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

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Class History When we walked through the doors of A - A as kindergarteners, we found our class was a most exciting one. Our first days in A - A found us feuding over dolls, climbing the jungle gym, and just being bothersome to our teachers. Our education has progressed steadily to the goal which we now face. After struggling through six years of hard labor plus a little bit of fun, we finally reached the grown up classes known as Junior High School. These years were very happy ones for us filled with proms, parties, and Mr. Wil- lard's war Stories. How proud we were to be able to change classes instead of sitting in the same chairs all day long. When we came back to school as Fresh- men, we were thrilled to claim a hall locker as our very own. Now they are something we would like to disown. When we graduated to the sophomore class, most of us began to think of the future a little more seriously. Many in our class belong to the Band, Chorus, and are active in athletic groups such as bas- ketball, track, wrestling, baseball, soccer, 4-H and Rifle Club. The highlight of our Sophomore year was our play, No More Homework. It was a comical situation in a principal's office. This was a success under the direction of Mrs. Mc- Mahon and Mrs. Salisbury. As Juniors, we realized we weren't far from the last days at good old A - A. We were very excited when our class rings arrived and were so proud that they looked brighter than the Seniors'. We chose as our Junior officers, Pres., Harry Hurd; Vice-Pres., Sally Smith; Sec.-Treasurer, Annjeanette Mitchell, and our advisor was Mrs. McMahon. In the summer of our Senior year we made big plans for our fair booth at the Angelica Fair. Everyone worked hard includ- ing our parents and we all had a good time. Thanks to the efforts of Mrs. Mensinger this project proved very profitable with an earning of $836.38. At last we became the mighty Seniors. It seemed strange that we were underclassmen to nobody. We started this year with the election of our class officers. They include: Pres., Robert Campbell; Vice-Pres., Ronald Stockweather; Sec., Phyllis Wightman; Treas., Annjeanette Mitchell, and our advisor was Mr. Torrey. Sally Smith was chosen chairman of our magazine sale which totaled $700. Our senior play The Remarkable Incident at Car- son Corners, was a very important highlight in our Senior year. Throughout the year we have been planning our future and how we can best fulfill our dreams. We are going to miss all of our good friends and the good times we have had at A.A., but hope the future will hold much happiness and success for all of us. 26

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Beyond These Doors WE SEE AS Lyle Barron a traffic cop in Almond Wilma Bean a bean farmer John Bey a five-star general James Burdett an undertaker Douglas Burdick the inventor of the square egg Jeanette Burdick the president of the Grange Robert Campbell Art Carney's assistant Joyce Clair head of a nursing home for cats Francis Clancy a barker for the circus Margaret Clancy a model for Bikini bathing suits Lona Crooks a private eye Keith Doty a bird watcher James Dunn a salesman of women's lingerie Sidney Easton a pizza taster Dolores Farley the first earth woman to marry a Martian Ginger Gillette the manager of a Ginger Snap company Dennis Habern a Chemistry teacher Ruby Hill a woman senator Harry Hurd a ballet dancer Beth Jacox a woman pro wrestler Merle Kame a future Elvis Presley Sharon Mason Malenkov's wife Pat Mensinger a burlesque queen Annjeanette Mitchell a motorcycle hill climber David Mott an Olympic wrestler (women's division) Shirley Nye the mother of octuplets Eleanor Ormsby an alligator hunter Gene Phillips the replacement for Eartha Kitt Betty Pierce a chorus girl Andrea Rawady technical advisor to Mickey Spillane Larry Ryan Casanova 11 Oteal Saltzer a sixth time divorcee Edward Shaw A Doctor of Physical Chemistry Bob Sherman the Foreign Minister to Timbucktoo Linda Smith a bookie Sally Smith a guidance director Kay Snyder a happily married housewife Jean Thomas the owner of a gambling casino Marge Tucker a snake charmer Donald Van Duser the future principal of Alfred-Almond Kay Van Hall an old maid Phyllis Wightman the first woman president Raymond Wilson Speaker of the House 25

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Underclassmen