Otego High School - A Te Gen Yearbook (Otego, NY)

Text from Pages 1 - 76 of the 1955 volume:

1 1 CLASS OF 19.55 PR!-5'ffU7J Xiwy g Y W ' N f Q Wa x . .. ' U ' A Z K -.45 Z wwf 1 e f' .'.i--f- , ' 'X x 3 If 7 F M Ls ,HA 1 , X N r -L lx iw , 3 e 7X X E 7 J X ' M ,m p 0 ' I X W ii We the Senior Class of 1955 w1sh to dedicate this book to Mr. Albert L, Bonner to express our sincere thanks for his guidance through- out our high school career. During the past four years we have found in Mr. Bonner an unlimited source of wisdom in carrying on the affairs of our class. It was greatly through lus efforts that we were successful ln every business venture that we have undertaken Our greatest success, the Junior Prom could never have been earned off without h1s advlce So it has been in all our dealings and we are truly grateful To you Mr Bonner we say thanks for the four best years of our lives To the Graduating Class of 1955 You of the graduating class have bothapower and a responsibility. In the friendships you have formed at the Otego Central School, in the knowledge you have absorbed, and in the activities you have rmder- taken, many of which are commemorated within the pages of this book, you have enlarged your under- standing and broadened your sympathies, You must use these faculties not only in the further aims of your individual careers but also ln the perpetuation of democratic ideals through the exercise of citizenship. Commencement day is at hand. lt is time to com- mence. My best vrlshes are for your future success. Supervising Principal MR. JAMES S, SVOLOS BOARD OF EDUCATION Seated: Harold Tyson, Superintendent of schoolsg Smart J. Hurlburt, Presideutg James S, Svolos, Principalg Mrs. Louise Bump, Clerkg Appleton Leonard, Treasurer. Standing: Lynn W. Hathaway Elmer Davis, Ira Beers, Raymond Groves. President STUART I. HURLBURT APPLETON I, LEONARD, Treasurer HAROLD TYSON, Superintendent of Schools IRA L, BEERS ELMER H. DAVIS JAMES s, svonos, Principal LOUISE BUMP, Clerk RAYMOND w. GROVES, IR. LYNN w, HATHAWAY X J O 'X I MISS ELLEN M. CARPENTER We wish to express our appreciation to Miss Ca.:- penter for her help and advice for the past four years. As co-advisor to our class we know that she has had a large part in our success. First row: Miss O'Brien, Mrs. McGuiness, Mrs. Bolton, Mr. Svolos. Mr. Sears. Mr . Reeves, Miss Carpenter. Second row: Mrs. Knowlton, Mrs. Schnepp, Mrs. David- son. Dr. Rothman, Mr. Clayton, Miss Osterwald, Mrs. Hungerford. Third row: Mr. Kilpatrick, Mr. Hodgkinson, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Lane, Mr. Larkin, Mr. Preston. First row: Mrs. Yeager, Mrs. Hasbrouck, Mrs. Tuttle. Miss Jester, Mrs. Haynes, Mrs. Thomsen, Mrs. Wallace. Second row: Mr. Svolos, Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Schwaninger, Miss Blowers, Mrs. Decker, Mrs. Groves, Mrs. Secor. 'll lil Ill xl - e iii as l Ill fri, , f , ff' f , 6'8lVl0 Vice President RALPH TOMPKINS Treasurer GLEN CRANDALL President MARJORLE DOWNIE Secretary e MARIE KRUEGER Student Council DAVE FERRIS 0 Send 6 6 fb 4 JANICE C . FULLER PETER D. HOLDEN MARIE L. KRUEGER LARRY R. LEAHY DALE F. NORTON an BRUCE R. TRASK ROBERT B . UTTER MILDRED M. VEEN ELINOR L. VROMAN Wahine In September, 1943, Margie Downie, Carolyn Foote, Mary Short, Elinor Vroman, David Ferris, Andre Ouimet and Bruce Trask entered the first grade at Otego Central School. In the second grade we studied about Indians. We put on an assembly Ixogram for the first six grades. Marie Krueger, Claudine Sperry and Peter Holden joined us in the third grade. We