Wilson Central School - Crest Yearbook (Wilson, NY)

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At thif most eventful time, when our thoughts are saddened because we must part from our schoolmates, it is yet a distinct pleasure to review what have been profitable and happy years. Therefore we wish to take this time to thank the many people who have directly and indirectly contributed to our class to make its success. Now that the events of this class have become past history, it is fitting that this record should close as each schoolmate wishes the other the ample fulfillment of every promise of these school years. DORIS CORNELL Radio Program, Celebrities of Wilson Sponsored by the Manufacturers of Peptona Breakfast Food (It is curious to note that each of these celebrities was a member of that illustrious Wilson High School Class which graduated in 1940). The manufacturers of Peptona Breakfast Food are happy to present tonight a program in honor of the company's twentieth anniversary. This famous and popular product first came into existence in the year 1940 in the town of Wiflson, New York. It is my pleasure tonight to give you a brief resume of the people who have been prominent in the history of Wilson. First I must mention that famous person, Philip Mark, the inventor of Peptona. who satisfies the hunger of millions each morning with his wonderbite breakfast food. ------Another illustrious person is Merton Truesdell, who, after being elected president of the United States of America, caused to be made those harbor improvements which turned Wilson into a famous seaport. ------Eleanor Burch is now a shining opera star and recently she and her partner. Jack Stone, opened a school for hog-calling. ------Kaye Gale has opened a Chuck wagon which features Singing waitresses who do not Flat. ------Doris Lutz and Melvin Upton are running a chicken farm. Melvin does look a little henpecked. ------The old Wilsonian Club has been renamed the Wil Soakya Club and is under the management of Roger Plain and Mae Senik. Gordy Hausmann’s orchestra, the “Hot Cakes,” play every night. They have as star vocalist Ginny Cce, whese theme song is. “My Donny Lies Over the Ocean.” ------Norma Stockwell is under new management, service station and all, and Martin definitely has the upper hand. ------The local newspaper editor is Franklin MarkelJ who is never harassed by any problem. Definitely not women.

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Class History One sunny morning way back in September, 1928 A. D. fourteen children gaily entered a door of the “Old School and were led up the hall by a smiling and sparklingeyed person who, we later found out, was Miss Uler, our first (grade teacher. We spent ten happy months under her care learning our “ABC’s and how to print our names. Of course we were promoted to Grade II. Here Miss Hamblin undertook the task of teaching us that we were in school for purposes of learning, not pttay. Now, a few inches taller, we found ourseflves in the third grade being taught the multiplication tables by another member of the faculty, Mrs. Burch. The next year we entered the fourth grade. We were scared to death at first at the idea of adding to our list two new horrible subjects - history and geography - but Miss Evans soon took this scare away by showing us that history and geography could be just as interesting and easy as any of our other subjects. Why, here we are in the fifth grade! This year brought a great accomplishment — that of improving our penmanship. By the time we entered sixth grade we were ready for hard work in every subject to prepare us for Junior High School next year. Miss Coomb’s lasting patience guided us through. At the beginning of our seventh grade we noticed we had a few losses and some new pupils. This was an important year in our lives for we were to take geography regents in June. Miss Waterman’s Honor Club added many pleasures to this year, which we will never forget. The next fall we came to school as proud eighth graders, greatly feeling and showing our superiority above the other grades in the lower halls. This year Miss P ggins took the task of drumming into our heads the last bit of knowledge we needed before entering high school. We were to leave our dear “Old School filled with memories, carved both on the desks and in our minds, to move into a beautiful new building across the street. That June we were practically grown up. We were going to be freshmen next year ! The year 1936 found us meeting new friends and interests as we started on our final lap of school. There were a great many more students added to our class because of the buses, which brought pupils from miles around to Wilson. Some of the class joined the band, choral groups, or other varied activities. At the end of our freshman year we were all happy that we had tugged through our first year subjects to come back next September as sophomores. As sophomores, we discovered that our number was increased by the addition of many new pupils :n spite of a few failures. Now that we had decided on our career after school each one of us mapped out our courses for the next three years. The main event of our Sophomore year was a Hallowe’en Party at the Wilsonian Club House. One eighth period in September. 1938, we, as juniors, met to select our officers for the year. We chose Paul Kriegler, President; Gordon Hausmann, vice-president; Norma Stockwell. secretary; and Virginia Crawford; treasurer. Miss Gates was unanimously chosen for our advisor. Proceeds from a skating party and two dances started our treasury ofT this year. We will never forget the party at which we entertained the seniors and the weiner roast at which they entertained us. The Junior Prom, our greatest event of the year, marked the grand finale. At last we came to our final year in school. We were now the group of intelligent, sophisticated seniors that we had admired for the last three years. How proud we werel Once more we organized cur class, choosing Gordon Hausmann. president; Everette Tower, vice-president; Virginia Crawford, secretary; and Alice Albright, treasurer. We again ur.animous:y chcse Miss Gates as our advisor and M ss Gaffney as co-advisor. We sincerely thank them for their kindness and cooperation in guiding us through. Our social calendar Included two skating parties, four dances, food sales, a silver tea and our greatest success, our senior play, “The Last of the Ruthvens”. We have also worked a great deal on our yearbook.

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-----The local poetess, Vivian West, has won fame for her poem, “Disappointment.” We wonder who he was, -----Evic Tower is kept busy supplying Bobby Gale with a remedy which he invented for hay fever. -----Dick Aselstine was discovered by English Movie Scouts - and did they ever run ! -----Matilda Bliss is a private nurse to the wealthy widower, Donald Rohring. -----Paul Kriegler is now salesman for the recently revived Pierce Arrow cars. It’s a .sure Bet as iar as making money is concerned. -----Alice Albright is the first woman president of the Bank of Wilson. Nice training we gave her. -----Betty Sweeney’s twins, Stevan and Stefanie, have taken Shirley Temple’s place in the movies. -----Harriet Landy designs clothes for Mary Alice Meal l, the world's best dressed woman. -----Eleanor Donner and Mildred Grzybowski have opened a beauty salon and Ruth Rohring and Doris Cornell, two of its patrons, vie with each other for individuality in hair styles. -----Frances Zeitz and Lela Litchard both won medals m a mimeograph marathon. -----Dr. Elinor Diikeman has successfully diagnosed the cause of hangovers. -----Virginia Crawford runs a riding academy where she puts Red through his paces. -----Margaret Miller, because of her industriousness, was awarded the right to sit down and take life easy for a whole day. -----Lavina Simmons has written a child’s story, “Little Grass Skirt”, which is as famous as ‘ Little Red Riding Hood.” -----Gladys Sayer has gone in for swing. She is nowr an Epp-Cat. -----Pa Williams lives on a Cliff over looking the town. She always was partial to high places. -----Annabell Ganshaw and Alan Rutherford have gone into Vaudville as Little Eva and Uncle Tom. ----- Betty Molyneux and Winifred Hessler were so hindered by their class mates in 2940 that they have not yet passed the French III regents. -----Sandy haired, blue eyed James Rutherford is still a lady kitler. ------Everette Glenn is a Mohammedon chief but has given up the idea of a harem because cf the strenuous upkeep. -----Dorothy Bergemann, the famous dietician, has made a fortune by telling folks how much spinach to feed their off spnng. These are only a few cf the amazing personalities of Wilson but as our time is limited we must close our program and hope that twenty years from now we may present then- amazingly healthy. Peptona-fed grand children to you in a similar program. Members ot the radio audience, let Peptona make you a Wilson Celebrity! MARILYN CUDDEBACK