Sodus High School - Soduskan Yearbook (Sodus, NY)

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CLASS HISTORY OW that we are seniors and almost ready to graduate, how many of the seniors want to leave Sodus Central? The answer is, not many. We suddenly dread the thought of leaving the teachers and homefl0rk that we have griped about so constantly and our big, beautiful new school building. Our present class originated in the first grade with the following people: Joan Fuller, Marilyn Kubber, Dolores Himes, Sally Fitzpatrick, Joan Buckman, Mary Jo Sprong, Mary Mills, Eileene Austin, Douglas Jordan, Milton Le Roy, Roger Eastley, and Dick Bissell. When we entered high school as freshmen, we were proud as punch. At last we were grown up! Nobody could tell us anything although our advisors, Miss Langley and Miss Lawrence, tried. Dick Bissell was the class president and Joan Fuller, the vice-president. Our secretary was Al Hermenet, while Mary Jo helped as treasurer. Joan Williamson was our Student Council representative. That year we sent S10 to CARE, but our heckling of coach in study hall and the ordeals of Freshman Initiation fSal1y Fitzpatrick, Queen and Dick Neverless, King, left us too weak for any other activities. In our sophomore year, we were becoming better and better acquainted with the upper classmen and slightly better acquainted with our books. That year we were pretty proud of what we accomplished. We sold Sodus Central kerchiefs, sponsored a Pete and Joe show, and sold popcorn at basketball games. The people who brought us through that hectic year were Al Hermenet as our presidentg Stan Doyle, vice-presidentg Martha Cahoon, secretaryg and Marian Buckman held the purse strings: Mary Jo represented us in Student Council. Our advisors were Mrs. Chapman and Mr. Raethka. As we began our junior year at Sodus Central, we came with the premonition of hard work ahead of us. There sure was! We had to get on the ball if we wanted to go to New York in our senior year. We got off to a flying start by selling magazine subscriptions to earn not only a great deal of money, but also a placque. Then, too, we put on a dinner which was a great success. During the Christmas season we sold cards and wrapping paper. All the time we were climbing closer and closer to our goal for the New York trip. The arrival of our long- awaited class rings finally established us as upper-classmen. The people who guided us through this busy and exciting year were Dick Bissell as our president while Joan Fuller stood by as our vice-president. Marlene perce inherited the book of minutes while Jean Annable's pockets jingled with our money. Mary Jo and Dick Giljam spoke for us in Student Council, Miss Gaus and Mr. Shaver stood by as class advisors. As we entered our senior year at SCS, we were all sorry that this was to be our last year together. Our class of fifty-four, the first to be graduated from this new school, is also the largest ever to be graduated from Sodus. At the beginning of the year, we still did not have enough money for our trip. In November, we put on another money-making project, the play Our Hearts Were Young and Gay. This turned out to be the greatest success that we had ever had. Then came the glamorous Christmas Ball, our first dance of our four years in high school. Dolores Himes and Al Hermenet were queen and king of this. Another money-making project was our selling of Sodus Central pins. .Ioan Fuller guided us through this last year, while Dick Giljam helped as our vice-president. Dolores Himes kept the minutes, while Marlene was our faithful treasurer. Mary Jo and Gaylord Seelye were Student Council representatives. Let us not forget two very popular boys, Stan Doyle and Tom Huff, who were called into the Marines at the beginning of 1951. Every senior misses these boys and wishes they were here with us. Special mention should be given to the two people who have helped greatly this year and have kept peace at our class meetings, Miss Moore and Mr. De Vall, our class advisors. . And so with thoughts of the New York trip yet to come, and long-awaited, dreamed-of graduation, we end the annuals of the Class of '5l. Z0

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E l0R He speaketh not: and yet there lies a conversation in his eyes. Industrial arts. WANDA VIR TS Now don't be disappointed. She isn't as quiet as she looks. Student Council 1, fin Marylandjg F.H. A. 1. WILLIAM WAGER Doing easily what other find difficult is talent. Yearbook Staff 43 Projection Crew 1: Scholastic Art Awards 3. ADVISORS WILLIAM DE VALL JEANNE E. MOORE 19

