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

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6fll5'5 ifrzfplzec It is now 1981 twenty years since I graduated from high school. I decided that during my vaca- tion from teaching high school English in New York City I would visit my old friend and classmate, Marion Hall, who is suPeriUtCndent of nurses in Dallas City Hospital in. Texas. While changing planes aron Wilber, who is married to one of the wealthiest men in the New York Stock Exchange. She decided that rather than going on to California forher vacation as she had planned, she wguld come with me to Dallas to see Marion. After we had been in Dallas a few days, we decided that it would be nice if we could have a class reunion after all these years. in Chicago, I met Sh The problem of where to have the reunion was settled when Barb Tornow, United States Ambassa- dor to the Moon invited us to rocket to her moon. house. As we arrived on the moon we were rather surprised to see no one around, but all of a sudden we heard a loud roar, and we turned just in time to see Barb in her rocketship, chasing a snow plow. Must be she enjoyed doing it so much in Phelps that she has kept it right up. After we had been ushered inside and had renewed old times with Barb, the class members start- ed coming. First were Joni Ulmer and Judy Ottley, world famous for their hair dying technique. Ap- parently some of the peroxiding they did in school paid off. Hearing much chattering we turned around and saw Sharon Wheadon Hurne, Bonnie Forbes Overslaugh, Karen Yancey Chase, and Sandy Hartnagel Nieskes busily discussing their children and the problems they have with babysitters. Just then someone tapped me on the shoulder and turning around I saw a pair of sunglasses and a flashy sports jacket. This couldn't be---but it was. The famous author of the book, How To Make Your Own Casket in Ten Easy Lessons - Cheap, Scott Dyke. He had driven up in his Lark! Next to come were the old inseparables Paul VanHeme1 and David Robinson. Paul, it seems, liked his checkered pajamas in the Senior Play so well that he now owns Paul's Pajama Company and is the largest producer of checkered pajamas in the world. David, we learn from Paul, should be addressed as Your Honor, since he is the head Supreme Court Justice. It seems that after graduating from Hamilton, Dave set up his own law practice in Phelps. He rapidly rose to fame and is the young- est person ever to be on the Supreme Court. We heard the sound of marching and turned to see Navy Admirals Mike Hart, Mike Sweet, and Charles Conklin, march sharply over to the food table. Behind them came Jerry DeLooze, a test pilot in the Air Force, flying between Earth and Mars, and Charles Nayaert, a marine, just back from an expedition to Venus. Suddenly there was a large commoting over by the table and someone shouted, I know that's the right song! Upon investigating, we find Bob Pacer with a tape recorder still trying to get Purge Polka to play. Apparently after the Senior Play, music became a challenge to Bob. As Bob quieted d . own, we heard what sounded like a motorcycle and turned to see Carl Yancey buzz up on his souped up Rocketship, which was in the sh f Cycles, Incorporated, ape o a motorcycle. We understand that Carl now owns Yancey's All Tight. people, out ,on the porch for shuffleboard. That was Cindie Curtis, Social Director OH the 3.3. P.C.S., America's largest liner.

