Waterford High School - Fordian Yearbook (Waterford, NY)

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SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Vice-President Secretary Treasurer President Jiihnny j Marin Joan Turn The Senior Class would like to extend its appreciation to Mrs. MacFarland for her advice and assistance during Mr. Coughlin’s absence. Twenty-seven

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“Russ” RUSSELL B. WALTERS “If we're in trouble, we don't fuss. To make it right we call on Russ.” Freshman Hop 1; Riding Club 1; Home Economics Club 1; Sophomore Soiree 2; Amateur Night 3. 4; Sport’s Editor, Spotlight” 3, 4; Monitor and Fire Squad 4; School Service Club 3, 4; Inter-Class Formal 3; Round and Square Dance Committees 3, 4; Junior-Senior Formal 4; Moving-Up-Day 2. 4; ’Fordian 4; Senior Sock Dance 4. JOHN F. WILLETTS “Whitey” “Jack Willetts, a real good guy. Is never quiet, and certainly not shy” Basketball 1; Soccer 2, 3, 4; President Riding Club 1; Boys’ Home Economics Club 2; School Service Club 3, 4; Projectionist 1, 2, 3, 4; Senate-Senior Dance 4; Inter-Class Formal 3; Jr.-Sr. Formal 4; Freshman Hop 1; Sophomore Soiree 2; Amateur Night 3, 4; Round and Square Dance 3, 4; Monitor 2; Moving-Up-Dav Committee 2; Masquerade Ball 4; Senior Play Committee 4; Senior Sock Dance 4. ANNA MARIE WILKES “Ann” “Ann, just give us that pleasant smile, For it the Seniors would walk a mile ” Freshman Hop 1; StiideiU Renate 1; French Club 1, 4; Inter- national Relations Club! 3; Secrenfcj Typir g Club 2; Leader’s Club 1; Girl’s A. A. 1; Sophomore Sfcifea ’Foy jidn 4. f: f Vii A

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HismnY nr the class hf 49 Two score and six months ago we Seniors first looked into the rays of knowledge beaming from the upper two floors of this wondrous building. - - - We have been blinded ever since! You know yourself whenever anyone mentions home- work all the Seniors chime in with, “I can't see it.” However, back in September '45 our minds were on only one thing—The Freshman Hop. The dance was scheduled for March 15, 1946, but we began “hopping” right away. (Had to keep in practice.) Committees were appointed and everyone was happy running from the meeting to meeting. Around the last of December we decided to take time out for a Christmas party. It was delayed a little and ended as a Valentine’s Day party. At long last the big dance was approaching. All the committees were going full blast, the general chairman had been selected, and the chaperones had signed on the dotted line. (Ah, yes, activity slips even then.) The dance was a great success. (Someone’s been tampering with my notes. They stuck in the fact that the next week was declared school clean-up week. —Very funny! Very funny!—) That wound up the year but we looked forward expectantly to our Sophomore year. We wasted no time but fixed the date of our Sophomore Soiree for Nov. 15, 1946. Everybody came—Everybody, that is, who bought tickets. However, it made up in quality what it lacked in quantity. Our next social endeavor was a round and square dance held on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1947. It was really a vegetable dance.—What a combination! Cabbages with Tomatoes! We cruised along for a few months and then ended the year very successfully by winning the field day award. Strangely enough, following our Sophomore year came our Junior year. We started the year by having a Vic Dance and two round and square dances. Next came something for which we had been waiting for two years—OUR class ring. Amateur Night, a grand exhibition for local talent, was next on the calendar. It was a packed house and everybody agreed with the judges when the “Quartette” was chosen as winner. In fact, everyone was humming or singing “Coney Island Babe” for months afterward. Along about May 14, 1948, came the “Spring Festival”, an inter-class formal sponsored by the classes of ’48, ’49, and ’50. I’m sure everyone who went enjoyed themselves, and since, the main purpose of a dance is to bring enjoyment, it was successful. Twenty-eight