Mexico Central High School - Mexiconian Yearbook (Mexico, NY)

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CLASS PROPHECY The year 1974 Professor Elxrn H Prerce Emerrtus now advrsor to the Presrdent formerly a MACS Englrsh teacher returns to hrs old home tovxn to xrevs the World Premrere of Monsreur Allen Henderson s new opera Dance of the Earth vu orm starrrng Irancrsco Brrontrnr the world frmous tenor We find Mr Prerce IS hrs rocketshrp glrdes to 1 lrndrnp on the Beatty and Hubbard landrnc strrp located rn Pople Rrdge The trrmly unrformed prlot Cene accrdent free Black and the stewardess Shrrley Ross help out the elderly educator Drck Wrllrams xx ho operates the helrcopter servrce between Pople Rrdge and Mexrco speedrly transports the old man to Mexrco s branch of the Worldxxrtle Hunt Hotel Chun Mr Prerce reqrsters wrth the room clerk Gorden Schrpper who grves hrm hrs key Brll Sxxrtts Bell Captarn personallv conducts Mr Prerce to hrs room As he emerges from the ele vator Mr Prerce rs startled by Lawyer Mary Dawley and her secretary Mrllre Peterson who are rushrng to court to defend Clark Newton rn hrs 16th drvorce case Clark never could stand one vsoman too long' After a short rest rn hrs room Mr Prerce prcks up the phone and calls the swrtchboard whrch to hrs surprrse rs operated by Grace Glenrster and her assrstant Lrla Sparrowk and frnds out the trme of the premrere Later at the theatre after buyrng hrs trcket from trcket sellers Lrllran Czrrr and Marlene Fuller he rs shown to hrs seat rn the balcony by the he1d usher Dave Brown As the orchestra whrch rncrdentally rs led by Mrs Suzanne Neff Sponable the famous oborst and composer tunes up Mr Prerce glances over the audrence He rs not surprrsed to see so many famous celebrrtres rn the crovrd because after the grad uatron of the class of 1954 Mexrco became the center of world culture As he looks over the crowd avr artrng the curtarn he sees the rnternatronal grocery tycoon rm Sachel srttrng next to Secretary of Arjrrculture Don Rose and hrs vsrfe the former oan Huntrngton Sandra Hanley the famous theraprst S enqaped rn a professronal drscussron vsrth oann Haas now a relsbrstered nurse Representrng the mrlrtary are General and Mrs formerly Bev Edwards Paul Goldych of the Marrne Corps Commander Tom Steele of the Merchant Marrne and General of the Army 524 Q 'T V. . . V 1 s 1 1 f 1 . 7 Y. 7 ' - . .. , - ,, . : . . . 1 . Y - . - V f , L c , 1 . . 2 h 7 2 2 V l f Y L . L 7 I 4 ' D L , c 1 1 4 ' . . . V . . 1. Y , L, . , . , . 1 , 1 L . ' L, V 7 1 L ' 7 7 1 . . V , . r 7 5 , . Y . 4 1 1 1 1 V 4 1 1 , 1 , . 1 1 1 ' f V N V Y . . . 1 Y . . V. t L , J - , , 1 7 , . . 7. J L 1 7 D C , 1

