Adams High School - Hilltop Yearbook (Adams, NY)

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CLASS PROPHECY June 23. 1962 Dear Diary. Just think it was exactly ten years ago today that the ‘‘Class wf 52 graduated. Remembering this I decided to spend the day finding out what all my old classmates are doing. I got off to a good start because on the front page of the morning paper was an article telling of a trip that three young men had recently made, into outer space. All three of these boys were former classmates of mine. Ray Palmer. Gordon Dobbin and Bill Scofield. The article claimed that they made their rocket ship themselves. Much to my amazement 1 noticed that the article was written by another classmate. Bill Farrand. Bill is now the editor of a famous newspaper. I can remember how he worked in the Journal office after school while we were Seniors. By spending the rest of my day making phone calls and indulging in all sorts of research I managed to find out the following facts about all my classmates: Norma Jean Hunneyman and her husband. Norm Caldwell are now running a brewery in East Rodman. Cynthia Nuspliger is a music teacher at Sandy Pond directing the Toad Chorus. Her husband, George Scott, sings first soprano. Eunice Berry, now married, was recently blessed with a pair of twins. She is living somewhere in California. The Taylor Stone Dairy Co. is now thriving on the business provided them by their regional sales- man, Ray La Lone and his wife, the former Marilyn Wilder, and their large family. Joan Murphy is now a very rich widow and spends her time traveling all over. She always did like to be “on the go. Gretice Hamilton, who is now Mrs. James Gooding, is supporting her husband and five children by running a boat tour “up the river. I aura I hompson is now living a life of leisure as she has a sizable income from her numerable horse ranches. Alice Bezner and her husband. Dave Porter, arc now the owners of a cat and dog hospital on the Allendale road. Alice, ou see is finding good use for her nurse's training. Nat Taylor and her husband. Bob Palmer, have recently established an insane asylum at the site where the Adams water tower stood. A1 (Slugger) Shelmidine, who is now a pro-boxer, is entering the ring at James Round Garden next week against that up-and-coming middle weight contender, Hank (k. O.) Overton. Beverly Babcock is now settled down with her husband. Pete Shelmidine and jointly they own a string of milk plants and a batch of kids. John Filson and his young bride. Carrie Roberts arc really roughing it out at John’s lumber camp in the “Worth Woods. Vivian Casler is one classmate that is still single, but when she does decide to settle down she can have her choice of many boys that she STILL has on the string. Charles Winegard is now a Five Star General in the U. S. Army and is doing very well as occupa- tional leader in the control of Moscow. Chief taxi driver of Adams. Joan Sullivan, has just opened up a branch office in Adams Center. She still has her old ‘51 Studebaker around “for sentimental reasons. she claims. Jackie Hager, who spent most of her school evenings waiting outside “Goulds for Duffie, has finally solved this problem. She now waits for him inside at the bar. Jimmy Pratt is now a renowned movie star, and has girls from coast to coast swooning over him. Remember how all the high school girls used to call him “Cutie ? [ 13 ]