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ROPH Fuller I-Iosp1tal June Z8 1961 Dear Mom Remember the sen1ors of the Class of '51 at Sodus Central? Some people thought that they would never make good 1n the world but they certa1nly got surprxzedl I rece1ved a letter the other day from a Marlene Perce and she told me what has happened to the people 1n the class of '51 Remember these students Al hermenet has become prosperous because of h1s Z 000 acre farm I-hs w1fe Fanny Belle formerly a Powers model seems to be quxte happy w1th her new l1fe Mar1an De I-Iullu and A1lCe Furguson the f1rst of our group to recelve dlamonds are fmally marrled and raxsmg fam111es Rumors are flymg that Lmwood DeBadts 15 qu1te the lad1es' man I guess he's changed s1nce h1s h1gh school days The Red Creek Ra1ders have won the gxrls basketball champ1onsh1p for the county Much of the1r success 15 due to the1r captam Gladys Groot Mary Jo Sprong 1S makmg a success at both a marrxage and a career and 15 now a soc1al worker 1n the Ontar1o area W1ll1am Wager, well known artxst 15 do1ng a portraxt for Marlene Perce famous New York model Mxlt LeRoy Ronn1e Furber, John DeW1spelaere Rog Eastley, and Wlllard Burcroff recently landed m Ja1l charge stealmg grass sk1rts 1n Hawau Jzm Sm1th was always around Mar1lyn Kubber 1n school and now that she 15 a med 1cal secretary he spends cons1derable t1me at the doctor's Off1Ce Can It be he overeats'7 Frank Vaughan the noted eng1neer, has Just 1nvented a new D1esel engme, wh1ch IS saxd to be the most remarkable d1scovery of the year Murray Featherly and Rog Esley are hfeguards at the Fash1onable Beach Resort owned by Mr and Mrs Donald Turner Mrs Turner 15 the former Barbara Buys Gaylord Seelye 15 stxll dr1v1ng back and forth from Wolcott to Sodus every day Only now he 15 work xng as a mechan1c 1h Stan Doyle's garage Gene DeW1spe1aere has moved to MBTIOD and 15 do1ng very well 1n the general store he opened Mrs Donald Countryman formerly Dolores H1mes IS 1n the Fuller Hosp1ta1 due to an acc1dent wh1le ass1st1ng her husband cut trees Dr Joan Fuller 15 known the world over for her treatment of scratched up w1ves Dorxs Connor IS manager of a pastry shop wh1ch spec1al1zes lh cherry PICS Ass1st1ng her are Mary DeVey and Mary Storms, both excellent cooks D1ck Burlee was always a good bowler fessor at Harvard Florence Seager recently won S 100 m a slow speech contest held 1n Pokey Falls Idaho Martha Cahoon IS head d1shwasher at the 'Greasy Spoon Restaurant 1n Blue Sprmgs MISSOUYI E1leene Aust1n 15 pnvate secretary to Dave Carpenter F B I agent Jean Annable, a m1ss1onary 1n South Afr1ca, has returned home for a short V1S1t to mtroduce her new husband to her parents Wanda V1rts has just returned from Maryland, where she found a banker husband Sherry Burlee has just marmed D1ck B1ssell after the dzsappearance of her husband Ph1l HOPk1nS three weeks ago Bob O'B1ne leaves Thursday for Mexlco to attend the annual Hot Tamale Convent1on Tom Huff wh1le wrestl1ng last mght broke h1s opponent's neck Tom always d1d have a temper Sh1rley Barclay new pres1dent of the Sodus Center Date Bureau now has a greater var1ety from wjnch to choose We all expected the Buckman g1rls to become glamour glrls but 1t seems that fate dec1ded d1fferently Joan 15 m Oh1o w1th a fam1ly of three marrxed to an engxneer Mar1on has settled down 1n a qu1et commun1ty near Syracuse Wlth her husband LeRoy and the1r tr1plets We're wonder1ng who's gomg to be grandma fxrst JBDICE Palmer taught school for a year but It seems that marrlage mterested her more She now has a famzly of f1Ve Martha Dockstader 1S now 1n Alaska do1ng c1er1cal work for the Army D1d we say CIETICB17 'P Doug Jordan now has h1s own estabhshment nn Wolcott, the Market Basket Don VanWaes has recently taken over h1s father 1n law's estabhshment Lotus Lodge located 1n Wolcott Mary M1l1s 18 now Pres1dent of the Second Natxonal Bank ln New York C1ty It IS rumored that she IS thmkmg of qu1tt1ng her Job to Jom the Women's Mar1nes D1ck G1lJam has taken over Mr Dor1ty's place as SOC131 Stud1es teacher on the Sodus Central School faculty Mrs Al Hendr1kse the former Sally F1tzpatr1ck, 15 now nursmg her husband's broken leg whlch he rece1ved wh1le playmg basketball for the Rochester Royals Mrs Robert Le Roy Barbara Rose to us, teaches phys ed at Fau-port w1th her coach husband So, Mom, end the news on the '51 sen1ors W1l1 you pass my letter on to someone who mxght be mterested? What's gomg on the Fourth of Ju1y'7 Love W7 1 A -1 1 1 1 1. ' 1 , 1 1 1 ' . 1 . i . ' and now he has set a new record-1999. Gerald Leach, believe it or not, is now a math pro- . 1 ' 1 4 ' . , . 1 . . 1 ' . U - . 4 ' ' . .1 'Q I - - 9 1 - , Q 0 s ' . . . . - wuim 21