studied about Egypt in the fourth grade. Mrs. Tuttle taught us how to make a map of a country with sand, sawdust and water in the fifth grade. We made the map of Great Britain. We studied about China and made chopsticks with which we ate a Chinese meal. Millie Veen joined us in the sixth grade. In this grade we put on an assembly program about the Pilgrims. Janice Fuller, Larry Leahy, Dale Norton and Ralph Tompkins came from West Oneonta School to join us in the seventh grade. Claudine Sperry left us at the end of the year to go to Oneonta Junior High School, We took a trip to Albany and Cooperstown when we were in the eighth grade. In Albany our class visited the State Capitol and the State Educational Building. We stopped at Howe Caverns on the way home. We went to Cooperstown and visited the Farmer's Museum, Fenimore House and the Baseball Hall of Fame. Upon entering the ninth grade we found our advisors for the next four years to be Miss Car- penter and Mr. Bonner. It was in that year that we had our first dance. Blossom Time was our theme. We had two additions to our class this year, Flora Smith and Glen Crandall. We also lost two members of our class, Lynn Cowperthwaite and Ann Haggerty. In our tenth year we had our second dance, Music was furnished by Linus Houck. It was also in our tenth year that one of our old members rejoined us and another of our members left. Claudine Sperry came back from Oneonta and Joyce Barker left us to go live in California. In our Junior year we had to decide on our class rings. We put on a one-act play for an assembly program. The name of the play was Little Darling. The cast members were Edith Rothman, Marie Krueger, Millie Veen, Claudine Sperry, Andre Ouimet and Larry Leahy. We had a Christmas party at Mr. Bonner's house and the majority of the class attended. This year we were able to have two dances plus a prom. The prom was the thing that we really looked forward to. Claudine Sperry was chosen to be Queen of the prom. Her attendants were Margie Downie, and Millie Veen. The crown bearerfwas Michael O'Hara and the train bearers were Joan Eckert and Eileen Sallie. Our Senior year was the busiest of our high school career. We undertook the Senior Play, Drums of Death, with the following cast, Elinor Vroman, David Ferris, Marie Krueger, Claudine Sperry, Margie Downie, Dale Norton, Glen Crandall, Flora Smith, Millie Veen and Peter Holden. After this success we undertook the 1955 ATEGEN, This was followed by the traditional Senior trip to New York City and Washington, D.C. We wound up the year with graduation. We wish to thank everybody who has helped us to have twelve wonderful years. As I hitch hiked back to Brooklyn from Otego, I kept thinking of how our class had changed during the past ten years. Our reunion was held at Bruce Trask's huge dude ranch, the B-B-T fBee-Bar-Teay. He is now building a ski lodge on Franklin Mountain. While I was lounging by the swimming pool on the ranch one day, I met an old classmate, Marge Downie, and we immediately started to gossip about our other classmates like we did in the 'good old days. After all these years, she is still single. She now runs a very successful bachelor's home. We found out that Millie Veen is now a famous singing star on Broadway under the name of Mildegarde. In between shows she has time to take care of her family of five. Suddenly Claudine Sperry came out of the water and joined us on the patio. She told us she had been Mrs. Pete Sabedra for the past ten years. Her twin boys who are five resemble their father in