Berlin Central School - Mountaineer Yearbook (Berlin, NY)

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Class Prophecy Here it is already ten years since that unforgettable night of June 25, when the class of '51 said their good-byes to B.C.S. We are now gathering in the home of the former Audrey Berry who is a happy mother of twins and a successful wife. As we look around her house we discover a beautiful job of in- terior decorating and find it was done by our classmate, Kathleen Smith. Speaking of the devil, Kathy inters. Kathy has been a big suc- cess in her line of work but is now giving up her career to be married. Kathy helped to redecorate the White House a few years ago. Kathy is soon followed by Lyn- da Manchester and the former Jean Rose. They have both been living in Washington, so they came up to- gether. Jean took a job as an F.B. I. secretary after graduation and has continued to work there. She took a leave of absence for two years to marry an old high school flame and start a family. She is now preparing to give up her Job to finish raising her family. Lynda is an important politician, gain- ing more fame every day. As you all remember, she was our great leader and adviser in school. Next, Helen Crandall, Rita Sweet, and Armena Thomas, make their way to our reunion. Helen went to Business College after graduation and worked for a short while as a stenographer, then in June '52 she married George Maston and is now living in Pittsfield. So far they have two children. Ar- mena is a child's nurse in Albany and is doing wonderful work. She runs a nursery during the week and then weekends she works in the Albany Hospital. Rita is married to Paul Sykes who was also a gradu- ate from B. C. S. They are living in Stephentown and have one boy, Paul, Jr. Richard Kroboth now shuffles in. Richard who we believed to be a brilliant scientist has become a hobo instead. He says he'd rather be in the wide open spaces than in a stuffy laboratory. Next to enter, are our teach- ers, Ruth Schiff and Lucy O'Dell. Ruth who trained for an elementary teacher is now teaching her family of five. She gave up her career a few years after her graduation from college to start a family of her own. Lucy trained to be a science teacher, but she is now married to a minister and is helping him with his work. Allen Main and Stanton Gooder- mobe now join the group. Allen whose only ambition was to go to work at either Cowee's or Sea- groatt's, has changed. He did go to work at Cowee's and soon found a girl whom he loved and married. Love must have done something for him because he began to work his way up in the firm and is now one of the shots. Stanton has sur- prised us all. As you all remember back in high school, Stanton spent most of his evenings setting up pins in the bowling alley. As you also remember, Mr. Dowhanick, our social studies teacher, was a pretty good customer. Well, the tables have turned. Stanton now owns his own bowling alley and Mr. Dowhanick is setting up pin3 for him evenings. Seems Mr. Dowhanick doesn't make enough money teaching to support his family. Eugene Loker, Bill Sweet, and Phil Martin, are the next three to enter. Eugene has made his first million dollars with his rabbits. He now owns one of the biggest rabbitries in the country. Bill and Phil both joined the Navy after graduation, but neither are in the service now. They helped us win the Korean War and then they set- tled down. Believe it or not , Billy actually settled down. He has two little red-headed boys and from the looks of things they are going to fce just like their father. Phil married Jean Snyder a few years ago and now has three girls. Jeanne Hammond and Barbara Hewitt are the next to join our midst. When Jeanne was in high school she didn't think she wanted to be a secretary, but after she graduated she took a job as a steno 18

