Warrensburg High School - Hackensack Yearbook (Warrensburg, NY)

Text from Pages 1 - 32 of the 1945 volume:

THE SENIORS of the IlffiEH (SMIL llll.ll SCHOOL WARHENSBUHG, NEW YORK Present THE HtimMI k nu NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE VOLUME I THE STAFF GLORIA FISH------------------------Editor-in-Chief BILL QUINLAN-----------------------------Assistant Editor MARGARET BURGESS_______________________Circulation Editor SALLY O'CONNOR____________________________Literary Editor JULIE ROUNDS------------------------------Business Editor e dicat i on It is with appreciation and affection that we, the class of '45, wish to dedicate the first issue of The Hackensack to Miss Nancy Wilcox, our senior advisor—appreciation for the way in which she has helped us to make this year book; affection for the way she has made our senior year a much more enjoyable one. Mr. Nathan Gifford, supervising princi- pal of the Warrensburg Central School since September, 1937 p p On the banJ i o the ch iaon ftwe i 0 With i U ULGAjuei 4a blue. : -m 8 m i ISS - wk-“« miii „. apil wSs Jj K. (4 ' ’■ 8™B!, ■ _■■■■■ j a B;aBBag BB ||J|B  M JA JMSr I BBgjjiiiSffg I Jlftr c%tandU o-id i dean old Wa ine isluincf, Olicjti School, Qhyuoud- to iUew-. Miss Lapidus Miss Campbell Miss Frank Mrs. Niles Mrs. Greer Miss Robinson Mrs. McRay Mrs. Randall Mrs. Gurney- Miss Tubbs Mrs. Deal Miss Thompson Miss Semerad Miss Fleet Miss Goodman Miss Bennett Mrs. Menshausen Miss Brown Miss Baker Mrs. Magee Mrs. Lanfear Mrs. Hack Mrs. Freer Mrs. Swan Miss Steves Miss Hood Miss McGraw Miss Roberts Miss Wilcox Miss Murdock Mrs. Orton Mrs. Aubrey Mr. Bockes Mr. Coombs Mr. Miller Mr. Niles Mr. Cameron Mr. Gifford The Student Council is the governing body of the students. Yes, we represent the whole student body, their ideas and their needs. Composed of eight mem- bers and our faculty advisor. Miss Fleet, we convene once a week, discuss and plan various activities. This year, we not only have the president of each class but also a represen- tative from the Senior and Junior Class. Elda Bennett and Sally O'Connor represent the Senior Class; Leslie Olden and Bob Venton are delegates from the Junior Class; Louise Aubrey — Sophomore; Gertrude Waters — Freshman; Jimmy Lynch — Eighth grade; and Harold Wilsey — Seventh grade. Sally O'Connor is President and Louise Aubrey manages the Secretarial office. This is only the second year that Warrensburg has had such an organiza- tion and we feel that its interest and efficiency has increased rapidly. Memories' leafletI cloAe dhall tuune Anmmd cm i kea di fo i cufe. ELDA BENNETT — Salutatorian, Class President 4, Class Vice-President 3, Hi-Rock Staff 4, Dramatics Club 3, Knitting Club 3, Glee Club 1-4. BARBARA SPRAGUE — Vice-Presi- dent 4. Class Treasurer 2, Secretary of Leadership Club 3, Hi-Rock Staff 4, Cheerleader 3-4, Drum Majorette 1-2- 3-4, Bowling Captain 4, Stamp Seller 3-4, Cafeteria 3. GLORIA FISH—Valedictorian, Secre- tary 3-4, Editor-in-Chief of Yearbook 4, Dramatics Club 3, Banking 3, Cafe- teria 4. SHIRLEY SMITH — Class Treasurer 3-4, Hi-Rock Staff 3-4, Dramatics Club 3. Knitting Club 3. Leadership Club 3-4, Glee Club 1-2-3-4, Bowling Team 4, Basketball 3, Softball 3. DOROTHY BROOKS — Hi-Rock Staff 3, Elmer 4, Dramatics Club 3, Knit- ting Club 3, Glee Club 4, Ticket Seller 3-4, Stamp Selling 1, Tumbling Club 3, Basketball 3, Softball, Volleyball, Bowling. DORIS BROWN — Knitting Club 3, Glee Club 2-3-4-1, Basketball 3, Vol- leyball 3. DOROTHY BROOKS DORIS BROWN MARGARET BURGESS — Knitting Club 3, Glee Club 1-2-3-4, Basketball 4, Yearbook Staff 4. BARBARA FILSINGER — Secretary 1, Glee Club 1-2-3-4, Majorette 1-2-3-4, Orchestra 1-2, Bowling 4, Dramatics Club 3, Banking 4, Cafeteria 4, Bas- ketball 3-4, Ticket Seller 3-4. MARGARET BURGESS ( BARBARA FILSINGER EDWIN FRYE —Victory King 3. Base- ball 