Morris Central High School - Morrisanian Yearbook (Morris, NY)

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Teachers’ Show A Change of Pace! Last spring in April, the MCS staff and faculty joined together to put on a show titled “Morris Musical Madness”. On April 10 and 11, the teachers presented a selection of skits and songs to help raise money for the scholarship fund. Popular TV com- mercials became rather humorous skits when we saw Mr. Leahy and Mr. Stafford as Bartles and Jaymes or any number of women faculty members as California Raisins. In the end, there was a great deal of laugh- ter when Mr. Hess and Mr. Barden had a “car race” on the stage. Mrs. Shumway and Mrs. Zeiner prepare for their raisin number. Mrs. Kristofik shows the total effect of the garbage bag dressing gown. Part of the Jug Band: Mrs. Leonard, Mrs. Turnbull, Mrs. Skoglund, Mrs. Hopper, and Mrs. Dixson.

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OM Competition In the Springtime John Elliott, Sabra Birdsall, and Priscilla Teed act out their problem. John is showing the prehistoric people how to heat dinner on a fire. In the fall of each year, our OM teams prepare their problem solutions for the regional competition held in Feb- ruary. The Divison 2 team, consisting of Angela Hillis,Gannon Rockwell, John Elliott, Sylvana Shields, Priscilla Teed, and Sabra Birdsall, prepared the problem “Cro-Magnon,” a prehistoric type setting with a time-travelling man who teaches the cavemen new things. The skit took eight minutes, and at the end they had won first place at SUCO. Under Eileen Elliott’s direction, they also placed sixth at state competition held in April. The division 3 team pictured above solved the “Omer to the Rescue” problem. Building a vehicle out of the contents of two suitcases and traveling around a designated area doing good deeds and stopping a crime netted them a first place at SUCO and an eleventh place at states. Mrs. Harrington was surely proud of her team. Division III: Front: Beth Lull, April Fiske, Elissa Palmer, Michele Curtis. Back: Lucien Catania, Aaron Valentine, Matt Stratton. They are dressed in their custom T’s, ready for state competition. Priscilla Teed, Angela Hillis, and Sabra Birdsall praise the gods for sending the space traveler to show them such inventions. 2 February

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NNIE, HIGH GET SCHOOL The date was May 22, 1987. Do you know where you were? Well, a group of people, mostly from MCS, spent a better part of the evening at SUCO. Why SUCO? It wasn’t because they were taking a night course or that they were doing research at Milne Library. No, these people were at Hunt Union Ballroom. The reason was the 1987 Prom, “Never Say Goodbye.” Prom night is a night filled with dressier clothes, cleaner cars, and an edge of excitement. Hunt Union was a location of class and charisma on this rainy Friday night. The entertainment for the evening was not a band as in years gone past but a disc jockey. Andy Pratt Enterprises provided the music and gave the prom an attitude. The attitude was that of finality since this was the last prom for seniors. The evening was happy with a touch of sadness. The King, Queen, and the Court; Ken Ballard, April Carroll, Rob Joy, Dean- na Lawton, Tracy Fortune, Wayne Valentine, Jennifer Lull, and Warren Kinney. A prom is never a prom without the cute kids dressed to fill the aspirations of years to come. Flower and Crown Bearers fill this bill: Jeremy Lawton, Danny Tracy, Alison Wilson, and Jennifer Lawton. The lead roles of the musical gave it a sound foundation, but it was the other characters that glued it together. Elissa Palmer, Chris Pickens, April Fiske, Rich Veres, and Amanda Spaulding are the “glue here. EVER PROM ’87 SAY GOODBYE A NIGHT TO REMEMBER Opening