Waterford High School - Fordian Yearbook (Waterford, NY)

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Class Prophecy “Gosh, Gramp,” Midge explained, “I don’t think we’ll ever decide where to go on our Senior trip this year.” Gramp, a retired sea captain, smiled up at her from his easy chair and said. “Don’t be so discouraged. Midge. You’ll decide soon.” “But Gramps, we don’t want to go just any place. We want to do some- thing different.” Midge answered despondently. “Well, now, I can tell you an odd story of a Senior Class that went on a sea voyage in my ship. “Yes, do!” the girl answered. The old man lit his pipe and settled himself comfortably in his chair while his granddaughter selected a big red apple to munch on. Then he began this tale: “The Senior Class of 1941 had decided to take a trip across the ocean for their last outing together. They had chosen my good ship, ‘The Albatross’, to take them over. “We had been at sea ten days and were crossing the equator when our engines suddenly stopped. The engineer could find nothing wrong with them even though lie had every man-jack aboard go over them from top to bottom. We had just stopped and there was no explanation of it. “I went below to inform our passengers of the accident. The sight that met my eyes astonished me. Every one of the students had been transformed into what, he would eventually be in 1951! “The two executives of the ‘I Make ’em and You Break ’em Corp.’ were aboard. James White, head of the glass house industry, made the houses, while Walter Elliott, head of a brick company, made the bricks to break them. They had a booming business. “Ruth Conklin, outstanding horror novelist of 1951. was in the throes of another of her great chillers. “Donald Cramer, the great artist, was on a raft dragging behind the boat while lie tried to paint a cross-eyed shark which kept gnashing its teeth at him. “Lena Cerqua, the fastest typist in the world, was practicing 23% hours a day trying to get her speed from 249 to 250 words per minute. “The editors of ‘Yoo-hoo,’ George Willenberg and Cecilia Kolonezyk, were on one of their famous news-seeking expeditions. They were trying to find out why the mountain will go to Mohammed if Mohammed won’t go to the mountain. “Harry Kirker, Edward Kennedy, Charles Howland, and A1 Falcone were making fortunes on their voices. People pay them two hundred dollars a night not to sing. “Those two whirlwinds of rhythm, Dorothy Cooper and Betty French, were on their way to Buenos Aires to teach South Americans how to Conga. -4 20 }3—

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Class History Although we have spent four long years at Waterford High School, there are many not acquainted with the tides of joy and tribulation on which we, the Class of ’41, have sailed. Let’s try reminiscing and recall a few of them. As unsophisticated freshmen, we began our career by pursuing the customary course of all other freshmen who preceded us and elected Betty Sweeney as our President. Little was accomplished by us other than the filling of a Christmas basket. After the completion of this part of our voyage, we found ourselves sage sophomores. This year saw our brief sojourn in Room 304. We remained as inactive as we had been the year before. We broke the monotony long enough to choose Dorothy Cooper as our leader and then returned to the calm sea on which we had been sailing. Our Junior year was a little more turbulent. We started it as members of 309, and unanimously declared Miss Gainor our advisor. We also named Fred Renzi our President; Betty Sweeney became Vice-President; Virginia Perkins, Secretary and “Jupe” Church, Treasurer. For our class colors, we decided on green and white. Then, we immediately started holding money-making activi- ties, among them everything from dances to a clam chowder sale, for the ultimate culmination of every junior class, the Junior Prom. After much de- liberation and consternation, we selected our class rings, which we displayed with much satisfaction to anyone who would look at them. With Betty Sweeney as general chairman, our prom was the success that we had planned it to be. Our Senior year began with the same rush as our Junior year. We elected Jack Clifford as President; Alex Parissi was chosen Vice-President; Rita Pallozzi became our Treasurer, and Virginia Perkins was again named Secretary. We held a Senior Ball in February, a custom originated two years ago. We also made plans for ways in which to raise money, so that we could realize our dream of re-establishing the practice of issuing a printed year-book instead of a mimeographed one. Now that this dream has come true, we, much to our sorrow, must bid you “Adieu.” - 19 -

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“Fred Renzi was known as ‘women’s Waterloo.’ Charles Boyer was no longer the great lover. “Jack Clifford and Bill Atkinson had gone into the glider industry. Nobody was buying gliders—but they didn't worry about that. “That glamorous stage and screen star, Lamour Lamour, alias Rita Pallozzi, was also aboard with her 25 daschunds. “Elsie Brown had become an efficiency expert and was whipping businesses into shape. “Beatrice Arehitzcl and Theresa Arquilla had opened a business school known as ‘Beat the Typewriter Eight to the Bar.’ “Alex Parissi and Ed. Lawlor were leader and manager respectively of that amazingly successful band ‘Parissi’s Music Maniacs’ or 'We Also Wait on Table.’ “Annapolis had a new ‘mess' sergeant known as Helen Singleton. “Anna Gabriel and Gertrude Cummings had become partners in business. Anna remodeled your face while Gertrude remodeled your house. “Lois Ayers and Eleanor Foley had become the foremost trapeze artists of the day. “Nazi Ascenzi was known as ‘Waterford’s Whiz’—the fastest driver since Sir Malcolm Campbell. “Vincent Bechard and Floyd Bowdy had joined a group of chorus-bovs and were the toasts of New York. “Virginia Perkins was still in Waterford High attempting shorthand. She said, (quote) I'll get it yet, Miss McGarty! (unquote). “Laumont Church, Joe Cicchinelli, Ed. Catallo, and George Mitchell were competing for honors in that strenuous, muscle building game called Chinese Checkers. “Zita Kinney was a hostess in a huge hotel in New York, whose slogan was: 'If you pay in advance, you get a room without ants.’ “Louise Brownell had become an outstanding librarian. She was in charge of one billion books and was contemplating making it a billion and one. The addition? ‘Gone With The Wind.’ “Valeria Kolonezyk had a new method of becoming taller. She hung from the ceiling by her thumbs with 10 pound weights on each foot for 5 hours a day. “Harold Perkins, Dick McGuirk. and Joe Rivet were rapidly advancing from seventh class privates to six and % class privates in the U. S. Army. “Betty Bull was touring the world exhibiting all the prizes she had won for her high pressure salesmanship. “Walter Sorensen had become the boy who posed for all the advertisements which were put out by the ‘Smelly Smokes Co.’ “Helen Seibert and Stella Breskv were tracking down ‘Lousy Looie,’ the internationally famous crook, as their first assignment as female Sherlock Holmeses. “Marge Stiles was revolutionizing accordion music with her rendition of ‘Love in Bloom.’ 21