John Adams High School - Clipper Yearbook (Ozone Park, NY)

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c-fs' IQ ITS funny' hoyy yyhen you re old lt tle thmgs keep remmdmg you of the p1st L1lCe the yyay 111165 of the yal e 1lyy1ys rem1nd n1e of the day 1111rr1ed Martha And hosp1t1ls al yy 1ys remlnd me of the dlyf Alan r WIS born and g1ngham dresses re m1nd me of Ahee m1ne and Martha s only daughter yyho d1ed yyhen she R1ght noyy ICS the l1l1es of the y 1lley and the hosp1tals 111el the glllg h1111 dresses all at once t11 1t are re lTllI1C1lIIg me of thmgs N1nf1 sl1es my youngest grandeh1ld just grye me a small bouquet of syy eet smell111g Hovy e1s 1nd she yy as yy ear1ng a t1ny grng h 1111 dress I guess she yyas XX61IlIlg 1t only bee1use her mother lenoyys I l1lCe Qlllla 111111 dresses because I111 told tl11t 1t 1s11t styhsh for exght ye II olds to yye1r glllgll 1111 111y 111ore thoueh I e111t See e1ght ye1r olds 1111111 he sty 111yl1oyy It 111 1lCes me feel IS 11 I yye1e really s to l1y here l1lCe tl11s 111 the s p1t1l yyrth le1OLf0I' tyyo nurses four 1s 111 otr 1LI.Ql11'CIh1II1 yy mc J 1 grime e 1t1er111g lI'ULlIIC1 111e IIIC1 szynng 1e y 111 1 111fort1hle C F1111 s D1 you Il ht C 11111 XX oulel you lllxe 111 :ther p1lloyy C 1 llllpb 11 s1ould11t Ili, XX hy sl1 mulel I yy 111t mother p1lloyy ' 1 1 el ry e II s e 1 old th II mos 111e Ju 1 n 1 1 1 111 111e s IC tauuly alyyays laugh at me yy n 4 e C ' , I gLlC does sound funny to the111 It yyould Fzfteezz WWW f X:-A gi DNV 21:1 SFI JVN I E121 I n-1 I-y 1-1 :T p.-I I I It I I-II ... 2 ,- II I I. III C 'II III 2 I I .-. . ' 2 Q 2 N 1 ff, I F1 I-'-7 ' ,I I 1 gg . N N ..- N: 'M 515, I I Q.- ...,,If1r -C4.I - ,J . 1,1 CI . 1 'v' .. ,,, ' 4 ... . , .4 - I . 1 . - ' , 1-- - .'.-:.-.7 I i-' :.. A .N ' ' ff . . leaesyf' 2 - -a .- -y A I , I , I . .Q 1 ,. 1, , 1 1 5- F- ' ,I . 1 1: ' 1-1. I fe If - 1: .. -I , . . rp f 1 1 F I ': N ,. . . I. . 1 ,Q I I, ' I rt Q I ' 1 XSD fl '-' fb - 77' H I' N C. 1 C.. - .1 I, I 51, , . I I - s-. - ' fl 1 . ' I' . . , A C.. ' . - .1 . 'J 1 0- ,.,.,I -- r 1 O - , - 1: ,, .- ,E .1 -- ' ' . I E - . 1 1... , : -,I 1- -'JI .. . , f Q ' ,. I - I - - . - . I r-N 3 . N I I - ' . ' : 5- 3 rr ' U . 1 'I ,. , Q ' - 1 ' ' ' .4 -4 1- Q '1 1 ' 1- . . ,.. f Ig-I I I I H- ... I -XI I I .... I1 1 .I 4 .I . I I, ' .. f ' - f- ..L. ' . . ' 1-1 - 2 -V . . I- 1 . I .. 1 1 I1 ., .-1 .- . - I - - I 1I I I , I . f- .-. - f- . 1 - 1- -I ... 1- , e , I II . I 1. ,1 I 1 4: -p ' 1 . . .1 11111- ..a ' - A ' - ,' .. A ' L , 1 1 , 1' . ' '. ' - ' ll ' 411 IIII eI 3' -I N' I '., - , 1 W:--1-- - mug, 'L 7' - 1 ' ' . 1.111 - ..a 1 '-- ' ' 11 fb -' H . 1-f , 7- O rn -T 1- I '-1 ... I1 11 1 1 -. , - I I ,-. ,.,, . , , .. . I1 1 I 1-. 1-1 1. 1 ya . - ..- 1 . 1.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1... 