Andover Central High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Andover, NY)

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It seems Gerald Green did the most blushing that year when he was selected to read the love scenes from the original plays which were written for class presentation. During Christmas vacation that year Mrs. Mary Dougherty left us to join her husband. Mrs. Bertha Miller took her place as Home Economics teacher. Betty Ann Kemp, Ruth Atwell, Sandra Skuse, and Shirley Tidd all took agriculture from Mr. Glenn Bronson that year while Anna Marie Joyce, Mimsi Briggs, and Carol Jean Nye were cheerleaders. Ted Smith, Charles Lehman, Jack Rosintoski, Gerald Green and George Wheeler played Junior Varsity while Leslie Monahan and Charles Davis played Varsity. Charles Davis was president of the seventh, eighth, ninth, and eleventh grade homerooms. Mimsi Briggs was president during the sophomore year. Ted Smith was vice-president of his ninth, tenth and eleventh grade homerooms. In the ninth grade Mary Ann Joyce was class secretary and Carol Jean Nye was secretary in the tenth grade. Mimsi Briggs was treasurer in our freshman year and Carol Jean Nye handled the money during our sophomore year. Student Council representatives for our Freshman year were Douglas Wheaton and Charles Davis. In our sophomore year Leslie Monahan represented us. Gerald Green represented us last year and Charles Davis represents us this year. When we entered our junior year we found that Ruth Atwell, Catherine Kemp, and Irene Hurlburt were no longer with us. WandaThorp, Martin Halbert and Clair VanSchoick left us before the year was over. What a crazy bunch we were last year and what odd odors we created in the chemistry laboratory, when we weren’t blowing things up, that is. Charles Davis was president; Ted Smith, vice-president; James Grossman, treasurer; and Leslie Monahan was secretary. Our junior play “Who Killed Aunt Carolyn was a big success. Mary Jane Sackett, Mimsi Briggs, Sandra Skuse, Betty Ann Kemp, Mary Ann Joyce, Carol Jean Nye, Millie Miles and Virginia Kibbe were the actresses whileCharles Davis, Ted Smith, Gerald Green, and Dale Kenyon were the actors. The most cheerful day of our junior year was the day we picked out our class rings. As we entered our Senior year at A.C.S. we discovered that David McHenry and Shirley Tidd had left us. Later in the first semester James Yannie joined the Navy and Jack Rosintoski transferred to Belmont and later joined the Army. Evan Dolan returned to A.C.S. as a Senior this year but joined the Air Force at the close of the first semester. This year Ted Smith is our president, Mary Ann Joyce our vice-president, Mary Jane Sackett our treasurer, Mimsi Briggs our Secretary and Dale Kenyon our class historian. We cannot say that our Senior year has been too disappointing, for we have worked together, argued, had fun and planned for that night when Mr. Kessler hands each of us our diplomas. Roger Theetge, Mary Ann Joyce, James Padden and James Mickle all have cars to drive this year. Ted Smith, our president, has taken on a great deal of responsibility as a class officer. Mary Ann Joyce has also worked extra hard. Mimsi Briggs is still gening the A’s In English, while Betty Ann Kemp is still a little on the shy side. Some girls find it difficult to get boy friends but as you can see that isn’t Ann Marvel’s problem. Carol Jean Nye became engaged to Jessie Grossman. James Grossman can be seen working in the Market Basket Store every other week. Tim Marsh holds the record for being kicked out of class. Gerald Green found writing to English girls interesting this year. Dale Kenyon entertained the English class occasionally by reading letters which he received from English girls. These notations are not meant tohurt character, but to record memories of the grand class of 1954. We sincerely hope that our Alma Mater is as proud of us as we are of it. Like any other class we have a class debt to pay. This yearbook is, naturally, a part of our debt. In order to pay this debt we have sold magazines, puf on a play, a square dance, had a bake sale, had a refreshment stand at the school fair, and we are also looking forward to the Senior Ball, Class Banquet and Senior dinners to raise money.

