Ilion High School - Mirror Yearbook (Ilion, NY)

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Swinging Sophs Becoming Sophomores in the following year we took another step closer to our last plateau to- gether. Since we now knew exactly how much we needed leadership, We found ourselves with Paul Morris, President, Dave Wells, Vice-President, Leslie DeReus, Secretary, Steve Getman, Treasurer, and Don Keddell was selected as the Secretary of Stu- dent Council. This Was the year we handled the coat check at basketball games, which came as a great aid to our shaky treasury. Cheryl Miller, chairman of this great undertaking, did a superb job and set a record-she lost only 2 pairs of overshoes and a coat or two, but gained 15 scarves and 3 mittens. Fewer words were never spoken by our class fwardensl advisors, Miss Ford and Mr. Fahey. X 1 vw W ' 5 N .. . N , x , With the money we had acquired we decided to have a skating party in February. Afterwards, with aching backs and posteriors we hobbled over to Jack Valentls for an Open House. In order to build up our funds again we planned our first dance. Swing into Spring was the first semi-formal to hit llion that year and we all had fun swinging on the decorations. Finally it came our chance to win at class games. Doug Bernard, as a member of the Class A Section Ill Championship team, proved vital to our success along with Don Keddell, Ed Haggerty, Den Weiss, Al Slocum, J oe Callahan, Tom Heintz, Mark White, Tom Morris, Paul Pickett, Tim McCormack, John Burkhart, Bill Wardle, Tony Maneen, and Dan McGrath. For our peppy cheerleaders we chose Les- lie Fay, Cheryl Miller, Linda Hart, Sandy Shaw, Janet Frezza, Bev Dzimitrowcz, ,lean Dulak, Mimi Mills, and Leslie DeReus. To celebrate our success we skipped over to Lance Nehr's for a house wreck- ing party!

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Frislcy Frosh One hundred and fifty four students barged and scrambled their way into the sacred halls of ivy in the great year of 1960. Entrance, us. No doubt influenced by the Presidential Election, We felt a need fo-r student leadership, and Paul Mor- ris, Cheryl Miller, Dan McGrath, Bob Clive, Don Keddell, Ed Haggerty, and Tony Maneen were chosen to make life easier in homeroom. Finally getting settled we felt we were true ex- perts as a ucommunityv group, well, almost. It was the first time that the new students realized that papers were meant to be folded and all messed up. The lucky Sophomores managed somehow to beat us in our first encounter with class games, even though we had Doug Bernard, Don Keddell, Ed Haggerty, Paul Pickett, Paul Morris, Al Slocum, Tim McCormack, Mark White, Tom Heintz, Peewee,' I 1 N M Ill , X Q ' Lozo, Cappy Phelps, Dennis Weiss, John Burkhart, Tom Morris, and Bill Wardle to bring us the vic- tory. Our spirit was backed by the cheerleaders, Leslie Fay, Cheryl Miller, Jean- Dulak, Nancy Frosch, Linda Hart, Sandy Shaw, Janet Frezza, Mimi Mills, and Leslie De Reus. Rumor said we didn't want any feelings hurt, so we let them win. With disappointment soon forgotten, we marched over to Paul Morris' for an open house. When the lights were on for awhile all seemed to be having a superb time. fSorry, Mrs. Derbyj Later the girls dragged themselves off to Cheryl Mi1ler's house for a pajama party. Never forget that one, will we, Pat! Many found out too late, when finals hit Ilion, exactly what the teachers had tried to tell us all year. Oh, well, there's always next year to make resolutions about studying more.

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fumpinf Juniors At long last we were Juniors! The only thing that really brought it home to us was the fact that many of us had 208 as a homeroom. Election time proved profitable, as we slated Paul Morris as President again, while Charlie Bennett assisted as Vice-President. Carol Klippellbecame our Sec- retary, and Steve Getman was again the holder of the purse. Don Keddell moved up the ladder as Student Council Vice-President. As far as subjects were concerned, whew! We had plenty of work to keep us busy. We soon learned we couldn't go to classes with blood shot eyes. But we did make up for all the hard work when we got to chemistry lab. One of our colleagues decided to test the bunsen burner with his sleeveg ouch! Another rinsed out his pneumatic trough with con- centrated hydrochloric acid. fthe class cleared out in record timel Did you know that a bunsen burner attached to a water faucet makes a great squirt gun? It was the greatest year ever for the Bombers with an pndefeated basketball season. They brought home the Section III Class A Championship title for the second straight year and we had reason to be proud of them. We can't forget our players who aided the victory, Doug Bernard, Al Slocum, Mark White, and Don Keddell, nor can we miss the cheer- leaders, Janet F rezza, Leslie De Reus, Susan Burns, Linda-,lo Caple, Cheryl Miller, Joan Snedeker, and Joyce Watson. Before we knew it class games had rolled around, and it was our turn to dress properly for the oc- casion. We held our own stock car races urged on by our checker flag cheerleadersg Janet Frezza, Nancy Frosch, Mary June Gardner, ,lean Dulak, Pat Alexander, Dizzy, Mary Ladd, Linda-Jo Caple, and Sandy Shaw. Having such a great team we caused the seniors trouble, but fell as the losers. Penny Remmel had a rough time with us at the open house. Next on the agenda was the Jr. Prom. Steve Getman, chairman, had fun with the pagoda, but we did finish on schedule. Kahiki proved definite- ly to be a night to remember. With the arrival of our class rings. we finally came to the realization that we had only one more year until graduation in '64f. There was no way to change the inscription on the rings.