Hamilton Central High School - Hamiltonian Yearbook (Hamilton, NY)

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CLASS PROPHEC Y I am a member of Hamllton Hlgh s class of 1950 and I ve Just awakened from a long sleep I must have slept a long txme mdeed for they say lt IS now 1970 and the last thmg I remember was our celebratxon the n1ght of graduat1on When I f1rst awoke I went mstmctlvely stra1ght to school arr1v1ng of course Just after the last bell M1ss Gardner sent me to the off1ce for pass and then I saw somethmg was changed at H H S for a certa1n M1ss Palmer appeared to be Pr1nc1pal and a Mr Keefe V1ce Pr1nc1pal Bew1lder ed I Jo1ned the students who were march1ng orderly to assembly under the wh1plash of the V1ce pr1nc1pal The Assembly I enjoyed very much as It conslsted of mus1c by the Hamllton Symphony Orchestra a magmfxcent en senble 1n wh1ch Patr1c1a Butler famous v1ol1n1st IS concert master and Mary Myers drum solo1st After the Alma Mater Pr1nc1pal Palmer announced that the students would be glad to hear that Fred Warnes 50 had won the Nat1onal Sportsmansh1p Trophy on the occas1on of h1s ret1re ment from profess1onal basketball From th1s I deduced that few of my classmates would be 1n school so I strolled uptown remarkmg that on all the trees and telephone poles there were posters urg1ng everyone to Vote for Chamber1a1n for Governor Farmer Fox for Mayor Repubhcan Democrat1c Soc1al1st Commu.n1st T1ckets Town looked much the same as ever except for a profus1on of small a1rplanes hover1ng about As I was watchmg these a smart looklng buslness woman walked past and 1nto a store whose s1gn read Slebert and Husband How much she looks hke Betty I mused and then when I when several of the hehocopters landed on the s1dewalk near me I had no trouble recogn1z1ng the occupants three farmers com1ng to town w1th the1r large fam1l1es for Saturday shopp1ng In sp1te of the1r beards I knew the men for Dlck Sawyer Larry Dav1s and Howard Bllnebry Enternig a large off1ce bu1ld1ng and tak1ng an elevator to the e1ghth floor I saw an open door on wh1ch was pr1nted Samuel W1ll1am Ingram .Tr Engmeer and Arch1tect I entered unobserved and watched the red headed R P I graduate as he dxscussed plans for a new school gyrn w1th the bu1ld 1ng s donor local m1ll1ona1re Dav1d Adams Esq As I left I saw that Mr Ingram s very attract1ve secretary was MarJor1e Sawyer Down the hall I had notlced there was an art stud1o and lookmg rn I saw the well known fashlon artlst M I Barber pa1nt1ng a wonderful advertlsement for K1ngsbury s Klothlng Shoppe The model the much marr1ed Kay Moran hved up to her reputatlon for beauty as she wore w1th grace the ankle length beltless gown wh1ch seemed to be 1n style Fee11ng the need for some sustenance after a sleep of twenty years I almost ran 1nto the nearest restaurant Landphler s Dmer and pract1cally knocked over the proprletress as she stood m the doorway talk1ng to one whose flashmg sm1le even age could not d1m Ralph Godfrey In callmg a wa1tress who stood near me I sa1d w1thout th1nk1ng Harr1et and It was she but she dxdn t know me even w1th my class r1ng m full v1ew I was also a stranger to Lenore Burch who brought me my coffee I must be terr1bly changed Then I got 1nto trouble as I took out my purse to pay for the meal, Z0 . . , -- , . 0 . . , . . I . , . . . . , . . , , ' . ' ' a 1 . . . ., . ' , . , , , - . . . . , . . . . y . . - . W . . , . . . y , , y . ' , . . ll D9 I 1 Y . . ,, . . , . , . . , . . ,, . ' 1 . . i . , - . . . . .. . I' ll , if ' l 1 glanced into the store window I understood everything--it was 1970. Thus, 7 ' I , . . . ,. . . 1 I 'I - ' so - ' U , , .. . , , . . . . , . . , - . . 1 n 0 ' . . . - s ' 1 , . I S . -M . , . --U . . . . U . ,, . ,, . v 3 ' . , . . . . Y I ' , -- .

