Adams High School - Hilltop Yearbook (Adams, NY)

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CLASS PROPHECY I came home the other night from work and to my surprise I found all the lights in my house were on. Wondering what the reason for this was, I went in and to my delight I found the house was full of my old classmates. As the year was 1968 it had been some time since I had seen most of them so I immediately started to chat with everyone and this is what I found my friends had been doing during the past 17 years: Christine Allison has started a telephone switchboard in Lorraine. This seems to be her only love (telephone work, not Lorraine). I remember when we were in school that she seemed fascinated by telephones! Down in Oak Ridge I found that David Thomas had been keeping things brewing. Dave is employed by the famous distillers of the Atomic drink “ZIPPO”—it gives you that extra kick. He is a well known chemist, for he is the man who put the Atomic power to work for the preservation of mankind. Dave believes everyone should be well pickled! I found that Joan Laemmermann had finished her nurses training. From what she told me it took a long time but she finally made it. It was well worth the time as she is now in a very delightful position in Albany. I saw a wedding ring on her finger but she refused to let me know her husband's name. I'm sure he must be charming though as Joan always had a nice “BUNCH of boy friends. I say bunch as I have known her to entertain four at one time! Ann Heinrich and Ed Moore, our charming couple, parted some years ago. Woe is Ed. Ann has thrown him over for our dashing red head, Bob Fowler. They are planning on an early wedding, as Bob is such an impetuous young lover. Congratulations!!!! Jill Larkin, the girl who always had a dozen fellows on the string has now lost her last chance for.marriage. Since Bob Miller, the string bean sheik has left her, Jill sits and pines away, looking over her rouges gallery, ou remember, that little blac book that she used to work so hard over in all of her high school classes. Wandering around the room a little more I ran into David Porter, the noted fashion critic, now designer of women's apparel. ()l course, no woman would be caught dead in the clothes he designs but then, as Dave always said. Who wants a dead woman? He complimented me on my dress and almost had a dead woman as I was so surprised to receive a compliment such as this from Dave. If you recall your high school days you will remember that it was very seldom Dave handed out compliments on the girls' clothes and when he did they put it down on their calendar or in their diary! A contest for the position of dog catcher was recently held in Lorraine and Ray Roberts won it over his worthy opponent Bert Pitkin. Of course, Ray deserved to win as he spent so much time at the village tavern diligently campaigning. No one seems to know where Bert was. Maybe he was serenading some ladies in hopes of getting their votes. He always used to have all the girls Hocking around him when he started singing. While reminiscing with Barbara Kellogg I f und out she has given up her gay. mad life of danc- ing and parties to pursue a less exhilirating routine. She is now President of the local Ladies Aid and also teaches oil painting to anyone who wishes to learn this. Mr. Ramon LaLone has taken a post graduate course at Adams High School. He is learning to be a local collector for the town dump. Ray had to give up the idea of being President, but he feels this job has unlimited possibilities. I he prominent pool hall operator. Wayne Overton, is having a time making ends meet. He has his wife, five children, Uncle Gaffney and himscll o support. His unde takes 50% of Wav lie’s profits for legal inforcemcnt. Mrs. Prank Ramsey, better known as Kay Moore the woman wrestler, is now employed as matron of an orphanage. Under her care are twenty-five children, of which ten belong to her. I overheard a group of my friends talking and learned that the Shelmidine Supply of Lorraine has been taken over as a branch member of the Lyman Super Market chain. Miss Lyman has been giving instructions to Mr. Shelmidine ever since he was president of the Senior Class. From what my fiiends said. 1 gathered Mr. Shelmidine has been following those orders too. Miss Lvman never was too hard on him though, so 1 imagine he is surviving. I hope business is good kids! [ 11 ]