1 1 11 ,Q , 1 l l -1 1, 111 ' 1 , 1 L 1 , I7 1 -1 -:ws 2-2 -. 1 '1 , - .1 11 sf 11 , . -' -f : . X1 I 1'-'1' 1 ,.-1. - - .-..... I .,. I - 'fi ,. -I, I :. ,1' . - X . - - If RIP-CI-11 I , -1 -. I 1, 5 1 f- . - 1 . f .. . 1 1 ' . ' ' 1-A .. , 4 ' I '1 1 -l 13 .T ' .1 11, , ' . ' ' 1 as u X -1 L-5 I' I ,' I I 1I. ,' I II ' I Q e :N I15,,'1I ,III . Y-:JI lg, X- 11 I1 , . I ,I ... 1 . I -Q-A1 I.-y -..-,HIII 1-I ,I I I If ' - - - 1 Nz' ' ww. ' I e . . I , I I I . I 'I a ,M kj I -I2 If: I 9 I IMI, I .... ,I f I I -1I,I K I., I . - III., CI I I, I 1I I , X . , 1 , I , 1 , . I . ,' , I , T ' 1 1 f :'f-. 7 -. I1 .' ' 1- 1 ' .1 - . I-I I I1. I1,.u'1L:i1,wI, iv 1 I. 1 . ...LI-. b - X ff . ,. I . . 1 1, I I,-I . I. I -..,I ,Q 3 I . I ' ' ' . N ' I ,SIX I-1 .ff-if ' II ' ,,jf3I'.'.I.y x 'B N if .,- - , . 1, I I,.III I. -g . I 1 I I f- I I . - . . I If IIII I -I -I I. I ,. ' N I' ' I 'L'-f':.,.. .-Y. 3 VC I '1-I X ' 2 . ,- 1 s-1 f . 1 'ey - , 1 A . I F II .. I :C I . I IkIQII:I.- y I, I II I IXXII I I I5 . I v I f L X xx.-4.1.00 I . . I IIII1Iy -ty, ., . - f- . . 4 ef .. ,ff 1' 7 II' ll V - .. 1, fx, - I . ,I I I III I ' 't f ' f' Lf ' . - F- - . -. .-. . ' vs- C. - -I n ' ' F- 1 U' PY -I T 2' :Y . ' ' 1 1 l ' 1 I1 1 I . 1 1 .. 'E NX W! J' XD-'J-fijbl 93' ffN tk'g! E K R.AfJr, Cv T? M4121 u urn I 0 UOOIIIHIIO lu: 111 l1aye sounded funny to 111e too yyhen I was as young as Alan r Yet Alan r cons1ders lllfI1SClf an old 111111 I tl1ought I was old too yyhen I yyas snyty hve That yyas yust rhout the t11ne th1t I Hrst got 1 had toueh of I'1ICL1ITl 1t1s111 llld I thought I yy as QOIIN.: to el1e, so I groaned and 111o111ed LIIIU1 Martha h1d sent for Frye doetors yyho hnally all agreed th If my 1l1e11111 1t1s111 yy IS Hflflllllg and thlt Id prolubly l1ye to be n1nety I111 11ot CILIIIC Illllefy yet hut elghtyf Llglf 11111 1 h1lf lb elose to 1t I IICY er me IIIICIX e1ther I 1 t IC etor nys Ill l1ye mother H10 1111yhe Oh no ple1se do11t s1y yo11 re sor I111 11ot tl1e least hlt sad a out Iye heen loolung foryy1rd to th1s eyer smee XIIYIIII d1ed snx yC'ifS 1150 Iieudes I s1yy n1y hrst gre1tgrandeh11d let wre I tl ed One of n1y Qr111dso11s Alan Camhers III, Heyy' all the way from Cal1forn1.1 to hrmg h1s tree months old daughter to see 111e

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i SE SLHAUDLR .fs w ax QE we vt' lk I LO : o O I W sz 5 Q 'I E S E Q HAVE you ever met hrm7 XWhy of course you have He rs the good fellow to all the boys The sympa thrzer to all the wrves The first love of the adolescent nreces The watch charm for all Squaw krng babres The catch for antrquated match makers The bulwark of famrly secrets The exceptronal example of frnancral fe lrcrty The pacrlist for all home drs putes The rrval rn Jealous affectrons The ear for old trmes You see