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

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AMENDMENTS Class Will We the Senlor Class of Mexico Academy and Central School on this day of June ln the year of our bequeath our last Testament that is to say Shirley Adams wllls her love for history to Nan Ramsey Jud Backus wills his height to Carl Farrell Paul Baratler leaves his place on the F F A basketball team to Bob Hager Don Belllnger wllls his place on High Honor to Don Smith Pearl Booth leaves her connections on Fulton to June Howard Morton Byrant leaves his mathematical solutions to George Gibbs Bob Carp wllls his amusing jokes to Yvonne Kllllan Nan Craner leaves her position at Backus to anyone who can fill lt Dick Dallor wills his position on the champonshlp varsity to Mr Points Myer Jim Davies leaves nothing for he needs lt all Marcia DeLong leaves all Parish business matters to Katy Feeny Martha Dunn wills her ability to keep a car on the road lat least most of the tlmej to Ian Wilkins Ruth Ellis leaves her homework to Jo Ann Grlmshaw John Francis wills his prlvrledge to be excused llegallyy at noon to Gary Woolson Myrtle Fravor leaves her quiet ways to Tommy Jerrett Judy Gibson wills her collection of overdue books to Susan Gray Jim Gleason wllls his ability to stay out of school to Wayne Francis Joan Grandjean leaves her freckles to Ricky Spriggs 41-le needs them l Bob Grandjean wills his enjoyment Q91 of school to Leslie Cronk John Griffmg wllls his ability to be an Empire Farmer to Dennis Cook John Holbrook wills his He man Physique to Jim Keech Nan Hurlbut leaves her surplus knowledge of Latin to Ethel Craw Vicky Inget leaves her scribbled on book covers to Gall Kenyon Exadna Ives leaves her connections in the Navy to Linda Chubb Sherm Kennedy wllls his athletic ability to Blll Dumas Helen Kleslnger wills her one and only dlmple to Leona Sherman Tom LaCla1r wllls his position on the varslty football squad to Bill Matson Janice Lawrence leaves her senior privilege to get ahead ln the lunch line to Marilyn Black Mary Louise Magnuson leaves a spool of thread and a needle to Linda Janstrom Frank Mannlse leaves his daily ride on bus 18 to anyone who doesnt mind being late every morning Cole McAdam leaves his basketball .xnlform to Jim Mitchell Edna McLymond leaves her perch in the glrls basement to any Junior girl who is willing to take the chances of being caught Joyce Namltz wills her ability to play basketball to Joyce Wilmer Bob Nichols wills Miss Thomas to Dick Yablonskl Dick Pachoud wllls his shares in the art room to Darlene Runlons Ken Parkhurst wills his curly hair to Reggie Mayne Jm Pierce leaves all his love to qyou know who'l Jim Purdy wills his ablllty to remember the key slgnature when playing trombone to Bob Phelps Charlle Robinson wills his ax to Duane Wllson to keep sharp Frances Rose wills her traxelmv bureau to Linda Kirkland Don Sade leaves his brass knuckles to Doris Chorley Ellen Samson just plain leaves Dick Skinner leaves his Romeo-technique to Dale Dusharm. Lennie Smith wills his pegged pants and suede shoes to Nerves. Suzie Stoutenger wills her low stature to Arlene Ellis. Sandy Sutllff leaves her ability to talk ln business classes and get away with lt occasionally to Sheila Forester. Irene Ware leaves her devil-may-care expression to Janice Walton. Carol Williams leaves her hearing ald to Tlllle Sherman. for Tlllle needs it as much as Carol does. Paul Wlse leaves his cows to Fran Alder. Donna Wright leaves her position as Drum Majorette to anyone lucky enough to be appointed. Allie Youngs leaves Fran Sawyer as the sole owner of all Chemistry equipment they hoarded all year. Bob Zleske leaves his ability to confuse Miss Thomas with outrageous history answers to Dick Hall Last but definitely not least, we leave a bottle of tlntalr to Mr. Asplnwall to cover up his gray hairs given to hlm by the Drlver's Tralnlng Class. To Mr. Blank we wlsh to leave seventh perlod free. To Miss Wade we leave the honor of sponsoring the H. S.J.D.'l. To Mr. Plerce we leave a Marlon Brando T-shlrt to wear with his best suits. To the rest of the faculty we leave next year's Senlors to struggle with. Signed and sealed by Sandra Sugng THE SENIOR CLASS OF '55 25 Lord Nineteen hundred and fifty five, being of sound and healthy lwell, some of ua arel mind do hereby