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT YVe, the Class of 1951 of Adams High School, of the village of Adams in the county of Jefferson in the state of New York, being of sane mind and sound body, do make, publish and declare this our last will and testament, in manner following that we do say: FIRST—Wc direct that all our just debts be paid by the Class of 1951. SECOND—Wc bequeath the following assets as herein set forth: We, the Class of 1951, leave to the Board of Education our deepest gratitude for the many favors they have done for us during this year. We, the Class of 1951. leave to our parents our sincere thanks for the many sacrifices, both great and small, that wc know you have made for us as we progressed up through the grades. You have weathered a lot so that we might be where we are. Wc, the Class of 1951, leave to the faculty our undying thanks for being so patient with us through many trying times. We especially leave our thanks to Mrs. Howard who sat through many a loud and argumentative class meeting without a word. We, the Class of 1951, leave to the Class of 1952 our seats in the auditorium and the 12th grade home room. Also, our quietness and ability to work well together and the priority we have on senior sophistication. Wc, the Class of 1951, leave to the Sophomores and Freshmen that which be believe was characteristic of our class, the ability to study hard. Lester Zehr wills his athletic ability to David Bundy. Guy Cowles wills his ability to make love in the senior play to Gilbert Hcmsley. I, Wayne Overton, will my graceful walk and pleasing voice to Alice Moore. David Porter wills his basketball ability to Clifford Cool. I. Lyle Trevett, will my wonderful cooking ability to Gerald Richardson. George Adams wills his constantly wagging tongue to Bev Babcock. 1. Barbara Kellogg, will my sweet and quiet ways to Norma Herman. Bill Johnson wills his ability to get “hitched” to Bill Farrand. I. Bert Pitkin, leave my ability to sing to Chuck Burgdorf. Sonny Shelmidinc wills his unshaven look, to be used at school, to Henry Overton. To the Varsity and Jay Vee cheerleaders we leave the right to sit with the team on the bus. I. Mars Ives, leave my very successful way of keeping one man to Mary Rhines. To Bernic Baker we will a baseball bat to protect him from all those Junior girls. Sue Lvman wills her cottage to anyone who is brave enough to stay there for a summer. I, Bill Sliter, leave my ability to wrestle (not girls) t Dick Miller. Christine Allison leaves her ability to talk to Marjory Averill. Dave Thomas wills his ability to brew his own to Ed Frappier. 1. Ed Moore, leave my cue stick at Brownies to Perry Fowler. Bob Fowler leaves his strength to Bruce Crast. I. John Hill, leave my ability to lure girls in dams Center to Bob I.cuze. Jim Weaver leaves his ability to dodge the draft b; knocking his father out of the hay loft to A1 Shelmidinc. Marie Giovo leaves her love for people to the Wilder twins. Art kchoe wills his pair of non-skid rubber gloves to milk the cows on cold winter mornings to Ed Heinrich. I. Bob Miller, leave about 8 inches of my height to Leslie Sprague. Kay Moore leaves 40 pounds of her weight to Marie Filson. To Earl Lennox, Ray Roberts leaves his old wreck of 1802. 1. Joan Lacmmermann. will my ability to get a better peroxide job to Eunice Berry. I. nn Heinrich, will my shyness to Nathalie Taylor. Ray LaLonc wills his great imaginative powers to anyone who can be more convincing than he has been. We, The Class of 1951, leave to the grade students the experience, at a future date, of being the target of snowballs such as those they so gleefully hurled at us last winter. I. Jill Larkin, will my ability to flirt to June Ebdon. May she make good use of it. We, the Class ol 1951, leave a very good class advisor to anyone who is lucky enough to get her. In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names and affixed our seal, the twenty-fifth day of June in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-One. C 10 ]

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Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson have been married for ten years. My how the time Hys by. Bill and Mary have six children now. three boys and three girls. Nice family. Bill is still a hard worker and is at the present pounding rocks at Levenworth Point Prison. 1 sat down to rest for a moment and Professor Arthur Kehoe came over to talk with me. Art is now a full fledged star gazer who has settled down in Fulton. New York. He claims his fate was decided by stars after a huge fist hit him. I picked up the paper and noticed that Guy Cowles is editor of the “Adams Terror” and is living in Adams. 1 asked Art if he knew any more about Guy and he told me that Guy is living fast and dangerously trying to control his wife, the former June Ebdon. I rejoined some of my friends and found out that Jimmy Weaver has retired from the Civil Air Patrol and is now manager of the “Top Hat” in Limerick. His wife, the former Marie Giovo, is bouncer, cook, scrub lady and his best customer. John Hill is the-street cleaner in 'Load Hollow. The population is 10. which consists of John, his wife, the former Ann Knapp, and their eight children. Much to my surprise I learned that Lyle Trevett is now operating a barber shop in Log London. He married the former Alice Moore and there are six little shavers running around Lyle’s and Alice’s home. The mighty Lester Zehr is now athletic director in the Green Settlement High School. Let is not married yet—but he is working on it very steadily. Last but not least I heard that Bill Sliter is still called the Renowned Traveler ol the Class of '51.” He is not married but is engaged to Hazel Remington. They expect to be married on December 32, 2000. Bill never did believe in rushing things and we see he still holds to this idea. Anyways you have to give a person time to change his mind if he feels like it. Good luck. Bill! As 12 o’clock came my last guest left and I sat down to go over all the events of the evening. I certainly enjoyed seeing all my old classmates and talking with them. I had missed many good times had by my pals, but this helped me to forget them. Climbing the stairs to bed I thought how nice it would be to do this every year. Well—maybe we can! [ 12 ]