Avoca Central School - Avocan Yearbook (Avoca, NY)

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RONALD ERNEST PRAY Math. Science RICHARD SMITH Business Math. Science LARRY RICHARD BLISS STEPHEN WILLIAM AMES Voc. Building Trade Business D. LYNN JULIEN Voc. Drafting GARY LUCKENBACH

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HAROLD LEE BURLESON Shop Math Science GARY LEIGH FOX Business PETER W. GLEDHILL JOHN STEPHEN ALSHEIMER Math, Science Language GERALD L. ALDERMAN Mathematics Math., Science Business ALAN WAYNE COMFORT

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DAVID WALTER TYNER Math, Science Language STEPHEN PAUL WRAIGHT Math, Science Language HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1969 Step by step, stumble by stumble, we, the Class of ’69, traveled our road through high school leaving behind a past to long remember. Guided by Mrs. Edwards and Mr. Blend in our Freshman year, we started working as a class and ex- perienced both smooth and rough roads along the way. For our first fund raising activity, we sold the Freshman School Calendar which sent us on our way with SI28.32. Soon we had a record hop for our Freshman Dance. The theme was “Winter Wonderland” and we made $88.17. That was our last big activity together as Freshmen for before we knew it we were on Sophmoresville Road with Mr. Gross and Mrs. Edwards as advisors. Yes, there we were. Sophomores al- ready a quarter of our journey and a year’s experience closer to our goal. We loved every minute of it, and we wanted to start the year off right, so we decided that the best way was to fatten up our treasury. In doing this, we took a little turn off, right into Goodrich’s field to do you- know-what-pick potatoes! This activity was so successful that we carried it over into our Junior year to give us a grand total of $909. Then for our Sophomore Dance we had Attila and the Huns as our band. The theme was “Winter Explosion and it was quite a successful explosion, for we made $187.18. We had plenty of fun and hard work as Sophomores, but time didn’t stand still, and once again, be- fore we knew it, we had come to a new road. This was Jun- iorsville. As Juniors we still needed those dollars. Something had to be done right away, or else. We came through with fly- ing colors (green silver). We made $315.17 on our Spa- ghetti Supper. We also started selling pop at home basketball games. Every little bit helped. Another of our profitable activities came when we turned ourselves into traveling salesmen and sold Zip Code Directories. We made a big $381.10. Then, for our Junior Dance, we had the band, Ja- son and the Argonauts. Our theme was “Psychedelic 60’s”, and we made $158. As a final Junior activity we undertook the Alumni Banquet which added another $150 profit. We had traveled many miles by the end of our Junior year and knew that the remaining miles would be the most important of our whole journey. After reaching Seniorsville Road, we started on one of the few remaining walks, selling magazines. We were able to go over our goal, and to cele- brate a job well done, the girls treated the boys to a Pizza Party at the Avoca Fire Hall. We had a grand time and this event along with many others we will long remember as his- tory made by the Class of 1969!