Abington Friends School - Outward Bound Yearbook (Jenkintown, PA)

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GWENDOLYN -IACOBUS WELFLEY 420 North Sterling Road Elkins Park flafffj, JW ,fcitxafify UJWWMMWM VDWWMJ rgffff f HMM? f L A 6, ,,A 3 'xhq ,A I Lynne's genial personality adds much to the Class of '56, Wisecracks and ready retorts which are likely to pop up at any time are standard equipment in her speech. It is easy for Lynne to talk to people, and you rarely find her with nothing to say. You can always be sure that if Lynne is around, something unusual is happening, for her zest and ebullience keep things moving at a rapid pace. Automobiles are the main focal point in Lynne's life. just ask her any question about them! A person who can easily make friends is Lynne, and she is known throughout the upper school because of her cheerful, friendly manner. Once you meet Lynne, you can never forget her.

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Judy is the class glamour girl with her slim figure, sophisti- cated clothes and hairdo. Since she first came to A.F.S., we have had a hard time keeping track of Judy between her whirling social life and frequent movings. With her wonderful sense of humor, Judy makes many of our problems seem much smaller by giving them an amused chuckle. She never gets angry but always keeps the light touch. Judy says she believes in taking things easy and enjoying life, but in reality, she is a hard worker. fThat is, when she is not kept home by the elements.J She's both athletic and artistic besides. We owe to Judy's Congeniality many of the wonder- ful times our class has had together. JUDITH JOYCE UTTAL 231 Meetinghouse Lane Meriou C515 gil S, Q! I X U Q yi

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OUR ODYSSEY In 1942 the Class of '56 started their journey to becoming Seniors: a long journey, but a happy one, touching many shores. The first port was K-4. Here Maija and Lynne boarded. They tell us of the wonderful fun they had swinging in the playground, creat- ing works of art with water paints, and singing while Mrs. Adams played the piano. They were sorry to depart for K-5, but new experiences were in store. Barbara joined them, and together they learned to make wagons and stools in the workshop. Almost like carpenters! Sharing-day was a new experience, an edu- cational one, too. Everyone brought an article to share with everyone else. Dolls, pets, leaves and all sorts of odds and ends were shown. On we went to first grade. We were big girls now, for we were learning to read and print. Our favorite friends were found in the stories we read: Spot, Muff, Jane and Bill. Second grade brought more story-book friends. Here too, we started working on proj- ects such as maps and realistic art work. As we moved on to third grade, we lost the male members of the class. What a lonely third grade we looked forward to! But it was not so bad. We were so busy learning new things that we forgot about our losses. We graduated from printing to writing. Multiplication and division were added to our knowledge of mathematics. Bryant arrived in fourth grade. Miss Ducker added geography to our lessons. Furthermore, we had our first sport tournament: hop-scotch. The surest place to find our class was in the driveway fwith the teacher's chalkj, drawing hop-scotch blocks. In fifth grade janet and Ann got on board. This year we were taught to embroider. What mother will ever forget those beautiful tea- towels! But jumping rope was the activity which took most of our time. Our teacher, Miss Brennan, became engaged, and what a time we had giving her a shower. We felt quite important in sixth grade. After all, we were at the end of our lower school journey. joan B. and Cathy joined us here. The class put on the fabulous production of Rolito. What a hit! We also published Little Acorns, which everyone enjoyed writing for and then reading. jacks was the tournament this year. The rest of the school certainly had to be careful in the halls, as we were every- where. Seventh grade and upper school at last. Judy and Joan O. joined us on our nature walks with Miss Tees, looking for birds, trees and wild fiowers. Memories remain of those first class meetings in the upstairs science lab. We gradu- ated from embroidering and proceeded to make skirts in Home Economics. Few of us ever wore them. We arrived in eighth grade and were joined by Babs and Chris. What an eventful year. Some of the concoctions made in cooking class were inedible, especially some fried chicken. In hopes of missing an algebra test, we hid on the cellar steps. We missed the test and also part of the Christmas Party. Reaching our Freshman year was quite an event. Betsy joined and helped prepare for the big day, Freshman Day! Remember the play, the wishes and our big sisters? To enliven Latin classes, Miss Elmore brought her inimi- table humor. One class which was never dull was history, with Mr. Goulding, of course! As Sophomores we again became actresses to present the Sophomore play, Five for Bad Luck. With the new members Sue and Sonja, we worked to put over a wonderful project of sweat shirts. Nance boarded the boat in our Junior year in time for the anticipated Ring Dinner. For weeks we waved our right hands to show off the rings. We all cooperated on a wonderful prom. What fun we had painting those fish and putting sparkles on them! The night was a beautiful, warm night, just right for dancing and then for swimming. At last we reached our Senior year. Daniele and Mary joined our class as we reached the end of our journey. Our first undertaking was to prepare for the Ring Dinner. Everything would have been fine had the caterer been on time! We will remember our Senior Prom: the optical illusions, the combo and the parties before and after. Finally we got our Senior Room and the seniors just disappeared from study halls. The debates up there were often stimulating! We seemed to be undecided as to how to disembark, but after many arguments, we decided to do it in caps and gowns. As we conclude, we remember not only the big events which took place during our voyage, but the fun we had as a group, the friends we made and the experiences which we shared. It was certainly a wonderful trip full of memories which we will keep with us always.