Odessa Montour Central High School - Odessanean Yearbook (Odessa, NY)

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COACH CHARLES MARTIN Director of Athletics A dedication is a special honor which expresses appreciation and gratitude for exceptional work and leadership. To you, Coach Martin, we are glad to dedicate the 1961 ODESSANEAN in recognition of your long service in Physical Education. Our scouts tell us that you received your B S degree from Springfield College, the first center of basketball, and your M S degree from Ithaca College which is an outstanding institution in this field. After serving as assistant football coach and village recreation director at Minaville, New York, from 1934 to 1937, you came to Odessa. Here you have faithfully worked with young people in teaching physical education, in coaching our athletic teams and in conducting recreation programs. One measure of your skill as a coach at our school is found in your record of developing three undefeated football teams, three Lakes Region League championship teams in basketball, three in baseball, and ten in track. We share with you a sense of pride in these results and in the Sportman-ship Trophies your teams have won. We are most happy to commend you for your example and leadership in physical fitness which is still as timely and important a program for our schools as when you embarked upon it twenty-seven years ago. So it is with pleasure that we dedicate our Yearbook to you, Coach Martin, with our wish that you will continue your leadership to youth at Odessa for many years to come. 1961 ODESSANEAN STAFF io

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Senior Class History The class of f61 began its high school social whirl in the traditional Freshman” manner by sponsoring a dance, The Holly Hop. The following year as Sophomores we presented another dance, The Reindeer Rock, which proved to be very successful. Later in the spring we held our first record hop! In our Junior year football spectators could hear our cry of Pins! Pom-Poms! Programs! and we were launched on another money-making project. Following this we sold fruit cakes and began plans for our Junior Play, Our Hearts Were Young Gay. In January we held a record hop, The Snowman Shuffle, which added nearly $150 to our class treasury. As a climax to our busy Junior year we tripped the light fantastic at our prom, entitled, Around the World. Mr. Dolan here we come! Two days after we had embarked upon our final year, we began our stationery sales followed closely by magazines. On March 17 under the direction of Mr. Lyon we staged our play The Reluctant Reunion which climaxed our four years of money-making activities. Although we have set a great precedent which no class shall ever be able to attain, we wish all succeeding classes well. SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Treasurer—J. (Running, President—C. Valdez, Vice-President—S. Kenyon, Secretary—B. Beattie