Union Endicott High School 1939 Graduation Issue (Endicott, NY) - Full Access

T II E U I 0 T-E T D I c 0 T T T I G E R 9 Lillian had her Yiolin now, the title would be quite appropriate here tonight!" "Are th re anv mor of the clas. in your orchestra?" inqui~·es Ellen. "Oh, sure." Lillian grows enthusiastic. "Why, it's made up entirely of '39'ers. There's VanNess Buckl y, nn Gordon, Laura Ha. kin~. Lloyd Jacquay, Francesca La ort , Garth filler, Peter Theodore, John \Varski and :Mike Boris. Teresa 1cDonald, our feature vocalist, ha:; grown amazing-ly ... cute since gradua– tion." Whil<> this group r covers from the surpri:;e of having so many eel breties amm1g their rlassmal , let's earch through the crowd anr! find other of the cia. s of '39. By the time \'e have reached a group of three which we had already spied near the familiar Main treet Lunch, a drizzling rain ha:s b~C>gun that is helping the firemen quench the flames a well as wetting us to the bone. Donald Pickering, Bruce Flahertv ant! Gregory Gianakouros stand shivering ·in the wet, their collars turned up and their hat,; pulled over their eyes. As we walk nearer, Gr gory is speaking. "I've seen so many of our old friends at this fire. I wonder how it happens that thev'r all back in Endicott at th , ame lim !" · " Iaybe they had a premonition that then• was going to be a beautiful fire in the high school!" Bruce ventures. "Nonsense!" exclaims Don. "What makes you think of such silly things?" And you call this fire beautiful! Think of the mo11cv thi fire is co ling the , chool taxpayers!" · " faybe it is expensive. But it's beautiful 11evertheles . "Look, let's stop this quabbling, even if it is in fun," interrupt Don. "Listen! Do you hear a familiar voice?" "Sounds like our belo\·ed president's. There he is!" and Bruce point his finger over the heads of the crowd. "Clas of '39! Where are you?" "It' John Kva ny!" And ·Ralph Warner'. with him!" exclaims Gregory. "Pauline Tra too!" ..The voice ..comes more clearly through the nsmg fog. If you graduated from U-E in June, 1939, be at the American Leg-ion Club House at seven tomorrow morning" The voic grows faint r as the own r move on through the crowd to attract more atl ntion from other '39'ers. Jt is a reunion! The entire class of '39, bv some touch of a magic wand, were in towi1 this m morable w ek-end. What.'. more, they were all at the fire watching th se flames att mpt to destt·oy their alma mater. Even tho' the flames might have entirely de troyed all traces of the school, in the mem– ory of every alumnu , there would have remained forever not a picture of a brick building but a structure of past immortal dreams, hopes and fears. SE SNY The largest graduation of the Union-Endi– cott High ~ chool will take place this yeat· when 2 0 seniors will receive their diploma;; on .June twenty-eighth, The officers chosen by the clags are as follows: Pr<.>sident ................ John Kvasny Vic~>-Pt·esident .......... Ralph Warner Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . Beverly Warfield Treasurer ................ Pauline Tras The Jtme class this year can be as proud of thl ir honor students as they are of thei1 organization. In January ther weer sixt en honor students with an average of 90 per cenr. m· abov.:>. N'orma Br0\\11, 1\lut·iel Cameron. Hcrh·rt Crumb, Cecelia Early, Boyd Harned, Ludlle German, Alma Johnson, William John– son, laire l\Iiller, Garth Iiller, Ruth Morris, Anna Rando, Antoinette araceno, Iiriam Tr~astcr, Helen Twining, and Grace Zanni. lass Day program is in charge of :\1r. Hagerty with Leda Hrincka as chairman. Othet· memb rs of the committee are Teresa ~1al'Donald, Jual Wilce, Hazel LaBarr, Louis Bertoni, Boyd Harned, Edi on Lockwood, and Donald Pickering. "WING' OF THE MORNING" "TAGED BY 'E lOR The senior play, entitled "Wings of tb Moming," by Charles Quimby Burdett , was presented 1\Iay 12. The underlying theme is that 'Very individual has a place in society, about which he would have a clearer under– , tanding- if he were t.o be involved in a difticult situation. The cast of characters included Love Wolo,;huk as Joyce Calvert, a young busines:; woman; Irene Brain, Loa, maid to Joyce; Bruce Flaherty as Adrian Powell, a poet.; Ja~k Bartlow as David Banning, a surgeon: Ehl'in Midgley, a Eben Forthright, an emis– sary of Peter Iannou, who played Master Ge1ffrey, a strange host; James Lambrinos as Tonio Di ilvistri, a fruit eller; Dorothy lo . and Janel Shearer, Cal'lotta and Bene– detta, Tonio's wife and daughter. Ann Komar portrayed the character of 1\li s Wanley. matron of an old ladies' home; Alma Johnson a Effie, a student nurse; Barbara John on, .Mr. . Ellis, a• inmate in the home. Ruby len·it, Trudy, lrs. Ellis' companion; Ralph WarnP.r, tanley Gordon, an aviator; tar~· Valenta, Ellen, the twin i ter of Geoffrey. "\'\'ings of the lorning" was directed b} Gilbert Hagerty and Alma Johnson, student director. The staff in charge of stage man– agement was tage Manager, Garth liller; As,.istant 't.age ~Ianagers, Donald Fredel'ick, Frm1cis Freundorfer, Edward Makowsky, Ter– e a .Macdonald, Jane lcl\lullen, Charles Spalding, Betty Foreman, Alan hepard.