Adams High School - Hilltop Yearbook (Adams, NY)

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7La t SHtU anb Testament The Senior Class of the Adams Hijrh School of Adams in the County of Jefferson and State of New York, being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this our last ©Hill flllb CfStament, in manner following that is to say: First—Jane Adams leaves her long hair to Susan Hale. Bruce Crast leaves his ability to avoid homework to Charles Sinclair. Ida Shelmidine wills a string of ranch tickets to Bill LaComb. Avoid intermissions, Bill! Marilyn Brown leaves her idea of going “steady” to Nancy Farrand. Janice Dillabaugh passes on an 8 pound package of air mail stamps to Shirley Tamblin for all that overseas writing. Ruth Reeves gives her vast supply of history books to Carl Patten. They’re good for kindling if nothing else. To Ken Hockey, Bob Miller leaves his false teeth. Save ’em, Ken; you may need them in a few years. June Dowker leaves her seat in the balcony of the Avon to Genevieve Groves. We know you’ll have as much fun as she did. Dick Heald leaves his football helmet to George Grimshaw. We’ll all be rooting for you, George. Mary Kehoe leaves her quiet ways to Millie Sidmore. Let's see if you can conquer her trait Millie. Bob Leuze leaves his vocabulary book and his “attentive” English class to Ralph Cook. We’re sorry we were such bad students, Bob. Kathryn Groves leaves her enlisted men to Barbara Shean. Make the best of them, Barb! Ed. Heijirich wills his quick temper to Edith Prouty. Kathleen Murphy leaves her New York trips to Mr. Gordon. Steve Burns leaves his book on muscle building by Charles Atlas to Donald Harris. Marcia Dickinson wills her wedding trousseau to Connie Elliot. Carl Trowbridge leaves his polite manner to Mrs. Howard. Anne Priest leaves Ronny to the Sophomore girls. We hear there is a scarcity of men. Leslie Sprague leaves his manly physique to Tom Hale. Sylvia Nichols wills her algebra book to Alan Wagner. It’s well broken in, Alan. Ray Berry leaves his shyness to Vincent Farmer. Marie Filson leaves her silliness during assembly to Bethyle Hunt. Keep it quiet, Beth. Virgil Robarge leaves his Lorraine ramping to Trudy Brigham. Helen Remington leaves her free transportation to school to Larry Shelmidine. Willemina Reed leaves her string of boy friends to Ann Remington. To Coach Pate, the Senior Class of i 4 wills a magnetic chair to keep him seated at the games. Lastly—We hereby appoint Mrs. Howard, Executrix of this, our last Will and Testament: hereby revoking all former wills by me made. 3n (KLlltllfSS (L(IIf)frfOf, we have hereunto subscribed our names the 28th day of June in the year Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-four. SENIOR CLASS

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By this time, most of us had long before discovered the opposite sex, and this was a period of adjusting to the new scheme of things. The spectacle at most dances of the girls dancing with each other while the boys had bull sessions at the side became common. It took quite a while for us to discover that our desires were mutual. Our upperclass years are the most memorable of all. The ponderous history assignments, the fascination of working in the science lab, the fascination of doing English grammar lessons, the debates in English and history class; all these are unforgettable. Our activities during this period were extensive. Many of the boys went out for the varsity sports, while the girls kept pace by being cheerleaders. However, we developed other interests, too. A few of the boys were charter members of the Bachelor’s Club. Several girls revived the girl’s sextet. As a class, we had many activities. Miss Reed, our Junior advisor, and Mrs. Howard, our Senior advisor, were often kept busy helping us with our projects. Our Senior play, “Tons of Money,” its many phases of learning, rehearsing, and performing, was compellingly interesting for us. At first, there were tons of lines to be learned. Later, when we could recite them with a reasonable degree of proficiency, we struggled through many re- hearsals. Finally, the day of the performance arrived. It has its tense moments! We’ll never forget the agonizing moments we experienced when that firecracker refused to go off in the first act. Two attitudes were characteristic of our class throughout high school. First, as a matter of pride, we wanted anything done in our name to be the best. Second, we could see no reason why we should carry out our projects in the same way they “always had been done.” We believed that we had reached the stage where we could carry out our activities without detailed guidance in every minute phase. Sometimes, these characteristics caused trouble between us and the faculty. Usually they resulted in improved quality in our activities. For our Junior Prom, we hired an excellent orchestra, (Nick Sterio’s). We spent so much time preparing the decora- tions that we hated to see them torn down. For our Christmas Ball in our Senior year, we hired Fred Bastian and his Orchestra, who did a marvelous job for us. And, in the publishing of this yearbook, we have tried to make it as interesting as possible by using several new ideas. Thus, by doing things a little better, or a little differently, we feel that we have added something to the traditions of the school. Now, with graduation nearly upon us, having gradually learned to accept responsibility and to make our own decisions, we stand ready to tackle the problems of maturity; again “with much anticipation, and a little foreboding.”

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AGE NAME NICK NAME AGE THEY ACT Anne Priest “Annie” 16 16 Ida Mae Shelmidine “Ida Mae” 18 14 Sylvia N ichols “Sylvie” 15 8 Kathryn Groves “Kathy” 15 10 Edward Heinrich “Ed” 17 15 Robert Miller “Bob” 17 15 Helen Remington “Peggy” 18 18 Janice Dillabaugh “Jan” 17 10 Virgil Robarge “Judge” 18 15 Bruce Crast “Crasty” 17 9 Richard Heald “Dick” 17 12 Robert Leuze “Bob” 17 45 Leslie Sprague “Les” 17 12 Ray Berry “Ray” 18 18 Ruth Reeves “Ruthie” 17 15 Steve Burns “Steve” 17 15 Marcia Dickinson “Marsh” 17 17 Carl Trowbridge “Carl” 18 16 Jane Adams “Janie” 17 17 Mary Kehoe “Keyhole” 16 13 Willemina Reed “Mina” 18 18 June Dowker “Duke” 18 15 Marie Filson “Tootie” 16 9 Kathleen Murphy “Murph” 18 25 Marilyn Brown “Brownie” 18 18 HOW THEY SPEND WHAT INTEND TO WHAT THEIR TIME DO WILL DO with Ronnie Watertown Bus. get married dances—Ramblers P. G. soda jerk keeping an eye on Nurse Secretary to Camp Drum Army General learning about the Marines Nurse get married chasing girls college be a Seaman going steady college Recruit K. P. in Navy waiting for week ends married raising children taking walks work (Telephone) work on streets of Lorraine work work in Adams Center engineer President of H. S. in wilderness marines wander around studying and music college professor home work raising a family on the farm farming big dairy farmer keeping in touch with Paul Smiths college married on Prospect street Navy married planning her wedding married raise kids in Rodman work—service married going steady work married home ? college Sec. to lawyer at dances secretary married fooling around college run an old maid’s in Watertown Business School home married watch TV Florist School married keep house married