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

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GRADUATES

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WE SALUTE OUR TWO MUSICAL DIRECTORS TO MR. BROWN Odessa-Montour Central School would just not be the same without the high level of music you have developed in our 90 piece orchestra and our 67 member band. Your personal instrumental skill and your teaching ability have made.our annual Christmas concerts a high point in the community. Your bringing the band up to ratings of A-3, A-4, A-5 and B-6 in the past four years is a matter of great pride to the entire school. We all are thrilled when the OMCS band in its bright uniforms strikes up at the football games, at the New York State Exposition, at Cornell Band Day and elsewhere. Most of all, we want to congratulate you on bringing your distinguished professional skill with clarinet and saxophone and your experience as Air Force bandsman, symphonic clarinetist, and saxophone recording to enthuse our instrumentalists and lead them to attain high degree of excellence. TO MR. BRUST We deeply appreciate the skillful direction you have given to the choir which has grown from forty to sixty-eight voices with the notable increase in male voices from eight to twenty-one. You have helped the choir develop to the point of singing music in Grades 5 and 6, and to receiving a high 4A rating in the NYSSMA competition festival. In addition to your work with the senior choir, the junior choir and male chorus, you have inspired our classmates and indeed the entire community with your own vibrant voice. Space does not permit our listing your many, many appearances as singer and soloist in churches, concerts, radio and television; instead we want to tell you how much we enjoyed your recent singing at the New York State Teachers' Association meeting and how we look forward eagerly to hearing you at every future opportunity. 6

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SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Martha Pound, Secretary; Nelson Beebe, President; James King, Vice-President; Cicely De Chant, Treasurer SENIOR HISTORY Jn the fall of 1960 an enthusiastic group of students entered their Freshman year. One of the prerequisites of having a well-governed class is to have able leaders. In following this, we elected Dick Butler as President; George Barton, Vice President; Frances Tuttle, Secretary; and Barbara Rundle as Treasurer. Under the leadership of our advisor, Mrs. Helen Covert, we sponsored the Pumpkin Hop, featuring the Music Makers. This ended our adventure as Freshmen. Our Sophomore year saw the election of other capable leaders: Francis Ruzicka as President; Jim King, Vice-President; Frances Tuttle, Secretary; and Joyce Hrynko as Treasurer. We became first class salesmen by selling Christmas cards and wrapping paper. September 1962 came and, accustomed to our responsibilities, we elected our third-year officers: Jim King as President; Francis Ruzicka, Vice President; Martha Pound, Secretary; and Mary Jane Williams as Treasurer. The sale of fruit cakes and candy was our first project as Juniors; this proved very profitable. Next came our Junior Play, A ROCKET IN HIS POCKET. A hard-working cast was chosen from our class. These stars provided the school with one of its most popular plays! Spring ushered in the beautiful Junior Prom, Lovers' Paradise, featuring the Dick Hamlin Combo, which proved to be a major success. Our regular record hops brought in a considerable amount of money which helped to prepare us for the Senior Trip the following year. In September of 1963 we began our final year at Odessa-Montour., Looking ahead and seeing many important projects, we knew that we must elect top leaders, as we had in the past. Thus, Nelson Beebe was elected as our very capable and hard-working President; Jim King, Vice-President; Martha Pound, Secretary; and Cicely DeChant as Treasurer. The sale of stationery was first on the program, followed by the sale of magazines which topped all other Senior Classes! The usual record hops helped to increase our treasury. We concluded our Senior Class activities with a play, equally as successful as our Junior Play. Throughout our four years, the purpose of all the money-making projects was partly to have fun, but more important, to finance our Senior Trip to New York City and the World's Fair. As each of the remaining months came to a close, we began to look forward to graduation. Then we would go our separate ways, but would still be united by the words, The Golden Age is before us, not behind us. 8