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To Mrs. Bartz, we leave a package of bright red hair dye to take care of all the gray hairs we caused her while supervising the class play. To Mr. Reil, we leave a Marilyn Monroe calendar for his darkroom. To Mrs. McFadden, we leave a bottle of last minute hair tonic to use on Zane in the morning. To Mrs. Conde’, we leave a pint size billy club to calm down the second period study hall. To Miss Chandler, we leave the latest edition of a current book now on the newsstand entitled, “The Ten Essential Elements of a Successful Marriage’ To Mr. Williams, we set aside a plot of land for a golf course with enlarged holes so he will be able to better his game of golf. To Mrs. Joyce, we leave a lounge in her room so all the teachers won’t have to sit on the same chair when they come to visit her. To Miss Madison, we leave a box of Cream of Wheat” to give her vim and vigor after a week-end in Buffalo. To Mr. Johnson, we leave a padlock so he can lock up his 2 h pencils which always disappear after mechanical drawing class. To Mr. Dodson, we have a muzzle so he will be unable to make any comment to next year’s driving students. To Jim and John, we leave two mops, one apiece, with their names engraved on the handles. To Miss Gates, we leave an upper and lower plate of teeth which she can practice on in her spare time. To Mr. Gibbs, we leave a private secretary to take care of the report cards that pile up on his desk after exams. Signed and Sealed Class of ’54 CUSS hlStORV As we near the end of our high school careers, we begin to wish we were back in the seventh grade again. At the close of school in the sixth grade, Donald Sutherland left us when his father’s tractor tipped over. In the seventh grade, we were divided into two homerooms, Mrs. Margaret Joyce’s and Mrs. Ethel Gath’s. Although we had our ups and downs in that year, it was a happy one. In our eighth grade, Mr. Carlyle Carmody was our homeroom teacher. Although we were in the same homeroom, the class was divided. Since Mrs. Ethel Gath left, we had Mrs. Mary Baker from Wellsville as our English teacher. Ronald Sweet, Irene Hulburt, Darrell Brown, Raymond Halsey, and Edgar Silsby left that year making the class somewhat smaller. During that year, Charlotte Case was welcomed to our eighth grade class. In our freshman year, Mrs. Marie McFadden was our homeroom teacher. Mary Button, Clair Van-Schaick, and Virginia Kibbe were Welcomed by our ninth grade class. Francis Hann, John Atwell, William Elster, and Richard Clark left the freshmen. In June of our freshman year, Ann Wood left to attend school in Canisteo. In our sophomore year, Donald Kuzak joined our class, but left us soon. David McHenry entered our class, and Irene Hurlburt was welcomed back by her old classmates. Douglas Wheaton also left for the Marines.

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This yearbook was paid for primarily by selling subscriptions and advertisements. The subscriptions were sold by Ted Smith, Mary Ann Joyce, Tim Marsh, Leo Glover, and Dale Kenyon. The advertising was handled by Roger Theetge and his committee. Our Senior play “Just Ducky,” starring Mary Ann Joyce, Mimsi Briggs, Carol Jean Nye, Mary Jane Sackett, Mildred Miles, Ruth Davis, Charles Davis, Ted Smith, Gerald Green, James Grossman, Tim Marsh, and Dale Kenyon was a dramatic success. We are indebted to Mrs. Bartz for her endurance in making our Junior and Senior plays possible. Charles Davis is in his 13th year of perfect attendance while Ted Smith won the county oratorical contest and placed fourth in the district contest. We also attended the Fall Festival at Alfred University where Sandra Skuse placed fifth in the typing contest. Sandra was the only prize winner In Allegany County. national. honoR society The National Honor Society specifies that only 15% of the students in the senior class, and the same percentage of the junior class are eligible to become members of this select society. To be a member of this group means that a student must excel among his classmates in leadership, scholarship, character, and service. Students are elected to membership by the faculty. The two juniors elected this year are Lucille Smith and Anne Harvey. Charles Davis, Mary Anne Joyce, Mildred Briggs, Theodore Smith.