Whitesville High School - Wycenian Yearbook (Whitesville, NY)

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GRADE SIX Greetings from the Sixth Grade! We are happy in our new home-room, the one formerly occupied by the third grade. It is directly across from the Art Room. Our group numbers twenty-six. There are eighteen girls and eight boys. Our interests have been varied. We are enjoying Mr. Cretekos on Wednesdays when he assists us with our science problems. Mrs. Buchholz has helped us to understand the value of good health habits. At least half of our group are taking music lessons. A particular problem in Art that interested us was the Indian blanket design. We are grateful for the privilege of borrowing books from the high school library. This has helped us to improve our reading. On November 25 we presented an assembly program with the theme of Thanksgiving. This was followed by a movie, God»s Wonders in Our Own Backyard. The following evening we repeated the program for the P. T. A. We are having a busy year. In addition to our regular work we are learning the Importance of working quietly, cooperating, and sharing responsibilities. GRADE SEVEN The Seventh Grade has a very efficient group of officers with Larry Hallett as president, Gary Plaisted as vice president, Cheryl Buchholz as secretary, and Kenneth Kear as treasurer. Prances Nesbit and Larry Hallett were chosen to be representatives on the Student Council. Alice Perkins and Danny Deming were elected to be represent- atives in the Athletic Association. Mrs. Green Is the class advisor. At the beginning of school, we had twenty-four students in the class, but Dahl Plynn moved away leaving twenty-three at present. Kenneth Kear and Paul Smith were selected to serve as managers of the basketball team. GRADE EIGHT When we started school in September, we had a group of twenty- nine. We welcomed James Punch from Maine. David Chamberlain, Harry Rhodes, and Steve Golish have left our grade making a total of twenty- seven students at present. We elected our officers as following: President - Bob Dibble, Vice President - Larry Pritchard, Secretary - Bonnie Phillips, Treas- urer - Elton Harris, Student Council Representatives - Marjorie Bledsoe and Bob Dibble, Athletic Association Representatives - Judy Buchholz and Prank Payne. We chose Mr. Strever as our class advisor. We had a class party November 8, when we went to Wellsville to the skating rink. Mr. Strever drove the bus. We studied the following subjects the first semester: General Music, Citizenship Education, Math, Gym, English, and Science. 26 This entire page is sponsored by MINGES DAIRY

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GRADE TWO We started our activities on the first day of school in Sept- ember with 26 enrolled. By the second week, we had 29» with Eddy and Robert West, and Ruthie Ann Thompson having joined us. These three were with us for five weeks before leaving. In December Jimmie Baer became one of us, in time to take part in our Christmas Pun. Our assembly of Mother Goose Rhymes was enjoyed by the other grades. We had a lot of fun in putting it on. Our Second Grade has been one of work and fun that we shall look back upon with pleasure. GRADE THREE Our class this year has 23 members. There are 16 boys and 7 girls. We have two new members, Hazen Pratt and Charles Bledsoe. Many children have been ill with the flu, but we still have six with perfect attendance. We are enjoying our science classes and have had many exper- iments with magnets and electricity in using our new science kit. We had fun at our Halloween Party playing games and eating all the treats we had. At Christmas we all helped decorate our room and the tree. We had a party and everyone exchanged gifts. It was lots of fun. GRADE POUR The Fourth Grade has 32 pupils. Dick Chamberlain left us early in November, but we gained a new pupil, Norma Stanford, who came to us from Wellsville. One of our first activities was becoming familiar with some of our wild flowers. Each pupil gathered several kinds and brought them to school. Some pupils pressed and mounted the ones which they gathered. Another activity which occupied much of October was the study of the Iroquois Indians. The pupils made booklets in which they summarized some of the Important facts concerning them. We gave an assembly program in November. The theme of the part presented by the pupils was Flowers and Plants. The other part of the program was a film, Johnny Appleseed. In Social Studies we take a brief look at a cross section of the United States. We also study the home life of people In typ- ical regions of the world. We have done many interesting projects in Art including painting, paper cutting, free-hand drawing, and working with crayons. We had several new library books which we enjoyed very much. GRADE FIVE In September there were 32 in Fifth Grade. We were glad to welcome Kent Wentling from Wellsville. Madeline Thompson left us in October. Alton Stanford moved here in November from Wellsville and Patricia Chamberlain moved to Genesee. There are fourteen in our room taking lessons on musical instruments. At Halloween we had a party and at Christmas we exchanged gifts and had a tree in our room. We also enjoyed many birthday treats. We packed Red Cross boxes for over-seas and many pupils contributed to the Junior Red Cross. We have a Stamp Club in our room. This entire page is sponsored by JOYCE PIPE LINE CO. 2$

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OUR BATTLES These trophies represent our winnings in different sports throughout past years as spoils of war represent what the Army acquires during their battles. Mr. Maynard is to our teams what General MacArthur was to some of our troops in World War II. Top row, left to right: Senior athlete trophy, class intra- mural trophy. Little League baseball trophy. Bottom row: County foul shooting trophy, sectional volley- ball trophy, county baseball trophy, sectional baseball trophy, and county Little League baseball trophy. 27