I knew you knew hrm The Famrly Bachelor Hrs name could be anythrng from Joe to Stanrslaus but he rs always the same In case the paycheck has been lost truly and lrterally of course where does one go wrth hrs troubles? Not to hrs wrfe surely but to the good fellow, the swell pal Hrs rs the attentrye masculrne ear that lrstens to all the troubles of each wrfe Each one feelrng understood when she has finrshed Betty Lou rs growrng up now and suddenly her uncle becomes the drs trngurshedlookrng hero rn her day dreams When Aunt Em doesn t know what to do wrth the baby whrle she shops he rnevrtably gets the yob of knee rockrng When a secret has been locked up for just so long and rt must come out he rs most lrkely to be sought out as the most relrable I wrll probably be all oy er town wrthrn two weeks but meanwhrle he always knows first There rs always an rrre srstrble urge to marry hrm off to some one or other eyen though eyerybody knows hrs best grrl dred rn a trarn wreck or marrred hrs rryal or had buck teeth or an urge for teachrng So rt all the gatherrngs Aunt Trllre Aunt Mae and Aunt Sophre get to gether wrth a glrstenrng eye and long lrst of prospectrves He rs to all hrs srsters rn law the only good boy rn the famrly and hrs rmagrnary bank account good clothes car and so forth are the objects of constant exemplrflcatrons to all hrs brothers Although he was not en dowed wrth a marrrage lrcense h seems to be the only sensrble person when frmrly arguments reach therr prtch He rs always there for the extra lr md at prnochle and the boys would n t know w hat to do wrthout hrm when poker rs rn sessron Wfheneyer hrs youngest brothers second wrfe wants to get ey en wrth her husband she srts by our frrend and pours out all her complarnts for hrs sympathy and her husbrndsdrsapproyal Then too when exeryone has heard Grandpas storres for the tenth trme he moves to a quret corner and lrstens for the elev enth trme Ah, yes' Wfhat would lrfe be wrth out hrm' The sturdy plank rn a perr lous sea God grant that he may al w avs remarn a bachelor' Fozzrfeeu 1 V I T - - v - .. v . U, ' , ,K ' ,,. , - , ' ww F 7: I G lx - ' ' Z -- V Q-ef 4 X I h 7 v 4112... , I'-.QQ 5 . . 'jg' -. r . ' . 7 'X . '. f -R . Q' A r cw .rc - , .t 'INXQ-,I ' ' L: , . - . ly ,r K r : If t v -' A 5 A - 34 2 1 I, If.. 'ff . , , J, . . lar , , ,Q T l ' in 'A f r ' 1 . D - , ' ' 1 ' - 7 V 3 ' V . . I . , - . , ' ' ' ,. , a a I ' s ' ' 4 s 1 , - it I Y! ' l I 1, .rr f -' -1 Y f ll - ' ' 7 ' Q! 1, rc r, a a . - 7 7 7 . . . . . . , - . 1 , e C ' C . I 7 - . ' 2 Q . . K ' 1 ' - - . . y , . L . , ' 7 - .1 ,, rf - ,, ' 1 . , . . . . 7 , , . , , ' Y Y ' Y . ' . Y - - . . . , , 4 - v ' y' v . . Y r ' 3 Y v ' 7 I . v W , ' ' , y Y l 1 I I 1 v 7 9 9 7 1 - 7 7 v V , y , ' ' g . . v. Y , 9 7 , rr V rv rr ,, . . .