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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Class Histor y As we entered our Freshman year in the fall of 1901 we elected Evadna Ives as pr sldent and Donna Wright Judith Gibson Shirley Adams Sandra Sutliff Frank Mannise Robert Nichols and Robert Zieske as advisors and delegates to the Junior Student Council Many of our members were actlve in band and chorus with Martha Dunn and Leonard Smlth going to All State for chorus and Donna Wright and Marcia DeLong representing the band Our ath letes both boys and girls partlcipated in intramurals and freshman boys basketball We dis covered that we had som excellent actors and actresses 1n our midst when we took first prize in the annual one act play contest with our play Apple for Teacher under the direction of Mr John Gokey Beginning our second t rm we find John Francis as president with John Grlfhng Rob ert Carp and J1m Pierce as advisors and Carol Williams Shirley Adams and Frank Mannlse as Senior Student Council delegates We sponsored our nrst dance the Harvest Hop Our athlet s again represented us in the various school sports In the one act play contest we saw the play Mad Breakfast again under the direction of Mr Gokey bring us second prize Our musicians and singers continued their activities in band and at the various All State programs In our third term we fmd Frances Rose as our chief executive with Jim Plerce Judy Gibson and John Grifling ass1st1ng Shirley Adams was vice president of the Senior Student klns dance and the Basketball dance Our from our class went to All State Our class ected by Mr Rlchard Wldell with which we prize in the prize speaking contest with her year with the Junior Prom and were eagerly In the last term we elected Shirley lams and Leonard Smith as asslstants Jim Ex adna Ives was vice president Our delegates ti r We sold magazines this year with sales Ruth under the direction of Mr Pierce and athletes represented us well this year Many play thls year was entitled One of Us dir earned second prize Carol Williams won first interpretation of Bridge Bore We ended our anticipating our final year Adams as president and Bob Z1 zke Carol Will Pierce was president of the Student Council and were Allle Youngs Tom LaClair and Paul Bara totaling S2 187 85 Our class play was Dear starring Carol Williams Judith Gibson D1ck Dailor All1e Youngs J1m Pierce Sherman Kennedy Mary Louise Magnuson Donna Wright Don Sade and Justin Backus Don Sade won the American Legion Oratorlcal Contest for th school and Carol Willlams again won the prize speaklng contest Our athletes were again very active as were our musicians and singers who participated in the annual All State program We sponsored the Football Dance Turkey Trot Donkey Basketball Fculty Student Game Magrc Show Mexiconian and ended the year with the SCHIOI' B2-11 and 0'-11' C1285 UID We are all looking forward to a bright future due chiefly to our happy years at MACS Judith Gibson 24 , . V Y . . O . . . . . - , ' 1 ' , , U YY 3 . . 1 I I H 11 ' . 4 l ' ' Y Council with Robert Ziezke, and Tom LaClair as delegates to it. We sponsored the Sadie Haw- . - ' ' 46 H ' - . . .D . - Y . - . g . Y . , - 'S . C ' ' I , . . H I 1 - D 9 l , v Y l 1 I x

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As maln speaker at the c remony we BILLS Class P1 ophecy As a result 01 the 1nter st created by the Federal thene of tl1e 191.1 Annual Mr P1erce ran for the p1 sldency of tl1e Un1ted States 1n 19.96 a11d was unammoasly elected Aft r a p1osperous term whlch lncluded annexlng Rus 1a to the U S he was re elected It IS the nlght of the Inaugural Ball and as we aoo oach Mefnco row tl1e natlonal C3D1l01 ue are surprlsed to s e many former classmates also h aded for the Ball P1lot1ng our 1el1copter1 Leo 1ard Sm1th asslsted by h1s co p1lot Nancy Hurlbut These two wer always tne star puplls of