Virgil Central High School - Virgilian Yearbook (Virgil, NY)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTO RY In September of l9hb, eight of the most excited and energetic children started school to become part of the class of '56 These eight children were Lucy Saltsman, Peggy Holler, Jane Davis, Betty Scott, Norma Inman Leon Rounds, Tom Van Gorder, and Dick Timmerman ABC's were very bor1ng to these eight youngsters and all of us won dered when we were g01Dg to start learning something In the second grade one new member joined our little group, Bill Sherman Mrs Gingr1ch had some trouble teaching us the fundamentals of the three R's Our group was getting larger by the time we reached eighth grade Neil Reynolds, Doris Russell, and Allen Kryger Joined us in the third grade Arthur Parker joined us in the fifth grade and Duane Lang in the seventh grade The big moment of grade school was comlng soon But before graduated from eighth grade, we took a trip to Albany, New York visited the State Education Building, State Office Building, and The State Capitol Build1ng On our return tr1p we visited Howe Caverns We had a very exciting graduation with the high school seniors We started off our Freshman year by electing Mr Gregory as our advisor and Neil Reynolds as our president We had a very successful year with our movie, five cent supper, and our jello sales One new member, Helen Strickland, J01D8d our group Our Sophomore year we elected Mrs Wolcott as our advisor and Allen Kryger as our president Our activities for the year included a dance and two cafeteria suppers elected Mr Caslick as our advisor and Allen Kryger as our president Our class F1ngS arrived the third day of school Our activities in cluded a very successful spaghettisupper, and two of our biggest e vents the Junior play, 'Finders Creepers' and our Junior Prom 'Moonlight Serenade' Peggy Holler and Neil Reynolds were crowned queen and king Lucy Saltsman and Bill Sherman were the runners up Thus ended a very successful year Our Senlor year included many exciting activities with Neil Reynolds as our president and Misa Swauger as our advlsor We start ed off our year with a very successful cafeteria supper Next came our Senior play, 'A Pair of Country Kids' It was a fun packed comedy Our donkey basketball game was very funny The Senior boys played the Virgil Firemen There were a few aches and bruises the next day We also had a Saint Patrick's Day dance Finally on Good Friday sixteen very excited pupils, eight boys and eight girls, started on the annual Senior trip to Wash1ngton, D C Four very happy days were spent in the nat1on s capitol But, as all good things do, our Senlor year has come to an end After graduation all of us will be on our own out in the 'big wide world' We leave with some regrets, but with many fond memories ' . we . We Our Junior year brought us a new member, Carole Wilcox. We ' v