Fonda Fultonville High School - Caughnawagan Yearbook (Fonda, NY)

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PROPHECY . Y Everybody join your hands and circle to the left, Now QA grand right and left, back to your partner and swing, Allow me toexplain, dearreader. It is the year 1980 and Dave Denny f tw has once more visited Fonda in one of those good old - fashioned 2. ig square dances I understand William Green III is chairman of the affair but then who would question his ability when his father our own BILL GREEN has become Sheriff of Montgomery county? bet s take a walk through the crowd and see who s here Why there HAROLD VROOMAN, now Associate Sports Editor of the SCHENECTADY GAZETTE His experi ence at Fonda High probably comes in handy at this task Who is that we see surrounded by girls? Why handsome DONNIE BOWLER, retired head surgeon of Albany Hospital returned to Fonda to enjoy his fame and popularity Now my eyes are attracted to the doorway one two three four little girls enter all as pretty as dolls followed by their father CHUCK PARSLOW, who owns a chain of gas stations from Maine to Florida As he pays the cashier we recognize MARILYN SCHRODER handling the proceeds As owner of the Schroder Variety Shop and creator of the kmtted rain coat she IS by now very accustomed to handling money Wandering through the crowd I spot DAISY KING talking as fast as she swings Nevertheless her knack for conversation has acquired for her the nationwide program King for a Day As she swings with the opposite gentle man whom does she meet but BILL MORFORD, a cum laude Harvard graduate that discovered his heart belonged in Fonda with the antiques Did someone mention acake raffle? Dave Denny hollars out that the big layer cake with the whole walnuts was donated by MARGARET GOBEL, famous for Gobel Medal Flour Everyone watch your number' My golly if it isn t FLORENCE COONS going after her prize members of the New York State House of Representatives have little time to bake What a busy evening' Now Dave is asking for amateur singers Even pro fessronals seemto qualify for there goes DIANNE DRAKE a member of the New York State Advisory Board on Physical Education JIM CALHOUN fol lows with a virtuoso selection on the sax No wonder his yearly appearance at Radio City are so sensational skill and big blue eyes are a happy combi nation' Everyone find a partner and we re ready for another square dance Why there goes DALE VAN WAGENEN a Hollywood actress to the first I 'U . -'J Even HENRY THORNTON, the most successful lawyer in New York State is wlth us tonight dignified and authoritative as al ways But will we ever forget the only arguments he ever lost those political ones when CECILE CALHOUN would hold the torch for the Democrats? Speaking ofCe11, I can see her from here cantering with her husband Settled on a dairy farm, she has become an authority on whip cream Oh listen to that music' One of our favorite polkas and the r' first one out on the floor is fast foot flinger RONALD N IAGER Wxll you ever forget the time he appeared on the cover of LIFE doing the Jager your partner? For the second lap of the entertainment our former home talent KATHRYN MANHEY, will do Goofus As a teacher of handicapped children she doesn t find much time for dancing any more Well that s one more of our famous Fonda Square Dances I is fine to have gone out to become successful and it s equally good to be able to find time to come back to our Alma Mater for a good time L ' ' ff Q n - - X U ,A . 1 3 S . . , , , .' 1, VA ,lf ' ' 9 I ' . - 5 set. It was obviously no sacrifice to leave Syracuse for dramatic school . 1 , ' U I xx cs'?c 9 ' ' I I ' ' ' . . ' ' ' I

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Ak 12 CLASS HISTORY Twas 1n the year of forty etght We crashed rxght through the lugh school gate And everybody knew we d come For w1th us rose a steady hum Twas noxse and fuss and fury oo From mnth to twelfth grade nght stra1ght through And now that we can remtmsce We see not much that we d dtsmtss As FRESHMEN qutck to see our chance We tarted off wtth a barn dance fThe best by far the school had seenj ACI and O srnce then rouune And greettng cards we sold then too Ovlaybe we sold a pack to you Q By now well set tn htgh ft nance ln studtes clubs and yes, romance ii ur thanks go to Mxss Isabel Fear Who led us well throughout that year She taught us how to be okay And gutded us from day to day And now as SOPHOMORES wtser still We set the pace wlth w1t and w11l And str1v1ng always to make good We always dtd the best we could We sold much coke Uor proftt smallj Our near expenses to fore stall And though we loved them loud and gay Y' X Our dances d1dn't always 3 W' Now Veto Brennr was our advtsor l doubt 1f you could f1nd one wxser He steered us through both thtck and dun Success or flop wtth frtendly gr1n TL ti I I 5 As JUNIORS we had much to do A really good vear tt was too In fall we had a btg hayrtde cold and damp we almost ' dted D Nf'4' We peddled candy for tncome Q0 Henry s mlnts and chewtng gum J We raffled homemade cakes galore Jams and cookles by the score Now Mr Young had our homeroom A krnd and pauent man for whom We felt esteem and real respect A man of fun and rntellect And now as SENIORS here we are From graduatton not so far A busy year from Sept to June Thrs year rs over all too soon A cake sale haynde dance two Kept us asm w1th much ado We raffled everythmg m stght Sold statxonery mornmg noon and mght Then came the yearly semor play Where almost all had parts to say Don t Take My Penny was a success A drama done wrth great ftnesse And wlth the guldance of Mrss Heaton Wtth frtendly smxle and cheery greeun We termmate our semor year Enroute to start our new career ENVOY We 11 not forget you Fonda Hrgh Your name we 11 always glorxfy Our A'ma Mater good and true We love and praxse and honor you B111 Green KL? Q n 9' ' . ' xg V ,EX , 2 . . ll' X' I . .' . V ' ' nm S0 ' 1 : ix YY If S ' -f -ga , . ' I ga . -,if s ' F .. , .- . . . ' . ' I re a v 1 - - . l I I D g , . ,ff f ' I . , ' , or V O ' r 1 ' - - ' . Y Q. fffjsfl . . , ' ' 3 'ight . ' , l ' ' P Y- val ' . C ' I ' ' ' I I I L .. lv! ' . ' ' -

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