1-2-3-4, Basketball 1-3-4, Football 1-2-4. DONALD HOWE — Baseball 3, Presi- dent 2, Treasurer 3, Basketball 1-3-4. DONALD HOWE EUGENE KELLY—Hi-Rock Staff, Band 1-2-3-4, Glee Club 1, Baseball 1-2-3-4, Basketball 1-3-4, Football 2-4. EUGENE KELLY JUNE PRATT — Banking 2-3, Cafeteria 3, Bowling 4. IVA MOSHER — Knitting Club 3, Glee Club 2-3-4, Majorette 1-2-3-4, Basket- ball 3, Volleyball 3. SALLY O'CONNOR HUGH MAGEE ELLEN VARNUM HUGH MAGEE — Basketball I. Hi- Rock 2, Army Air Corps. IVA MOSHER SALLY O'CONNOR—President 3, Stu- dent Council 3-4, Leadership Club 3- 4. Hi-Rock 3-4, Glee Club 1-2-3-4, Band 1-2-3-4, Girls State, Bowling, Cheerleader 3-4, Orchestra 1-2. ELLEN VARNUM — Secretary, Hobby Club 1, Leadership Club 3, Cheer- leading 3, Basketball 3, Tumbling 3, Volleyball 3, Swimming 3, Glee Club 1-2-3-4, Cafeteria 4. WILLIAM QUINLAN- NELSON MEADER WILLIAM QUINLAN—Dramatics Club 3-4, Art Club 1-2, Hobby Club 1. Glee Club 3-4, Band 1-2-3-4, Orchestra 1-2, Stamp Selling 3, Banking 4, Hi-Rock Staff 3-4, Assistant Editor of Yearbook 4, News Reporter 1. NELSON MEADER — Treasurer 1, Boys' State 3, Glee Club 1-2, Band 3-4, Orchestra 3, Football 4, Basket- ball 3-4, Baseball 1-3-4. FLORENCE REYNOLDS — Glee Club 2-3-4, Basketball 3, Knitting Club 3. JULIE ROUNDS — Dramatics Club 3- 4, Hi-Rock Staff, Yearbook Staff 4, Stamp Seller 1, Ticket Seller 4, Soft- ball, Volleyball, Bowling. FLORENCE REYNOLDS JULIE ROUNDS ALBERT RUIZ DEWITT TREMAINE ALBERT RUIZ — President 2, Vice- President 1. Band 1-2-3-4, Orchestra 1-2, Basketball 3-4. DEWITT TREMAINE — Dramatics 4 U. S. Army. DONALD WALLACE—Band 1-2. Base- ball 2-3-4, Basketball 3-4, Football 4. CLASS MOTTO Our Aim — Success; Our Hope — to Win CLASS FLOWER Carnation Jnd uMijft wi kook o-'esi Uje'4 Ipioad tsiacJz GlcvU cJlatosuf, Do you think I can tell on one short page The history of our class? 'Twould take an age And reams and reams of paper too, To tell the events of our four years through. So on this paper I'll try to relate The chief events of our class sedate. Some are of work and some are of play But they all go together to make our day. The Freshman Class of 1941 entered into high school with great enthusiasm. Our first drenching in the sea of life came at the hands of the Sophomores. We were subjected to our proper places in life, and therefore got right down to business under Mr. Swan. We gave our first dance, a square dance, in the hall of the old school. The Sophomore Class of 1942 returned to high school with great determination and zeal — the determination to instruct the Fresh- men concerning their niche in life and the zeal to battle school work under Mr. Cameron. We were hearing many plans of a new Central School. The Junior Class of 1943, a very dignified group of students after their processing of two years, began to work anew, with Miss Donnelly. We were now in our new school and with its spa- cious rooms, the large library, and the gymnasium, we really enjoyed school. We held a successful Junior Prom with Lew Farkas' orchestra. The Senior Class of 1944, the omnipotent, sagacious, compe- tent, and proud class went to school for the last year with a sense of humility. We have reached the top; now stretches before us the wide, narrow, rough, smooth road of life. Our class officers are: President, Elda Bennett; Vice-President, Barbara Sprague; Secre- tary, Gloria Fish; and Treasurer, Shirley Smith. We are aided, encouraged, and guided by Miss Wilcox. We have sponsored two plays for the dramatics class, and have worked to furnish the future generations of Warrensburg a lasting memorial of our class in the first Senior Annual of the Warrensburg Cental School, our 1945 Hackensack.'' —Nelson Meader GIgAA, Pnafdiecq, Bands were playing, flags were flying, as we mounted the ramp of the ocean liner. I nudged my companion and said, Doesn't that bandleader