Skaneateles High School - Comet Yearbook (Skaneateles, NY)

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Past Attractions The Chlldren s Hour Mrs Shepard gu1ded our f1rst steps along the path of school Already some of us were show1ng outstand1ng musrcal ab1l1ty rn our own band of a pxano tamborlnes and cymbals Ltfe was easy 1n those days w1th our da1ly rest hour and our own post 0ff1C6 for fun The Innocents We now began to get acqua1nted wxth the kxds we would go through school w1th M1ss McLaughl1n also tntroduced us to D1ck Jane and BabySally and how we loved readmg about them! Those never endmg demons add1t1on and subtractlon also started tr1pp1ng us up Outward Bound And so on to the next year How won derful ll was to cross the hall 1ntoM1ss Sahsbury s rooml The brrght hghts of the year were those days whxch were one of our frtends blrthdays for we never mxssed cele bratlng one wxth a party Let s Face It' We were now gettmg acquatnted Wllh a hrgher level of work mult1ply1ng And how hard we DID stxll havxng our fun play1ng marbles and Jumproplng on the playground Shuffle Along Work work workl Would xt never end? lmagme exposlng us to fractxons and longd1v1s1on so early 1n llfe But M1ss Snook was reallya wonderful teacher and we all for most of us7 breezed through them Gently Does It Our class was now begmrung to d1v1de 1nto groups MISS Hahn d1rected us rn our study of all the states and rn makrng the exhlbxt of the states to be placed rn the hall We were all so proudl Pomt of No Return And so on up the statrs to Mtss Burkes room We w11l never forget those wonderful stor1es she would read us and we tried to thank her by gxvmg her a surprrse blrthday party We were all very sorry to lose ,Tamce W1lcox whose s1x years w1th us none of us wxll ever forget Comedy of Errors Wxth SamTowr1send as Presldent we entered the bew11dermg problem of changmg classes every 45 mxnutes Most of us entered the Dancmg Club and our socxal hves began And we w1ll never forget all the hard work we put 1nto makmg folders on Skaneateles h1story The Tragedy Laughter and tears were mlngles that year when the fxre burned the school to the ground But gtuded by Gtnny LLlblllSkl we made the best of thmgs spend mg our noon hours 1n the park or wanderlng through town We even made an adventure out of gomg to school ln sep arate burldmgs downtown Wonderful Town It was qu1te an expenence havmg a campus for a year The lack of a school seemed to only tncrease our enthustasm for we beat all records w1th our magazlne sales thanks to Mrs Waterman s wonderful support We greatly enjoyed our Chrlstmas Party xn the Methodlst Church and Graduatron came before we knew ll All 1n all xt was a very successful year tmder the dtrectlon of Rog Hanlon Let Us Be Gay Movmg 1nto the new school was excltmg to everyone We wtsely re elected Rog Hanlon as Prestdent and w1th h1s help our record breakxng class kept true to tts tttle maklng our Sophomore Cxrcus and Dance one of the most successful ever held Ttme of Your Llfe We were proud to be the f1rst class to get the umform school r1ngs and bought them w1th prxde The hlghhght of the year was the J un1or Prom wh1ch we named Melody tn May over wh1chBarb Shep ard re1gned as queen When elect1ons came along Roger s from wh1ch Rog Hanlon emerged as Presldent ofthe Stu dent Councll. All s Well That Ends Well And so we come to the last of our school years together W1th Al Jenrungs to gutde us we managed to earn enough money for our Sen1or trlp to New York Clty by means of a magazlne sale paper dr1ves and record dances We also made a huge success of our class play Take Care of My L1ttle Gtrl We w1l1 soon be partmg but the memory of our years together w11l never fade From those f1rst steps mto Mlss Shepard s room to those last ones when we walk up to get our d1plo mas we w1ll be forever grateful for all the help we have recetved along the way And as the curtam rlngs down we reahze how much Skaneateles Central School has meant to us I sl - I n-- - - U ,,-- . . . . . . . , , 9 ' , 'G il-, - - . . . . . . . ' ' , ' aa n-- - - ' ' Y . . ' - . u n-- - . . . , ' ' ' ' - an - - H-- ' ' nn r u-- . . . , . H , H , - I I . U . . , . , , . I Y work Undef Miss HUUICIJS SUD6l'ViSi0n. Of course we were Rockets and A1's Archers conducted energetic campaigns ll il-- 1 ll . ', 1 1 - . - ' . . ' . . , . D . en n-- . . . . N . . H . . . . . . , , nn - N-- . . . . . . . . I ' u D . n M-- ' ' I 9 .. ..,- g , 60 ' . . . . , a 4 f tg a - v . 24

