Watkins Glen High School - Senecan Oracle Yearbook (Watkins Glen, NY)

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19 ORA CLE 44 NICHOLAS FRANZESE Nick is a happy-go-lucky Senior whose main ambition is to pass English.” He has been very active in sports, especially basketball and baseball. He also likes swimming and has been brushing up on ice skating this past winter. He has been a member of the Band, Glee Club, and the Library Club at different times during his four years of high school. Nick has followed an academic course his main interest being mathematics. His main difficulty has been in trying to convince Mr. Munson that he was working instead of skipping; nevertheless, his excuses always had an O on them. Like the rest of the boys, Nick will Join the armed forces after graduating but he plans to work with his father in the trucking business after the war. CHARLES FROST Bummer, as he is often called will never be forgotten for his portrayal of •Martin”, the faithful servant of Green Stockings.” His distinguished appearance and method of putting across his assigned character made him the typical English butler. Chuck has also been unite active in sports during his high school years. Four years of Intramural sports and two years of baseball have proven his good sportsmanship and fine spirit to his team mates as well as his opponents. The Election Day dinner ami other projects also saw Bummer in there pltchin' and a worthy man he was. This fella must be somewhat of a high-pressure salesman too as he came in with top sales for the Navy team when the class had Its magazine drive. Of course he couldn’t expect to beat that Jennings girl but he did alright for himself: and as the company agent said He got my goat”, which was a doll given to the one with the highest sales. When asked about his hobbies. Chuck just said Well I used to collect stamps but I'm kept pretty busy with Pop’s Victory Garden nowadays”, which is just another fine example of his fine spirit. ROBERT HOUSE Bob House has the scientifically inspired brain of our class and as might be expected, he hopes to direct his future along these channels. He is continually surprising us by his outstanding achievements in every field. He is graduating with honor and because of his success in the A-12 tests, he will be able to continue his education. Bob is principally interested in mechanics and is always making things out of machines. He appears shy and bashful but when he is talking on some subject with which he is familiar, he is so different that you hardly realize he is the same person. His methodical and efficient manner of accomplishing things is truly inspiring. Bob is interested in volley ball, softball and archery and participated in them in his Junior and Senior years. He is particularly interested in hunting and bicycle riding, both of which he does very well. Bob hopes eventually to become an electrical engineer. We are sure that Bob will be a success in whatever he undertakes. MARGARET JAMES Margie (often referred to as Hey, James!) has been one of the most active members of the Senior class. She has been outstanding in the field of sports, taking part in physical demon ‘•nations and Intramurals. Her acting ability was brought out in her excellent performance as Aunt Ida In the Senior play. Margie has been a member of the Student Standard staff and of the Oracle staff. Her outside Interests Include Ice skating, dancing and going to birthday parties. The only real difficulty which Margie has encountered during her Senior year Is that of getting in Study Hall before the bell rings. We have no fear, however, that she will be there when it really counts. Margie Is one senior who has definite plans for continuing her education for she has already arranged to attend Keuka College to studv retailing. PHYLLIS JENNINGS A pleasant giggle and a dimpled cheek are earmarks of our classmate, Phyllis Jennings. Phyllis is chock full of energy and she has always been ready to use this store of vitality on class projects. She took part in our Freshman Field Day, our Sophomore Hop, our Senior Play and our Junior sale of Christmas wreathes. In fact, Phyl came out on top in the sale of our Junior wreathes and she also placed second in the sale of magazines this year. Phyllis has pursued a business course in high school and she plans to continue in that field at the Bryant Stratton business school. From there she hopes to go to Cornell to take a Hotel Management course to complete her business training. Phyllis likes people, collects menus and pictures and is surely slated for a happy, prosperous life. n

