Waterville Central High School - Academic Union Yearbook (Waterville, NY)

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History of the Senior Class Twelve years ago in the fall of 1923, three small girls, Dorothy Browne, Anna Fusek and Frances Jones, and seven boys, Norman Bourke, Robert Byrnes, Vincent Cash, Collis Huntington, Arthur Roberts, Roger Terry and Albert Treen entered the first grade of the Waterville school. They spent their first year in accustoming themselves to the novelty of attending school. ln their second year they lost Arthur Roberts, who moved to Richfield Springs, and Frances Jones, who moved to Deansboro. The next two years were rather uneventful. The following year marked a decided change. They became full-fledged members of the fifth grade,and they moved into the larger building. Mary Doyle was recruited to the class that year. By the next year they had more or less acclimated themselves to their new surroundings and received another classmate, Alene Stukey. The seventh year brought three more members to the fold, Julia Hughes, Catherine Tuffy and Kenneth Rankins. The next year was a big thrill for the class. They moved into the new Wateryfille Central School. Here they were joined by Cleveland James. When they entered their first year of high school, they composed one of the largest freshman classes in the history of the school. Cleveland James left them, but there were several additions: Leland Vining, Robert Blair, Glen Williams, Kathleen Brady, Isabelle Fuess, Marion Helterline, Pauline La- fayette, Sarah Ogden, Pauline Randall and Laura Tepolt. They entered whole-heartedly into extra-curricular activities, and by the end of the year had a sizable balance in the treasury. From then on they became one of the most progressive classes in the high school. In their sophomore year they l1ad some more recruits: Helen Bingham, Sarah Gravenstein, Ida Smith, Mary Louise Brady, Merlin Staring, Theodore Szlachta and Guy Vining. Ruth Templeton joined them in their junior year. The climax of this most successful and eventful year was the junior-senior scrap over the dummy of the seniors which the juniors put up. They were successful in keeping the dummy intact for a longer time than any other junior class in the history of Waterville. Only after burning kerosene rags were employed did the dummy succumb to the attacks of the seniors. As is the usual custom, the juniors put up a dummy for us to take down this year. The pole was greased and the task seemed hopeless. Every time a senior came within reach of the dummy some junior would pull him down. liowever, Leland Vining made himself a hero by successfully climbing the pole against great odds and by destroying the dummy. The whole fight lasted only an hour, whereas we fended off the attacks of the seniors last 'ear for over two hours. 3 ln this, their last year, they were the most active class in school. The senior girls completed their fourth consecutive year as winners of the Inter- class Basketball Championship. During the course of the year the' seniors sponsored several money-making enterprises such as the senior Mardi Gras and the senior theater party. By the end of the year they had a tidy sum of money in the treasury. Throughout the years of high school the seniors have been fortunate in possessing natural leaders. To the untiring work of these leaders goes much of the credit for making this one of the wealthiest classes which has ever graduated from the school. The class of 1935 has been 'Lin the limelighti' every step of the way, and the school is going to seem rather empty without them next year. Albert Treen.

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LELAND VINING Commercial 'f0f Manners gentle, of Ailections mild, In Wit, a man! Simplicity, a child. Dramatics Club, 4g Senior Mardi Gras Committee, 4, Christ- mas Cantata, 4g Interelass Soccer, 2, 3, 45 Interclass Base- ball, lg lnterclass Basketball, 2. GLEN WILLIAMS Agriculture The ploughman homeward plods his Weary wayf, Soccer, 2, 3, 45 Baseball, 2, 3g Future Farmers, 2, 3, 4g Future Farmer Prize Speaker, 3, 4g Stage Manager, 3, 4g Aca- demic Union Staff, 4, Dramatics Club, 4. RUTH TEMPLETON Commercial A quiet girl is Ruth with a pleasing personality, and a smile for everyone. County Shorthand Contest, 4, County Bookkeeping Con- test, 3. LAURA TEPOLT Homemaking So very lovable and shy, That naught in nature 'scapes her eyefl Glee Club, 2, 31 Dramatics Club, 3g Art Club, 2, Knitting Club, 3, Interclass Basketball, 3, 4, Intcrclass Soccer, 23 Mardi Gras Committee, 4. CATHERINE TUFFY llomemaking 'LHere is one of those quiet sedate girls Whom we never learn about. Interclass Basketball, l, 2, 4g lnterclass Soccer, I, 33 Dra- matics Club, 3, 4, Softball, 3, 4.

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Doolittle Detective Agency 4'We can find anything, anybody, anywherew Case No. 1313 March 15, 1955 Note: Official report on case 1313-the present whereabouts and status of the class of 1935 of Waterville Central School, Waterville, New York. Detailed to Operative C. Howie Lyes on January 3, 1955. Confidential, of course. Bingham, Helenfffiight in my line, here, the wife of a sheriff. Loves lo drive her husband's car with the siren going. Brady, Kathleen-Couldn't believe she was her age. Unbelievably young and dominating. Talked continually. Lives in Buffalo, now known as the Windy City. Brady, Mary Louise-A cook after my own tongue. Specialty is Irish pie with real green trimmings, called the Painted-Peach-Pie. Browne, Dorothy-Present girls, athletic instructor in her home town. Her teams are known as Browneis Bounding Beauties, or the Basketball Babes of Browne. Doyle, Mary-A quiet, orderly woman married to Collis Huntington, realtor. Evidently were school-day sweethearts. Suitable for title of book, MHe Got What She Wantedf, Fuess, Isabelle-'Married to Rollo Vincent Cash, an instructor in Col- gate. Used to hate men, but said '5Yes,7 to him. Has the peculiar hobby of riding on milk trucks. Fusek, Anna-The blood-curdling voice in MMushy Murder Mysteriesfi Has a hobby of making jokes out of her own head fa woodcarverj. Cravenstein, Sarah+A woman after my own soul. Sheis a missionary at present deep in the wilds of China, teaching the heathen to love, honor and obey. Follow me, brethren! Helterline, Marionfwhen 1 told her l was a detective, she gave me a look that would freeze Lake Erie on Labor Day. Sheis a business woman, likes the name Everett, and loves to loaf around post offices. Hughes, JuliafAnother married woman. Was a nurse, fell in love with a patient and threw her career overboard with no hesitation. Hobby is dancing fl-lawaiian varietyi. A New Yorker now. Jones, Frances-Instructor in the School for Bashful Girls, specializing in the eve movements. Her hobby is cataloging blond men. LaFayette, Paulinefflere is a modern Portia, a full-fledged lawyer who delights in emotional scenes that literally tear the jurors, hearts out. Her witty remarks are giving her a Dorothy Parker reputation. Lives in Chicago. Ogden, Sarah-Married to Albert Treen and they form a perfect couple. Loves to dahble around with lip-stick. Randall, Pauline-After weeks of what seemed to be fruitless searching, l found her on a tiny, barren island near Bali where she was reeuperating from the mad social whirl to which she had been subjected. Smith, lda--Everyone, of course, knows the author of '4My Blond ln- spirationf, the hit book of the year, which swept the world by storm and carried Miss Smith to fame and fortune. Stukey, Alene-The present holder of the Peggy Joyce Trophy for the non-stop flight from husband to husband. Her record is eight, with num- ber nine on the way.