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I, Ernestine Rozell, will and bequeath my old dilapidated shorthand notebook to Betty Marsa. I, Sharon Salisbury, will and bequeath my ability not to quit school to anyone in the Class of '62 who has the willpower. I, Michael Schulz, will and bequeath my ability to speak German to Mrs. Loveless. I, Joyce Scott, will and bequeath my ability to come to school every day to Karen Dewey. I, Alan Soper, will and bequeath my singing ability to Mr. Carr. I, Robert Soper, will and bequeath my ability to play the coronet to Robert Middlebrook. I, Merton Sweet, will and bequeath my ability to grow long hair to Mr. Carra. I Barbara Tornow, will and bequeath the use of my horses for all future P. J. parties. I, Judith Trickler, will and bequeath my nickname Trickle to a drip. I, Joan Ulmer, will and bequeath my smile to Jim Denison. I, Orville VanDuser, will and bequeath my ability to carry on good chemistry lab experiments to Fred Wallace. I Paul VanHemel, will and bequeath one slightly used pair of checkered pajamas to anyone who is foolish enough to think he could sleep in them. I Shirley Verdehem, will and bequeath my ability to study to Dennis King. D I, Carolyn Warden, will and bequeath my vitamin pills to Kathy Millis. I, Sherilyn Weigel, will and bequeath my position on janitor staff to Kathy Millerd. I, Sharon Wheadon, will and bequeath my natural blonde hair to Bonnie Jess. I, Laurence Whelpton, will and bequeath my seat on Bus 16 to anyone who thinks he can stand it. I, Sharon Wilber, will and bequeath my ability to control my emotions to Brenda Smith. I, Glen Wilkes, will and bequeath my good sense of humor to Sally Harland. I, Carl Yancey, will and bequeath my motorcycle riding ability to Ronny Edington. We, the class advisors, Mrs. Chrissie Nagel and Mr. Arlon Wilber, will and bequeath these words of wisdom to the advisors of the Class of 1962: Don't worry! 99. 9 per cent of what you worry about never happens. We, the class of '61, will and bequeath to all future classes our ability to put things off until the last minute, our ability to produce the best senior play ever presented in Phelps, plus all our problems and privileges to the junior class.

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She was trying to organize a game among Carolyn Henry, who is private secretary to Larry Whelpton, the head of the Entomology Department at Cornell, Larry Anderson, head electrical technician at General Electric, his assistant, Bob Bankert, and Sharon Salisbury and Nancy Combs, both secretaries to the governor of New York. They all seem happy with their positions and they eagerly go for the game of shuffleboard. Next came the school teachers, Jan DeWind, teacher of commercial arts at dear old Phelps High, Karen Brege, teacher of fourth grade in a new Chicago school, and Sherrie Weigel, who is very busy teaching in Cologne, Germany. Naturally, since Sherrie and Mike Schultz both live in Cologne, they came together, and Mike informed us that he is a radio technician in Cologne. It seems that people of the same profession come together, our nurse, Shirley Verdehem Caves, Carolyn Warden O'Conner and Judy Trickler came in just then. My word, what's all that screaming, is a movie star coming, Sharon? l said. No, Carol, said Sharon, that 's just our confirmed bachelors, Orv VanDuser and Bud Milliman being followed by their usual female retinue. They're co-deans at Vassar now, you know. l've just been talking to Steve Banwell, who 's manager and owner of the New York Yankees, and he said that Bill Pulver has just finished building an addition to the White House and is about to start a new school for dear old Phelps. Apparently his style of architecture, pulverizing, is very popular. Then came Rick Raes and Art Day still taking life easy. They now own what used to be Tyman's Ford, Inc. in Phelps. Glenn Wilkes has his own farm just outside of Phelps and is assisted by his brother. Ernestine Rozell, after serving faithfully as telephone operator for many years, is now head of the Ontario Telephone Company. Betty Adsitt just came from Rochester where she is happily married to the president of Eastman Kodak. Rita Hart is now living in Alaska with her husband, who is a general in the Army. Virginia Hammond is also married and living in Florida. Why, Marion, do you have a new hairdo? Yes, Sharon, Judy Hildreth, owner of Judy's Charm and Beauty School, just did it. While I was having it done, l saw Nancy Crouch. She says she 's a missionary in Africa, apparently she took over Albert Schweitzer 's position. Have you seen Joyce Scott and Mike LeRoy? Mike is principal at Phelps, and Joyce is his secretary. A nice arrangement, l'd say! I also saw Pat Jess who is Business Manager at Macy's Department Store in New York. Alan and Bob Soper, went to college together and are now en- gaged in a business, Soper and Soper, in which they edit school text books. Roland Goodman has finally made his dreams come true with the invention of a machine to do all his work for him. Bill Davis has put his size to use as he is now rated as America's number one jockey. Lee Kelsey did so well as president of our Senior class that after graduating from Cornell, he became President of the college. Well, girls, it 's really been a wonderful day, hasn't it? It was just great seeing all of the kids again and talking over old times. ln a few days all of us will be miles apart again, but I don 't think we'll ever forget the fun we had going to school in dear Old P.C.S.