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.