every way. On the other hand the three girls look just like her. They're the cutest triplets. Claudine had met Elinor Vroman in the new department ,store in Otego which is the largest in southem New York. Elinor announced that she had married the owner of the store, Dave Ferris. It seems they carried their part in the Senior play farther than we expected them to. As a sideline, Dave is the editor of the Otego Daily Chronicle. One of his reporters, we found out, was Mary Short, another one of our classmates. She writes a nationally famous beauty column called 'Figures for All. Flora Smith is also on the Chronicle payroll. She gives advice to the lovelorn under the name 'Darlene Dugan, She was always good at writing love letters. I noticed in the Daily Chronicle that moming that Glen Crandall was appointed Police Chief of West Oneonta. It must be his part in the Senior play helped. It's a funny thing though but he is still losing his ba.dge. We also read that Andre Ouimet has signed up with the New York Giants football team as quarterback for another year. We hear that he still hasn't settled down. I guess he'll probably be a bachelor after all. It was then that Bruce came over and told us that the entertainment for the evening would be fur- nished by Bob Utter and his 'Green Cactus Boys. He has a blonde hillbillie singer named Yodellin Toots. In real life her name is Carolyn Foote another graduate of '55. She's still blonde after all these years too. After all, she does run a beauty shop for peroxide blondes. They have appeared over station WOTE in Otego. The television station is owned and operated by Larry Leahy. He started out eight years ago with a job over WNBF -TV as a sports announcer and gradually worked his way to the top. Claudine said her children adore watching Pete Holden's kiddy show Cowboy Pete's Ranch Time Round- Up' over WOTE television. They especially like to hear him play his guitar while he's telling a wild west story. Janice Fuller's huge limousine pulled up then. She was discovered by a Hollywood talent scout while pumping gas at her husband's gas station. Since then she has appeared in many movies. Later in the afternoon, Dale Norton drove up in his robins egg blue Cadillac convertible with leopard skin upholstery and diamond dashboard. It seems that for the past six years he has been in Africa as a guide for big game hunting parties. His huge mansion in West Oneonta is now covered with African trophies. That evening Joe Tompkins gave a speech after dinner. He always was good when it came to public speaking. Now he is a professor at Vassar College. Joe always had a way with girls but Nancy keeps her eyes on him now. Our reunion was over with all too soon and I am now on my way back to Brooklyn. I had to hitch- hike because the ash-tray in my Cadillac was full and the new one hadn't arrived yet. I have a program on which I broadcast the Brooklyn Dodger ballgames especially for the women. In case you've wondered, I'm Marie Krueger. .4445 70616444 leaves his physique to Raymond Canner and his curly hair to Gordon Veen. MARIORIE DOWNIE wills her sewing ability to Doris Wood, her curly hair to Ioan Anderson and her book on l-low to Keep Money to Shirley I-liliker. DAVID FERRIS leaves his ability to crack jokes to David Cox and his good American History marks to Gordie Lobdell to keep him eligible. CAROLYN FOOTE wills her orange sweater to Enid Miller and her artistic ability to Orle Jackson. JANICE FULLER wills her meekness to Sandra Briscoe and her gift to gab to Roberta Davis. PETER HOLDEN leaves