Wheatland Chili Central School - Genoatk Yearbook (Scottsville, NY)

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C add .fffzdiorg Class of 57, th1s lS your past These twelve years 1n school have been your l1fe your mam mterest Carry yourselves back to that ceremomous September mormng lll 1945 when ten of you B111 Baker, Dorothy Bly Margaret Brunner Barbara Cameron J an1ce Green, Peter LeR0y. Jllllall McVean, D1ck Mmster J ack Perry Gene Swam and Dorothy Sm1th began your perllous tr1a1s that have f1na11y brought you to 1957 All of you are, of course, anxrous on tf'11S f1rst day But especxally so IS Dorothy Bly Look! She was almost rut by that o1l truck as she darted across the street to an 3W3lI1l'1g car Whewl Off to an CXCIIIIIS start Dorothy Three htmdred stxty f1ve days later all of you are paradmg mto MISS Srmth s second grade room. The shmy newness of school has begun to tarmsh, but you are all fresh after that long lazy vacatton Well, Dorothy Bly you really are lookmg for trouble, aren't you? Dorothy IS stammer1ng 1n the front of the room w1th gum on the end of her nose. Carol Thurlow and Ann Lennon JOID you th1s year and after a fash1on M1ss Sm1th gets used to all her little wh1sperers and gum chewers The followmg year we f1nd you cartmg your school supphes from Mrs Dav1son s customary thtrd grade room on the f1rst floor up to Mrs Abbott s room on the second floor The orgaruzanon of a club fexecunves nowj and the matter of dues occupy your mterests tn f1fth grade. R1chard Mmster playmg the part of an Elv1s Presley 1S wmnmg all the pr1zes on your amateur showsl Mrs Reynolds and her Jokes and crazy BIIIICS often send you 1nto gales of laughter Mrs Kathryn Burns lS your teacher as you enter Sl.XIfl grade Imaglnel Only six more years to go You are enter ta1ned by the class mag1c1ans Dorothy Bly and Dorothy Sm1th who dress 1n darmg evemng dresses and hlgh heels to perform an Hour of Mag1c for your class meettngs Dorothy you keep tnppmg over your gown! Thomas Patr1ck Glav1n and Bartley O Br1en now step mto focus Tomts 1rnmed1ately elected class treasurer and 1S to rematn so for the next Eve years Ramy weather accompames J une, and you would have to p1Ck one of those dr1zzly days for your first class D1Cl'l1C away from the school grotmds I see you had fun, anyway at Genesee Valley Park J un1or H1gh and you find yourselves confronted with the 1ron hands of M1ss Murray and Mr Annis Rulers and com passes are QIVBII a work out as you construct maps for Mr AIll'l1SfhlS favorite assignmenty In soclal studies the h1story of your nat1ve Vluage Scottsv1lle, IS mcluded More flml At the close of the year I see you are show1ng your apprec1at1on to Mr Ann1s as he departs from your Alma Mater You present lum w1th a genume leather brief case E1ghth grade, fmally! But what trouble It 1S to brmg! The appomted teacher backs down before he even sees you lxttle darltngs and 1S Sald to have fled to Maryland He must have gotten w1nd of that small town QOSSIP Then come cashmere sweaters and tweed sport coats, as handsome Mr Vmcent O Brlefl arrtves to tackle you all You enjoy havmg Mr O'Br1en chase you all over don't you J' ack? Now boys why chmb out onto the tar roof? But all IS forgotten and the g1rls swoon as Mr O Br1en drags all of you to a U of R. football game. H15 bmoculars are pretty strong, hum g1rls? Apparently you are too much for Mr OBr1en. As Mr K3l'Il1l'lSk1 walks through the door 1nJ anuary h1story marks zoom to a new low Margaret IS that a 40070 on your paper? what s that? Art the and Frances are new arr1va.ls th1s yearl says he has already spent th1rty hours after school. Just can t seem to master those pres1de.nts he says Now J ack Perry, why d1d you st1ck that water p1stol ut Dorothy s desk? For that, 1n your future, Dorothy ma.r1y mghts after school. The boys test the1r w1ngs and comm1t the1r f1rst major offense. 