Whitesville High School - Wycenian Yearbook (Whitesville, NY)

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To Mr. Austin we leave the remembrance of his first Senior Class of W. C. S. We are sure Mr. Laughlin would appreciate our willing him new equipment for the shop. To Mr. “Luke” Wilson we will a winning basketball team for the future years. To Mrs. Cornell we will the further humor and gaity throughout our high school years. To Miss Pettibone we will a band and chorus with perfect at- tendance of members. To Mrs. Barney we will our friendship and appreciation from her eighth grade graduation class of ’40. To Miss Braunschweiger we leave the hope that she won’t have to transport the faculty to and from Wellsville every day. To Mrs. Keefe we leave the hope that she won’t have any more automobile accidents. To Mrs. Hurlburt we leave our thanks for joining the faculty. To Mrs. Clark we leave our deepest and most sincere gratitude for her kind assistance while in the fifth and sixth grades. To Mrs. Coats we leave our deep appreciation for being our first teacher. (Signed, and sealed this twenty-third dred and forty-four.) day of June, nineteen hun- L. F. 18

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Dorothy Teater bequeaths her personality to Ann Allen. Lillian Flamini leaves Doris Eldridge her gift of gab. Eloise Haskell is left Irene’s shyness. Lois Harris leaves Robert McAllister her ability to write poetry. Ruth Fitzpatrick bequeaths her ability as a beautician to the Sophomore girls. Jean Crittenden leaves her ability to flirt to Don Chase. Richard Blow wills his ability to be a farmer to Keith Folts, and his muscular form to Richard Lewis. To Barbara Hurlburt, the Senior Class leaves its ability to get out of work. To Leola Grover is left the Senior’s ability to get along with the teachers. To the entire student body we leave our good will and sincere gratitude and the hope that their school days may be as happy as ours have been. ---- • ------ To the teachers we leave the peace and quiet they have always longed for. The Senior Class leaves to our ex-advisor, Mrs. Pfeiffer, our un- dying devotion. The Seniors leave Miss Wheaton, our present advisor, deep ap- preciation for her unfailing helpfulness. To Mr. Howe we leave our appreciation for his willingness to help us through any difficulties that might confront us. To Miss Lewis we bequeath a class that will be there on time with their lessons done. To Mrs. Connor we leave sincere hope that the war will be over soon so that she may lead a happy wedded life. 17

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CLASS PROPHESY My husband, Superman, just left the house and I have no cus- tomers in my beauty shop now, so I will tell you about the trip I took last Saturday. I was restless and had nothing to do but to drift back to the good-old-days in Whitesville Central School. I laughed at some in- cidents that weren’t to be laughed at, at the time they happened. I’ll never forget the day Irene Rear attempted to sit down, and hit the floor instead. I also recalled Richard Blow trying to tell a good joke, but he always laughed so hard that he would work up a cough, and the joke was lost. Lillian Flamini used to be good at making up her own jokes. Soon, I began wondering what had happened to all of my classmates. Had Betty ever become a nurse? I wonderer where the old “gang” was and what they were doing. When Superman came home for dinner, I put the proposition up to him; and, after my dishwasher had finished its job, we were off through the sky. Please don’t jump to conclusions; we were in our helicopter. My husband retired ten years after we were married, and our son is doing his job very nicely. First, I contacted Mr. Ray Smith to inquire of Betty’s location. Much to my surprise, I was directed to the city of Hallsport. It now has a population of 3,000 including Betty’s family. She had started her career as a nurse but found the cheesemaking business more profitable. I found her under the name of Costello. We had a long visit and through her I discovered that Arloine Freeman is no longer 19