his persistence to Dave Butler and his dead pan humor to Ken Crosby. MARIE KRUEGER leaves her tight grey skirt to Virginia Ness and her ability to reach top shelf at Homemaking house to Nancy Lent. LARRY LEAHY leaves presidency of Student Council to Mary Gillingham and innocent look to anyone who dares to claim it. DALE NORTON leaves his Honor Society pin to Dick Moon and his two timing to anyone who needs it. ANDRE OUIMET leaves his right to skip school to Charlie Beers, his curly hair to John Terrell and his razor to Mr. l-lodgkinson. MARY SHORT leaves her ability to blush to Bernice Alger and her ability to help to the Junior Class. leaves her slenderness for Sylvia Burchardt and Jeanette Hotaling to share and her Shorthand Marks to Delores Yager. CLAUDINE SPERRY leaves her old dilapidated gym sneakers to Lillian King and her personality to Dawn Blake. RALPH TOMPKINS wills his height to Bob Trask, Nancy to Alan Trowbridge and his old style haircut to Jerry O'Driscol1. BRUCE TRA SK leaves his dancing ability to Walt Bettiol and his job as President of F.F.A, to Philip Daniels. ' ROBERT UTTER wills his position in the Tumbleweed Boys' to Roger Wells and his half of the car to his brother. MILDRED VEEN leaves her natural blondness to Kathy Utter, her sarcasticness to Bobby Jean Kimball and her cheerleading uniform to Marlene Bullis. leaves her position as head majorette to Betty Twohig and her ability to carry alto to Mary Gillingham. TO MR, BONNER we leave a toupee and two new hats to replace those ruined at play practice. TO MISS CARPENTER we leave an alarm clock and a new metal edge ruler to replace the one she used on the Senior boys. TO THE IUNIORS we leave the ice cream cabinet with a good lock and success in their last school year. TO THE SOPHOMORES we leave hopes of a quiet Junior year. TO THE FRESHMEN we leave three more years with Mr. Sears and Mrs. Bolton and the advice to enjoy them as much as we did. sexcam ... GLEN CRANDALL - Basketball, Football, Baseball, Yearbook, Operetta, Senior Play, B Average, Senior Treasurer, Rifle Club, Stamp Club. MARJORIE DOWNIE - Senior President, FHA, Cheerleader, B Average, Honor Society, Student Council, Senior Play, Yearbook, Intramurals. DAVID FERRIS - Chess Club, Art Club, Stamp Club, B Average, Basketball, Football, Student Council Cafeteria, Rifle Club, Press Club, Senior Play, Baseball. CAROLYN FOOTE - Intramurals, Library Club, Broadcaster, Student Council, Chorus, Dramatics. JANICE FULLER - Intramurals, FHA, Art Club, PETER HOLDEN - Library Club, Chess Club, Photography Club, FFA, Press Club, Band, Broadcaster, Basketball, Baseball, Senior Play. MARIE KRUEGER - FHA, Honor Society, Senior Secretary, B Average, Chorus, Intramurals, Broad- caster, Senior Play, Yearbook, Junior Play, LARRY LEAHY - Football, Stamp Club, Student Council, Basketball, Dramatics, Prize Speaking, Press Club, Rifle Club, Yearbook, Steno Club, Volleyball, DALE NORTON - Yearbook, Honor Society, Intramurals, Band, Chorus, Junior Play, Senior Play, Rifle Club, Operetta, Football. ANDRE OUIMET -Football, Basketball, Baseball, Volleyball, Dramatics, Class Officer, FFA, Junior Play, Chorus. MARY SHORT - Intramurals, FHA, Library Club, Yearbook. FLORA SMITH - Intramurals, Chorus, Broadcaster, Cafeteria, Class Officer, FHA, Library Club, Steno Club, Senior Play. CLAUDINE SPERRY - Broadcaster, Intramurals, B Average, Class Officer, FHA, Senior Play, Cheer- leader, Student Council, Yearbook, Honor Society, Junior Play. RALPH TOMPKINS - Basketball, Intramurals, Stamp Club, FFA, Student Council, Senior