Alfred Almond High School - Alcen Yearbook (Almond, NY)

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JEAN ERSKINE Jeanie Lives in those far away places like Hornell.. .what goes on down there, Jean? ? ?... faithful to the FHA... even pays her dues - which is more than most can say... good cook! 11... majors in homemaking... hmm... what can this lead to? ? ? nice JAMES MARVIN Jim Has a head covered with coal black hair... likes a girl, though, with red hair ... can rarely find him not driving a truck... it was a big help carrying things to the fair booth this summer... likes horses... can always hear him walking in the hall when he has his cowboy boots on. joker of 954 . SALLY ZIMMER Sally What a change in her when she came back from Hornell...we like what we see...has an interest in Big Creek.. .Joe???...Photography Editor of the Alcen...in charge of Student Store...a nurse's aid at Bethesda Hospital in Hornell, but has no intention of being a nurse...could be she has another occupation in mindl 11 sweetheart 21

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DORIS VAN DUSER FRED VAN ORMAN Fred Track representative in Athletic Council and was made head usher at basketball games... always saying HUH... another Senior who owns a car... provides transportation (?) for the Almond Youth Group... had fun at Junior Class picnic at Cuba Lake... memories 111.. .has taken part in soccer, wrest- ling, cross country and track... must be busy... found with a different girl each day. mischievous Doris One of the few Senior girls who lives in Almond... found waving at people while sitting on her front porch... who are they, Doris? ??... taking FHA for future purposes.. .who knows what they are or who they will be??? ... drops over to Decker's for a coke every once in a while.. one of those who drives Mr. Raykovitz mad.. .we'll let Doris tell you about the boys. cheerful CLss of 1954 RICHARD WASSON Dick Seen speeding in his father’s Nash... anybody want to race???...one of those kids that's real gone on Pizzal II... .the only Senior fellow in Al- fred Station... lonesome? ? ?... usually found with Jack at the College Service Station or other well known places... oh, those girls in Hornell. devil RUTH WATSON Ruthie Where did you go College Day? ??.. .was such an enthusiastic maga- zine salesman that she went all the way to Belmont to get subscriptions... would make a good gym teacher... that's cause she's swell in sports... member of Athletic Council her Junior year... another girl who's looking into the future with FHA. athletic

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e . —senior Way back in the grades. What a long time ago that was I Can you all remember when some of the kids sneaked out of a window in kindergarten while Mrs. Braack was reading a story? She never knew what happened. None of us will forget the time in the fifth grade, either, when Miss Reilly took our class to the Vandemark for a picnic. It's a wonder we didn’t all drown. There was also an old house up on the hill in which an organ had fallen down through the floor. How mysterious it was! Then in the winter there were snowball fights out on the playground when the boys would try to corner the girls and kiss them (this isn't completely in the past.) We finally reached Junior High where we started changing classes with the older kids. Oh, those lowly sixth graders! Then on to eighth grade when almost all of us passed our regents. Well, so much for that! At last we were Freshman. It was our turn to be the cast in the Junior High Play. The cast included Robert Newman, Ernest Stuart, Dorothy Ormsby, Betsey Burdett, Gladys Pierce, Camille Crofoot, Marjorie Dunn, Lois Heers, Paul Spencer, Norman Payne, and Philip Baker. The name of our play was Time of our Lives and that’s just what we had. Our advisor, Mr. Willard, was the director. The offi- cers for the year were Robert Newman, Russell Allen, Norman Payne, Victoria Allen, and Philip Baker. We won die Junior High Field Day Award that year, and were we proud I Our Sophomore year wasn't the most exciting of the years, but we were finally members of the Senior High. This was the year we were allowed to go to the Senior High ball. Betsey Burdett was the Sophomore attendant. In June we ordered our class rings so that they could be here the following September. This was ah original thought. We all felt quite proud of ourselves. After Field Day we journeyed to Stony Brook for our class picnic. Remember Miss Biseo, our advisor, in her bathing suit? Mr. Phelan, our other advisor could not go. Our officers for the year were Norman Payne, Philip Baker, Marjorie Dunn, Betsey Burdett, and Gladys Pierce. Then on to the Junior Year. We received our class rings dur- ing the first week of school. The following week some of the kids had lost theirs. We can't imagine what hap- pened to them. The Junior attendant for the ball that year was Gladys Pierce. History repeatd itself in our Junior year, for we took Field Day as we had done in our Freshman year. We beat the Seniors, imagine it! The officers fot the year were Norman Payne, Victoria Allen, Marjorie Dunn, Donald Brundage, and Gladys Pierce. Our advisors were Mr. Phelan and Mr. Linderman. The big event came at the end of the year. This was the campaign for Student Council President. Norman Payne won the honor. Again that year we had a class picnic, held at Cuba Lake. We had a terrific time. Just ask Mr. and Mrs. Linderman, who went along as our chaper- ones. Someone was always falling off the boats and hurting himself. We're still alive though, much to some people's regretsl Our goal was finally reached. We were full fledged Seniors 1 How strange it was to hear Mr. Stillman say the Seniors would be measured for caps and gowns. He was talking to us! We were counting the history assignments left and even managed to get by our English re- gents in January. The Senior trip will never grow dim in our memory or the Senior trip coming up. The dances on Friday in gym class and the fun coming home from the basketball games won’t be easily forgotten. The leaders of the class for the year were Gladys Pierce, Dorothy Ornsby, Victoria Allen Ide, and Mary Ellen Hargraves. Some of us are going to college and some will be getting married and perhaps even some will join the arm- ed services; but our memories from AACS will always be with us. Whatever we do, will be for die good, we are sure. We have accomplished our first goal of life, to be high school graduates. We want to thank the faculty and underclassmen for making our last year a success at Alfred Almond. 22