Class History
The famous class of 1946 began its high school career as notorious Freshmen at 9:00 o'clock, September 1, 1942 A. D. The enrollment at that time was fourty-three and this mighty aggregation was divided into two separate factions. Our sponsors were Miss Hoornbeck and Miss Russ. As Freshmen, we shall never forget the Frosh Initiation and the intramural basketball tilt with the "champion" Juniors, which we dropped 8-9. We had no class officers in our Freshman year.
By an act of Providence and Congress, we became bona fide Sophomores at the turn of the first year. Here we lost thirteen of our original classmates and gained three to place our enrollment at thirty-three. The first semester, we were kept in line by Mr. Kilb, who left in January for parts unknown. The second semester found us facing our equal in intellectual genius as Mr. Bower took over and ably prepared our class for Judgment Day. In order to establish order out of chaos, an election of officers was staged which found "Ozzie" Many as president, Wendell Martin as vice-president, and Sally Snedeker as secretary-treasurer. The greatest class in history had finally begun to operate and cooperate.
Juniors now with no inferiority complex! In retrospect, we recall the loss of one of our leading classmates, Stanley Chichester, to the class below us as it was his misfortune to fracture his leg severely and thus miss the entire Junior year. We also lost nine other members of our Sophomore class. However, we were well blessed with the arrival of Bill Walldroff in September and Walt Markowski in April and with this impressive concentration of genius we numbered twenty-five. Under the skillful guidance of Mrs. Walldroff, we elected officers with Hugh Rose as president, Edwin Benedict as vice president, Ellen Carpenter as secretary, Sally Snedeker as treasurer and Willy Beckett as reporter.
The highlight of the year saw the Junior Prom, which took place in May. Miss Crittenden and Mrs. Walldroff were instrumental in making this the outstanding social event in the history of our school. The Queen of the Prom was Ellen Carpenter and the King, Howard Rich. The praise the Prom recieved from the community was impressive, to say the least.
Ultimately, and much to the amazement of the faculty, we at last arrived at our Senior rating. In the fall, our ranks numbered twenty-three but with the arrival of Edwin Brandes in January, we numbered an even two-dozen. "Ozzie" Many was elected president and it was indeed a wise choice. Howard Rich was vice-president, Willy Beckett, secretary, Hugh Rose, treasurer, and Margie Reynolds, reporter. Mr. Rickett was our class advisor and loyal companion and was our best friend throughout the year. The motto, "2 X L", our class colors, green and white and the class flower, the white carnation, were voted on and approved as our standards for the year.
Under the direction of Mr. Rickett, we presented a comedy in three acts entitled "Everybody's Crazy" which was prnounced a success. Our thanks go to Mr. Rickett for his excellent guidance in making our play successful.
We sponsored four Senior dances, all of which followed basketball games and were unusually successful.
This year is the second in our school's history to have a printed yearbook. Our annual, the "Almedian", completed under the direction of Mr. Rickett will bring further honor to our Senior Class.
The highlight of this year's activities was our trip to New York City. All plans were made and we looked forward with eager anticipation to the happy day.
Upon arrival in the great metropolis early Friday monring, we taxied from Grand Central to the Bristol Hotel which was to be our haven for our three hectic days in New York. After a hasty lunch, we journeyed en masse to Radio City where we attended a Fred Waring studio broadcast. In the afternoon we witnessed Barnum & Bailey's Circus, "The Greatest Show on Earth", for the duration of that afternoon. After a Smorgasbord supper, we met at the Bijou Theater for the brilliant stage play, "Life with Father".
Seasoned veterens of city life, we breakfasted at the Waldorf Cafeteria and then journeyed in factions to the Music Hall's great stage show "The Glory of Easter", far-famed cathedral pageant and "On the Avenue", gay springtime revue. The highlight of the latter was the spectactular performance of the gorgeous "Rockettes". Our evening entertainment consisted of the famed musical play "Oklahoma" at the St. James theater. Events occurring after our late return to the hotel and at the hotel will not be recorded here for reasons of diplomacy!
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Sunday we attended the church of our denomination--some to the Episcopal and Catholic, others to the Methodist or Presbyterian. After church, we witnessed the Easter Parade on Fifth Avenue and eventually wound up in the Hotel Bristol for dinner. We boarded a sight-seeing bus after dinner and, having the bus entirely to ourselves, we really enjoyed our tour which took us to all the principal parts of the city. At length we arrived at the docks and ferried across the harbor past the Statue of Liberty to Staten Island and then back again. Upon our return we journeyed with painful step and heavy heart to the Waldorf for dinner and then to a Studio Tour of Radio City, our last event in New York City. The trip home, particularly from Poughkeepsie, will long be remembered by all the members of our class!
Our thanks go to Mr. Burke for his intense interest and hard work which actually made our trip a reality instead of a dream. We also wish to express our appreciation for the superb chaperoning of Miss Davis and Mr. Rickett.
An Alumni Banquet, under the auspices of the Class of '46, is scheduled for June 22, 1946. This banquet is open to all graduates from South Kortright Central since 1940, the year of the first graduation and ocmpletion of the school.
With our motto, "2 X L", we now set forth into the world to seek fame and ofrtune and to uphold the honor our Alma Mater has bestowed upon us, the class of 1946!
--Hugh Rose.
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The 1946 Almedian - South Kortright Central School Yearbooks - SKCS 1946 Almedian