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J? 4211? 'g,,,.P' at '21 Q ff bxxad She xxas 1 sweet thmg 111 rou11d 111d ehubby 'UIL1 llLl2,1'llI1g,, Sometnnes xxhen I loolxed at l1er sl1e exen re 111111ded 111e of 0111 Ahee and I kept fllllllxlllzfl of l1oxv M 11tl11 loxed our 11tt1e g11l 111d 11oxx Martha pla1111ed for l1e1 111d how M1rtl11 erxed xxl1e11 she d1ed And Al1ee IS a11ot11er reason xxhy Im glad to d1e beeause 1f all f11lS talk about tl1e hereafter and the lrfe to come and etern1ty 15 true then Ill see Alree 1ga111 and Ill be able to play a11d yolxe xx 1tl1 11er and Martha tl1e xx 1y xxe used to do together There s another 1615011 for me to be 1 ppy too I h1d one last Chrrstmas just a xxeele ago Alan sard ts tl1e hrst t1n1e JIIYOIIC Celebrated Chrrst 1111s 111 une At first 11e d1dnt ex en xx 111t to et 111e do It e S11 XN0l1f seen1 l1Le Chrrstmas I:lfl'161 The SUI1 IS s111111ng and Hoxxers are 111 bloom 111d IIS posrtrxely borlrng ou But I lxnexx rt zz 0111171 seem l111e Cl111st1111s Cl1r1stn11s tl1e xxay rt xxas tl1e ye1r A1111 got Il111'11CL1 a11d Mar t 1 111d I xxent to I1o11d1 fOl 1 x a IOII S1 I yust told A1111 tl11t 1t xx 19 tl1e Splflf and not tl1e weather that eounted, a11d xxe eelebxated Cl1r1st111as Ill Iune T11e young doetor xx as prettx stub bor11 about lf too He sa1e1 'But Mr Cambers, xou eant leaxe tl1e hosprtal exe11 1f 1t IS yust for one day It xx1ll 11111 you I s d Vxfell I111 dung 111 xxay so I guess I may as xxell go 11ome And I d1d go home Ala11 r helped n1e xx r1te tl1e Cl1r1st 1n1s e1rds and h1s daug11ter d1d all my C11r1stmas shopprng for 111e And tl1ey bought 1 11uge Chr1st1n1s tree 1nd xxreaths 111d l1ghts 111d deeor1 trons 1nd l1ad tl1CITl put up 111 oxer tl1e l1ouse lxerythrng xxas green and red 111d g1y Lxen the people xxere 111er11e1 t11111 usuil from Ne111e tl1e eoolx doxx ll to l1tt1e N1111 xxho spent 111s xxo11de1111g 11oxx 9111t1 C us Lillllil LUIITC VNIIIIOUI' 11151 SIIOVV Some ICIWOIICIS l1e11d 1bout 111e 111d t11ex p1111ted tl1e sto1y 111 then 11exxs p1pe1s SOITIC of them referred to me IS 111 eeee11t11e old ge11t1e1n111 Oth e111ed 11e 1 e11xy ole f 111 ot11ers xxl1o sud t11ey p1t1ed me e111ed me 1 poor old man But tl1e1e xx as no 1easo11 to p1ty me because I was h1ppy XVe 111d 1 lot of fun that Chnstmas d1y All 111y