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This web page last updated on
June 13, 2004
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Southside Landmarks

 • Pine City Inn
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Dunn Field
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Scurvy Erv's
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Dooher's
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St. Mary's
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Pitt's Goodie Shoppe
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X-CEL Dairy
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Riverside School
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Good Old SHS
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Parley Coburn
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Hopkins Street
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The Dixie

Class of 58 Memories

Reunion 2003 Photo Album Photos from our 45th year celebration in Elmira

Homeroom Memories Photos of the homerooms during our Junior Year at Southside

Coach Hurley Home Page The winningest coach in Southside's History.

BRIGIDINE The program from our Junior Play.

Mabel Haupt Home Page A collection of Whatever Happened Stories dedicated to our beloved English Teacher.

Ma Lund Home Page A collection of pictures dedicated to our class advisor.

Young & Foolish Again Hear the cast sing the reprise tune from our Junior Play, Brigidine.

Jabberwocky From the May, 1958 El-So-Hi

Johnny Appleseed Early Number Nine Artwork

Hansel & Gretel A play at Number Nine School

About SHS58.ORG A special message from our Webmaster about the web site and how we got started. "Facinating reading!" says Bob Lynough. "It's a real hoot!" says Mike Murtaugh.

the Teacher's Lounge Remember that off-limits room near the backstage part of the auditorium?

A Message from Mark Something you should read that will surely cheer you up.

SHS Alma Mater Wanting to hear Lucinda Finlay play that clarinet again?

Other Stories

 • Don Harrison retires
 • Orsillo Brunch Revisited
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The 53 Chevy

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Yachting on Cayuga
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Sorrow and Justice
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Ladies of 58 Page
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'52 Buick Roadmaster
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Peg Halm retires
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Tom Hall, Oct Educator
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Elvis George
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Corning Baptist
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Y2K Cowpokes
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The Orsillo Brunch
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The Fifties Web
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Drive-in Theater History
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Happy 2000
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Happy 2001

Our Other Elmira Sites

 • Eldridge Park
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SHS Alumni E-mail
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Mark Twain Hotel
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Remembering Elmira
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SHS Alumni Registry
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Parley Coburn Star
 •
Meet Me at Main & Water

 

JUNE 2004 HIGHLIGHTS

PHOTO OF THE MONTH

SHS Dedication - click here for more
SHS Celebrates 80th Anniversary

ust when you thought it was safe to put away your scrap books and get ready for summer vacation, along comes another milestone date that you simply can't avoid. This time it belongs to Southside High School - itself! In June 1924, the formal dedication of the building took place. That's 80 years ago this month. Check out this time capsule full of photos, historical documents and a some stories written especially for the occasion. Click on the photo above.


For bonus points - who are they?

click here for more photos and a story
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SHS58.ORG REMEMBERS

 

1958's Gordy Carmer


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ALBUMS

The 1958 Edsonian

1958 Electronic Edsonian Our Thanks to Don Sofia for suggesting that we put our Class of 58 Yearbook up on the Web Site. Click on the yearbook above to go there.

SHS58 Photo Album continues to grow with pictures we've received from our many web site visitors.

Bev Bates' Scrapbook She had all the fun and has the pictures to prove it.

Senior Play A collection of pictures dedicated to Bob Lynough, our drama coach and play director.

Reunion Pics Keuka Maid, July 1998

1958 Southside Hornets Home Page An Album of photos from the 1958 Hornets Season

Parker Field Home Page The place where we all had home field advantage.

MEMORIES OF THE FIFTIES

TV in the Fifties What shows were you watching back then?

The Crosley There are stories about this car.

50's Flashback Taking you back there is only half the fun.

Click Here Another 50's Flashback Getting you to leave and come back is the other half.

Top Ten Tunes of the Fifties

50's Classic Cars We saw them first on the show room floor

Elmira Drive-In How many times did you sneak in hiding in the trunk?

ELMIRA TODAY

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Star Gazette Online

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Start Gazette Opinion Page


 

WE SALUTE OUR FRIENDS
Laura Fanning Begeal
Tom Hall
Betty Snover Givens
Bruce Silvers
Joyce Cicora Sponyoe
Jack Wheeler
Bill Cook
Jim Orsillo
Sandra Dean Leach
Nancy Wood O'Hare
Ginny Montgomery Ryan
Lynda Roby DeRigge
Barb Tremaine Sanford
Peg Fawell Halm
Peggy Lewis Dougherty
Nancy McConnell Vallely
Don Sofia
Maureen Gubbins
The SHS Booster Club
Del Updike
Mary Costello
Jon McNeal
John Friends
Louise Viele Lynch
Carole Boyd
Cast from Brigidine
Don Harrison
Joy Utter
George Lovell, Jr.
Judy Scaffidi Newman
The 5B Dooher Boys
Lee Hotaling
Polly Von Hendy Morey
Stephen Cooper
Scott Steiner
Larry Bohl
Cheri Schaef Christofaro
*
Roberta Comfort Riggan

Dennis Newnham
Lucinda Finlay Wilcox

SHS Class of 56
Sue Bailey Aber
Roy Spicer
John Lockner
Dan Reibson
Kathy Kittle McGee

Donna Makres McConnell
Robert Olson
Carole Battisti deLucia

Glenn Stuart
Class of 61Reunion Cmte
Bob Cramer
Steve Greatsinger
Russell & Ruth Dutton Day

SHS Class of 62
Isabel Hill Farrell
Carol Dutton Stelzenmuller

Polly Battisti Stapleton
Tom Stapleton

Tom Burhyte
Mari Scott Cayouette

Tom Quinn

* in memory of sister Sandy Schaef
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OTHER SHS ALUMNI SITES

 • SHS Alumni E-Mail Registry
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Reunion Central Station
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SHS Class of 54
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SHS Class of 56
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SHS Class of 57
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SHS Class of 59
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SHS Class of 60
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SHS Class of 61
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SHS Class of 62
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SHS Class of 72
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SHS Class of 76
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SHS Class of 80
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SHS Class of 81
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SHS Class of 83
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SHS Class of 84
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SHS Class of 85

REMEMBERING ELMIRA

Click Here to Click here for more about the Dixie

Certain words and phrases, when spoken, churn up all sorts of memories of Elmira. Bulkhead, Main & Water, Lovell's, Jeromes, Rosenbaums - click here to visit our Remembering Elmira The Way It Used To Be Home Page.


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