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Class History In the year 19lj.7 we were ush- ered Into high school via the Freshman Initiation, in which all of our thirty members participated. Both boys and girls were dressed in long legged underwear and dresses wrong side out and backwards. The girls wore their hair in pin curls and no makeup, while the boys wore a lot of makeup. That year we presented a short play, It Pays To Be Clumsy, in assembly and at night. The day after school was out we had a class picnic at the CCC Dam with only one half of the class present. We all had a fine time except for a few boys who drank too much soda and got sick. We did not have a Frosh Hop, but we did have a box social on which we made approximately $30. We ended that year with a bal- ance of $71.11. Our class officers for that year were: Pres: Vice Pres: Sec: Treas: Class Adviser: We started by choosing the class officers: Pres: Vice Pres: Sec: Treas: Barbara Hewitt Allen Main Lynda Manchester Jeanne Hammond Mr. David Hayner our Sophomore year following as our Richard Kroboth Allen Main Barbara Hewitt Jean Rose Class Adviser:Miss Frances Congdon We decided against a Sophomore Soiree and had a spaghetti supper instead. This turned out to be a great success and we ended the year with $133.13 in our treasury. During the junior year we started off with the Freshman Ini- tiation which proved to be a big success and we found that the Class of '53 are good sports. Our next move was deciding whether or not to have the Junior Prom. Finally we decided to have it, and when the final date arrived we were busily working to get the gymnasium decorated in our class colors, rose and white. It looked very nice the night of the Prom. Lynda Manchester and Phil Martin were selected as King and Queen. Audrey Berry and Allen Main were the attendants. We also sponsored the Senior Ball last year. Neither one got us much further on the road to Washington, but we all had lots of fun. We ended our Junior year with $332.76. During that year the officers Lynda Manchester Richard Kroboth Jean Rose Lucy O'Dell Patricia Bulger were: Pres: Vice Pres: Sec: Treas: Class Adviser:Mrs, In the Senior year the follow- ing officers were elected: Pres: Lynda Manchester Vice Pres: Richard Kroboth Sec: Lucy O'Dell Treas: Jean Rose Class Adviser: Mr. Stephen Surdel Our first undertaking this year was a spaghetti supper. This helped a great deal in getting us a few miles nearer Washington, D. C. Our next move was our Senior Play, Aaron Slick From Punkin Crick. After many weeks of re- hearsals the date of the play had arrived and when it was over, we were glad it had been a great suc- cess. The cast was Bill Sweet, Lynda Manchester, Pat Boehm, Aud- rey Berry, Phil Martin, Medora Amidon and Eugene Loker. We started our last semester at B.C.S. with a Talent Show, and the rest of the year was devoted to the publication of this yearbook, SCHOOL DAZE. 17

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Class Prophecy grapher and soon worked her way up to be the private secretary to the president of a large firm in Williamstown. It wasn't long after that, that she married him. He hap- pens to be 6'5 . People are trying to decide whether their two boys are going to be giants or midgets. No decision has been made as yet. Barbara became a stenographer in an advertising agency right after grad- uation. She is now vice president of the agency. She is not married yet, but is wearing a fairly large diamond on her left hand. Could it be the president, Barbara? Frances Shaw and Loretta Good- ermote now arrive in flashy uni- forms. Frances joined the V aves after graduation and is still in service. She is now a lieutenant. Loretta took a beautician's course and then joined the Waves. She is now a beautician at one of the bases. Pat Boehm and Leslie Crandall noisily enter with some of their wise remarks we so well remember from English and social studies class. Pat married soon after grad- uation and is now living in Colorado on a big ranch. Pat is really famous. She is the only woman in the world to ever have six children at once. No wonder she can afford a big ranch. Leslie is married for the fourth time and is living in California. He got a Hollywood contract shortly after graduation and has become a star comedian. He now owns his private plane. On the way out, he stopped and picked up Pat so they came on East together. Lynn Manchester, Nelson Sweener, and Alvin Berry have come in while we have been visiting. Lynn took a job as ski instructor and now runs a ski school of his own. There is a rumor that our former Connie Jorgenson is his star pupil, but no one has verified it yet. Nelson is a bookkeeper in a big firm in Pittsfield. He has been married twice and is at the present thinking of entering the third marriage. He and Leslie turned out to be quite the lovers! Alvin, our P.G. is now manager of the G.L.F. in Stephen- town. He is married and has trip- let girls. The last of our class seems to be coming in the door now. They are our class clowns, Medora Ami- don and Connie. Medora is still as crazy as ever, but she is happily married. She joined the Air Force after graduation and served over- seas. While over there, she met a friend from home and finally married him after several months of battles worse than any soldier ever saw. Connie is the champion of our class. Even if she was late a lot of the time while she was in school, she has proven that she is not always late. She broke all records swimming the English Channel and she walked away with several honors for America in the 1956 Olymphics. That seems to be all of our class, but it still seems as though someone is missing. There is someone getting out of a 1961 Kaiser out front so that must be who is missing. Our class adviser, Mr. Surdel, and family are arri- ving. He still goes in for Kaisers. There seems to be an addition to the family of three that we remem- ber from '51. He now has two little girls and a boy besides Stevie. He seems pretty spry for an old man. Mrs. Surdel has grey hair now, must be that family of theirs is quite a worry. 19