Oneonta High School - Oneonta Yearbook (Oneonta, NY)

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U ' f' W 'af' ,I . 'x 14 1 i I I VARSITY MAJORETTES-Kneeling: Carole Bossio. Standing: Evelyn Baker, Ruth Hathaway, Leila Axhoj, head majoretteg Marie Ross, Mary Colonc. JUNIOR VARSITY MAJORETTES-Patricia Finley, Dawn Baker, Eleanor WVillsey, Elizabeth Erickson, Carolyn Faul, Bonnie Trinkino, and Christiane Marshall. Twirlers Spin Flashy Batons At Parades, Sports Events Football season found varsity majorettes high- stepping in front of the band with many unusual routines and dance steps. Twirling a fire baton, Leila Axhoj, head majorette, performed at the bonfire pep rally in Neahwa Park. Lighted batons in a darkened armory, plus the varsity majorettes added up to top entertainment during half time at basketball games. Such songs as A Sweet Old Fashioned Girl and Bleacher Boogie provided accompaniment for many solos, group routines, and duets. Early in the school year, the varsity twirlers se- lected seven jayvees. Without an adviser, the major- ettes worked after school, striving hard to obtain perfection. I n November, they participated in the ceremon- ies connected with the laying of the cornerstones for Valleyview Street School and Fox Hospital.

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School Life From September to une ac:t1v1t1es ws ere on the go orgamzauons galned mterest as students started four new al.. groups FH-X Radlo Club Pep Club and Electrlcltv C lib Clubs sponsored dances bake sales to fatten thelr treasurxes Etholtes proudly dlsplayed troph1es awarded at Syracuse cheerleaders appeared as fhppers tavewomen and cool cats durmg a novelty pep rally semor boys lunched xslth the Men at Rotary Thursday noons Varslty O talent show unearthed latent abll1I1CS yearbook staffers rushed to make prlnter s deadlme majorettes caught batons 111 Chrlstmas mobxle hangmg 1n uell booster band members held Jam SCSSIODS durmg lulls 111 rehearsals chorlsters gave up noon hours to 1ron out the urlnkles 1n the sprmg show All lhlS act1v1t1es on the go' On The Go I 000 J, . Y - A, Y l. 9 .1 ,Q , ' Y' 61 VY ' LY Y 7 ' OOO

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3 If? 1 l l t 1,1 34 t i . i I F l in X fill? mfr li E' arf .ii 1-. YXRSITY CHI-1ERl.lE.XlJl-QRS-Fran! mtv: Dorothy Currie, Josephine Seorzafaxa, Susan NlcHaIc head thtctltttlti Ditnt Schrull. Secmifl row: l'atrit'ia Harrington, Sheila Sutton, Bonnie Delaney, Elizabeth Hartman. sent f nn lnttuic ricia Crowley. Originality, Lungs Produce Novelty Rallies, Cheers Familiar sounds of B-E-A-T could be heard echo- ing through the halls every afternoon after 3:05, as the cheerleaders readied cheers and routines for pep rallies and games. The girls worked without an adviser until the second quarter, when Miss Frances johnson, mathe- matics teacher, took the advising duties. Originality was the trade mark of the strong- lunged girls, as they developed new routines and held several novelty pep rallies during the year. At the novelty pep assembly held before the first Norwich basketball encounter, the ball players and cheerleaders gave demonstrations of cheering from the caveman era to the rock 'n roll era. The par- ticipants did such a realistic job that students ask- ed for more assemblies of that kind. The cheerleaders sponsored several dances this year, including a Get Acquainted Dance, the an- nual Snow Queen Dance, and a Soc Hop. JAYVEE CHEERLEADERS-Front ron Carl 'Iotsnsend Sandra Newell, Sophie Koken. Second rou Anita Decker Patricia Sweet, Sandra Marino. 21