Vice President, Yearbook. BRUCE TRASK - Intramurals, Glee Club, Library Club, Baseball, Prize Speaking, FFA, Rifle Club, Dramatics, Volleyball. BOB UTTER - Basketball, Intramurals, Rifle Club, FFA, Broadcaster, Baseball. MILDRED VEEN - Intramurals, Cheerleading, Class Officer, Chorus, Junior Play, Library Club, Dramatics, Yearbook, Student Council, Senior Play. ELINOR VROMAN - Broadcaster, Intramurals, Chorus, Art Club, Class Officer, Majorettes, Yearbook Senior Play, Operetta, Zemor EJ., Glen Marge - if jfs our Chef Most Romantic 3 Nj Voice fwhen She Has Itj Qecr ta 3' x A I 544332 . 'ai' Hia 'L lf!! 1354 , nb . 1 Mime Carolyn The Human Peroxide Bottle 3 Om- Albany Correspondent H 3. Flora Bob 1 f, NN Our Channer our Man with 2 gp' j a Git Her Q, i, Janice Our Biggest W, , Eater 4775721 New L . '- x ' ' 9 X , O w Elinor ' ' 1 N' - Q3 P X The 'nf , AN Om- Besftspeajqer 'I If . A i t ' '11 . I Q L ses, I , . - W W 1' I WWA Ncpvw f M A n Dave ODI Clllly Haired ,. f w The Dream Wittiest we ' sv Mary . 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Third row: Miss Osterwald, E. Miller, D. Haney, B. Ploutz, I. Haney, D. Blake. I. Anderson, M. Hoyt, P. Gillingham, L. Hitchcock, Mr. Lane. Fourth row: C. Beach. I. Pierce, S. Wood, D. McMorris. L. Emerson F. Kiel, R. Beams, A. Case, R. Emerson, E. Crawford. 'L 6 4 6 .mm First row: G. Veen, D. Vandermark, R. Steenrod, N. Stilson, B. Groves. Second row: G. Buchert, I. Ferris, F. Burnside, S. Hilliker, L. Utter, K. Utter, R. Hibbard, J. Hotaling, K. Fredenburg, M. Thorsland, Third row: Mr. Sears, E. Simonds, E. Morin, M. Morin, P. Crawford, C. Rake, A. Budine, S. Burchardt, J. Mattice, E. Chase, L. Hoyt, F. Wilbur, Mrs. Bolton. Fourth row: M, Johns, E. Fankhauser, S. Jackson, D. Barlow, R. Trask, D. Avery, I. Chestney, J. Baird, B. Greene, D. Decker. cl ? lf 'L 4 al 6 First row: C. Cady, W. Earle, L. Shaver, R. Budine, P. Danzi, O. Jackson R. Jones, P. Virtell, C. Ackley. Second row: C. Ackley, N. Wood, M, Jones, L. Pierce, J. Hamilton. R. Tiffany, J. Moon, S. Johns, M. Hall, J. Daniels. Third row: Miss O'Brien, R. Watson, M. O'Mara. B. Yager, M. Downie, S. Briscoe, R. Eichler, M. Mattice, G. Chapin, K. Coote, J. Hebbard. Fourth row: R. Sinniger, A. Youmans, G. Dieball, W. Wilbur V. Eichler, E. Blake, J. Bard, G. MacPherson, R. Beams, R. Wells, J. Lam bert. 6 0 6 W 'L 4 First row: C. Bullis, B. Cornell, C. Diffendale. R. Leonard, L. Timewell, d L. Maerz, C. Taylor. Second row: A. Youmans, Z. Coote, N. Goble, P. O'I-lata. A. Kiel, P. Wells, A. Shaver, I. Hall, Mrs. Hungerford. Third 6- row: R. Tompkins. D. Trowbridge, J. Vroman, S. Veen, R. Sperry, S. Bump A. l-Iazlett. 6 Of 6 ' ea Z A 'L df First row: D. Joyce, A. Schmidt. D. Polster, I. Hall, E. Thorsland. Second e row: R. Avery, L. Croswell, S. Butler, R. Schmidt, L. Hendricks, L. Simonds, 5- Hitchcock. I. Hall. Third row: B. Twohig, N. Knight, C. Welch, I. Avery, C. Trask, M. Alger, S. Crawford, V. Canner. First row: G. Masker, L. Utter, L. Mitchell, N. Gransbury, D. Brown, P. Knight, S. Root. Second row: Mrs. Thomsen, C. Wycoff, G. Taylor, H. Hendricks, A. Groves, E. Mattison, S. Andrews, M. Mouser. Third row: G. Thayer, L. Chestney, R. MacPherson, L. Bostwick, W. Haney. I. Decker, L. Wayman. A. Wilbur. First row: I. Graves, A. Morin, S. Jones, D. Krueger, C. Stan, M. Georgia, K. Rose. Second row: D. Baird, D. Wiedeman, Mrs. Groves, M. Kelsey, P. Thayer, W. Crosby, R Lent, R. Dutcher, T. Gerow. First row: I. Sheldon, G. Foster, S. Daniels, D. Hebbard, G. March, J. Short, I. Dabulcwicz Second row: S. Southard, S. Watson, D. Underwood, C. Sears, D. Harrington, A. Youmans, D. Avery, S. Wood. Third row: L. Rutter, P. Friedel, S. Lyman, R. Harvey, L. Budine, D. Beers, R. Rous, D. Decker. Fourth row: Mrs. Tuttle, M. O'Hara, F. Bailey, T. Danzi, D. Hamilton. D. Brown, P. Hansen, J. Maerz, L. Hilliker, G. Mattice. First row: D. Callahan, W. Utter, G. Tiffany, D. Hitchcock, C. Timewell, T. Twohig. Second row: P. Sabedra, F. Rice, R. Daniels, C. Hamilton, M. Masker, M. Butler, C. jackson, F. Lent. Third row: V. Wormsley, H. Baker, F. Gerow, S. Joyce, N. Gillingham, E. Williams, A. Trowbridge, I. Locke. Fourth row: Mrs. Wallace, P. Ferris, D. Haney, D. Wayman, R. Decker, W. Wayman, D. Avery, D. Emerson. 4 First row: R. Yager, M. Georgia, F. Enck, W. Builis. Second row: F. Rous, S. Hunt, E. Jones, D. Holden, C. Martindale. D. Wood, R. Holbrook, M. Wood. Third row: G. Herring, D. Bullis. F. Lobdell, J. Bostwick, I. Risen, D. Wyckoff, I. Bush, M. Canner. Fourth row: Mrs. Sears. D. Greene, D. Yager, R. Palmer, W. De La Mater, T. Taylor. G. Case, E. Kel- sey, G. Jester. Absent: A. Sabedra. H. March, D. Barlow. First rowg E. Smith, D. Bundy, J. Hadden, R. Chestney, I. Hendrick. Second row: R. Ploutz, P. Werner, J. Stilson, M. Gransbury, R. Hollister, M. Georgia. Third row: R. Yager, T. Bard. R. Robinson, Mrs. Decker, A. Ouimet, J. Stoesser. Absent: W. Alger, A. Andrews, C. Holcomb P First row: C. Thayer, G. Hitchcock, B. Mitchell. D. Dolezel, M. MacPherson, D. Wiedeman. Second row: R. Kelsey, P. White. A. Youmans, P. Briscoe, B. Rous, K. Lent, D. Robinson. Third row: V. Wood, B. Beames, C. Burroughs, P. Logan, E. Watkins, C. Wiedeman. J. Bush, I. Thorsland. Fourth row: Mrs. Yeager, R. Hamilton, S. Diffendale, F. Secor, W. Hansen, R. Bump, D. Allen, G. Leonard. First row: E. Sallie, P. Williams, K. Budine, K. Bouton. J. Callahan, E. Bullis, L. Miller, P. Wormsley. Second row: G. Enck, R. Canner, R. Goble, J. Brown, J. Eckert, G. Masker, J. Sommer, D. Trask, R. Burchardt, T. Beers. Third row: Misslester. G. White, E. Hammond M. Thorsland. C. Robinson, M. Weill, N. Wells. J. Hotaling, A. Birdsall, D. Sullivan. First row: D. O'Hara, L. Hall, B. Nelson, L. Leonard, E. Polster. R. Groves, I. Bush. Second row: L. Ackley, D. Bullis, B. Little, R. Hollister, C. Bouton, N. Southard, I. Starr. I. Masker Third row: T. Earl, R. Yager, K. Kelsey, D. Logan, L. Jerauld, P. Norberg, L. Lobdell, D. Foote, E. Horan. Fourth row: T. Callahan. L. Cornell, L. Hasbrouck D. Bailey, B. Knapp, G. Schmit, D. Tiffany, W. Taylor, Mrs. Haynes. First row: v. Andrews, Brown, R. wiuiams, D. Haney, J. O'Hara, D. Hendrick, R. Hamilton. Second row: A. Johnson, J. Guernsey, E. Hendrick, D. Baker, J. Trowbridge, R. Rous, S. Ferris, S. Weideman. Third row: N. Bostwick, M. Harvey, L. Jerauld. V. Hilliker. L. Sullivan, N. Hawkins, I. Trask, E. Smith, R. Jones. Fourth row: Mrs. Has- Brouck, R. Livingston, D. Fullington, C. Fleming, D. Earl, L. Avery, D. Wycoff, J. Hurl- burt, H. Mattison. First row: S, Secor, L. Wells, S. Beckley, K. 0'Ha1'3. A. Wood. I. Sommer. S. Robinson. Second row: T, Stevens, R. Joyce, T, Chestney. R. Kimball, S. Herring, K Barrows, D. Dutcher, B, Leonard, Third row: Mrs. Hamilton, J. Nelson, T. Sears, I. Hamilton, E. Hunt, S. Wledeman, D, Mattice. First row: F. Schmit, L, Sullivan, E. Bush, G. Rous, D. Lobdell, L. Holcomb. I. Hall, C. Mattison. Second row: G, King, S, Jester, G, Earl, D. Fullington, M, Donlin, P. Miller, R, Smith, L. Pearce. Third row: S, Mattice, T, Harrington, L, Young, H. Bouton, Miss Blowers, L, Crandell, R, Wayman. I. Southard, A, Emerson. First