Whitney Point High School - Maroon and Gold Yearbook (Whitney Point, NY)

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CLASS OF 44 THEIR HISTORY en e first met thls class of '44, they were made up of Esther Bull, Mary Lou Ger en Barbara Jenks, Betty Murphy, Betty Jean Walters, Bl ll Cross Harvey Gaylord, Bob Murphy, Blll Nlchols and Bernard Strong, not very many but enough to start a somewhat brllllant class of morons In Thlrd grade Marcella McMahon was welcomed Into our moronic mudst They went merrily on theur way, up the stony road of educatlon untul Fufth grade One day a surprise awauted them They were Informed that they were to move om thelr lutt chlcken coop to the present Whitney Polnt Central School There to greet them was a bunch of klds, gathered from the nearby country schools They were ma e up of Melvun Brooks, Burt Ellerson, Donald Knapp, Ruth Brown, Shlrley Brown Betty Flahavan, Rose Hand Ralph Probert, Milan Zlpay, Betty Lamb, Gladys Neubauer, Aluce and Helen Pogorzelskl Eunlce ROQGVS, Dennis Quarelua, and Euuzabefn Walter WI h thls addltlon, they made up a rather dull looking but unterestlng class of Flfth grade In their sixth year they welcomed Charles Standlsh and Juanlta Potter to their cozy group The next year of school was undoubtedly the most excltung of all They were untued from thelr teacher's apron strungs and let loose to wander lover unexplored oppor tunltyl F r hat else could y u call lt, lf not opportunlty, to wander for the Furs time through open doors to rooms where huge books ann unknown teachers challenged you Another newcomer was there, Greydon Ellison, to help them probe unto the mysterues of newly found duscoverues Then wlth heads held hugh they went lnto Eighth grade where they were joined by George Gates when they graduated from Eighth grade they went Into Nlnth wlth an addutuon of flve new puplls, Bob and Shlrley Woodward, Helen Thatcher, Aldlne Q all, and Cralg th t of Freshman ln thelr Sopho more year they welcomed Dorus Dennlson and Roy Shear, but Dorus left them be ore e I the ear they gave the r flrst Important dance, 'The Sophomor year was up Dur ng y Sweater Hopn It was a huge success and made them feel pretty Important when they I h ame a ulred the name Junlors they were yolned by Harry Norberg, Dorls Denn son, w o c CQ back from Cortland, Marcella McMahon who had moved to Binghamton durlng the summer, h J lor la s Antlc Spring came back to joln them ln January The Harvext Dance, T e un p y , , and Mother Who Went Away, and the Junlor Prom were outstandlng events sponsored by the ass t at e Carl Arnold left to yoln the Coast Guard h when the group flnally achleved the hlgh and mlghty name of Seniors, Carol Burg 97 and Rudolph Palzer yolned to make up the Senlor Class as o today Durung the year, the class presented Eygg Sunce gig, a three act play about hlgh school newspaper and lts fun lovlng staff of hlgh school students Earller ln the year, they presented the vlctory Stamp Shlndlg, to whlch the admlsslon was a war stamp only In March the Seniors heard the long awalted news that they would be able t go on a trlp It was declded that the Detrolt Boat trlp was the best bet and the dates were set Everyone began plannlng and worklng on Ideas for lt Harry Norberg graduated ln January and was acc p Ellerson qult and yolned the Navy Qulte suddenly Donald Knapp and Charles Standush graduated and left us ln Aprul and entered A S lf H8mllf0f1 Colle 9 when the history of the Senlors closed, they were marchlng down the alsle of oppor t nlt to graduatlon And thus we leave them to go on their way, some to war, others to U Y defense factorles and to other work for vlctory e ted unto the Naval Alr Corps Burt Page 30 l Wh w k ! ! l . fr : le . d ' 1 I 7 1 , ' - . o w o ' t Q I U Edmlster. ln thls grade they came upon a new name, a . - ' ' f th . l ' e Jr. Cl h y ar. ' . - f . ' . A - o . 4 ' . . T. P. 9 -

