Lyme Central School - Ontarion Yearbook (Chaumont, NY)

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‘P’urft tecy The year is 1972, and the 1962 graduating class of Lyme Central is reunited to hear of one another’s failures and accomplishments. Most of the members of the class have arranged to be in New York City for this reunion, which is being held at the Gaslight. The Gaslight in Greenwich Village was reopened by JEANNIE JACKLING shortly after our graduation. After only a few run-ins with the law, the business is thriving so that Jeannie is considering opening a Kerosene Lantern on Three Mile Point. JANICE BECK and MARILYN HOWARD have started an exclusive girls' college in the foothills of the Adirondacks. It’s ideally situated between a famous ski lodge and an ivy-league male school. They are flooded with applications, and it is rumored that it may possibly develop into one of the nation's most renowned schools. JOAN BLOCK, now working as a photographer for the New York Times, managed to catch some shots of famous personalities who are willing to pay quite a bit for the negatives. She insists, though, that blackmail is the farthest thing from her mind. Since the last time we saw JUDY CHAVOUSTIE, she has been very busy. She presently has her own dairy and is trying to raise cows that will produce chocolate milk. At last report, no luck! Shortly after our graduation, an anonymous bearded gentleman handed CHRISTINE COMINS a scholarship to the Sorbonne in France. She is now working as an interpreter at the United Nations headquarters in New York. During our class trip to New York City ten years ago, DORIS GOSIER was spotted by a model- ing agency. After completing high school, Doris accepted their offer and has become one of the top fashion models in the nation. JACK GROSS is now the only male member of The Redhead basketball team. The girls met him and loved him so that they voted him their mascot. We find MICHAEL KELLY has made a fortune with his accumulated claim forms. Experts are still trying to connect him to the recent financial upheaval at Lyme Central. KENNETH LANNING is posing for Breck ads. Mr. Breck caught a glimpse of Kenny’s lovely golden locks and immediately signed him up for life. KATHLEEN PETERS was sent by one of her former classmates to pick up his car before this reunion. Obediently she found the car and started back. Suddenly she heard an awful com- motion. When she stopped to find out the cause of the trouble, she discovered she had stolen the Police Chief's car! CINDY PHILLIPS, while serving as chief executive assistant for Trans-World Airlines, was given her own private jet. On her way to our reunion, she was annoyed to find the left wing loose. Calmly, she crawled out on the wing and fastened it securely with her bubble gum. Known for her familiarity with West Point, MARLYNE PLANTY is now drum majorette for the West Point marching band. We hear she seldom spends a free evening, thanks to the cadets. 17

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s4dvcce to tAe Seacoro We advise JANICE BECK to keep up her bowling. She may break her own record. We advise JOAN BLOCK to open an optimism factory. Just think how nice it would be if her optimism could be mass produced. We advise JUDY CHAVOUSTIE to open her own cafeteria. Her past experience would make it a sure success. We advise CHRISTINE COMINS to open her own marina. You can just bet that Chris would be her own best customer. We advise DORIS GOSIER to become a telephone operator. Her experience in using the phone would certainly prove valuable. We advise JACK GROSS to construct his own transmission factory. He seems to have trouble keeping them in order. We advise MARILYN HOWARD to buy a Cadillac. It would be some change from a Nash. We advise JEANNIE JACKLING to teach an adult education class in ceramics. She’s had lots of experience making ash trays. We advise MICHAEL KELLY to enter the Armored Division of our armed forces. We can already hear Mike's gleeful laughter as he smashes through the Berlin Wall with his tank. We advise KENNETH LANNING to continue in the field of chemistry. He may find a new way to make synthetic alcohol. We advise KATHLEEN PETERS to continue her wild whistling. Maybe she can get a job with Mitch Miller’s Sing-along Gang. We advise CYNTHIA PHILLIPS to become a trained veterinarian so she can help Dick with his drugged ducks. We advise MARLYNE PLANTY to become a homemaking teacher. She seems to have enjoyed that subject during high school. We advise DONALD QUENCER to study math at Columbia University and write a textbook en- titled Fundamentals of Impossible Math” to supplement the present math textbooks. We advise JOYCE REFF to return to Lyme Central as an art teacher so we won't have to do with- out one next year. We advise KAREN SNYDER to buy economy sized packages of white face powder to hide her con- stant blushing. We advise ROWLAND TALBOT to become the United States Secretary of the Treasury. By sav- ing other people's tax refunds he would soon be able to buy the White House and could rent it to prospective inhabitants. We advise DIANE THOMPSON to open a bay-side refreshment stand. She should be able to make millions with her perfect location. We advise MICHELE TWISDALE to learn to do her own dissecting. She may not be able to bribe anyone while in nurses' training. We advise PRESTON WILEY to enter show business. With his build he could replace Tarzan. We advise AUDREY YOTT to become a car dealer. Her tactics for getting different cars is incredible. We advise JANICE YOTT to keep up her singing. We have heard many a sample in the Driver Ed. car. 16

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DONALD QUENCER was unable to attend the reunion as he is under observation at Bellevue Hospital. It has been reported that Don has no joints! JOYCE REFF recently made headline news as an artist. She had the honor of having one of her works displayed in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. However, the picture was accidentally hung upside down. Amazingly enough, Joyce had called the picture My Days at Lyme Central. While working for Jeannie, KAREN SNYDER met a bongo drum salesman who introduced her to his boss. The boss, a millionaire, and Karen were recently married and are now honey- mooning on the S.S. Bongo in the tropics. ROWLAND TALBOT was so praised for his student council work that John F. Kennedy found he required his services. Ronny is now the President's personal advisor. After suffering bankruptcy due to the drafting of one of its chief executives, the Oldsmobile Corporation is now back on its feet, thanks to DIANE THOMPSON, who stepped in and saved the business by adding to its line little compact Oldsmobile convertibles in stripes and plaids. MICHELE TWISDALE is now serving ten years in Kingston Penitentiary. It seems she ac- cidentally stabbed a patient with a broken thermometer. Louis Wehle passed PRESTON WILEY working on the farm shortly after graduation. He was so impressed by Preston’s work that he gave him half ownership of Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties. Still in Switzerland after a square dancing contest, AUDREY YOTT is anxiously awaiting the results. She has been traveling with this group for ten years, and they have yet to lose a com- petition. Having worked with children for some years, JANICE YOTT became the mother of an entire orphanage. All was going fine until she attempted to discipline a six-foot youth who, in turn, broke Janice's collar bone. We, the Senior Class of 1962 of Lyme Central School of Chaumont, in the county of Jefferson, in the state of New York, being of inferior mind, do make, publish, and declare this our last will and testament in the following manner: FIRST: To MR. WRIGHT we leave the peace that could only result from our leaving. To the PERSONNEL we leave thanks for watching over us for the past twelve years. To the JUNIORS we leave a vast sum of unpaid bills for them to take care of in any way they see fit. To the FACULTY we just leave! SECOND: I, JANICE BECK, leave my place at the head of the alphabet to Tommy Yott. 18