Phelps Central High School - Highlights Yearbook (Phelps, NY)

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gdddwidfddym, ' are man things, but not angels. Our unsuspecting advi?oIl'gsebi'?o'l'1l3lF13353133 gfgjallr, Mrs. BSIFDS, Miss Palmerton and Mr. Cook found us a group of students who needed a guiding light. Although Miss Palmerton was our advisor for only one year, Mrs. Burns and Mr. Cook, known more lntimately to members of our class as Ma Burns and Pa Cook, stayed with us through tl1e four years, and provided us with this guiding light which we needed so much. As Freshmen we chose capable officers with Marilyn Foster, President, Alice VanCamp, Vice-President, Everett Peck, Secretary, Richard Oaks, Treasurer. For class activities, we presented a freshman talent show for assembly, and, it has been proved, our class has quite a bit of latent talent. As Freshmen, we also held a Freshman Frolic, a round and square dance. The .following September, we gaily entered school as Sophomores. There was no doubt about it, we were coming up in the world! At our first class meeting, we elected our officers for the year. William Montgomery was elected President, Paul Bankert, Vice-President, Roger Haich, Secretary-Treasurer. Visions of gay New York were rather hazy at this time, but not so much so that we forgot about raising money for the trip. One of our ventures was the Sophomore Hop, and surprisingly enough, we made a small, and we do mean small, sum. Our good deed for the year was to present awplay for the enjoyment CvwLe.,hQpeJ.,of the other classes. The new Junior Class was'truly.proud of its position. Not, only were we proud to be juniors, b-ut also we found that getting older seems to place more responsi- bility on one'fs shoulders. New York was in clearview, nowl And 'for guidance in leadership we again looked to William Montgomery's capablehguiding hand as Pres- identg Janet Herendeen' was Vice-President, Kenneth Pedersen, Secretary, and Marilyn Foster, Treasurer. 'I Good work brings its own reward, and thus the class found time to order those significant class rings. And although many rings were soon found in circulation, the juniors were proud of their rings, and were discovered polishing them care- fully, and often. We presented a very successful play called Boarding House Reach netting us a goodly sum. Next on the agenda was a Junior P'rom. Under the sponsorship of Jackson and Perkins, we presented our Rose Ball. .At last, at last we found ourselves across that elusive threshold, we were seniors! Marilyn Foster was elected President, William Montgomery, Vice-Pres- 1llCIllQJ1liiI1Cl Herendeen, Secretary, and Roger Haich, Treasurer. Then the merry- o ro f ' ' g - un o actlvlties was on! We finished our magazine campaign with a fine flourish. We presented our Senior Play with success, our Christmas Senior Ball was tied up neatly, the circus netted us some profit. For non-profit entertainment, we present i l ' - - ec anot iei talent show .fol our class asselnbly. There was talent galore! Then came gay New York during Easter Vacation. After our not-to-be-forgotten trip, Commencement loomed on the horizon. Thus we neared the milestone where tl me part of our l'f ' P, , , t completed, only to find that another was just beginning, sbntiexllvherg elselvas almos zz, I, a ingly dl HQIJIJCUS graduatf what I h could hz M y TllCHl0I', Maurice DeClarc Elaine a N ot Phelps. and cult My Wilson 3 Recreati two old this esta also a m On sight, a trooper. trooper thing. Am: Oaks Co political Ed is nc a girl in VVhi ed. To 1' main bo training Flyi Road. lr Everett so much In t for a di: sen, ow savers. l bers. She Charles' Waterlo they are Bac Market ' len yeai system. YVI1 the haun of the b tremend see him.

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pecting 1 found on was imately igh the tuch. tg Alice irer. ty, and, IIICC. :re was ing, we mtg Paul so that homore lm. Our ,of the e proud zsponsi- ance in as Pres- 'yg and er those vulation, n care- I House :der the 'e were :e-Pres- merry- 1 a fine lor Ball ninment, galore! Jn. i almost p I I I By Virginia Howe n I, a-reporter on the New York Times , had just been given a new and seem- ingly difticult assignment. My boss had very calmly told me, Find out what happens to an averagegroup of high school Seniors, say, ten years after they were graduated. At first this seemed utterly impossible - impossible until I remembered -that I had been graduated just ten years ago myself. NN hy, it was just perfect. l could have a vacation on the Times ' expense account. So I merrily started out. My first stop was just a few blocks away, on Broadway. There at the Astor Tueater, Maurice Knapp was playing his fourth record-breaking year in Where's Maurice?,'. He sent me over to the Radio City Music Hall where I found Elaine DeClaro as head ticket seller. She and Maurice both had their start in Phelps, Elaine at the Phelps Theater, and Maurice in the fabulous Senior Assembly. Not knowing where to look next, I jumped into my jet plane and flew to Phelps. The old town had changed quite a bit, having grown in population, industry and culture. My first stop in Phelps was at the Empire State Pickling Company, where Lee Wilson is the head of an ever-growing company. He sent me down to the Phelps Recreation and Musical Club, in othe-r words, the Pool Hall. 'there I found our two old faithfuls of the .former Pool Hall, Kenny I.. Smith, and Dick Steen. Al this establishment, tdon't ask me how I got in? not only recreation is offered but also a musical lesson, or a course in telling tall stories tfor a slight fee, of coursel. On my way to the metropolisof Oaks Corners, I witnessed a very interesting sight, a distinguished-looking man was receiving a ticket from a burley-looking trooper. Upon closer inspection I found the driver to be Grove A. Nagel and the trooper to be Kenny A. Smith. Kenny didn't seem too unhappy about the whole thing. Amazement is the only word which can describe my feelings when I reached Oaks Corners. The place had grown tremendously, and was in the midst of a hot political election. Dick and Ed Oaks were opposing each other for the mayorship. Ed is now the head of a large bean factory, while Dick is his chief salesman, with a girl in every port. VVhile in Oaks Corners I was invited to watch television, so of course accept- ed. To my utter amazement I spied my old friend, Nancy Graves, wrestling in a main bout. It is said that she is one of the best in the business. Her high school training came in handy. Fl 'in toward Lyons I spied a thriving settlement on the Geneva-Lyons I g t' tinff I found a tourist home on a small lake run bv hverctt Peck. d. ' . . , . - Elggrettnllgs fggde muse of beautiful Peck's Pond, which the Seniors used to enjoy so much. In the same vicinity I noticed an enormous new factory. The sign was visible for a distance of two miles and said, Wintergreen Lifesaver Factory - Phyl Han- I went up to see Phyl who greeted me with her usual roll of life- sen owner . savers. Besides showing me all her 14 cats. Phyl gave me news of other class mem- bers. ' 1 t .f the ffirls were old married women. Marie Benge and Cha32ST?l'11?obfsilislf:aIif1, Sjodus, while May McAllister and Clarence Fegley live in Waterloo. I did not have time to see these two class members but from all reports they are very happy. Back in Phelps again I found myself very .hungry andrnwentligtonlitqgiesgg Lapresi. 18X xc cc I found Alice Vanbamp and Frankie , ' ?lf3?1r1gIi3E1IYShItTgS7V and have expanded the store into the head of a mammoth chain 9 system. . . .. Q . - . ' f 'X d-player was turned on and v -t no with Alice and Frankie a lecor .L l . D th lfl?lf:Igl?Ilg1TOlCE of George Totman came through the air. He is the current idol fethe bobby-soxers and is a very difficult person to see. It IS said that he made a 3 mehdous amount, of money last year tbefore taxes, of coursel. I wanted to ie see him, but knew how 1mD0SS1b1e lt Was' Continued on page 28 23