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19 ORACLE 44 JOYCE DAVIS Our Freshman year found many new members In our class of whom Joyce Davis was outstanding:. As a matter of course, she was tagged with Blondie”—now and forever more! Time proved her a most capable student as evidenced by her repeated appearance on the honor roll. Blondie’s skill and interest In athletics was displayed by her prowess at Ice skating which is her favorite sport and at basketball, in which she participated during her Junior and Senior years. This year she has been an active Library Club member and prominent in the Senior Class Activities. Joyce's plans for the future are indefinite, but like many others, is thinking now of entering the Cadet Nurse Corps. Whatever Joyce does, her pleasing manner and zest for life will take her a long way. DORA DEAN Dora’s future ambition, which Is to grow' to be five feet tall, is easily explained by her nickname. Her high school course has been academic; her interest in language is indicated by the fact that her major and minor subjects have been Latin and French respectively. Dora has been a member of the Library Club during her Junior and Senior years, and spends much of her spare tim. reading. Her favorite sports are basketball, volley ball, and softball. She also likes to roller skate and dance. Dora thought she might like nursing, realizing that she wasn’t tall enough to be accepted, she has decided to turn to photography. Since she has had a great deal of experience with a camera during the past two years, she had become interested in this type of w’ork and is planning to turn her hobby into a career. ALMERIDA DeDOMINICK Almerlda DeDomlnick, better known as Al, Is one of the girls in our class- who has had a great interest in athletics. She has participated in many sports including basketball, speedball, soft-ball, soccer volley ball and archery. Of course she also likes to bowl and to dance, w'hich she does at every opportunity. Although an out-of-town” classmate, Al’s very friendly personality soon gained her many friends. Al’s future ambition accounts for her choice of the business course for she hopes to become a prominent business woman. Her friendliness, willingness and dependability spell success in anything Al starts to do. EUGENE FORREST Eugene, Nuts to you has suffered more kidding than any other Senior since he is the baby of the class. Eugene’s main objective in school would seem to have been sleeping late enough every morning to keep Mr. Munson busy staying at detention with him. Still he has managed to muster energy enough to serve efficiently as our class Business Manager. Nuts developed an extraordinary skill in pouring coffee and carrying trays filled with dishes at the f’atbolic Church and Election Day dinners and the boys all know' him for a card shark and pool expert. Perhaps it is such qualities as 11 e -e which enabled him to keep our Varsity basketball team so well equipped and in such good order. His title manager, (the »esult of heavy sw'eat and hard w’ork) was well earned and much deserved. Eugene is the school’s scientific w’onder and in his Junior year he won the Bosch and Lomb Medal for Science, (iene’s future plans seem non-existent but our guess is that he will go places in some field involving Science or Math. ANGELINE FRANK Throughout her high school years, Annie has been envied because of her talent to jitterbug and to xecute all the latest steps in dancing. Her partner was usually either Colleen or Joyce, who, with Annie make up an inseparable threesome. Her naturally athletic nature led her to take part in basketball, tumbling and volley ball. In these sports, she displayed great skill and was later chosen as a cheerleader. This year and last, she has been center girl of the cheerleaders—perhaps because she can yell the loudest; those who know say because of her ability. During the summer, Annie’s main pastime is swimming or basking in the sun. However, this summer she will probably spend w'ork-ing at Sampson where she is planning to try for a Civil Service Job. Best of luck to you, Annie! 10

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19 ORACLE 44 FRANCES KAUFMAN Sis Kaufman’s popularity is a result of her ready smile and her fine sense of humor. She has taken a business course in high school and plans to continue in this field after graduation. Her Interest in sewing and cooking, together with her present interest in writing letters, make us fear, howover, that her career as a business woman may be doomed. When Frances was still a Sophomore, she showed her interest in class affairs by her work on the Sophomore Hop Committee and ail through her high school career, she has continued to be a steady and dependable worker. She participated in Intramural volley ball in her second year and in her third year Frances was a member of the Library Club. Because of the contentment and happiness Frances finds in the simple everyday tilings, she will surely make for herself a rich and satisfying life. CLIFFORD KING Cliff, our popular Senior from Burdett has spent his extracurricular hours in various sport activities. He has taken part in Intramural sports during all his four high school years and played Varsity baseball in this, his Senior year. Well-liked and very dependable, Cliff was chosen as Treasurer his Sophomore year and Vice-President his Senior year. He was circulation manager for the Oracle this year and will celebrate graduation by burning all his used receipt blanks. Cliffs main hobby is making model airplanes but he is also very profficlent at wiping dishes as was revealed at the Flection Day dinner. His persuasive manner and expert salesmanship brought him in second on the Army Team in the sale of magazines this year. No doubt Clifford will have to serve a term for Uncle Sam after graduation but we expect some day to hear that he has realized his ambition to become an architect. BETTY JEAN LONGSTREET Betty Jean Longstreet, better known as Betty or Jeannle Is that cute little girl who to all appearances is a shy and bashful little soul. However, it takes only the proper conditions to prove that this is only appearance. Although Betty has never taken any considerable part in school sports or class activities, she does enjoy sw'imming, dancing, skating and horseback riding. As for Betty's future—well, that is still undecided. She isn’t quite sure what she wants to be—but since she has taken a business course throughout her four high school years, it is unite nnssihle that she mav someday make someone a pretty and efficient secretary. With that pleasing smile and quiet way of hers, we are all sure that she will succeed in whatever she decides to do. ROSEMARY PASTORE Rosemary, better known to her many friends as Shorty, is living proof that good things come, in small packages. Though small in stature. Shorty does things in a big way. She was I.1 basketball, volley ball, and many other girl's sports. She was on the Freshman Field Day Committee, the Sophomore Hop Committee—in fact she has been on some committee for every class project. Shorty’s main intersts have been getting the most out of school in the way of having a good time, making friends and succeeding in her classes. Her future ambition Is to be a medical secretary and marry the doctor (incidentally there’s a certain Junior who she knows wfants to be a doctor). If we know' Shorty, she will succeed at whatever she undertakes including marrying the doctor. WANDA PHILLIPS Wanda is one of the more quiet members of our class and devotes a great deal of her leisure to her favorite pastime, reading. Still on the quiet side, she also enjoys music and nature as shown by her membership in the (Bee Club and the Bird Club. As most rural girls, Wanda has been active In 4-H work and is today a leader in the Irelandville 4-H Club. However, all of her time has not been devoted to these quieter interests’ for much of her time has been devoted to sports. Before her Senior year she participated in basketball and volley ball. Her recreation outside of school consists mainly of swimming and Ice skating. Wanda is one Senior who has made up her mind to a vocation. She expects to enter the teaching profession. Success and good luck! 12