Hammond Central School - Spotlight Yearbook (Hammond, NY)

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Vast willamli estunwnt. we, the Class of 1956, being of sound body and intricate mind, hereby will our admirable qualities as follows: WENDELL SEYMOUR: Leaves his opportunities to get girls on the way home from basketball games to Rudy Thompson. SHIRLEY SIMONS: Leaves her Betty Crocker Pin to Lois Rogers. KAREN HOFFERBERTH: Leaves her elevated shoes to Kathleen wilson. HAZEL CONKLIN: Leaves her ability to disrupt classes to Judson Mann. DAVID MARSAW: Leaves his specs to all referees of the game of basketball. THOMAS CHAPMAN: Leaves his love of the outdoors and girls to Worth Catlin. JUDY TURNBULL: Leaves her ability to catch a man quickly to Corleen Evans. SANDRA HDWIE: Leaves her red rinse to Donna O'Leary. PATSY SHOVE: Leaves her ability and happiness in married life to Eleanor LaRue ROGER GILMER: Leaves his knowledge of horses to Edward Hollister. DALE SCH RM RHORN: Leaves his fair play in basketball to Danny Dunham. REGGIE MCLEAR: Leaves his dislike of women and love for argument to Dick Edgar BARBARA GOVE: Leaves her cheering and athletic ability to her sister, Bonnie. JANET DEROCHIE: Leaves her talent as a milkmaid to Glenna Davison, To Mr. Ashcraft A well earned rest To the Juniors A Punch recipe To the Sophomores Free ice cream after basketball practice To the Freshmen Our pencil machine and its troubles 5f7NzJ76f0'3'f vE-fdlmw 'UW E Z'? Q3J Ld,ZQE55jJg ,MM 11

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The Senior new school with holding a dance purchased. Mr. class president. I I ' 1: , . . G Q X . X X xx N ,X - QE N in Qxbga J A SX YQ? Kil,s- X. X X X x x X sc .X ii? X X f .few . Xia . Class of l956 started its freshman year in the nineteen members. We started our treasury by and profits from a pencil machine which we Miller was our class advisor and James Carr the The same old faces were there when we started our sophomore year except for Audrey Shutler. one exception. We lost James Carr and gained Barbara Gove was the class president with Mrs. Smith as advisor. We continued our fund-raising by selling magazine subscriptions. We also held a dance and an ice cream social after the Grade Operetta. In our junior year we numbered seventeen having lost Audrey Shutler and Janet Letarte. Our bank balance got fatter with the addition of the proceeds from the Junior Prom, a block dance, and an ice cream social following the Spring Concert. All these were carried on under the advisor Mr. Munson and our president Patsy Shove. Fourteen started the senior year with high expectations. Our Senior Trip seemed to be on everyone's mind. President, Roger Gilmer, and advisor, Donald Beaman, were nominated to take the helm. We furthered our money-making cause by presenting the three-act play entitled UGO West, Young Manu. We also presented two one-act plays, HThe White Phantomn and nShotgun Wedding.H Throughout our four years the students, parents, and teachers made our trip possible by supporting all of our activities. We wish to thank everyone who helped make high school days memorable ones. 10

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Prophecy Reggie McLear, an engineer in a large firm, is still avoiding the women. Roger Gilmer, owner of a funeral home, has just been called upon to bury the President of the United States. David Marsaw is running a Night Town Service down in Chippewa Bay for people who happen to get stuck on the ice. Tom Chapman still goes downstate to do some Ndearn hunting and has brought one back to show the family. Wendell Seymour is running an extensive dairy farm in Chippewa Bay Dale Schemerhorn is working on the plans for a bridge between Prescott and Ogdensburg. Shirley Simons, a nurse's aide, has finally decided she might try again to get a boyfriend. Patsy Brown, a general's wife has gone to Japan for a while to visit him. She took their five boys along also. Sandra Howie, head nurse at the House of the Good Samaritan, is visited quite often by her neighbor. I hear he now is driving a '57 Chevrolet convertible. Karen Hofferberth is the wife of one of the members of the Board of Supervisors from Hammond. Hazel Conklin, a graduate from Hammond Central School much to the delight of the teachers, is now driving her boss mad. Judy Turnbull is the mother and housekeeper to a batch of small Laidlaw's. Barbara Gove, secretary for the Night Town Service, is seriously thinking about becoming part owner. Janet Derochie is still living over in Rossie but is seen quite often skating on Rutherford's Arena in Hammond. 12