Earlville High School 1950 Yearbook (Earlville, NY) - Full Access

CLASS HISTORY $.ETURNING from our summer vacation, we, the class of 1950, entered our first year in Earl- ville High School. In September, 1946, though we were labeled "the noisiest and most trouble- some class in school, " we all considered our- selves successful scholars. Thirty-one in number, we were the largest class in high school. We elected Charles Keefe as president, Richard Emhof as vice-president, and Elizabeth Werbela as secretary and treas- urer. These last two just named were also chosen to represent us in the Student Council. Then came our social debut and we entered social life with a bang. It was the annual Valen- tine party and we had fun planning and decorating for it. In September of '47, we took up our duties as sophomores. We still had that bad name, though we were trying hard to get rid of it. Though losing some members, we had twenty- eight left. We elected Joseph Crandall, president; Mary Cooper, vice-president; Mary Cox, secre- tary; and Kenneth Rodman, treasurer. Darwin Welch, Irene Taylor, and Elizabeth Werbela were our representatives in the Student Council for our sophomore year. In December of that year, we had the annual Christmas party which was another in our line of social successes. Twenty-five of us returned in September, 1948, to continue through high school as juniors. We elected Elizabeth Werbela, president; George Mills, vice-president; Mary Cox, secretary; and Kenneth Rodman, treasurer. In our junior year we chose George Mills, Darwin Welch, Irene Taylor, and Elizabeth Werbela to represent us in the Student Council. Soon after we returned to school that fall, we chose our senior rings which everyone thought were beautiful. In October we had our Harvest Dance; in December, our Christmas Ball. We 14 decorated the gymnasium with trees and boughs, and for our theme we chose "White Christmas." The following spring, we had our Junior Prom. All were great successes. For our Prom, "Underneath the Arches" was our theme, and John Jaski's Orchestra provided the music. Richard Emhof was crowned King, and Elizabeth Werbela Queen, with Irene Taylor and Howard Bartlett, attendants. Then came our last social event as juniors when we were hosts to the sen- iors and members of the Board of Education at a banquet in Oxford Inn. We returned to school in the fall of 1949, with twenty-two members, but still the largest class in high school. This year for class of- ficers we elected Richard Emhof, president; Elizabeth Werbela, vice-president; Irene Taylor, secretary; and Kenneth Rodman, treasurer. To the Student Council we elected Elizabeth Werbela, Irene Taylor, LeRoy Pratt, and Howard Bartlett. That September we were happy and proud to ·recieve our class rings. Continuing our social successes, we pro- duced a Sadie Hawkins Dance with music by the Western Swi.ngbillies in October and the Senior Play in November, "Saved by the Belle," with a cast of twelve. We presented our production to a packed and enthusiastic audience. December found us earnestly working on our yearbook. With many arguments and in- ternal disagreements, we finally produced one that we thought was the best ever published. The following spring we put on a very suc- cessful Senior Ball and then we were treated to an excellent Junior-Senior Banquet, (Paid for by the juniors, of course!) On the night of June 26, we were graduated from Earlville High, sad to leave, but glad to take up the duties and responsibilities of adults. Howard Bartlett