Willsboro Central High School - Gilliland Yearbook (Willsboro, NY)

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Underclass Activities The Class of 1944 This year as Juniors, we started out with twenty-three students, the following officers were elected: President—Marilyn Curren, Vice Presi- dent—Marjorie Patterson, Secretary—Louise Moseley, Treasurer—Peter Young. First of all we had a dance, which was quite successful. Later on in the year we had a card party, which was also a success. After January we learned our parts in the play for “Don’t Be Bashful” which we presented April 15 and 16. Then last was the Junior Prom which many of the high school pupils attended. Our class has been fortunate in our entertaining so far. We wish to thank all townspeople, as well as Miss Flanigan, our advisor, wrho helped us to earn our money. The Class of 1945 This year as Sophomores, there are twenty-two members in our class. The officers are as follows: President—Joyce Young, Vice President— Theresa Cushing, Secretary—Loraine Martin. Treasurer—Chauncy Bryant. We chose Mr. Cole, a new member of our faculty, as our advisor. The dues this year are fifty cents. Our first activity this year was a dance held in October which was very successful. In January we sold tickets on a grocery basket which added money to our funds. Again in March we held another dance, that also was considered a financial success. Our activities this year were very few but we have hopes of having more activities next year. The Class of 1946 Our class entered High School in September with 29 members and two war bonds in our possession. At the first class meeting the following officers were elected: President—Dorothy Patterson, Vice President— Alice Cross, Secretary—Norma Van Ornam, Treasurer—Evelyn Wade. We chose Miss Provost to be our class advisor. During the year our activities have been few because of the numerous other activities of upper classes but we managed to do quite well by raffling off a Thanksgiving basket and having a Hobby Show. We wish to express our appreciation to Miss Provost for her helpful guidance throughout the year. BASEBALL 1942 • Under the fine coaching of Gene Provost, a first-rate baseball team was turned out last year. Mr. Provost, an old baseball player himself, showed us many things. We started the season with a practice game with Essex and during this season we played ten games. When the season ended we were tied with Essex for first place. The play-off was held on our own field and the boys were full of pep, defeating Essex 9 to 1.

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Senior 'Mosts’ BEST LOOKING GIRL Helen Flaherty BEST LOOKING BOY Robert Kanaly MOST POPULAR GIRL MOST POPULAR BOY Shirley Stanley Alexander Richard MOST TALENTED GIRL Lucille Blanchard MOST TALENTED BOY John West MOST HUMOROUS GIRL MOST HUMOROUS BOY Shirley Stanley Alexander Richard MOST ATHLETIC GIRL MOST ATHLETIC BOY Louise Bayless Alexander Richard BEST DANCER — GIRL BEST DANCER —BOY Margaret Johnpierre Robert Kanaly MOST QUIET GIRL Alice Wade MOST QUIET BOY Walter Blanchard MOST TALKATIVE GIRL MOST TALKATIVE BOY Shirley Stanley Robert Kanaly CLASS HERCULES Otis Dickerson HABITUAL ABSENTEE Francis White CLASS ARTIST Edith Weaver CLASS MUSICIAN Lucille Blanchard MOST AMBITIOUS GIRL Marion Patterson MOST AMBITIOUS BOY Richard Connor 1 HAPPY GO LUCKY GIRL HAPPY GO LUCKY BOY Shirley Stanley Francis White CLASS BOOKWORM Mildred Stafford

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Our two most exciting games were played with Northwood and West-port. We won both games but we had to play good baseball. In North-wood, we scored a run in the second inning and one in the fifth. In the sixth, Northwood came to bat, Richard made an error, Gonzales walked the next two while the bases were loaded with not any out. Johnny really got down to work and struck the next three out, and in the following inning did the same. In Westport, Gonzales pitched again. We took an early lead by Oliver’s double and Collins and Gonzales singles in the sixth. Westport went ahead 3 to 4. Mr. Mathers told Gene, “They need another chew.” To which Gene replied. “Watch this.” Richard singled; Cross and Young were struck out but Collins came through with a long triple, tieing the score. Oliver then hit a double, scoring Collins to win 5 to 4. We are very proud to have first place because it is the first varsity won by any team since Placid has entered the league. We, the players wish to thank Mr. Provost for his work and Prof. Lilly for the letters he gave to each player. PLAYERS P. F. C. Gordon Martin—Pitcher Pvt. Earns Young—Catcher Walt Cross S2|c—First Baseman Donald Oliver—Second Baseman Kenneth Lee—Short Stop Edward Collins—Third Baseman Pvt. John Gonzales—L. Fielder Bucky Benedict—-G. Fielder Rod Curren—R. Fielder Clayton Blanchard Lawrence Lee Alex Richard BASKETBALL —1943 Buses were not avaPable for basketball games this year, therefore, making our season vpry short. A new coach, Mr. Gamold L. Cole turned out an ambitious team. We had to assemble a whole new team because all of last year’s players, with the exception of one, had left. We had Blanchard in center and he could really make the baskets! Benedict and Kanaly were our two sharp-eyed guards; Oliver and Richard were the twro forwards. Our first game was with Mineville. We played a fast breaking game throughout, but they overpowered us. Next we played Keeseville here and we proved to be the superior. Under Mr. Cole’s fine supervision, we held a 24-6 margin at the half and ended by defeating Keeseville 48-25. Twro weeks later we journeyed to Keeseville by taxi to be defeated 31-36. Remarkable improvement was shown by both teams at this game. SCORES Essex ....... 14—1 Essex ....... 24—4 AuSable ..... 13—2 Keeseville .... 7—2 Essex ....... 0—3 E’town ...... 18—5 Westport .... 5—4 Northwood .... 2—0 Placid ........ 7—6 Essex ....... 9—1