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

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'Ml I 4 . Continued from Page 23 Bidding adieu to Alice and Frankie l next 'wefntrto the Main Street housing the onices or the new vncl1o'.7ll1ci1e:?rf1tm hcl, ..AdViCe-up times as big as she, sat Joan uroescup, iiidustiiously-lyollill D 1 ,Q Column is lm the-Lovelorn' colunm, Wll1Cl1 runs everyday in the I cnol: .ioalnos Joanls atfairf mensely popular, and an me girls live by her advice. vvondlciing d wi il A .CO ld ,s were coming along, l inquired. After a little plodding, -JQffI1'f01 A U15 J519 U U decide between a guy from hochester and one from Syiacusc. Same ol oan. Y Two new factories have changed the SKyl1IlC of Phelps. 'll seems that two Ol the Class of 19:30 were destined to be execut1ves.,lvlyron wx iiiiliuin has xopened a ciga1.mCtO1.y While .Inn Stetzel has opened an oveisize shoe tachtowiy. .Turtiyuryou ve heard of iJuft'y,' cigars, they'reA smoked even in Uaks Corners, wnlc ippo shoes are worn as far away as Pine Plains. Q . Nosing my jet southward, l headed for Melvin Hill. lnwas utterly astonished at the change there. lt had expanded to about the size' that Phelps was in 1950. A new, modern school was one of the- main features. tioing inside a spotless cafeteria 1 found Paul Bankert making out lunch menus. 11116 menus looked appetizing and the food was wonderful, l noticed after eating some. Ffltll 1S very popular there, fespecially with the girls. px v Paul gave me news of anothernclass member. Kenny Pedersen, his beaut-fu1 wife, and eight sons had gone to visit keteis relations in Denmark. lfrom postcards and letters, it sounded as if they were having a grand time. Back in Phelps again I decided to inspect my Alma Mater of P. C. S. I only found one class member still there. lt was, of all people, Jerry Rouland. Jerry just ,couldn't get enough of school during lns school during his school years, so he came back. He is officially known as the 'fruant Ulficer, and all the little kids love him, except when they skip school. Then they hide. While in school I decided to inspect the library. Browsing among the books I found a new best-seller by one of my former classmates. It was titled, The Art of Getting There - 10 Minutes Late by lid Clement. Ed has made quite a name for himself with this book and can really afford to get there - ten minutes late. Rochester was my next stop so I flew there with a burst of fire. My first stop was General Hospital, where 1 found Bill Montgomery as Head Nurse. Bill has a simply marvelous time up there with all his pretty nurses. Bill hasn't changed much, either. I asked him what he did for recreation and he told me that Helen Budnliag was in Rochester too. That explained it. Finding out where Helen lived lrus e over. She was in the midst of preparing for another party. I asked her if the parties were along the same lines as the ones she used to give Helen said that the - Y Eflieilent-ltlifiit people were,a little too old for parties like those. I fervently wished a -tco accept Helens invitation to her party that night, but time did not permi . Only one other classmate remained for me to see in Rochester I t d 1 , , so wen owl to Ha1ch's Used Car Dealers. Roger had taken over both Hallman's and Doyle's and had combined th R ' i . i em. oger tried to sell me a '39 Oldsmobile which seemed strange- ly familiar, but I refused, preferring my little jet instead. Back to Phelps aind to the Supreme Court chamber f J d l B k ...I J d, , , s o u ge Car ac us. lie lu ge s very .charming secretary, Margaret DePauw told me that Carl is very ugh y respected in the legal profession. When asked about herself, Margaret said that she felt very lucky to work for such an important man. She ought to, for she had about three or four secretaries under her. The next stops were some neighboring farms Bernie and Don DeRu , , . , , l - yter have flirted E hilee dalry farm. They raise their own cows and process the milk them- afiifssiergg 339 allfefy lgapplly married and have started a new community. Their ea 0 around fift miles. Anothe Success, If . 5 Q s r classmate who runs a very lu arm is Roger Westf ll. H . ' ' h k that turkey you had for Thanksgiving Idrihbifercwlaz enf, ducks and turkeys' Probably My next stop W 't I . t s a . amous VVestfall turkey. , , . as a sani arium t 'd P' ' lmposmg-lookmg place muh k Jus ou si e helps. It IS a very restful and . . 1 ' DHI' S, P1 Qolf course and numero othe facilities. Tlns beautiful place was built and is b d t , ' us It 'K They specialize in revitalizing 1JeopleniwlfitliyM0C'f3rS Marilyn Foster and June Fam chief psychiatrist Two of their earl t' am yn as Chief Surgeon' and June as - W y pa 'ents wer L ff who almost suffered nervous breakdowns bn the Neew lgldrklifiipls and Pa Cook, Continued to page 67 28

