Lyme Central School - Ontarion Yearbook (Chaumont, NY)

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CfetSS PtOpJt Cy The date is June, 1993, thirty years after the graduation of the Class of '63. The occasion is the thirtieth class reunion, being held in the conference room of the famed Haas Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. As a naval physician stationed at the Bethesda Naval Hospital, STEVE HAAS gained world-wide recognition when he cured the President of the United States of a severe case of juvenile acne. Today, Dr. Haas and his colleagues are on the threshold of discovering the cause of men- tal retardation among psychiatrists. We find that NANCY DODGE, after marrying a Seaman recruit who later decided to make a life career of the Navy, has had a ship constructed for her and her thirteen unlucky children. She is going to name it the U.S.S. Bates. DONALD HEASLEY owns a two thousand acre dairy farm in northern New York. Because his Holsteins are producing so much milk, he had a milk plant built on his land. This way Don has no trouble in getting his milk to pass inspection. He was telling us that he just purchased a U-2 plane yesterday so he can keep a closer watch over his farm. JAMES HILL, great white hunter for Nirobi Safaris, Inc., has been lost somewhere in the vast jungles of the Congo region for twenty-five . years. After graduation, Jim became a guide, believing that with his great knowledge of wilderness survival and his hunting skills, he could become quite successful in such a vocation. Without a doubt, he became extremely successful. In the five years that he worked for his employers before he was lost, Jim served as guide for the Shah of Iran, Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco, and Jose Jimenez. It has been said that on one occasion Jim even showed Tarzan the way to go home. Unfortunately, his spectacular career was cut short when a band of gorillas saved him from the horns of a giant wild beast. His gunbearers say the last glimpse they ever had of Jim was as he was being carried into the never-explored regions of the Congo, struggling fiercely, but to no avail. Those goril’- s haven't brought him back. PAUL MASON, after working for twelve years as chief construction engineer for U.S. Steel, became owner of his own company, Mammoth Mason Construction Co. Because of the magnitude of the project under- taken by his company, Paul has constructed three wonders of the world, one of which is the just-completed San Francisco-Tokyo monorail. When asked what he plans next, Paul replied, The biggest job yet. I'm going to move the Los Angeles Freeway under ground. In addition to James Hill, the class of 1963 finds another member who has not been able to join them. It seems that for the past thirty years, ALICE WHITMORE POND has been unable to land her jet, the Pond 99, due to weather conditions. Alice, however, reports to us each year by way of her two-way radio. We find mat sne now has a band of women jet-fliers, called the Fanny Fancy Friers. As a result of her

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Cfows f-Hstouf In September, 1959, 22 members started our freshman year. Our class advisor was Mr. Dodge, and our officers were: President, Paul Mason; Vice-President, Jennifer Ross; Secretary, Sherry Bourcy; Treasurer, Don Heasley; and Student Council Representative, Paul Mason. As sophomores, our advisui was Mrs. Dunham. Officers were: President, Jennifer Ross; Vice-President, Rosalyn Reff; Secretary, Sherry Bourcy; Treasurer, Lois Walker; and Student Council Represen- tative, Paul Mason. Our main activity was a magazine sale. The following fall we returned to LCS as juniors. Our office » were elected as follows: President, Don Heasley; Vice-President, Rosalyn Reff; Secretary, Jennifer Ross; Treasurer, Lois Walker; and Student Council Representative, Don Heasley. Our advisor was Mr. Van Schaick. That year our activities included the sale of refresh- ments at basketball games, a stationery sale, the presentation of two one-act plays, and our Junior Prom, with Paul Mason and Rosalyn Reff as King and Queen. This year, a small, but optimistic, group of nine seniors entered school. Our class advisor has again been Mr. Van Schaick. Our of- ficers have been: President, Rosalyn Reff; Vice-President, Nancy Dodge; Secretary, Steven Haas; Treasurer, Don Healsey; and Student Council Representatives, Steven Haas and Don Heasley. Activities have been the publication of the 1963 Ontarion, a dance, fudge sales, and the senior trip to New York City. Of the graduating class, five members, Nancy Dodge, Steven Haas, Don Heasley, Paul Mason, and Nelson Radley, entered the first kindergarten class to be held at Chaumont. Through our years at LCS, many persons have been members of our class from time to time. It might be interesting to list those who were with us sometime during the last four years: Elmina Thompson, Lois Walker, Jennifer Ross, Paula Madill, Sherry Bourcy, Arlene Slate, Dorothy Davis, Carol Barr, Rose Viselli, David Lear, Larry Radley, Dean Putnam, Milfred Patchin, Walter Tyler, Bradford Gif- ford, Robert Champion, and Phillip Barbour. Our class flower is the Sweetheart Rose, and our colors are black and silver. Our class motto is: When you're through learning, you're through.

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driving (remember - she took drivers training at LCS), she has held possession of the 100-pound gold championship cup in the Powder Puff Derby for the past two decades. NELSON RADLEY has achieved great fame in the one sport so dear to graduates of Lyme, basketball. But at the ripe old age of 47, Nelson is retiring and is trying his hand at golf. When I asked him how he likes this game, he said, I can't seem to master the art of drib- bling that little ball. That isn’t all. There aren't any baskets around here to put it in. It seems that until last week, no one knew exactly what had happened to ROSALYN REFF, since she hadn’t been heard from for thirty years. Finally, a classmate, Nancy Dodge, received a letter from Rosalyn and brought it to our reunion. Rosie has been happily married for thirty years. On graduation night, 1963, she was invited to a party on the second floor of the Hotel Woodruff. When she entered the elevator, it suddenly went down, instead of up. It seems that Donnie Goutremount was the operator. Having swept Rosie up and carried her to his '59 Chevy, he evaded the police, which Rosie's mother had sent to catch them, and soon were out of the state. For the last thirty years, Donnie and Rosie have been living on their Kentucky horse ranch, the Flying Chevy Ranch, the same place where their six children were born and raised. Throughout the country, collectors accumulate various things, old trains, cars, planes, even small boats. These items are usually antiques and become priceless in the future. Today we find GERALD THOMPSON with the largest collection of '37 Chevrolets in the world. His main reason is obvious.. Even at this time he still has his original '37. He needs all the others for spare parts to keep his first one in driving order. tfr tlxpj OtodfriS We advise NANCY DODGE to go to college and get her MRS degree. We advise STEVEN HAAS to become a Doctor of Mechanics. Then he can diagnose the ailments of his car and fix it too. We advise DONALD HEASLEY to go to agricultural school. Then he can open Heasley Farms Inc. and compete with Wehle Farms. We advise JAMES HILL to play basketball for the Nats. He certainly must have had experience in all sorts of basketball tricks after playing on Lyme Central’s team. We advise PAUL MASON to open a dance studio with his specialty being the twist. Maybe he’ll develop another new dance craze. We advise ALICE WHITMORE POND to demonstrate her home cooking at the State Fair. We're sure she would win first prize. We advise NELSON RADLEY to enter dramatics school and become an actor. He certainly has been an all-time Romeo at LCS.