Williamson High School - Log Yearbook (Williamson, NY)

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10175 35011111 Give to the world the best you have and the best will come back to you. the Reverend I. Frank Thompson N passing, we must needs give you something of ourselves. lf we have accomplished anything-- learning, self-reliance, cooperation--these things we owe to a multitude of people, our teachers, our parents, and each other. Ours has been a good high school life. We have taken from it, we have put into it. Now, at last, we' re ready for that blessed 'Pomp and Circumstance. In the spring of our Freshman year we made the first conquest. Bruce was Class President, Mr. Hall was advisor--good leaders, both of them. We decided to undertake the production of a play. Wildcat Willie In the Dog-house, a comedy in three acts, broke all precedents, causing quite a stir within Mr. Borrelli' s English classes. This being successfully launched in April of 1947, the Class of ' 51 felt duly established. Most of the girls had suffered through Vic initiation, rigged out as fishermen. Florence became a smiling Rose Queen Attendant, and in Iune we sailed faithfully away toward Coburg. . .Ca painful voyage for Mr. Hall, with a broken arm,J but nonetheless a traditional ending for a happy year. The next fall we acquired a new President, 'Nan Howard, a new advisor, Miss Thompson, and a mascot --Rudolph, the Red-nosed Reindeer. Our combined efforts gave way to a delightful Christmas Ball and another, less successful play, Bandits For Breadfast. We gleefully ordered our Class rings, and Nancy Angelo was chosen to attend the Rose Queen. By the time our junior year rolled around, fRudolph had disappeared,J we knew full well that our Senior trip to New York would require a great deal of money, there being forty-six of us, to be gained only through much hard work. So we busied ourselves by selling refreshments at games, and every- occasion cards to the townspeople. Walt Plyter was elected President, and Mr. Odle became our compe- tent third-year advisor. We had a round and square dance and carried through with The Play' s the Thing' in our rib-tickling adaptation of The Nitwits. We chose Showboat as the theme for our Prom, and dec- orated accordingly. What pleasant excitement it is to work with contrasting colors, fragrant flowers, and humming classmates when preparing for a big event I That evening at the banquet, we listened to a stimu- lating speech by Mr. Mahon. At the May Dance, 1950, we proudly applauded when both the Queen, Margaret jicha, and her Alternate 3 Nancy Angelo, were chosen from our Junior Class. We started being Seniors with a booth at Palmyra Fair. Then a slippery Sox dance in September, and in October we foraged the township for magazine subscriptions--setting a record by clearing over S900 I --with Angelo' s blue team and DeRoo' s red team in close competition. l' ll do my best. ---- That was Gordon, on election day, having just been chosen to head our Senior Class. Mr. Odle was re-elected advisor by unanimous vote I , Jerry DeRoo as Vice-President, Lois Day as Secretary, and Florence Elliott, Treasurer, have indeed proved their merit. The entire administration had the Class with it--one hundred per cent I At Christmastime we sponsored a banquet for the Farm and Home Bureaus, and converted our home- room into a realistic church for Open House. We industriously polished up an old or n, borrowed palms and ,gews and candelabra from local chruches, and took up a collection for C A R E. Eid prize, but it was fun I - ' Senior candy sales have added considerable to the treasury, and we hope to make our play this year the best yet--bringing the worthwhile message of You Can't Take It With You to the public with a final fulfillment. We know more of Rolvaag, Dickens and Emerson than we did at the beginning. We' ve read Our Town and know some lines from Hamlet , most of us sang Handel' s Hallelujah Chorus. We' ve dis- puted hotly in history debates, discovering important differences between Democracy and Communism. We' ve enjoyed each other--Jerry Wheaton s infectious chuckle---Jack Mason' s announcement in Eng- lish class one morning that he was growing a goatie. ---- Gordon' s and Ierry DeRoo' s uproarious antics ---. We' ve rejoiced with the three who are engaged to be married---Flo, Ruth Cooper, and Dick De Line. Yes, there' s much to remember--and be thankful for. There have been countless disagreements, and discouragements--but laughs, too. How grateful we are to Miss Parker, for her interest in us I We are greatly indebted to Mr. Munson, who has guided us vocationally to higher ideals, and of course to our Principal, Mr. Van Vleet, for allowing us to pursue and accomplish innumerable goals. 20