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The Reading of the Will We the Skaneateles Central School Seniors of 1956, being of more or less sound mind and body, make our sad adieus to the Student body and extend our heartiest thanks to all our teachers. To the Junior Clsss we, as a whole, leave the privilege of having a class tripg to the Sophomore Class our enthusiasm in class projects, which they will certainly Deed! and to the ever-loving Freshmen our inequitable experience in school life. John Abbott, leave my affability to Don Buff who's doing all right by himself. Mary Jane Andrews, leave my slow speech to Millie Tullie. Fred Avery, leave my drivers' license to Bob Hanlon. Betsey Barber, leave my ever ready giggle to Ellis Grappotte, Barb Barnett leave my ability to get ads for Lake- shore to next advertising manager. Kay Belknap leave not Barry Charles Bellows leave my front seatinhistory to any- body that wants it Sharon Bellows, leave with Fred Keith Bowers leave my curly hair to Ann Van Order Bonnie Bradley leave my neatness to those who aren t so neat Barney Brown bequeath my southern drawl to anyone that wants it Jim Buff leave my many girl friends to Joe Koziol Margaret Burrell leave my Job as head nurses s ass1s tant to anyone interested in nursing Sue Carnes leave my dancing experience to Mary Arthur Marcia Clark leave my sunny disposition to make the school brighter Ken Cook leave my height to J immy Pardee Ronald Coombe leave my polite manner in studyhall to some of the rambuncttous Freshman boys Pat Corbett leave my soft voice to Sally Rosser Bill Dawson leave my silent wit to Mrckie Glowacki Kathy Delevan leave my long telephone talks to Janet Berthng Sue Dodd leave my aboundmg energy to Mary Keebler Sue Fuller leave my Latin III vocabulary to Ginny Dan forth Mary Jane Gavurnik leave my ability to cook to one of the 7th graders Robin Gregory leave my fake laugh to J ohnT1ffany who never seems to laugh outright Cecilia Bulow leave my long hair to Ginny Arthur Rog Hanlon leave my many adrmrers to Paul Hormng who s doing all right Don Harris leave my out of town connections to Tom Rauscher noisy 7th graders Al Jenmngs leave my easy goingness to a frenzied J uruor Barry Kellogg, leave my position as driver on Senior Paper Drives to Jim Clark. Cliff Miller, leave my knowledge of farming to the Ag Boys. Mary Kortright, leave to Carol Pardee all the good advice, I haven't taken. Rosemary Kotlarz, leave my big brown eyes to add to Barb Osborne's charm Ginny Lubinski leave my flirtatious ways to Patty Clark. Ann Mahagan leave my parking lot space at school to Julie Clark. Pete Major leave my shotgun Tom Mc Neilly leave my friendly manner to anyone who needs it Joanne Moerkirk leave my ability to keep a secret to some stool pigeon Lois Reagan leave my post as editor of Lakeshore my successor Gael Robinson leave my bedroom closet to my sister Sue Russell leave my sparkling personality to any Junior girl who needs it Beth Schwartz leave my babysitting 1obs to Jenaud John Shaffran leave my telephone to Mrs Burns Barb Shepard leave my quiet ways and lipstick to my sister Ralph Stillwell leave my seat in Mr Yates classes to Dick Reuttmger Merry Tallcot leave my giggle to Gracia Reilly who has a good one Harold Thrippleton leave my membership in BAC to Bill Reilly who doesn t need it Sam Townsend leave my diplomacy to any A F S Millie Vitagliano Hans Kirchner leave my deep voice to somebody with a squeaky one George Walter, leave my abihty to fascinate Sherry to some lucky guy Francis Weare leave my love of math to Dale Brown. Ginny Wikstrom leave my abihty to concentrate to Sue Rich Dick Wilson, leave my ability to appear to be awake while sleeping in class to Webb Stevens John Witter will my ability to correct Mr Yates in Pete Wittkuhns leave my brains to a worthy student Ervnn Wolhorn, leave my quietness to the noisy study halls 210 O I l,g,LfQ,l.f'-1 h L .L.t.+ Ybkkcbhm vial,--Ml J' fl movin ' In n . . I, , . I, , . ' Iv I - , . I. . ' . . D I, ' . ' ll ll . , . . . ' I' , ' , D . ' I - - I' . . . . ' . . I L . , , , . ' . ' ' ' I, , . . - u I. . . . . . ' ' I, ' , ' . ' - ' - I. . ' ' ' . ' L . ' . . . ' - I, , ' . . . . ' ' - I. . . . . ' ' I. . . . . . I' . . . . ' In - 0 ' ' I ' ' . I. 1 1 , f 1 0 - ' . I. . . . . . I' . D . . . . . Robert Herrmann, leave my quietness to one of the Chemistry to anybody who has the nerve. . . v - I' . , ' . , I, . . . ' J T-1 R' I-I li' 1, ' Xl,-.onur,:'4!. l,?'x..q.:J- A l .Jo J .. ' 19 1 A 'Z .16 ' , 7' ,err Pl if- + -Q A D L 3f'L ' 'ff . K' . ,:'. f5f, 1 ' pf M I , 1 f f . ,L