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Chuck Hunt wrlls hrs place rn the band to anyone who lrkes to toot hrs own horn Ira Ives leaves hrs connectrons rn Fulton to Don Bellrnger Marran ohnson wrlls her seat rn the senror class room to any yunror who wants rt Alan ones wrlls hrs abrlrty to drrve carefully and rntellrgently to Paul Wrse Margre ones leaves her abrlrty to get 96 on her bookkeeprng II Regents to any junror who goes on to take rt rn college Katherrne McCarthy leaves her abrlrty to pass world hrstory as easrly as she drd to any poor senror who has to attempt rt Carolyn Moore wrlls her long drstance phone calls to Oswego to any junror who can afford rt Helen Mowry wrlls her abrlrty rn geometry to Martha Dunn Suzanne Neff leaves her secret knack of keeprng local post office personnel busy to Allre Youngs Clark Newton leaves knowledge of the wrlds of Pople Rrdge to Don Sade Donald Newton wrlls hrs safe and sane abrlrty to keep hrs car out of snow drrfts to john Holbrook Mrldred Peterson leaves her seat next to Mr Prerce rn first perrod study hall to anyone who apprecrates subtle humor Donna Rrce leaves her abrlrty to be embarrassed rn Englrsh to Evadna Ives Don Rose and oan Huntrngton leave therr double locker to Frances Rose and Lennre Smrth Shrrley Ross wrlls her herght to oyce Namrtz rm Sachel leaves hrs ambrtron and pep to Jud Backus Gordon Schrpper leaves to Garl Kenyon the fourth seat from the door rn Mr Prerce s Englrsh Class It s the easrest to sleep rn' Lourse Sherman wrlls her senror operator s lrcense to patrent Carol Wrllrams Lrla Sparrowk leaves her quret reserved ways to Shrrley Adams Tom Steele leaves all hrs used flash bulbs to Mrss Thomas rn payment for all the classes he mrssed whrle takrng prctures Brll Swrrts leaves hrs abrlrty as a salesman to any perseverrng junror rm Oney wrlls hrs posrtron on the football team to any junror who s not superstrrrous Helen Sachel wrlls her abrlrty to play the prano to Donna Wrrght Nancy Smrth leaves her post as secretary of the Student Councrl to anyone who can wrrte legrbly Drck Wrllrams wrlls hrs abrlrty to get along wrth others and hold hrs temper to Brll Dumas The Class of 1954 leaves the prrde and prestrge that comes wrth berng senrors to the junror class and hopes there rs enough to go around Wrtnessed june 29 rn the year of our Lord 1954 by K McCarthy N Cone and B Hornrg ps . .I. . . . H . . .5 . ' ' A . . . J .' . A . l . l .I ll , .. . .. 1

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francis Brown who IS flanked by his two fudes Alan ones ind Ronnlc Clirlc both I'1rst Lleutenlnts The mtern 1t1on1lly fzmous pllyboys of the French Rvxerx lr1 Ixes md n Oney both stlll btchclors trc sc tted III box sc nts nur Helen Mow ry who lb novs the pupll of Albert flnstern md C irol Battles vt ho IS preslclent of Cenerll Motors In the front of the theatre Mr Plerce sees Mr ind Mrs formerly Mary Fllen O M trt tclc Clbbs slttlng IIUOINN their l 1 chrldren Also tmonp the m 1rr1ecl set 1re Mr and Mrs R Stone Carolyn Moore Mr Incl Mrs Don Hansen Nancy and Mrs W BCl'lllHL, Mlrron Hurlbut Mr and Mrs Eirl Hcnry Kme Mcflrthy incl Mr and Mrs J Wlll1llUS lxldI'f.,lC ones As the llghts begln to clrm Mr Prerce sples Helen Sachel and Nancy Sm1th U S Delegates to the U N and their staff from the Secretlrllt Pit Cole l'd1th Booth Mmm ohnson incl Louise Shermln and they glVC hlm a frlendly wave Don New ton manager of the MCXILO Opera House grves the orchestri the slgnal and followrng a short overture the curtarns part and the opera starts xuth a gay pxrl s chorus com posecl of Donna Rice Carol Carp Annle Fellers 1nd Marllyn Beesley On th1s lovely scene Mr Pxerce ln the true tradrtlon of the theltre promptly closes hrs eyes and drops off to sleep Carolyn Moore Sul lnne Neff oan Huntington P51 V li ' f 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' i ' 1, 1 ' . 1 .lit f .l 1 A1 i f ' ' ' 1 , 1 1.1 ' D ' 1 2 . f 0 1 1 ' 1' . k'1 L' ' -' ' . 1 ' 1 1 .' . . Q C 4 D, I . 2 N. ' Conej, Mr, and Mrs. Demllt Graves fB11rb11r11 HCDYDISE, Mr. 1 1. . ' Q Q 1 'A . ' . '1 ' f 1 ' '11 1 . 1 . . ' '1 c ff v A1 1. L I ,I 1 1 N - 1 1 . ' ' I ' 1 1 , 1 , ,-1 . , 1 1 tl ' , 1 ' 1 ,' ' . 2 7 ' 1. 7 ' 1- 1 1 2 r 7' 1 75 v ' - I1 ' , 3' S, , 1 D 14 2 -.1 1 1 , I 1 , ' . ,I , Al ,J I . J