remind you of someone? On closer observation we found it to be none other than Albert Ruiz. Imagine, he, who was drummer in our high school band, now leader of the nationally known Goldman Band. We had beautiful weather for the whole trip. The second day my compan- ion became seasick. When we called the nurse, I knew I had heard that shy voice somewhere before. Yes, it was Shirley Smith. She informed me that Elda Adriance, formerly Elda Bennett, had been heiress to a large fortune, and was now traveling on this same ship. When we arrived in London we hailed a taxi for the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. On paying our fare I had another sur- prise. The taxi driver was June Pratt. She had liked London so much when she had been a Red Cross entertainer in World War II that she had made it her home. We registered at the hotel and started toward the elevator. Who should the elevator operator be but Doris Brown. That evening she came up to our room and told us that Julie Rounds was working at No. 10 Downing St. Im- agine! And that Nelson Meader was a foreign minister to Germany. Then, we all went for a walk. As we were walking down the street we heard some hill- billy music pouring out of a small building. Inquisitive, we walked in, and to our surprise the managers were Bud Wallace and Don Howe. They told us they were trying to induce square danc- ing in Berkeley Square. From the looks of the crowd they were succeeding. Bud told us that Ed Frye was an athletic di- rector at Oxford and was going to the top. We stayed in England for about two months and then flew to Paris. When we landed at Le Bourget air- field, we found Hugh Magee giving pri- vate airplane lessons. We got to talking over old times and he told us that Ellen Varnum had married Jerry at last and was now living in Norway, where Jerry was proprietor of a second Ashe's hotel. The next day we went window shopping. In one of the larger depart- ment stores we encountered Mme. Rey- nolds, the famous designer. Yes, Flor- ence had studied designing for years in Paris. She also informed us that Bill Quinlan was a noted French professor at the Sorbonne, and that Dot Brooks is being featured at L'Apera francois. Our next stop was Dublin, Ireland. We took a tour of the city and all the points of interest. The most extraordin- ary thing happened that day. As we were walking down the street I noticed a red-curly haired man in front of me. I knew there was only one person that had hair like that. Gene Kelly! Was he surprised to see us. He invited us to his home for supper. What a meal! Barbara certainly knew the way to his heart. She told us that Margaret Burgess had married Jim and they were living in San Francisco. In another month we were on our way home. We had to stop at Ellis Island and be examined. The doctor was none other than Iva Mosher. What a surprise! On arriving in New York we heard a speech given by the mayor. And the ef- ficient looking secretary sitting beside him was Gloria Fish. We contacted her later and had a long chat. That evening we went to a lecture and the guest speaker was the Honorable Dewitt Tre- maine, noted scientist. What a class we had! Little did any of us realize back in 1945 we would be so scattered and successful all over the world. BARBARA FILSINGER SALLY O'CONNOR GlaU Will We. tho Class of 1945. of the Warrensburg Central School in the County of Warren, and the State of New York, being of sound mind (we hope) and fair temper (maybe), do will and bequeath this our last Will and Testament as follows: To the faculty we will the right to put up with the next graduating class as well as they did ours. To the Board of Education and Mr. Gifford we leave our thanks for the many kind, understanding and thoughtful things done for us. To the Sophomore Class we leave our fine Senior Advisor. Miss Nancy