969 SENIOR CLASS ADVISORS Miss Davies, Mr. Lindquist, Mr. Flax.