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nt. Donald iathleen. y Peake. ravis. to Mary Fairman. Warren ol Dann. son. .V8S. osher. Hughner. o Donald in. e another l .For almost four years the New York trip had seemed a fanciful dream. On AlJI'1l 11, 1t.bCCaITlC a reality. As preparations started, the excitement mounted to a fever pitch. All you could hear for days from the Seniors was New York - New York. NVhen the schedule and other information was handed to us we knew it last, we were on our way. The morning of the eleventh was heartening. The sun was bright, the day cheer.ful--a perfect compliment to our exhuberance. Most of the party met at the bus garage around 7:30 and hopped aboard the buses with our four chaperons, Mrs. Burns, Mr. and Mrs. Cook, and Mr. Nagel. The other members were picked up on the way. The b-uses rolled into the Lyons railroad station and everyone scrambled out amidst luggage, boot lunches, etc. Then the blow! The ticket agent announced the train was late. The buses became occupied again with chattering Seniors who found various ways of waiting for the train to arrive. By this time it had begun to rain but this failed to dampen our spirits for it soon ceased. At last, two hours late, the train arrived and forty-one happy people climbed aboard ready and willing to tackle the big city. Delayed by the lateness of the train we arrived in New York a couple of hours later than we had planned. How- ever we got taxis and were given our rooms at the Hotel Chesterfield in time to make the Radio City Music Hall as planned. NVe saw the movie The Daughter of ltosie O'Grady , the famed Easter Pageant and the fabulous Rockettes. After the excitement and the gruelling train ride we decided we weren't the least bit tired so many stayed up into the wee hours of the morn. Of course there were some sensible ones who did manage to get three or four hours of slumber. liven though lack of sleep accompanied many of our Seniors, their appearance wasn't noticeably altered the next morning. Perhaps the happy countenances were ii anticipation of what the city had to offer. And we had plenty of sights to see on our first tour -lower New York. We rode down Fifth Avenue, Broadway, Times S uare and other notable streets, seeing all we could see in the line of buildings, ll statues, and odd characters. Vivid memories still remain of Chinatown and the Bowery. 2 We lunched and rested till one, the time set for the Rockefeller Center Tour. We were split up into two groups, each with a guide. We walked all over the ' city withi11 a city taking everything in and marvehng at such man-made wonders - especially the elevators. The rest of the afternoon was comprised of two other tours - radio and television studios, where two of our classmates were televised, and Grand Central Terminal. After all that excess walking it was wonderful to sit ' ' ' WI ere's Charlie?', down in the evening and enjoy Ray Bolsef 111 1 The next morning we were amazed to find we had only one more night in the 1 ' h ' l It as Thursday already and not a ierv nice Thursday at t at. hotel. Imagine. w - U , Little white flakes had scattered the sky here and there, and when we arrived at - ' f t , snappy breeze had risen. By the time we got back iJoaili1ealn1?mi2elbiie5z:11asO1?eElly ntiilslergble, but a few 'hearty souls braved the elements and took the thirty-five mile yacht trip around Manhatten Island. lf it had been a nicer ' k f rever day this excursion would have been ideal for we passed many landmar s o .issociated with the metropolis. Continued on page 65 Z7

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