Altamont High School - Tawasenthan Yearbook (Altamont, NY)

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mior Glass History As graduation day draws near, we find that we have reached the end of our journey together. Let us pause and turn back the years to the time when we were first wonder- ing at the splendor of high school. As lowly freshmen, we were initiated in the customary manner. It may have been rather embarrassing, but we really loved every minute of it. We elected as president, Sheila Van Eck: as vice-president, Richard Ogsbury: as secretary, Larry McGrathg and as treasurer, Margie Deschenes. Our major activities during our fresh- man year were the sale of banners, hats, and emblems, and our highly successful amateur show. In our sophomore year, we elected Dick Teter as president, Jim Willey as vice- president, Larry McGrath as secretary, and Betty Bailey as treasurer. Student council representatives were Sheila Van Eck and Dick Ogsbury. During our sophomore year, we held skating parties and hayrides which will be long remembered. When we were juniors, we elected Margie Deschenes as president, Barbara Weeks as vice-president, Gail Pennoyer as secretary, and Sheila Van Eck as treasurer. Stu- dent council representatives were A1 Witter and Betty Bailey. We put on a mystery- comedy, The Ghost Chaser. Also, there were movies, hayrides, and dances, and not to be forgotten, the pride and joy of getting o11r long-awaited class rings. At the end of our junior year, we elected officers for our senior year. They were Al Witter, presidentg Larry McGrath, vice-president: Margie Deschenes, secretaryg Sheila Van Eck, treasurerg and Barbara Weeks and Al Witter, student council repre- sentatives. In September, 1953, we were seniors at last. Through the years we dwindled down to ten in number, for this fall two of our classmates, John Smithies and Larry McGrath, left to join the Marines. In the spring of 1954, we had our senior play, Woman Called 'X', which proved to be an entertaining mystery. This year we learned that we were to be the last class to graduate from Altamont High School. We have gone through many years in this small red -brick building, and we really hate to leave. The walls hold memories, hopes, loves, and dreams which never will be told. Now we are closing the book of the past and looking on to the future - plans for college, marriage, or business - as we say Good-bye to those hallowed halls of ivy. .r A 4 W K 1 ,Is-Cs!

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ALFRED EDWIN WITTER HAI.. Bashful, casual, rhythmical. Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4 Record Club 3, 4 Tawasenthan 4 Student Council 3, 4 Class President 4 Varsity Club Secretary-Treasurer 4 Band 2, 3 Dance Band 2, 3 Movie Operator 1 Ambition: A Second Gene Krupa BARBARA CLAIE Bobbie Alert, artistic, Tawasenthan 2, 3, 4 T awasenthan Business Altamonitor 2, 3, 4 Student Council 4 Honor Society 3, 4 Honor Society Vice Junior and Senior Plays Class Vice President 3 Current Events Forum 2 Glee Club 2, 3 Bowling 1, 2 Cheerleading 3 Library Club 2 Needlecraft 4 Dramatics Club 3 Ambition: Swim English

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