he dr1v1n0 class From th aenal vlew we see the me ropol1s has spread to th 1111'fhty Sal on R Pollng h1s barge along the rlver we see Captaln Dcn Sade Don condt t gv .1 fours up down the r1ver wxth Charles Robinson as ass1stant polebearer and Suzanne Stoutenger as turer As w al1ght from our hellcopter we are welcomed by J1m Dav1es head of the port and the Marlne Band led by Don Belhnffer c1ans as Frank Mann1se J1m Purdy and John 111 the hellcopter cons1st1ng of All1e Youngs much that xnternat onal peace has been creat d portfoho to Germany who has been w1th her W1ll1ams Secretary of Health Educat1on and an EC a Comprlslng the band are such en11nent mus1 Grifiing Thls group IS here to greet th notables Iurd chief delegate to the UN wl1o talked so Donna Wrlght McCarthy ambass do w1t'1out raneous husband General McCarthy rd Caro Welfare 1ear J1m Plerce hexr to the preslden y We leave the a1rpo1t proc edlng down Ames Street to the broad thoroughfare of M1111 St1eet O.1r chauffeur IS Rlchard Sk1nner As we arrlve at our hotel we are greeted by the manager Rrcn ard Dudley DHIIOT S I'Vll'l as bellboy lS Morton Bryant who struggles w h our bags to our roo'n After we freshen up lt IS tlme to leave or the Bal1 We are announced by the butler Boa Carp As we Walt for the festlvltxes to begln w hear Bob announce the other notables tha are arrlvxng Plrst lS Mrs Sandra Sutllff Mxller wife of the famous lumber magnate Then Mlss Nancy Craner efflclent llbrarlan of the Llbrary of Congress Our famous guest artlsts arrive They are Martha Dunn Mary Loulse Magnuson and Fran es Ros star vocal sts In the crowd we spy Ir ne Ware mathematlcxan of the Pr1n eton Instltute of Advanced Study Robert N1ch ols fan'ous phllosopher and Cohn Hammond McAdam physlcal dlrector at the Whlte House Serv1ng us our delxc ous food prepared by Vfyrtle Fravor Helen Klesenger Joan Grand 1 an and JHHICG Lawrence are Joyce Nam1tz Edna McI ymond Ruth El11s nd P arl Booth We look around the room once more and see Vllss Shirley Adams Speaker of the House Rlchard Pachoud famous artlst of Lxfe maga lne Sherman Kennedy head of the Internal R venue Bureau and Ellen Samson Presxdent pro tem of the Senate 1She keeps qulet so the Senators can talkl Just then there lS a fanfare and Mr Pierce and h1s v1ce presldent Evadna Ives corn 1nto the room We see a graceful exh1b1t1on of dancing by Robert Zleske and V1ctor1a Inget Bullet Jud Backus enters He has Just brok n the record for the three rmnute m1le ASSlSt1I1g h1m to a chaxr are h1s coaches Robert Grand ean and Paul Baratler Another sports notable IS Kenny Parkhurst heavyw wht champ1on of the world w1th h1s tralner John F'ranc1s Now we see Thon1 s LeCla1r the famous phys1c1st nd h1S secretary MHTCIR DeLon Arr1v1ng la are the Secretary of Arfrlculture Paul W1se and h1s Under S cretary J1m Gleason M1s Jhdlth Glb cn d1rector of the S'n1thson1an Instxtute late be ause she had to dust off t1 statu bu not least IS the archltect of the newly erected pres1dent1al mans1o11 John Holnook As 1 1 se for a toast to a prosperous and happy second te1m we see that Mr P1ercc t ue to h1s usual custo ll has fallen asleep We steal away l8J.V111g h1m to 1115 dreams All1e Youngs Zo 1 . 4 r - . 1 ., - -- . . , . . .5 . . . - . . 1 1 A . . . :. - r - 1 J . ., . . . V . , . v 1, , .-1 . , 1 '. 1 ' ' 0 : , 1, - . . . E . .N . 1, . . .N . 1 J 1 , , - A D -. ' ' .. 9. ' - . 1, .1 U . Q .1 . , . S . V . V .1 , :I .1. 1 -VCI'. l l ' ' wr, -, Y '- rs. L . 1 A . 1. s .-..- C1 . . . .QL L D I 3 , 11'- ' ' 1 o - ' V T . , , 1 . V . . . . . v V ' 3 ' D 1 ' q 1. . ' 1.-. v- ' 1 c , , r1 1 1 ' ' ' ' fn 1 y ' v v M A A 1 1 1 - . h X . . . . 'I - - 1 V . , , . 1 , - , '- Q . h . . Q ,P . . D , 4, 11, 1 . . . 1 , . Y .L . . . . D 5 . , ., -1 . . , . , . . ' n 5 I 9 H V V1 4 - 2 . . . I . ' I . - 1. , , , U L I I 1 . . 4 X . - 1 , 1 , , .T . . . G D -1 vu v 1 J 1 v U V - 1 , , . . . 7 , X Y J 1 7 5 1 v ' . ' 1 A 3 . 9 - A. . . , . . , : L, 1 . GN . . . 3 - , . U . . ta 54 1 'N v J- ea D , ' - , 1. J . . . . . . QR A L . N S , A -J V 1 3 911 Lqvl. 1, ' ' ' ' ' 1 1 . :MN . , 1. V: 'l ' 1 . , F l .W Q - . . . 1 - v - 1 .