Wilcox, and the right to have her for their last two years of school. To the Kindergarten Class of 1945 the right to use our knowledge throughout their school years. We the Seniors of 1945 do will to our underclassmen the following: Elda Bennett wills Edna Millington the right to jump over the threshhold in gym. Dorothy Brooks wills the right to Betty Straight to go out with a certain fellow from Minerva. Doris Brown wills Harold Montena the right to be as big a pest to Miss Semerad as she is now. Margaret Burgess wills her duty of making cakes for the Home Economics class to Edna Williams. Gloria Fish wills Alice Gates the right to giggle at most unexpected times. Iva Mosher wills the right for Miss Semerad to make people jump in Typing. Sally O'Connor wills her right to grasp Chemistry to Mary Pasco. Florence Reynolds wills Alice Wood the right to make eyes. Julie Rounds wills Edna Williams the right to prevaricate at any time or in any form. Shirley Smith wills Mary Pasco an alarm clock to get to school one minute early like Shirley did this year. Barbara Sprague wills Gene Kelly to Mary Menshausen. Eugene Kelly wills his basketball strategy to William Maltbie. Bill Quinlan wills his tenor sax and the ability to play it to Ruth Winkler. Albert Ruiz wills his beautiful writing to Ken Alger. Nelson Meader wills his cackle to Bill Hoffman. The History C class wills Mr. Coombs a pair of glasses to see what goes on in class. The above is our last wish before we leave good old Warrensburg High. Signed this twelfth day of June. 1945. by The Seniors Witnesses: Nutley Nitwitt Gravel Gertie U. C. Mairzeydoats —BILL QUINLAN. '45 LESLIE OLDEN LEONARD HARRINGTON PAT MORRISON KENNETH ALGER HENRY KEITH JACK CARSON HIAL HALL ROBERT VENTON DONALD BROWN DICK LEWIS SARAH COMBS MARY PASCO EDNA WILLIAMS GRACE CAMPBELL VIRGINIA PRATT ALICE WALKER CLASS OFFICERS MRS. GURNEY........................Advisor LESLIE OLDEN---------------------President EDNA WILLIAMS..............-Vice-President KENNETH ALGER___________________ Secretary LOUISE AUBREY ELIZABETH BESWICK GERTRUDE BROWN ALICE GATES JOSEPHINE HARRINGTON MIRALYN MAGEE ALICE PRATT NELLIE RHODES MARCIA SPRAGUE BETTY STRAIGHT MARGARET VERNUM ALICE WALKER RUTH WILCOX VIVIAN IDE RAYMOND BLACK ROGER GREER THOMAS LLOYD ERNEST VARNUM GLADYS BAKER MARY BRANNON DORIS GALLUP BERTHA HARRINGTON RUTH JORDON DORIS PARKER MARIE RHODES JOANNE SALLANS CHARLOTTE STOCKWELL FLORENCE TWISS DOROTHEA WADSWORTH RUTH WINKLER BERTHA DRAKE CHARLES EYSINGER WILLIAM HOFFMAN DAVID MARTIN CLASS OFFICERS MISS ROBERTS........... LOUISE AUBREY__________ RAYMOND BLACK.......... GLADYS BAKER___________ ROGER GREER............ ......Advisor _____President Vice-President _____Secretary _____Treasurer DONALD LANGWORTHY RUTH REYNOLDS PAULINE LA FOND REXFORD STONE JUNE WOOD NEIL WOOD DOROTHY GALUP BEATRICE COMBS CAROL BAKER EDWARD MORRISON EARL COMBS ROBERT LEWIS GRACE SMITH BESSIE BENNETT EDNA ALGER SHIRLEY HARRIS DORIS FRYE LORRAINE BURCH GERALD COMBS MARY MENSHAUSEN BETTY ANN POTVIN KATHERINE LANGWORTHY GERTRUDE WATERS MARK CASSIDY FREDERICK MEADER CHARLIE DUELL REXFORD REYNOLDS CAROLINE GRIFFIN NORMA FERRI DOLORES HEWITT DOUG STONE WILLIAM MALTBIE CLASS OFFICERS MISS FLEET_____ GERTRUDE WATERS DOUG STONE_____ NORMA FERRI____ BILL MALTBIE___ -Class Advisor -----President Vice-President -----Secretary -----Treasurer Back Row —COACH MILLER. PAT MORRISON. ROBERT GOODRICH. DONALD BROWN. JACK CARSON. MR. GIFFORD. Principal. Front Row —DON HOWE. EDWIN FRYE. RICHARD LEWIS. DONALD WALLACE. GENE KELLY. RALPH FOSTER, LEONARD HARRINGTON, EARL COMBS. li jt the chcrtu , 4speed it onu a id Vitt it teach the thy, COACH MILLER — LOUISE JACOBS, MARCIA SPRAGUE, BARBARA SPRAGUE, MARY MENSHAUSEN, SALLY O'CONNOR, JUNE WOOD. DORIS FRYE. DON WALLACE. LEN HARRINGTON, ED FRYE, GENE KELLY. DICK LEWIS. PAT MORRISON, DON BROWN, FRED