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Most Attractlvc G1rl Most Attractzwe Boy Most Popular G1rl Most Popular Boy Most L1kely to Succeed CGITI, Most Lmkely to Succeed QBoyH N1cest Sm1le g1rl N1cest Sm1le boy Tallest G1rl Tallest Boy Qu1etest G1r1 Qu1ete st Boy B1ggest Fl1rt G1rl B1ggest Fhrt Boy, Most Intellectual G1rl Most Intellectual Boy Most Pess1m1st1c Most Optrrrustxc Best Joke Teller G1rl Best Joke Teller Boy, Best Dancer QG1rll Best Dancer fBoyl Most Athlet1c QG1rll Most Athlet1c fBoyQ Fr1endl1est G1rl Fr1end11est Boy Most Independent Nmcest Eyes QGIII Nzcest Eyes QBoyl Favor1te Tea her Favor1te Subject Favorxte Sport SENIOR POLL S .Ioan Barber Betty S1ebert Howard Blmebry Joan Barber Davxd Adams Josephme Case Betty S1ebert Gale Stokes B111 Ingram Betty S1ebert Howard Bllnebry Kathy Moran Larry Dav1s Iosephme Case Sh1r1ey Snyder D1ck Sawyer Kathy Moran Ralph Godfrey Josephme Case B111 Ingram Kathy Moran Fred Warnes Claxre Landpluer Phyllls Padgett Esther Palrner Fred F1SChCr Joan Barber Dav1d Adams Joan Barber Fred Warnes Esther Palrner Donald Fox Esther Pahner Kathy Moran Gale Stokes M1ss Gardner Sc1ence Basketball 19 Znd Marjorle Sawyer Gale Stokes Betty Sxebert Kathy Moran Donald Fox Ioan Barber Dav1d Adams Ioan Barber John Moran Ioan F1tzPatr1ck Gale Stokes Pat Butler Lenore Burch Harold Chamberlaln George Loop Esther Palrner Don Fox Kathy Moran Gale Stokes Harr1et Close Joan F1tzPatr1ck Charles O Brren Frank Rogers Paul1ne Kmgsbury Charles Keefe Betty Slebert Harold Chamberlam Esther Pahner Dav1d Adams Betty S1ebert Gale Stokes Iosephme Case lvlarJor1e Sawyer Fred Warnes Mrs Sm1th I-hstory Football lt ., .VD . . pc, , . . . .c., . .4 I - Q., . . of O 1 I ., - x., '

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the proprzetress laughed at my f1ve dollar b1ll and sa1d Where do you come from? We don t use those any more we count 1n hundreds Your lunch w1ll cost you a thousand I must have looked sad for a kmd mother s1tt1ng at a table near me wxth her tr1plets offered to lend me the surn unt1l the next day I accepted seelng l11t1e else to do and even as I d1d so w1th my qu1cken1ng percept1on I knew that the lady was the former Sh1rley Snyder I thanked her and walked out 1nto the street agam wonder1ng how I could ever get a thousand dollars As 1f to answer my questlon the f1r st bu1ld1ng 1n front of me was des1gnated 1n neon Casmo Frank Rogers Prop I thought that mlght be as good a way of makmg money as any so I went 1n At that moment two card sharks seemed to be fleecmg an unwary v1ct1m Just when the latter seemed about to lose all however fate m the form of a pollceman came to h1s a1d Stokes and Loop cr1ed the off1cer of the law At lt aga1n And then 1n despa1r he cr1ed Charles O Br1en how often have Itold you not to come here f Those guys are not to be trusted But I went to school w1th them muttered Charles So d1d I sa1d Seargeant Moran dec1dedly And I know Then the pollceman saw me What are you domg here? I sa1d I d1dn t know so after he had paxd my debt and depos1ted the sharpers at the town pr1son 1n the tender care of Chlef Ia1lor Fred F1scher the off1cer brought me here to the Hamxlton Commumty I-Iosp1tal It IS a beaut1ful bu1ld1ng where I am cared for by two beautlful nurses M1ss F1tzPatr1ck and M1ss Padgett whom I call prwately Io n and Phyl At present I am read1ng a thrllhng hxstorlcal novel by a classmate of mlne named Case I am very happy and comfortable and xf I can stay here unt1l I remember m name I don t bel1eve I ever want to know It John Kathy Dav1d Ch1co 7 Be Sh1rley Mary Z1 . . . . , , ' n , . 1 1 1 1 n Q 1 ! ' ! I I ' 1 . D ' ' ll ' il ' 7 D ' 1 , . ' f 9 3 I I ' ' ll il ' ' ll ' ' 11 ' 1 , . . ,, , . I ! 3 ! F N . . ll ' ll Bl ' D' ' I ' I ' M 91 , . ' it ' D! ' . , . . ! - 1 . ' ' Cl , 09 ll DI , 6 . . . . . . . . , . . , . 1 I . I 1 . V ,1 Q Q 5 .. 1 V ' s 4 f I