row: B. Hitchcock, K, Leahy, L. Hitt, J. Marlette, K, Burroughs, C. Wright. Second row: G, Baker, A, Groves, B. Fleming, E, Kelsey, S. Brown, E, BBITOWS. Third row: F. Mattice, M. Sinniger, L, Underwood, G, Dolzel, D, Robinson, Mrs, Schwaninger, Z ' First row: P, Dabulewicz. I. Smith, A, Weil, R, Wiedeman, B. Bailey, Second row: N, Lombard, D, Birdsall, C. Stevens, R, Crandall, P. Leonard, I. Hurlburt, C. Hall. Third row: Mrs. Schwaninger, B. Gillingham, B, Hamilton, C, March, 1 lgwjex Ni MR, LARKIN - Guidance MRS, KNOWLTON - Say Aah! MRS. LOUISE BUMP, School Secretary Cafeteria staff CONNIE HERRING, MRS. SLOAN, MRS. BUMP, HELEN SIDAN CLARK SLOAN. Head Custodian LEONARD LAWRENCE. Assistant DRIVERS P. Sheldon, J. Leonard. J. Hurlburt, C. Sloan, G1adyqLeonard, D. Bailey. B. Taylor Mechanic. Kneeling: V. Vay. 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IMA''mi 'SVWL'-N w5St!'1f142721 , ,- f l it :PQ RQfAN,I,Z SrD5:,La'M1xe Y THEWILBER NATIONAL ANK 0NEONTA,NLYl BASTIAN EIZOTH E 25 COMPANY Rochester, New York Designers and Producers of Exclusive Class Jewelry, Genuine Engraved Commencement Announcements and Personal Cards MR. GARRET HUYER 2.9 Garden Street V Oneonta, New York .Le .- :V PETE 125 ADW ZZQQWQQM 54,41 A..-AT Otego OSTRANDER'S SERVICE STATION New York Compliments of ONEONTA BUS LINES Best Wishes G ' L' F C O C p' from 5 E F2 V I C E ' Feed - Seed - Fertilizer Farm Supplies Home Freezers O I L' CO7 I Grd. Limestone - Hydrate Lime Insecticides Phone 1091 Lower River St. 436 Chestnut Oneonta 575 Specialist in School Photography LCDCIK EI DG-E ESTLJ DIO KENNETH LOCKRIDGE Portraits - Commercial - Gruduation Pictures School Photography and Yearbook Pictures Phone 3072 325 Main Street Oneonta, N. Y. I I l Otego, N. Y. Ph. 2000 .L., Feed Seed Fertilizer Farm Supplies Wells Bridge Ph. 2181 SERVICE WHEN YOU NEED IT BIEIYANT WHOLESALE TOBACC O Tobacco - Candy 70 East Street Oneonta Ph. 2028 Phone 472 1 Best Wishes to the CLASS OF '55 lCDF3I'DI:l I GAQAGE General Repairing Auto Acces sories 24 Hr. Wrecking Service For Gifts That Are Remembered Best THE HARRIS BROTHERS Your Reliable Jewelers in Oneonta Fuel Oil - Kerosene 'I Complirhents of A FRIEND - -V,-in w gallon Value.: E. DEFDLOEY X Men's Clothing and Furnishings Phone 3106 67 Main St. Sidney, N. Y. E01-rriei-ly F. E Buddenhagen Registered Shetland Ponies Grade Shetland and Welsh Pony Rides for Carnivals, 1-1A12ou.D's Birthday Parties, School S580 and Church Fairs. 5 E V I E Otego, N. Y. Accessories R' G' D ELS Phone.: 2581 and 2191 Phone - 4392 Otsego, N. Y. l jkff ifhhdf GENERAL INSURANCE Unadilla, New York , 'fig - f x 6' i x, xl Q -- ' ' .-'rffffhlls .X-Alf' I WI LB Ll l2'5 QWZMZZZ4 Free Delivery in Village Ph. 4201 Otego, N. Y. QGZQEE Q :ff 37' :fi 1 fe -t .4 1-1 , W7 xxg I' W! - 7 C' Q Vai I t Compliments of 'Q 6' ,, DETQOIT 59 l -1? SUPPLY fx COMPAN.Y, INC. 15 Market Street SAM'S LUNCH - Oneonta., New York Eledifical I AP PLIA NCES IE t . 1 l ' MCMOEE 5 HAQDVVAQE Should You Nfeied a Policy lf ' l 0 mfg IL Should You Need a. Bo d O T G 5 F ds 5 A v2 D - Telephone lll + 8-10 Broad St- SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY MILLS Oneonta., N. Y. Ofegof N- Y- money E riheaal gg i?Z,,-if c H LAN D525 ' ' INC. Quality Furniture S'dney, N. Y. - Pho 5711 I 1 1 1 rug ln- ' -1 E.J. TOM PKINS Dealer in Livestock Phone 3287-I Oneonta, N. Y UDB FUR GTNE FUDD 'F Z V . wHEN IN THE A C . C O CDT E Groceries fmfiavf Phone - 2421 Otego, N. Y. Compliments of BAILEY'S FUNERAL HOME GALINNS JEWELRY STORE OYARON COFFEE SHOP OTEGO LOCKER PLANT CD EI' S P G CTD LAUNDRY CO., INC. The Daylight Plant Phone 144 In Otego on Tue., Wed., Fri. Broad at Market Oneonta, N. Y THE X THROUGH . C23 QL- TRAIN - 5 Q 42:-ii: ' , ,III f 1. ., fi - if A M XXX 3 Q ,T 0 1-g lg X .. 