C111ld1en xxere t11e1e 1nd 111 Uly gr1nde1111dren 111d n1y o111y great gr 111de1111d and It grxes a 1111111 a xxonderful feelrng to see tl1at such eheerful happy yOL1ITgSfC1S xx1ll earry o11 afte1 111m Tl11s 1ffCll'lOOI1 tl1e young IILIISC xx l1o xx IS supposed to be fllxlllig e11e of me xx 111ted to see 1 111ox1e 1xxfu1ly bad So I yust told her to go 111d xxl1en sl1e 111d gone '1llL1 nobody xx 1s 'IKOLIIILI to ee 111e I got out of bed 111d vot d1essed 111d s11e11xed out of the hos p1t11 111d xy e11t fo1 1 xx 1111 111 tl1e eoun tx' T11e young doetor sa1d I should 11exer xx .1111 any more but I Cant see xx 11e1e 1t matters mueh xxhether I xvalle or not so I xxe11t out to talxe .1 last loole around tl1e plaee T11e1e xxe1e .111 .1xx ful lot of 1111111518 81111111 f 1 Q W , my 1 in f 'Q . . 1, -- . j. xo t fm, - ,f .'g1g5,.3K ,. or 4 gf!! 1 f,- 1 . 1 . ji, ja A -V , 'al . . y' Y 1 y ' ', ' ' 5 - . '- - ' -Va I H ' ' I I ll ' I , 5 X 1, 1 1 ' : Pe . .' 4,-l X ,j XX ' . n-Q - fy, A . , f ' 'nj ' X 1 I , I il 1-1 ' I I rr A 1 - , - 1'.- - ' , .- I . . '-1,, -- rs. 1- - -- ., ' .j. A x. xxx L c , -A , .- -' 'A ,jf-.A W-1 V '-1 .4-, ,Q ' X y . 5-1 Y., . e -A,',--- - 1 1 , -- . ...,-,xy . pr., xo .,-,- 1, A-'gsaefj' ' we-, ,ryv-amy, , ,. , ' . ,- --Q - -f -' 1 uw ' 1 1 1 ' .F 1,-- 1 f,v ' X :Q 1 . - .: 1 N ' ' 1 Q l 1' 1 -My tvydfyawy Q 4 . '- .H1-44,-'Qgz 'UI 1.3 , 'fkecury . 1. , ,, y , - K u . , , . , .A - -,f'--- . ' --.' . ' 'Q - A- 1 a .r -for , 'l ' 2 2 1 - 1 1 1 a L L I KY, L 7 . , U , 1 ' 1 1 1 X '. ' ' . 1 , , . , , - l1o 1 ' 1' K1 ' 11 1 ,la 3 ' r' I 1 V - A - 1 - . - I L L L L K l a y' - f V f 1 ' ' ' ' A' B' ' Y ' 1' - 9 4 1 ' 2 ' 2 1 ' ' 1 - - - - 1 . 2 . . - ' K ' ' ' -1 1 1' W H f 'I 1 1 , - ers 1 A 1 . 1 . ' 1 ool, 1 d ' I r ' V , l y . h 'f , -1 1 - 1 , 2 . , 1 . ,, 7 7 1 - h - 1 . , ' , 4 1 v ' - 1' , f 2 1. 1' 7 ' I . f ' 1 K . , . V V . . . ' 2 ' 4 4 . I 1 , 1 1a ', . 1 ' , 1 ' A 1 ' ' ' , , ' ' Y , -, - ' ' ' V L . , jr. 1 K k 1 , - k ' ' I - - 1 v v - v. t - 1 I . ' . ' ' 'L l . I-I 1 d. It ' ' . , ' ' . ' ' . , - ' I - ' 1 - , L . 'f Y , 1 ' ' - '1 2 ' L' sz ' 2 ' 1 1 k fl 1 K 1 , 2 1 r . 91 ' ' ' , I , t. - f v I f 7 , L A - L f 1 ' ' ' ' 1 K1 . 1 ' '. 1 ' 1 1 ' 2 ' , ' - S . ' I . 2 5, 111 1 ' ' ' 1 ' 1 'ae' - ' 'J , 2 ' ti ' - t . 1 z 1 'z. 1 , 1 ' 1 '2 ' -