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THEIR WILL 9 CIBSS soun m n ssesslon of thelr mental acu es hereb w an beq fo lowln rnle trong e ctantly nders s man will guaran ee n to take them out Marce hon es ncln a to Geo e Wh: e eorge 1 es leaves h P vlng P to June Bonn rol B rgher leaves her sunn positlon ce Piers Murphy wl 555 lam Hu Barbara Jenks be a nurse to Norma Pot er Melvin Brooks wnlngly s p In classes to Mac Sherwoo anlta Potter leaves r w th the except: B of course rvey Gaylord w to Frank Fulm 0 rms Dennis n retfully wi ve a sym a or on, to h s Army Sergean W lllam Worden Cross aves hls s r ched u no ou o rm g rdle to Bob Santo se Hand leaves her lo for Homemaklng to Malco lm Pratt nn s uarella for a stretching machine o John Spence lzabeth Walter bequeaths her petlte appearance to Joyce Farver ry Lou Gerken leaves her accumulated task force to Maryorle Hol en a task for e s an overslz val Base n Knapp leaves hi t to Betty Stea Helen Thatcher leaves r b t get her man to Kathryn Lawrence ck W a leave eave a certa t have to find someone else arles Standish ves ove n unt d us to Robert Coxe n ce R gers eaves er u Shirley odward leaves everyone still w nderlng hom the marlne rl g th t sh we belongs reydon rns a n r o o leave Lu t J s e Haus rley Brown leaves er alone adys Neubauer leaves her qu et m nner o es personality to Evangeline Browne Shear es a asse to Neal Pot ce gorzelskl ves to Franc Re Raymond Marks bestowes h s bon collection 0 Dick ox Ruth Brown leaves her job on the Yearbook to some unfortunate Junior Nlcho aves hls s app to Joe Tes en Pogorzelskl ontrlbutes her drawing kllls Marian Anderson her M y Bul aves er r wlt to Howar Far e s s n tec n u o Be ane Sm! wlth a reminder to cover e ahavan leaves her frequent blushing to Gladys Ellers n ine Qual resent giggle to Eun ce awyer o h a zer s Craig Edmlster leaves ke hole Betty leaves her ever haircut so he can ve the uttlngs o for a tou ee Betty Lamb leaves her super salesman technidue to Herman Ahsmann Bob Woodward leaves the message that Hhe wlll ue o ou true to mn so here's your chance r ty Murphy leaves her ablllty to get alon wlth Mr Brandaur to Barbara Barber st, t ce ta n y an Zlpay leav ce h a s w l who knows wha e se e en ors e ueath w s M Chamber a n for happ ne s an success n hls n w work k th t the be hap just to have the Seniors leave As for the teachers we now a y Page 31 Th of 1944 of the Whitney Point Central School being of d I d and in full DO ' f ltl , do y Ill d ueath the I ' g: Be ' S r lu te hi y girl friends to any Junior who ' t ot . lla McMa leav her da ' g bility rg 't . G fat Is Senior lay lo ' ability 2 ey. Ca u y dis ' to All ' on. Bob lls his talkative spurts in history cl to will st. wills her ambition to t . ya ' leaves his ability to lee d. Ju , he list of soldier addresses to Louise Riley I 'on of lll's, . Ha Ills hls curly halr er. o ' ' o reg 'lls her lo nd p thy f D I t. I le t et , b t t t f to , I rd. Ro ve ' . De I 0 wllls hls wlsh ' t . El' . . Ma A d . iP.S. c I ' ed Na I. Do s skill at basketball d. he a Illty o ' ' . DI illi ms s us wondering where the scar is that he got at the swimming hole. We wanted Betty Jean Walters to l in Bri ish Sailor to the Junior girls but she refused so I guess those glrls will . Ch . lea hls pamphlet on l a d his ol genl Eu I o l h love for singing ln biology class to Rlta 0 arella. wo o ' w n a e ars to. G Ellison wills his good looks to william Conrad but wa ll the Ju lo b ys t cy . Gl I a I ' t. Shl h . Roy leav his punctu lity to cl s ter. All Po ' lea her athletic ability es lf. I rib ' t ' F . ' . Bill ls le wolfi h eal ar. Hel c s to . Est a I le h a y c I y. hi ki sl g h Iq e t tty J 'th, th y . Fl ' H n 0 . Ald' I - p I S . Rud lp P l I going to get a G.l. gl c t 0.J.B. p . - , be tr t y lf you will be . hl gl ls. Bet g . . La bu r I l not least, Mll es All wit Igh-- el t I . All th 5 I b q a I h to r. I I I s d l e will py ' .