Onondaga Central School - Onondagan Yearbook (Nedrow, NY)

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CLASS HISTCDRY 'Twilight Time'. This year of continual activity reached its culmination in the selection of class rings and the production of the Yearbook with the aid of Janet Kimpel, our editor-in-chief. From little papooses to warrior braves we followed the trail to the Happy Hunting Ground of our Senior year where we were led by the guiding spirit of our Chief advisor, Miss Glasser. Our tribal chiefs for this eventful year were Judy Jackson, president, Richard Karb, vice-presi- dentg jane Edgett, secretaryg and Shirley Ouderkirk, treasurer. Proudly we became full-fledged braves with one new adoption, Irene Belanger. The tribe continued to sell popcorn and soft drinks at the football and basketball games, whereas, the sponsorship of three dances, 'Mistletoe Magic , Dungaree Drag , and Cupid's Capers , was a new venture undertaken by the Senior clan. To further increase our store of wampum we sold class pins, Christmas cards, stationery, and also conducted two paper drives. In the spring of this year we completed our list of activi- ties by presenting the Senior Play, 'Hillbilly Weddin',' with the following cast: Richard Parton, Shirley Ouderkirk, janet Kimpel, Judy Jackson, Ethel Miller, Gay Whalen, joan Murphy, Irene Belanger, Emily Clark, Richard Karb, Thomas Young, Peter Gasparini, Roger Sherman, and Ronald Gates. At last we had sufficient wampum,and our tribe ventured forth to hold its long awaited Powwow in the Big City. For twelve years we have lived, worked, and played together as one united tribe, but now we realize that soon we will stand alone as individual braves. With this thought in mind, we look forward,with a mixture of joy and sorrow, to our final tribal powwow - Graduation, 1954.

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CLASS HISTORY The Senior Tribe of 1954 has gathered its braves over a period of years from many different places. Before our great tribe was organized, we had two groups of little papooses in training. In the Central Tepee, among those who began training early for a place in our tribe were Judy jackson, Jane Edgett, Roger Sherman, Lucille Thompson, and Wilma Volles. At the same time in the Rockwell Tepee, Emily Clark, Frances Colway, Peter Gasparini, James Field, Mary Jones, Janet Kimpel, Robert Keyes, Ronald Gates, and Charles Bottum were commencing their tribal careers. For eight glorious years these two groups blazed new trails of progress and accomplish- ment while gathering along the way new members who helped to make our tribe a noted one. Some of those adopted by the tribe of the Rockwell Tepee were Donald Ingerson, Richard Parton, Genevieve Peterson, Susan Shields, Ethel Miller, and Shirley Ouderkirk. At the Central Tepee the clan now consisted of such new members as Thomas Yotmg, Kenneth Finlay, Gay Whalen, Sally Luchsinger, joan Murphy, Beverly Isgar, Marjorie Hahn, and Richard Karb. Finally the Rockwell and the Central tribes were prepared to band together to begin their new adventure in high school. During the Freshmen year our tribe was led by the guiding spirit of two Chief Advisors, Mr. Gaylord and Miss Knights. As our tribal leaders we selected Carl Heck, president, Eugene Karb, vice-president, Marion Isbell, secretary, and Richard Parton, treasurer. The one event which highlighted the tribal activities of the year was the production of an Arthur Godfrey Talent Show' which proved both successful and entertaining to the participants,as well as to the audi- CDCC. With George Covert and Janet Mullen as newly-adopted braves, the Sophomore tribe held its powwows in the cafeteria. This time we chose as our Council of Chiefs: president, Carl Heck, vice-president, Gay Whaleng secretary, Jeanette Newtong and treasurer, Richard Perry. Miss Glasser was Chief advisor and peacemaker of the clan. Throughout the entire year we were pri- marily concerned with enjoying our school activities to the fullest extent possible, and so we did at a good old-fashioned Christmas party where all the braves willingly related legends of heroic deeds performed by their fathers. The idea of making wampum had not yet occurred to us, but before long we became an enterprising tribe whose sole purpose was to augment the tribal treas- ury. Once again in our junior year we called the clan together in the cafeteria where Miss Glasser continued to assume the role of Chief advisor. The tribal leaders for this notable year were Carl Heck, presidentg Nancy Mara, vice-presidentg Genevieve Peterson, secretaryg and Judy jackson, treasurer. A momentous project was then inaugurated as we proceeded to collect wam- pum for the Big Powwow in New York City. Cooperation was the keynote of our success in such business ventures as selling popcorn, soda pop and apples at our football and basketball games. In addition, two other projects, a paper drive and an Alumni Banquet, contributed to the contin- uously mounting wealth of our junior tribe. However, let us emphasize that we, the junior Braves, did not approve of all work and no play as was evidenced by our Junior-Senior Prom,

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CLASS WILL To those braves and warriors who follow in our footsteps, we, the Senior C Central School, do hereby bequeath our most cherished possessions in hopes t ha continue to render the pleasure and satisfaction which we have enjoyed. Charles Bottum bequeaths his long hair to Russell Smith. George Covert leaves his trailer to Mike McCarthy. Jim Field wills his drawing ability to Bill Adsitt. Ken Finlay presents his superb basketball skill and technique to his brother, Be hiefs of Onondaga t these gifts will rnie. Pete Gasparini grants his basketball prowess to Dick Sharpe, a worthy recipient. Ronald Gates generously yields his art as a shoe salesman to Russell Smith. Don Ingerson bestows his beard, mustache and sideburns upon Julian Hall. Richard Karb gladly surrenders his spelling ability to Anne Wheeler. Robert Keyes leaves his red hair and freckles to Dave Fish. Richard Parton endows David DalPan with his extra weight. Roger Sherman willingly forfeits his curly hair to Dick Ramsden. Tom Young leaves his cross country running to Mike McCarthy. Irene Belanger donates her new gym outfit to Edith Loader. Emily Clark relinquishes her ability to get along with Miss Deyo to Julian Hall. Frances Colway wills her driver's permit to Tom Oswald. jane Edgett bequeaths her chair in band to JoAnn Hull. Marjorie Hahn gives her trips to Mr. Salisbury to whoever takes chemistry. Beverly Isgar transmits her typing ability to JoAnn Hull. Judy Jackson leaves her rowdiness to Anna Bronner. Mary Jones graciously bestows her athletic ability upon Janice Smith. janet jimpel renounces her curly locks in favor of Anna Bronner. Sally Luchsinger leaves her understanding of a certain beau to Anne Wheeler. Ethel Miller presents her height and ability to control her temper to Donna Sager. janet Mullen wills her white sweater to Bev Youker. joan Murphy leaves her preference for blond hair and her love troubles to Marcell Ross. Shirley Ouderkirk bequeaths her typing ability to Kay Evans. Gen Peterson leaves her social studies to the birds. Susan Shields grants her seat at lunch to Carolyn Case. Lucille Thompson renders her driving ability to Dick Russell. Wilma Volles leaves her shyness to Marcella Young. Gay Whalen wills her job of making posters to Mary Roberts. a Young and Steve