MEADER, DAVE MARTIN, ROGER GREER (Manager). Back Row —COACH MILLER, DOUGLAS STONE, DONALD LANGWORTHY, NELSON MEADER, NEIL WOOD, FREDERICK MEADER, WILLIAM MALTBIE. Front Row —PAT MORRISON, EDWIN FRYE, DONALD BROWN, DONALD WALLACE, RICHARD LEWIS, LESLIE OLDEN, GENE KELLY. Since moving into the new school, a program of physical education has been included in the day of the boys and girls of the Warrensburg Central School. But class periods weren't enough for some of the girls, so intramural activi- ties were organized from which a few girls were chosen for membership in the Leadership Club. Some of the Intramural activities are as follows: basketball, volleyball, softball, badminton contests and a bowling league, formed this year. RUTH JORDAN SHIRLEY SMITH BARBARA SPRAGUE JUNE WOOD SALLY O'CONNOR MARY PASCO MARIE RHODES DORIS PARKER DOLORES HEWITT NORMA FERRI GERTRUDE BROWN LOUISE AUBREY MARCIA SPRAGUE JOANNE SALLANS BETTY ANN POTVIN MARY MENSHAUSEN MISS M. McGRAW, Teacher Back Row— KENNETH NILES, Instructor, WILLIAM QUINLAN, BERTHA HARRINGTON, ELIZABETH STRAIGHT, GERTRUDE BROWN, LOUISE AUBREY, MARIE RHODES, NELSON MEADER, ELIZABETH POTVIN, JOANNE SALLANS, VIVIAN IDE, ALBERT RUIZ, MARY MENSHAUSEN, EUGENE KELLY, LESLIE OLDEN. Second Row —RUTH JORDAN, ROGER GREER, JOYCE STONE, PAUL MEADER. HELEN MONTENA, SALLY O'CONNOR. JEAN BROOKS, DOUGLAS STONE. ELIZABETH NICHOLS, NORMA FERRI, DOLORES HEWITT. FREDERICK MEADER, LOUISE JACOBS. NEIL WOOD. Third Row — ALLEN GIFFORD. EUGENE NIETSCHE, MARILYN BURCH, BARBARA WITBECK, CAROL DEGARMO, ELIZABETH MENSHAUSEN, JACK BROWN, HERBERT SMITH, GEORGE PRATT, WILLIAM MALTBIE. ELDA BENNETT DOROTHY BROOKS DORIS BROWN MARGARET BURGESS BARBARA FILSINGER IVA MOSHER SALLY O'CONNOR FLORENCE REYNOLDS SHIRLEY SMITH BARBARA SPRAGUE ELLEN VARNUM GRACE CAMPBELL LOUISE AUBREY GERTRUDE BROWN ALICE GATES BERTHA HARRINGTON RUTH JORDON DORIS PARKER MARIE RHODES MARCIA SPRAGUE JOANNE SALLANS CHARLOTTE STOCKWELL BETTY STRAIGHT DOROTHEA WADSWORTH RUTH WINKLER EDNA ALGER VIVIAN IDE JOYCE STONE JOYCE FRYE NORMA FERRI HELEN MONTENA SHIRLEY HARRIS DOLORES HEWITT MARY MENSHAUSEN BETTY ANN POTVIN RUTH REYNOLDS GERTRUDE WATERS JUNE WOOD WILLIAM QUINLAN WILLIAM HOFFMAN THOMAS LLOYD MISS TUBBS, Director GHOST OF A SHOW'' CAST BARBARA SPRAGUE JULIE ROUNDS PAT MORRISON DE WITT TREMAINE DICK LEWIS MARCIA SPRAGUE NORMA FERRI MARY PASCO WILLIAM QUINLAN ERNEST VARNUM Given December 15, 1944 a The one act play ELMER was given at the same time E ARE SENIORS graduating into a world at war; some of our classmates have already left us to join in that fight and we want to remember them in this book. Probably some of our soldiers or sailors will see a copy of The Hackensack, and we hope it will bring back some pleasant memories of Warrensburg. We hope, too, that we will leave a few pleas- ant memories to our faculty, to whom we owe so many thanks for their help. Then, in later years it will be we, who will have the pleasant memories when we look back on our two years in the beautiful new school. We will still thank Mr. Gifford and our Board of Education whose efforts were largely responsible for the many opportunities of which we tried to take advantage. So, as we go our many different ways, we will remember our high school days; and when, in later years, we read of the success of some respected person, we will recall them in our class of 1945, and feel deep pride. —Editor-in-Chief GIgAA of '45 Poem Proudly wearing caps and gowns Was the Senior Class. We were thinking of our four years . . . They had gone so fast. Science, English, Math, and History, Teachers drilled us well; Taught us all the useful knowledge . . . Our mentality to swell. Sports and plays, Assemblies, dances; Friendships made and kept. Warrensburg High, our Alma Mater ... We will not forget! Jicui to thee, 044 1 Alma Mcde i Jlail to Waw nAmtef, Jlicpk. ;