Monday, July 28, 2014

BCHS Graduation - 1944

15 Students Receive Diplomas from B.C.H.S.
One Graduate Fayette L. Smith, Jr. AOM, Now Serving with Navy
Bainbridge News & Republican, July 6, 1944
 
Fifteen students received diplomas from Bainbridge Central High School [Chenango Co., NY] at the graduation exercise last week Tuesday evening.  The program for the evening follows:
 
Selection, Star Spangled Banner, High School Band
Invocation, Rev. Harry E Brooks
Essay with Salutatory, "The United States Cadet," Esther J. Bradish
Essay, "Penicillin The Wonder Drug," William F. Vawter
Essay, "Architecture Reflects the Trend of the Ages," Howard Cullen
Selection, Desert song, High School Band
Essay with Valedictory, "The International Highway," Elizabeth Hitchcock
Award of Diplomas, Dr. J.M. Flannery
Address, Lynn Peterson
Benediction, Rev. Harry E. Brooks
Selection, The Marching Band, High School Band
 
Class Roll - Class of 1944
Esther Jeanne Bradish
Howard Roy Cullen
Martha Meta Foster
Marion Hilda Harrington
Judith Eunice Hellerud
Erye Jeanne Hibbard
Joan Elinor hill
L. Elizabeth Hitchcock
Nema Laura Partridge
Golda Jane Pratt
Marion Esther Risedorph
Fayette L. Smith, Jr.
Donald James Stead
Murray Edgar Youngs
William Frank Vawter
 
Scholarship Prizes Awarded at B.C.H.S.
Bainbridge News & Republican, July 6, 1944
 
During the past school year, Junior and Senior High School students have been working hard to win one or more of the coveted scholarship prizes give by the Woman's Club, D.A.R., and Parent - Teachers Association.  All prizes awarded under the sponsorship of the P.T.A. were donated by Bainbridge individuals, business establishments, and the Fire Department.
 
At the Junior High School Commencement, prizes were awarded as follows:
Seventh Grade scholarship, David Coe and Claudine Eldred
Eighth Grade scholarship, Vinette Terry and Karl Salzberg
Social Studies, William Shea
English, Betty Collins and Karl Salzberg
Latin, Jean Salzberg
Mathematics, William Sollinge
Art, Claudine Eldred, June Garrison, Alice Scheiddeger and Kathleen Francisco
 
The following Senior High School prizes were awarded on Class Night and at the Senior High School Commencement:
Literary Achievement, Alma Olmstead
Courtesy Award, Betty Hitchcock
Science, William Vawter
Agriculture, Alton  Ireland
Modern Language, Helen Perry
Boys' Physical Education, Michael Flyzik
Citizenship, Michael Flyzik
Mechanical Drawing, Douglas Snyder
History, Betty Hitchcock
Prize Speaking and Dramatics, Michael Flyzik
Girls' Physical Education, Golda Pratt
Mathematics first prize, William Vawter
Mathematics, second prize, Harold Parsons
Commercial Subjects, Nema Partridge
Homemaking, Golda Pratt
Band, Dorwin Bosket
Art, Lillian Hodge, Grace Puerile and Darwin Taft
 
The winners of these prizes have every reason to be proud of their accomplishments and to take satisfaction in a job well done.
 
 
 

 


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