Bemus Point High School - Pointer Yearbook (Bemus Point, NY)

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lr 5 Freshman year - one step closer to our goal. Mr. Green and Mr. Peterson were our advisers. Wfe sponsored a dinner and a dance and sold pop corn at home basketball games. As Sophomores we were officially in Senior High. Wfith Miss Simpson, Mr. Gese and Mr. Carl- son as advisers and Dennis Lindell as president, we sponsored a dance and a most successful dinner. Junior year - with Dennis Lindell again our president and Miss Simpson, Mr. Gese and Mr. Carl- son again advisers - we sponsored a dinner and presented our junior play - Grandma's Best Years. W'ith the aid of Miss Anderson, we turned out the Be-Po-Hi. XVe honored the 1956 Seniors at the traditional junior-Senior Banquet. Finally came Moving-Up Day, the long-awaited class rings, SEVENTH GRADFRS HERE. We ioin forces from Fluvanna and Bemus to begin our High School days. and the thrill of being Seniors. Seniors at last - yes. we made it. Dennis Lindell was once more president, and our advisory staff - Miss Simpson, Mr. Gese and Mr. Carlson - were still faithfully with us. Selling magazines and candy, presenting the play, Mother ls a Freshman, and enjoying the Senior Trip to XVashington were the highlights of this last year. Finally, Graduation Day. As we make ready to leave Bemus High, we think back upon our school years with joy and sadness, remembering each event and every friend. Wfe have had many oppor- tunitiesg we have learned many things far beyond that contained in any book. Each in his own way now lakes with him memories to last a lifetime. SENIORS AT LAST Class officers are Clara Iampietro, Ser- retarr: Dennis Lindell, Pre.rider1z,- Jen- nie Haviland, Vice-Preridenl: Richard Shepardson and Sally Steen, Smderrt Cnnrzril: and Robert Barkstrom, Treas- urer.

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is AS FIRST GRADFRS IN BEMUS: D. Lindholm, R. Shepardson, Bruce Johnson, E. Loveless, j. Haviland, Fiske, R. Barksrrom, Barbara Johnson, M. Vervoort, F. Liddell, G. Gnagy, J. Frazier. Class l-listorq Only 17 of the present graduating class started out in the Bemus Point School System. Those of us who started. in Bemus Kindergarten were Edith Fiske, john Frazier, Barbara and Bruce Johnson, Florence Liddell, Dianne Lindholm, Evelyn Loveless, Richard Shepardson, Marjorie Tillotson, and Mary Lou Vervoort. In Fluvanna were Muriel Cederquist, Clara Iampietro, Dennis Lindell, Diane Moore, Gail Putnam, Beverly Russell and Sally Steen. We were the more or less permanent fixtures of the class, though even some of us had some time away from Bemus. We kept adding new classmates and losing old. In Seventh Grade we joined forces - Fluvanna and Bemus -- for the long-awaited High School climb toward graduation day. That year, Mr. Crevel- ing and Mr. Powell were our advisers. The class participated in the Drama Festival and climaxed the year with a trip to Allegany State Park. During our Eighth Grade year, with Mrs. Stowell and Mr. Peterson as advisers, we again took part in the Drama Festival, and also took a trip to Buffalo to visit the Zoo, and the Science and Historical Mu- seums. We had a class skating party at Midway to end the year. AS FOURTH GRADERS IN FLUVANNA. W'e had a combination Third and Fourth Grade there, and many of the present juniors are pictured here with us. . t N...

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ROBERT T. BARKSTROM All Jhall .rpeah well of him. Student Council 15 Intramurals 1, 25 Band 1, 2, 3, 45 Hi-Y 2, Vice-President 3, President 4, Basketball 1, 2, 3, 45 Tennis 3, 4g Optimist Junior Citizen 33 Class Treasurer 3, 45 Honor Society 3, President 4. MARK CURTIS BROWN Going as though he trod upon eggrf' Golf 1, 25 Intramurals 1, 2g Be-Po-Hi 35 Chorus 3, 4. ANN MARIE ALLDREAD A .still .rmall voice. F.H.A. 1. FRANK ARMSTRONG Of calm and happy nature. Baseball 2. .MURIEL RUTH CEDERQUIST A fair exterior is a .rilent recommendation. F.H.A. lg Chorus 1, 2, 3gF.N.A. 2, 3g Be-Po-Hi 3, Tri-Hi Y3,4. DAVID L. COVERTI' Youth is the time of enjoyment. Baseball 1, 2, 3.