Charles B Gaskill Middle School - Yearbook (Niagara Falls, NY)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT The 1961 Senior Class of Gaskill Junior High School, being of sound mind, .sound body, and -sound character, do hereby bequeath, upon departing, the following artlcles: ARTICLE I To Mr. Abbott and Mr. Goldstein, we leave a ticket to Rome where the Medieval Fair 'took place. ARTICLE ll To the faculty we leave the qualities of a knight-courage, bravery, courtesy, and gallantry. ARTICLE IH To the fol-lowing instructors: 1. To Mr. Canavan, Henry Musgrove leaves his hot rod magazines. 2. To Mr. Schultz, Janet Militello leaves her curly locks, 3. To Mr. Kline, Paul Mokhiber leaves his Poetry Book . 4. To Mr. King, the biology classes leave a new joke book. 5. To Mr. Arcos, Jimmy Pitman leaves his gym trunks. 6. To Miss McLaren, we leave a bottle of formaldehyde in which to place her biology -specimens. ARTICLE IV To a few honored people we bestow the following: 1. Joe Sacco's winning personality to Bob Zambito. 2. Anthony LaRosa's elevator shoes to Jim Mackie. 3. Sharon LePage's and Mary Ma'gliarditi's fleet feet to Mary Ellen Ambrosio and Carol Rully. 4. Louise Scheiderls singing voice to Karen DiGregorio. 5. Sandy Dickerson 'and Bob Inskeep leave their lasting friendship to Karen Lloyd 'and Bill Swalwell. 6. Heidi Mueller's deepest sympathy -to 'anyone taking German ll. 7. Bob Koperskils movable tooth to anyone willing to take it. 8. Gary M'artin's -swim fins to Tom Weisflog. John Bies' diet book to Tom Carlson. . Susan Strack's pizza eating ability to 'an-y ninth grade girl who can compete with her. 11. M-arie Tu'rco's sophisticated walk to Sheri Mele. ' 12. Matt Zarosl's famous football ability to Donald Capatosto. 13. Claudia Millerls 'steamed up windows to Linda Martino. Testators: Linda Metzler, Judy Soluri, Gretchen Mess, Paul Mokhiber 9. 10

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CLASS PROPHECY Gazing into his crystal ball, Merlin of King Arthur Gallo's Court faintly sees im-ages of people preparing for the coming events. People are crowded in the streets and cheers of excitement echo throughout the town. Arriving in the town are Prince Roger Fabin, and two rock and roll kings, Joe Campese and Bob Koperski. Also s e e n arriving are the Prime Minister, George Dlugoz, and his dancing girls, Lorraine Puisys, Nancy Ann Wilson, and Rene Phillips. As the procession moves down to Carolyn Genova Street the g u e s t s are led to the seats of honor by the Secretary of Education, Michael Becotte. As we look around we see some of the celebrities present. Among them are the tournament cheerleader, Kathy Conti, and the Three Muskeeters - Carol Scott, Marianne Specht, and Linda Metzler. Merlin and the members of the court distinctly hear the voice of Prince Fabin as he tel-ls that his castle is owned by King Larry Rosen. 'Phe prince also tells of the theater owned by Phyllis Bobek, where at present Gary Di Laura is recreating dances done bv the great Jim Sorour. Every weekend the theater presents a jam session featuring Carl Hannold with his cool piccolo, and Tony LaRosa with his hot potato. Printovision is very popular. The main station is CNM fCandella, Nicora, Matsu- lavagel. Some of the popular programs are: Ballet Time starring Matt Zarosl and the famous western program, Three Gun Sdao , with his two sidekicks, Joe Sacco and Ar- nold Sinatra. ' Some of the commercials that really sell are 'a b o ut Joette Armelli's pickled ice cream, Gary DeFelice's high heeled sneakers, and Rosalyn Murgia's magical stilts. If one has talent, one may visit The Louise Scheider Talent Studio. The studio club has many members. Among them are: Donna Skrlin who made the hit song, I Only Have Eyes For Ricky Skwarzynski : Cheryl Taylor, a famous toe dancer, and Carol Hughey, a mysterious torch singer. There -are also Jon Schultz and Jim Mamon, the dragon eaters. Good food is plentiful, says the Prince. A luscious licorice two feet l-ong can be bought at any of Christine Del Grosso's and Jean Edward-s' grocery stores. Also there is Papa Pete Cerra's wild Pizza House where you 'can -buy pizzas as big as Lewis Jones, or as small -as Gordon Fogg. It is now time to leave the table and be on our way to the tournament that is about to start. Great crowds are gathering and we see Rose Coliceno, Carol Yankelunas, and Paulette Whittle. Knig-hts and their 'ladies come from far and near for this special event. The galleries are decorated with tapestries and banners and are fi-lled with gailv dressed 'men and women. Among them are Kathy Golda, Beverly Tedesco, and Sue Kada- kowski. The crowds are becoming tense. On the left side of the gallery we see Barbara Ro-sino with her lace and velvet dress made by the- famous d r e s s designer, Judy Soluri. Next to he-r sits Roy Alongi, court Romeo , and Jerry Sl-ipko, court Jester . Suddenly, Martin Sawma, Propaganda Minister, cries: Come forth knights, come forth. The knights in shining armor dash upon the field. From King Art'hur's Court we see Charles Harding, Ronald Lucin-ski, Les MacKenzie, and Bill Anderson. Challenging them are Richard Spalla, Kenny Pavan, Richard Nation and Frank Kankolenski, bold knights of Queen Dorothy Sobczyk's Court. A 'loud clash is heard as the brave knig-hts encounter. As we take 'a second look, we see knight Bill Wynes is dismounted. After he is carried off the field, we discover 'he has encountered a swollen finger nail. As the tournament continues, the crystal ball is -hazy and d-ark. What could it be that is causing this interference? As we look at Merlin, we see the reason. 'He has fallen sound asleep and we can no longer see what the future will be until next year. Dorothy Sobczyk, George Dlugoz, Roger Fabin

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NINTH GRADE Friar Schultz and his fellow brother m o n k s have just discovered some 'ancient manuscripts. Among them is the history of G'a'skill's 9th grade class of 1960-1961. Brother Tom Carlson begins reading these records with the section teliing of the 9th graders as 7th 'graders in the year 1958-1959. Among the prize winners for the best costumes at the annual Hallowe'en party were David Weaver, Jerry Moldenhauer, and Victoria Thomasine. Allen Karch won second place in the 7th and 8th grade spelling bee. Also, nu- merous 7th graders participated in the successful Variety Show. Brother Gregory Barker continues the reading of the section de- voted to the 8th grade in the year 1959-1960. The awards for the highest averages for the previous year went to Thomas Weisflog and Brad Smith. The spelling bee honors went to Peggy McKnight and Jackie Finley. The overwhelming success of the annual Variety Show was partly due to the talented 8th graders. Brother Walter Watson takes over reading more about this class. The 9th grade was a very successful year for them. Brad Smith and Joe Critelli took the 'highest average honors and a large number of 9th grad- ers were induc-ted into the Honor Socie-ty. Friar Schultz is very pleased at finding these priceless manuscripts arnd fir-dtiars ta-ll the monks to recopy them and distribute them throughout t e an . -THOMAS WEISFLOG l