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Coming Attractions Thxs rs John O Abbott stgmng 1n on radto statlon WSCS ln New York Clty I am standmg tn the lobby of the Du Wxtker Theatre the latest creatlon of those famous arch1tects Hans K1rchner and Peter Wtttkuhns Tonrghtts the grand opentng of Vtrguna Wtkstrom s play Ten Years of Progress ' Thts undoubtedly w1ll be an overwhelmmgproductton stnce not only does lt star that famous actress Mrss Kay Belknap but also between acts there w1ll be spectal fea tures Some of these tnclude Betsy Barber srngrng L Met es la L1fe and Sus1eCa1nes dancrng The Red Shoes They w11l be accompanled by the renowned Walter s Orchestra I wtll now menuon some of the famous arrrvals Barb Barnett voted one of the best dressed women of the world has just entered on the arm of Don Harrts the most sought after bachelor m New York Crty And now I nottce Marcta Clark the lobby receptromst greet1ngBonn1eBrad ley Mrs Amerlca of 1965 and her husband Mr Charles Atlas Beh1nd her IS Sharon Bellows who Just won the Wrfe of the Year contest wtth her brother Charles PFCSI dent of Rockets Rac1ng Cars Inc On my left are standmg two well known wrlters B111 Dawson author of The Dan gers of Huntrng and Al Jennmgs author of Thoughts on the Preparatlon of Party Punch They are escortrng Anne Mahagan who has Just been h1red to test Nescafe for better flavor and Kathle Delavan the New York socrahte known for her lavxsh parues Oh and there s that man who Juststruck o1l Thomas Mc Netlly wearmg a ten gallon hat Hts date IS Joanne Moerktrk wear1ng her latest catch a leopard skrn gown And there goes Margaret Burrell who was a Red Cross Chff of the Herrmann Mlller Farm the most prosperous tn New York State Erwm Wolharn Presrdent of the World Farm Orgamzatton has just Jomed them I see Samuel Townsend Secretary of State just went tn to s1t down beslde hrs Pr1vate Secretary Lots Reagan It 15 amazmg the number of celebrtttes that are here to mght Standtng rn a group to one s1de are a number of sports mtnded men They tnclude KCIUIBOWCFS wrnner of last year s Ind1anapol1s Automobtle Race Robm Gregory Champlon Speed Boat Racer Ken Cook Dartmouth s head basketball coach and hrs famous rtval Rog Hanlon coach at Prrncton Also wtth thrs group are Fred Avery Pres1 dent of the Amertcan Soctety of Hot Rods and Dtck Wrlson star of the Syracuse Nats Charles Ostrander just passed wtth h1s new w1fe who IS mcrdentally hrs fourth John Wttter manager of the Stork Club can be seen talkmg wlth Harold Thrtppleton whose new hotel cham beats out Conrad Hrlton and Rose mary Kotlarz whohas been ustng her charm tn Harold s new drmng room A chauffeur just helped three charmtng ladtes from a new foreign sports car They are Fran Weare Hollywood s best talent scout Mrlhe V1tagl1ano M1ssJuke Box Queen of 1965 and Merry Tallcot who recently re placed Roxanne on Beat the Clock These three have jomed Sue Fuller Countess of her estate Sand llde F onso 1n Spam and Beth Schwartz who Just got back from her honeymoon tn Argentrna and IS already askmg for a dtvorce Barry Kellogg Just passed through wrth agtrlon each arm The gtrls were Gmny Lub1nsk1 1965 wmner of the Qulz Krds Best Teacher Contest and Barbara Shepard famed chtld Psychologtst Barry mcrdentally has recently returned from hrs posmon as dr1ll sergeant of Company A tn Outer Mongolta Another recently returned traveler here tomght ts Ronald Coombe who has been on an expedr t1on to the Antarctxc 1n search of frozen whale blubber And there goes Peter Major owner of the Major s Arttsts Models Agency accompanxed by hrs two Sec retartes Gael Robmson and Mary Jane Andrews Gael IS weartng one of Mary Kortrtght s orxgtnal creatlons the new three way stretch dress Sue Russell Co Ed1tor of the New York Ttmes ts over there xntervtewmg CCCIIIH Bulow head mterpreter at the U N Also talktng together are Barney Brown who developed the new con servatton theory and Ralph Strllwell who modtfxed Em stem s Theory of Relattvtty The last few stragglers are st11l comlng rn Sue Dodd who just broke all records by sw1mm1ng clear around the world just entered wtth Pat Corbett who rece1ved a medal for gomg steady so long and never lostng fatth Mary Jane Gavurmk head chef at the Stork Club has also en tered And last but not least John Shaffran strolls 1n He IS now Prestdent of the Grocery Carrters Umon As a hush settles over the audtence J1mBuff master of ceremomes steps out from the curtams and as the house hghts dxm th1s ts John O Abbott stgmng off from WSCS tn New York Ctty Q Q Z X f X f 2562 Z! f' Qf rgfigj It film Q1 4 f flier 25 I O - . . . . , 0 I I . . . . . , -H . . . . . 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