Waterford High School - Fordian Yearbook (Waterford, NY)

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Waterford High School When plans were in a “muss” And we rode to our Junior Banquet, On a Waterford-Thomas St. bus. This year has been our year of years. It’s ’44 you know, And every one in the Senior Class, Sees that it’s time to go. But let me tell you ’45 gang, There won’t always be a war; Your years ahead are better than ours, With wonderful things in store. Maybe next year ’twill all be over, And Senior hearts will be in clover ’Cause Texaco gas at a cent a gallon Is sold on the corner by old Fred Allen. And Major Bowes to every new star, Gives away free, a Chrysler car, ’Tis then that you’ll hold those Proms again, You’ll laugh, we’re sure—but we can’t say when. So Juniors—when you read the lore Of the famous Class of ’44, Please note that we, the Senior gang, Hope that the future holds quite a “bang” For next to us—we think you’re swell, Our noble successors—we wish you well! Norma H. Diehl Tiventy-seven

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1944 Fordian When back in ’41 B. C. we into the ninth grade came, We Seniors thought to storm the world To seek and strive for fame. We thought, right then, that we were “sharp,” That run the school we would, Our books to use for ornaments, dispense with if we could. But we soon found—to our dismay One thing they failed to mention, That every week-day afternoon, Miss Ranney kept detention. We started off with one big bang—the high school Freshman Hop, ’Twas after that—we should have known that it was time to stop. For every day the evil lurked on far corners of the map ’Til it crept upon us one cold night—our dreaded foe the “Jap”. After December of ’41, because we were at w'ar, Dark days befell the lowly Class of 1944. The great Soiree that was to be All fun for the young “Soph” clan Turned out to be just one big “flop,” ’Cause no girl had a man. The cars were all in flannel wrapped, The tires gone from sight, And to get to a dance in the old “she-bang” We siphoned gas all night. Our Junior year was quite a “wreck,” No Prom was there for us, For we w'ere still at war, you know, But did we make a fuss? I can’t say we did, this Senior gang. Twenty-six

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1944 Fordian Song Impressions Rose Ascenzi Jean Baker . Marjorie Bleibtrey Lourdes Bouchard Betty Breault Winifred Breen . Caryl Chapman . Marion Coonradt Carolyn Currier . Verna Dick Norma Diehl Doris Dupree Lena Falcone Josephine Gimmelli Elizabeth Gurka . Viola Opitz Janet Rebman Helen Stasko Helen Wilson Theresa Ziccardi Robert Berard Richard Bills Don Dudden Francis Forget . Marvin Hazzard . Albert Mazula William Mazula . Alfred Nealer John Normandin John Opela Howard Swatling Fred Willetts Robert Woodin . Kenneth Abbott . Lois Swatling Helen Brown Cyril Michon Ray Conklin Robert Cozzens . Edna Higgins Verna Scarry Miss McGarty Room 307 . ‘Ho . . . “Rosie the Riveter” [Jeanne With the Light Brown Hair . “Charming” . . “The Lady in Red” “Twinkle-toes” . “Stay As Sweet As Ton Are” . “When I Grow Up” “Tou Are My Sunshine” “Sharp as a Tack” . “My Ideal” “She’s Just a Sailor’s Sweetheart” . “The Marine’s Hymn” “With My Head In the Clouds” “I’m Saving My Love for Bill” “Praise the Lord and Pass the—Money” You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby” . “Angel of Mercy” . “Love is a Merry-Go-Round” “My Heart Belongs to Daddy” ....................“Dark Eyes” “Sleepy-Time Boy” “Stop, You’re Breaking My Heart” ...................“Small Fry” . “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow” I’d Rather Be Right Than President” “Call Me Darling” . . “Hard-Hearted Hannah” . . . . “The Dreamer” “Now That You’re Gone” . . . “The Volga Boatman” . “Old McDonald Had A Farm” . “Slender, Tender and Tall” v You Gonna Keep ’em Down On the Farm” “Man in the Moon” . . . “Embraceable You” . “In My Solitude” . . “Music, Maestro Please!” . “Say it with Flowers” I’m Not Lazy—I’m Just Dreaming” . “Happy in Love” Sweetheart of My Childhood Days” . . . “Any Bonds Today?” . . . . “Take it Easy” Twenty-eight