Zhao 791 Recently as I was sitting in my Texas home thinking ot' my old high school days, I glanced at the calendar and noticed it was June 25, 1966. It was just ten years ago when I graduated from dear old P. C. S. I thought to- myself -what fun it would be .if I took a trip' back to Phelps and looked up all my old classmates. I called my close friend Marcia CKenyonD VanHemel and told her 1ny idea. She told me to come ba-ck to New York State for a few days, and we could look our Class' of '56 'up together. After much debating with my husband as to whether I should drive our Cadillac on take a rocket - I decided to drive. After kissing my two little Conks good-bye I was of.f for Phelps. Three days later I was back in my home town whi-ch needless to say, had changed quite a bit. I drove out to Marcia's beautiful new home and after talking to her husband and two boys we were off on our rediscovery of the Class' of 1956. We noticed a soda shop in place of Whitef's Store and decided to stop and have a soda. The owner and head soda jerk is Dave White. After enjoying our sodas we drove off and noticed the Phelps Theater which has been enlarged and is now owned by Janice Phillips and her husband. We saw an advertisement of a new movie just released by Warner Brothers which stars our high school actress, Linda Main. We heard that John Maslyn is now married and runs the Phelps Hotel and that Lee Butler is married to Janet and is living in Newark. We went next door to the Super Shoppe which is now run by Edwin Mas- lyn. He told us he has branch stores in all the main cities. Ed is still quite the man around town. After leaving Ed we went to our dear old Alma Mater where we saw Jean Frederick who is now- Guidance Counselor. Jean told us that Ann DeWandel now' owns a private school in Y. C. and is still noted for having parties in her penthouse. Jean said Karen Johnson was ba private secretary until a year ago when she married her boss. We then wentto the gym where w-e saw Coach Gary Gleason. He told us his basketball team has gone to the sectionals for three years straight. Gary said Kenneth Overslaugh is part-owner and star of the great New York Lop Trotters and that Gerald Guard is now manager of the Rochester Royals. After leaving P. C. S. we started. toward Clifton to see our ibfuddy Virginia tMadiganJ Lapresi. She has a new home and is busy ra.ising her two little stones . Virigina told us to go over to her favorite eating place f'Stan and Helen's . We did - and were surprised to see it owned by Helen Edington and her hus- band Sftanley. Helen told us her sister-.in-law Norma Maines is now head nurse at Rochester General 'Hospital and is engaged to a surgeon. Helen also told us that Joyce Hollenbeck liked her job at the mountains so w-ell that she now owns her own resort hotel. Another of our classmates who spends a great deal at Joyce's resort is none other than the famous scientist Donald G. White, Esq. At Helen's we glanc- ed ati the television and noticed a girl playing an accordian. Why it was Mary Walters who now has her own T.iV.Ashow. We left Helen'.s and went to Newark to see Carole Mattoon. George and she are very happily married and have three children. She told us that Donna CConklinJ Allen, Muriel tFieldl Bailey, and Joan Ccontinued on page 465 23
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'f'i fi . .1 14.-f . .-,..3,1.Z:L,,gfT 1 , 77eaa2ofz67'u56... On the rainy morning of April 16th thirty-six excited students andvtheir four chaperones set off on the trip that was the reward of four years of hard work. Few spirits were dampened by the weather, how-ever, and by nine o'clock we were all happily on our way toward the big -city. After arriving in Grand Central and finding that our dismal weather had left us. we all set off in taxis to our temporary hom-eufor the visit, the Sheldon Hotel. Here we -settled ourselves, and, after taking a quick peek at everyone's room, we left for supper at a nearby restaurant. Our schedule .for Monday night listed a showl at Radio City Music Hall, where we saw Serenade, starring Mario Lanza, and the famous Easter Pagaent featuring the Rockettes. After the show we descended upon the Great White Way for a look at Times Square at night, then back to our rooms for a good night's sleepC?J. Seven-thirty came early T-uesday morning, but did not find any of the Phelps crowd asleep. W-e were all -set for a tour of lower New York, including the Bowery and Chinatown. This tour ended in Battery Park, where we all boarded a ferry to Bedloe's Island to visit the Sltatue of Liberty. From the statue we went into New York's financial district where we saw the Stock Exchange and a coin exhibit at the Chase Manhattan Bank., Next on the list was tl1e United Nations Building where we had a guided tour. After this long, eventful day we ate supper' and relaxed at the St. James Theater where we saw Pajama Gamef' After the show many were still going strong. Some went bowling and others toured New York on foot. Soon after breakfast Wednesday morning, we all took buses to the dock for our visit to the Queen Elizaybethv, one of the wor-ld's largest ocean liners. Some used the full time to tour the boat, while others watched the various passengers ,boarding the ship. A visit to the magnificent St. Patrickis Cathedral Cwhich had a qfuieting effect on us alll was next. Next on the agenda was Aa complete to-ur of Rockefeller Center ending on the roof of the R. C. A. building. Afterward' We ate lunch and set off on a subway, not less, for the Museum of Natural History, where we had barely enough time to spend. . In the evening we had dinner at an night club, the Bal Tabarinn, enjoyed a floor show, and saw many famous CID celebrities. After the supper we journeyed tothe Roxy Theater where we saw The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit and an ice show featuring the Roxyettes. Thursday morning we caught up on some much-needed .rest and got our suit- cases packed and rooms cleaned out. Then we traveled by subway up into the Bronx and took a to-ur of the zoo: After the zoo our time was at last 'our own, so almost everyone went downtown for a shopping spree. A few went up th-e Empire State Building, but nearly everyone just wandered around. That evening we experienced a new type of meal, the Smorgasfbord, which many enjoyed. From there we went to see Bert Parks and Stop the Music, a television show. There were a few who were unable to get into this show, but they spent their timei giving New York one last look. By ten-thirty we were all in our special coach and ready for the long trip home, which ended around six o?clock Friday morning. The trip was tiring for students and chaperonesj alike, but we all agree such a trip is an unforgettable' experience, and many of us would enjoy going back some- time soon. . 25 . c,
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