2 E F ,J-.7 63 TTT? :frE :zz-: '.-S'4g.1-4':..-- You are the engineer of a long train of thought! A train of thought that will go wherever you, the new graduate, want it to go. It depends on you. You are the engineer. There are some, of course, who believe in traveling light through the journey of life. They seek little knowledge. because they have all they believe necessary. They seek no responsibility, because responsibility is too heavy a burden for them to carry. They believe in traveling light. But remember, it is the fast freight train that carries a full load and delivers the goods. And so it is. through these past few years, that you have been busy building your own train of thought. Assisted by a thorough and capable yard crew of teachers, parents and friends. you have been busy coupling one idea onto another - loading your mind with information that will help you deliver tue goods. Now it is time to leave the familiar station you know as your high school. By all means, be a through train. Select a goal in life and stay on the track. This is the only way to justify the hard work of a faithful yard crew. Don't be like the switch engine that never gets out of the yard. And even though it may be tempting sometirnesto pull Over into asiding. remember it is then that the faster freights go by. Add to your train of thought as you go along - for the longer the train, the more goods it has to deliver. Respect the opinions of others always, but never get the habit of being a passenger in someone else's train of thought. Good Luck to the Class of '55, and may all of you have a clear track ahead. BENDIX Avmrrou CORPORATION scimuia Division Sidney' N- Y- 21 N i n 5, s.: THE ONEIDA STREET GROCERY Groceries Meats School Supplies Sealtest Ice Cream And Featuring a Full Line of Seabrook Farms Frozen Foods F r e e D e 1 i v e r - Y Open from 8 to 8 Daily 74 Oneida St. Oneonta, N. Y. 13110116 155 Compliments of THE STALKER SUPPLY COMPANY Cooperstown, N. Y. The Birthplace of Baseball ll' 4110123 Hll'l'1k'4Ui1l'1F IH' ivkllvk Supplies and Equipment for Offices, Schools, and Cafeterias. Qt I INAEIQIDALE 4QmyQQmm- imc. There is No End to Improvement Main Office and Bottling Company 73 - 75 River Street Oneonta., N. Y. Phones 1260 - 1261 1 l New Line of Gifts i Aiuzzvvq ,, 0 U,-X-jk ... .,- ., '-'-' v'--1 e A AND - SAVE JEWELER i aan -11' 1....AT Oneonta, N. Y. HOLBROOK 8: HOWEY ELECTRIC in Oneonta 18- Dietz St. Phone 232 N 0 ra TO N '5 Zin Jfiwzza Complifnents of M QS. Feeds - Seeds - Farm Supplies N E ' W. Oneonta, N. Y. Ph. 29-J I-l. GQEELEY BROWN Resident Agent Otegof N. Y. Repre s enting THE GLENS FALLS INSURANCE COMPANY, THE HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, THE OTSEGO COUNTY FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Tel. Otego 4333 Best Wishes Class of 1955 W fain fda ZQCO Twenty-eight different soups, almost anew one for every day in the month and each a taste sensation. Sexton soups, pre- pared to maste h f ' ' ' ' ' r c e s specifications, are yours to engoy by simply asking your grocer for your favorite. Try Philadelphia Pepper Pot. If LZJH f QW M gi M 1 f H fy ffm ,ff 1 wyfpw WWW ff 'M4 A LITHOGRAPHED 'ww 5 , as W YE-ARB K 5 'k', 1 ,V fggys V X jj,Wfq1 3 if ,-K., j 1, : ,,,, Nw ' ' ' -f 'L-' , ' J, 6 JM ykh, V, ki, , ki Y Y V Y 1 in ,,,,- .,,kkL, . -L W f sw i 5 4 . li