'I'hey h1ke off for Caledorua and wh1le they are rest1ng on the Mumford Br1dge, Mr Connor dr1ves merr1ly by and doesn't even nonce them for does he?J Ah at last! Freshman Day IS here, You look hke a p1g 1n a pork barrel, Pete, as you roll across the gym floor ID your costume. There 1S Jack agam, bhndfolded and swmgmg a bat w1ldly arotmd tn the a1r as raw eggs are pttched rlght and left at h1m. I see you bramy ones have your own eggs to throw back at the demons and Fee: A M1nt Gum to boot J uhan McVean, The Great 1S your pres1dent A femlnme ftgure approaches It is Barbara Crowley to grace your class Her voxce proves very valuable 1n the lngh school chorus In the Sophomore year Pres1dent Gene Swa1n and the sellmg of sweatslurts are the mam themes You eam a whole hundred dollars by your efforts selling sweatshlrts You are now even capable of sponsormg a movie wluch nets a fine prof1t Even through you do prof1t at some thmgs it st1ll seems that your class 1S a Jinx Your Latm teacher departs as the f1rst semester ends Other teachers look upon you as Imposs1bles ' I8 , . . . . . . - 1 1 1 1 1 1 I D I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . , . 1 - 1 , . . . . . . , . 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 s 1 a - l I H . ,, . . . . . 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You have four would be athletes 1n your presence, On the class p1Cl'1lC at Conesus Lake, Art Jack Pete and Dtck swxm across the lake. On the way back the survlvors taklng the1r fmal gasp of oxygen are mlraculously rescued by a passmg row boat Tom and ,Tuhan also learn how to roller skate that day Well, they trted The ma1n top1cs of mterest at your J Lu11or class rneetmgs conducted by Prestdent Dorothy SITllIh are class rmgs and money ra1s1ng projects Dorothy B Carol T , and Dorothy S get a r1de up to Tom G s house to get hls cake for the baked food sale After all that trouble he hands them a tmy Answer Cake Better than nothmgl After your Sadxe Hawkms Dance which ts profttabletn more ways than one you are JOlIl6d by Dolores Blackman and Ceha Duncan We musm't forget those play rehearsals for Take Your Medtcme what wtth fllllllg Pete s boots w1th water and trylng to keep Barbara Cameron and her exasperating w1t out of trouble Then fmally the b1g rught came w1th Tom knockmg the hat rack through the scenery and nurse Frances commg 1.l'l and pulltng ll out September of 56 and you are on your last lap The glrls take over agam and Ann IS elected Pres1dent of the class It seems to be a year of mlsdemeaners plus a year of fun and of growmg up Everythmg starts off w1th a bang when the g1rls are caught sklpptng f1fth perlod study hall fora long lunch hour at a fr1end s house fwhat s the name of that frtend of yours'7J the gavel at the Student Counc1l meetmgs One of your maJor class projects IS the sellmg of magazmes Congrats Pete on hltttng the S100 mark Have fun on your class ptcmc at Letchworth after that all mght Pajama Party? I see ll ralned all that day Sklpplng seems to be a favorlte past ume Rlght Peter ,Tuhan and Jack? Say cheese qturps the photographer as he snaps your prof1les for your Semor p1ctures Hal Hal Freshman Day and you are on the other end for a change Remember all the scarey tdeas you presented to the shlvermg F reshmen'7 Then you turned around and gave them dehcxous 1ce cream and cake Play rehearsal for two months Your producuon of the B1g Blowup ftnally blows out Bet your d1rector Mr New man, IS reheved I see you have a dlplomat m your group At your frequent gettogethers Tom entertatns you wlth hls mov1es on hrs tr1p to Europe durlng the summer of 56 Year Book meeungs occupy most of your week day even1ngs Ed1tor Juhan Adv1sor Mlss Spence and the rest of the staff spend some gruehng hours trymg desperately to make the dead hne Some meeungs are frtutful some unbearable, but you f1nally complete your work Very successful. Graduauon rught and you as a student take the last look at your Alma Mater Yes that was your hfe. Now you yourselves are responslble for progress 1n the future You are on your own as the doors of W C C S close behand you. I9 , l . 1 U, l 1 ' I, . ' ll D1 ' Tears of joy erupt when Carol and Margaret are elected to the Varsity Cheerleading Squad. I also see Dolores holding Cl C 9 il ' ' ' ' . ,, . ,, . . -