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CLASS WILL We, the Class of 1952 of Adams High school, of the village of Adams, in the county of Jefferson, in the state of New York, being of sound but foggy mind, do so bequeath our worldly things of which we are possessed as follows— First—We direct that all our just debts be paid by the Class of 1953. Second—We bequeath the following assets as herein set forth: We the Class of '52 leave to the Board of Education, our deepest gratitude for all the favors they have done for us during our years in high school. Bcrnie Baker wills his athletic ability to David Bundy. Nat Taylor leaves her blue ribbons (not Pabst) to Nancy Farrand. Alice Bezner leaves her quiet ways to Joyce Oderkirk. Bill Farrand leaves his joke book to Ken Sloan. Joan Sullivan leaves her spare time to anyone who can find it. Ray Palmer leaves his ability to wrestle to Gerald Richardson. Carolyn Wilder leaves her charming gait to Charles Clark. Ann I.aLone leaves her constantly used baton t a future majorette. Ed Frappier leaves his height to Freddy Marti. Dick Miller leaves his ability to make set shots in basketball to Donald Harris. Eunice Berry leaves her bottle of peroxide to Jane Pooler. Carrie Roberts leaves her shyness to Janice Dillabaugh. To next year’s second string Varsity, Henry Overton and Jimmy Pratt leave their seats on the bench. A1 Shelmidine leaves his ability to grow a beard to Dick LaLone. Bertha Brown leaves path to the Post Office to June Ebdcn. Beverly Babcock leaves one inch of her height (which is all she can possibly spare) to Eugenia Frcdcnburg. Gayle Graves leaves her ability to talk continuously for a long period of time to Shirley Marti. John Filson wills his ability to make love to Bob Sischo. Cynthia Nuspligcr leaves her ability to get along with the teachers to June Dowker. Jackie Hager leaves ten pounds of her figure t Edith Dickinson. Charlie Winegard wills his test tubes and Bunsen burner to John Taylor. Norma Jean Hunneyman wills her ability to play shuffleboard (not in gym) to Elaine Robarge. Gordon Dobbin wills his ability to get to Red field dances to Ed Wise. Gretice Hamilton leaves her drivers license to anyone who cannot pass Driver’s Training. Marilyn Wilder leaves her ambition, if she has any left, to the Junior Class. Joan Murphy wills her giggling and talking in the Homemaking Class to anyone who can get away with it. Laura Thompson wills her job as official soup strainer in the cafeteria to Anne De Marse. Vivian Casler leaves her string that she dangles all her boyfriends on to Avis Howe. Mabel Kay Dobbin leaves her ability to keep boyfriends to Wilhemina Reed. Bill Scofield leaves his wreck of 1800 to Perry Fowler, (make good use of it. Perry). Madalinc Shelmidine wills her ability to hook a man and keep him to Alice Moore. Ann Nowak wills her place at the Lorraine dances to Hazel Remington. Ralph Wagner leaves his ability to keep a girl friend to Ivan Fowler. To Mrs. Howard, we leave all the food that the Seniors leave in their lockers, especially the candy. We, the Class of 1952, leave to the Senior Class of 1953 our rights and privileges as “Big Deals.” In witness thereof we have hereunto subscribed our names and affixed our seal, the twenty-third day of fune in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-Two. [ 12 ]

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Madeline Shelmidine is the proud owner of a chicken ranch in Diamond and her husband. Charlie Farney, is a big help in running this business. Bertha Brown no longer has to work to support her husband. Max Murray, because she recently “Struck It Rich” on a television quiz show and won enough money to retire. Ann LaLone and her husband, Ray Werchinski are now the stars of an exciting television program “Wierd Ways of the West.” Ann’s first experience with acting was in our Senior Play. In New York, that scientific tycoon, Bernard Baker and his able companion, Wayne Overton, have opened their new laboratory for the study of the common cold. They are being supervised by their old science teacher, F. F. Gordon. They hinted that they may have to send for that great scientist, Ed. Frappier. who is the professor in head of the science department at Buffalo University. Pro- fessor Frappier is noted for the discovery of the new miracle drug “Pensodrizen.” Professor Frappier said he is sure to find a disease for it soon. Dick Miller who started out in a hardware store, now has a chain of stores that are so widespread that they compete with such leading stores as Sears and Roebuck.” Mr. Miller also is backing the New York laboratory. Mrs. Francis Shattuck. the former Mabel Dobbin, is now living on the coast. She keeps all her little Shattuck’s busy selling haddock. They make their living this way. Ann Nowak is now teaching at Mannsville Central school. She has charge of the math depart- ment and she finds her (lass quite a problem. She is also married and has about seven children. Capt. Ralph Wagner is now commanding Company A of the National Guard in Watertown. Mrs. Hollis Shelmidine is acclaiming world-wide fame as the champion “Midget Auto Racer” in New York State. Mrs. Shelmidine, who was the former Carolyn Wilder of our graduating class, now claims she is going to give up auto racing, and start raising a family. Well. I managed to find out something about all my classmates except for Gayle Graves and it seems that no one has heard from her since she married Lester Zehr back in 1953, but knowing those two they are liable to be doing most anything. And so. Dear Diary. I will close now and go to bed for I have had a ery busy day. Good Night — — — [ 14 I