Abington Friends School - Outward Bound Yearbook (Jenkintown, PA)

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Gfddri We the Senior Class of 1952, being of sane mind do declare this to be our last will cmd testament. We hereby bequeath: Janet' s shortness to Charlotte Whalen. Molly's frankness to Sandy Saur. Kay' s passion for black and orange to Ginger Gable. Lois' s station wagon to the hockey team. Mary's first aid training to Judy Belfield. He1en's curvacious figure to Nancy Ambler. Nancy's dramatic ham to the cooking class. Marianne's singing voice to Sally Redd. Joan's assignment pads to anyone who can find them. Evelyn' s complete composure to Lee Hammer. Jerry's sarcasm to Carol Anderson. Mimi' s feet to the kindergarten. Barbara' s blonde hair to Sissy High. He1ene's chewing gum to the assembly Doom chairs. Gail' s vocabulary to Trudy Putney. Geralyn' s sun lamp treatments to Mandy Funk. We, the Senior Class, leave. In witness hereto, we set our seal, this eleventh day of June, 1952. 74a Seadu 4441

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CVM .jvhafory Looking back on those far distant years, about 1939, we find Gail and Geralyn making their grand entrance in to kindergarten. At that time there was an overwhelming number of boys in A.F.S. So these girls enjoyed their kindergarten days very much. We sort of doubt the fact that they can still remember Mrs. Adams' trying to make them walk like elephants at rhythm time. Soon the joys of kindergarten were given up for the hard rigors of first grade. Mimi joined our growing class. She came in with a bounce, a bounce of twelve to fourteen curls every day. She was the only one who didn't seem adjusted to rest period. F ' Second grade brought Lois and the dismissal of the last three boys from the class. But Lois soon took over in their absence. She certainly was a tom-boy. No one was safe at recess unless she was a friend of Lois's. This year we began almost daily trips to Mr. Bell, then principal of A.F.S. In the early stages of third grade, we were overtaken by a horse craze that lasted until seventh grade. We were very happy when Joan joined us, for Joan had a horse whinney, that no one could copy. She succeeded in sounding most like a horse for the rest of our Lower School days. Molly joined us in fourth grade com- pletely prepared with saddle, bridle and bit. Then in fifth grade came Helen. But at that age she preferred goalie pads to a saddle. We will never forget that year trying to stifle our laughs in meeting, that was until Mr. Scull scared us out of them. One who never entered our class, but whom we all shall remember was dear old Maggie , the Flemings' bulldog. She certainly was a pet to all of. us in those days. At last we made our debut in the Upper School. Barbara and Evelyn came that year seemingly for the purpose of entertaining us in the locker room with their enlightning discussions of the past weekend. Marianne came in Seventh grade too, and all together we learned the ways and means of dancing class. We're just beginning to understand why the Faculty didn't appreciate our pin curls and hair nets every other Friday, especially J oan' s bright red hair net. We finally pulled through seventh grade and managed to sing Parris Angelicus for the first time. Suddenly there we were in eighth grade. We had heard a lot about the famous health class with Miss Smith. Will we ever forget the misery of having to draw the heart over and over again? Every arrow had to be in the right direction. That was the year we seemed to have the entire Abington Police Force out after us on Mischief Night. It was fun, though! And remember the swimming party Lois gave at Mermaid Lake. We were all afraid to slide down that great big water toboggan. In Ninth grade Nancy joined us and helped carry our increasing load of re- sponsibilities. Jerry came that year, and we found ourselves never lacking a joke. Freshman Day was the big event of the