Newfield Central School - Memoria Yearbook (Newfield, NY)

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PROPHECY The year is 1964. The scene: Eileen Blomquist, dark circles under her eyes, her hair a mess, the reason: she has finally succeeding in balancing the Senior Year-Book account. She finds that we made a profit of 73 cents which must be divided among the 24 seniors. She is seated at the controls of her prying-eyeometer and is desperately trying to locate each member of the class of '54. Let's peer over her shoulder and see what luck she has. Those in the path of the nearest channel, Ithaca, New York, seem to be crowding the screen. 1n one corner we see the senior mermaid, Vivian Watros, who is now the swimming instructor at the YMCA pool. And over here, quite a different scene. Gordon Terwillegar seems to be putting his land- scaping abilities to good advantage. He is beautifying the new sewage disposal plant. Now who is this trying to crowd into the picture? Edith Payne, no less, who has finally been forced to move out of her cozy little trailer. She finds a trailer becomes inconvenient when a family of five IS trying to live in close harmony. What is making all that clatter? Well, here comes Milton Shoemaker driving a Model T Ford. The last we knew Gene Avery was applying his marvelous mechanical ability by servicing Milton's 1963 Lincoln convertible. Who is this doing her washing at the local laundromat? Why it is none other than Janice De- Vore who is talking to Pearla Swartwood, the manager of the High Speed Laundry. Hmmm! A big basketball game is under way in the gym of our Alma Mater. It would seem that Ed Heslop and Betty Malkovsky have taken over the physical education department. Ed is just as bald as his predecessor. ' My word! Here's Dick Hillick testing his new combination potato-digger, washer, and peeler on Lhe hillsfof Ross Yaples' 500-acre potato kingdom. We hope Dick's invention won't spoil the modern OUSCWI e. A wedding! Jane Shultz must have put off the date until Don Beach could be sworn in as Justice of the Peace, so that she could be the first to enter the state of matrimony under his jurisdiction. Eileen is turning the dial to Owego, and there's nurse Joanne Burmester taking care of her prob- lem patient Millie Holmes, who has resided there for the last seven years. Eileen is trying another channel, New York City, no less. We see Gail Heliseva is fretting about over-due books at the New York Public Library. What's this? Marilyn Cameron's Small Animal Hospital where Dr. Cameron is now operating on a white rat. And to think it all started with two little rabbits! Who is this beautiful receptionist at Dr. Cameronis hospital? Why, it's Nancy French. She started out as secretary at the Animal Husbandry Department at Cornell. 'Still further away-Texas, no less! On the screen comes the office of Landstrom Nationwide Erucklng Service. We see two secretaries perched on boss 'fIke's', knees. How does he expect to get any usiness done this way? Crowding into the Texas picture is Gentle Janie Cameron, a recruiting officer for the WAVES. Seems impossible! There must be a tornado in the air. Something has switched the channel to Florida! At Vero Beach, we see Tom Chaffee training his pennant-winning Dodger team of 1964. It seems Tom finally became disgusted with the Yankees. . Oh, oh! A weak tube. The picture recedes to Peoria, Illinois. Harry Doane, President of the American Bowling Congress, is presiding over the anual convention. Harry became president after win- ning the national singles championship for five years. . Before the prying eyeometer blew out we managed to locate Alice Payne, who has gained na- tlonal fame by finally balancing the Federal Budget for the first time in history. Having successfully completed her task, Eileen may now resume her study of business at Mary- land University. E151

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CLASS HISTORY The class of ,544 has few days remaining in N. C. S. Soon we shall leave these hallowed halls, never again to enter as students. Yes, our days as students are over but the memories of these days will never be forgotten. Our first remembrance was the fall of 1942 when we began first grade under the excellent guid- ance of Miss Twig. Thirty-five scared little kids came through that year with flying colors. It wasn't long, however, before our class began to expand. In the fourth grade we were joined by Ross Yaple, Gordon Terwillegar, and Richard Hillick. Ivar Landstrom and Harry Doane became members of our class in fifth grade. lt was in the fifth grade that several pupils began to show their interest in music. Ten pupils honored the band with their presence. In sixth grade Eileen Blomquist came to us from Bloomfield, New Jersey. Before we realized it, we were in seventh grade. We were fortunate in claiming a new teacher at Newfield, Mrs. Doris Votry, as our advisor who brought us through our first year in junior high school with honors. This year we held a card party which netted us, in our estimation, a small fortune. In the sophomore year we were joined by Nancy French who came from Ithaca High. We held a dance that year which netted us peanuts! We were all sorry to see Jerry Novak leave us to go to Fdorida. We were even more successful in our junior year when We used the profits from our play Dam- sels in Distressl' to underwrite the cost of our uunforgettablea' prom. At last we were seniors. Little did we realize the work this would mean. But we had Joanne Bur- mester, who came from New York City, to help us. Our first project was the senior play, 4'Papa Says No! which we all enjoyed and on which we also made a good profit. We also gave a supper for the Black Cats. We thought we would never get those dishes done. Of course, the 'aMemoria has kept us all busy, but we have enjoyed every moment of it. The senior class of 1954 hereby wishes to thank Miss Thatcher for helping us through a trying but worthwhile year. We have had twelve short but memorable years which will never be forgotten. We wish the next year's graduating class all the luck and good fortune that we have enjoyed in the past years. THE CLASS OF '54 IN ITS FIRST YEAR AT NEWFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL Back Row: D. Williams, E. Smith, K. Knapp, G. Heliseva, .J. Armstrong, B. Brewer, R. Guthrie, V. Cudlin, L. Cornish, R. Emery, G. Merithew, P. Sundquist, Miss Twig. Second Row: R. Johnson, B. Brewer, M. Hine, J. Novak, D. Beach, D. Seil, E. Heslop, M. Shoemaker, M. Eaton, M. Holmes, S. Crance, E. Payne Front Row: A. Payne, R. Malkovsky, V. Watros, M. Pakkala, J. Cameron, J. Swartwood, L. Hollister, M. Cameron, E. Avery. Absent: T. Lamb, B. Godley E141

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THE CLASS OF '55 JUNIORCLASS: Back Row fstundingl: Larry Baylor, Bob Blovsky, Francis Kippola, Howard Goff, Ronny Emery, Janet Pakkala, Joyce Nero First Raw fseatedb z Judy Chaffee, Richard Hayes, Lorraine Crance, Gene Chase, Mr. Howe, Beverly Daily, Bonita Ever- hart First Row fsftlingl: Mary Miller, Cora Hayes, Lois Hollister, Jean Marie Fuller, Evelyn Bittikofer Absent: Mary Ellen Smith E161