Oriskany High School - Oriska Yearbook (Oriskany, NY)

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Class HISEOI A long, long time ago, 1946 to be exact, our green, meek little freshman class be gan its four unforgettable years under Or1skany's immortal roof A very hard work ing advisor joined us that year, to whom we are eternally grateful Her name Mrs Hughes Fortunately for us, she remained with us for all of our four years in high school The highlight of our freshman year, if it can be called that, was when the Sophs initiated us It was really murder We elected for our class officers that year Fred Dennison, president, Ernest Reed, vice president, Ronald Baker, secretary, Leonard Zawisza, treasurer Our Stu dent Council representatives that year were Florence Converse and Charles Nelson As we were pretty green that year, we did not do too much toward making money We began our sophomore year by electing for our class officers Fred Dennison, president, Lorraine Ross, vice president, Carolyn Jackson, treasurer, June Prichard, secretary Florence Converse and Charles Nelson were our Student Council represen tatives again That year we made money in various ways, such as, dances, movies and selling candy and Christmas paper Our officers for our junior year were Florence Converse, president, Fred Dennison, vice president, Lorraine Ross, treasurer, June Prichard secretary Our Student Council representatives were Jack Abel and Barbara Radell Mrs Wood joined us as co advisor that year, and we would like to extend our grat itude for her help in our many activities The highlights of that year were our Prom and our play Our prom, the theme of which was 'Under a Starry Sky was a success due to the combination of our beautiful decorations and the sweet music of Roger Scharf's orchestra Our Junior Play, 'Pro fessor, How Could You, in spite of the usual worrying and stage fright, turned out to be a huge success We really worked hard that year, and our balance at the end of it was S1520 Mary Harkema, vice president, Carolyn Jackson, treasurer, June Prichard, secretary, and our Student Council representatives were Fred Dennison and Carol Vollmer The highlight of this year was, of course, our senior trip We all had a marve lous time and probably never will forget it Now it is time to say goodbye to Oriskany Central, the school we have loved so well, Classes will come and classes will go, and we will be forgotten, but we will all remember and enjoy thoughts of our high school days Carolyn Jackson, treasurer, June Prichard, secretary, Jack Abel, president, Mary Harkema, vice president 15 0 I ,I . n I ll . - At last, reaching our senior year, our class officers were: Jack Abel, president, EI , , , '., ,,,,,.. N -N1 LC -5 1? 4,

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lg , -44' I CbJw.Z4. ob-W LORRAINE YVONNE ROSS CHARLES LUDWIG THALER Class vice president 2 Junior Prom Co mittee Junior Prom Com ittee Operetta Lead 1 2,3,4 Junior Play Com ittee Mixed Chorus 1,2, Girls Chorus l,2,5,4 Boys Chorus 1,2, , Mixed Chorus l,2,4 Basketball l,2,3,4 Class treasurer 3 Orchestra 1,2,5, Yearbook art ed Football l,2,3, Knitting Club 1 Baseball l,2,3, Cheerleader 4 Band l,2,3,4 Junior Play Track 3,4 K In cmor. Joyce vonuum 6 gm!! Yearbook advertising ed. Junior Prom Co mittee Student Council 5,4 lixed Chorus 2,5,4 Girls Chorus 1,2 Knitting Club 1 Junior Play 14 44 W? D ' Q,ii,, , 15 , , 34 IW' nz l 'J ' :T f A . V Qi I 3,4 5 4 4 . 4 4

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Pro hecy THE TIME' April 1 1961 THE PLACE Planet Earth THE CHIEF CHARACTERS' The Class of 1951 THE PLOT Their ambitions realized The Knicks are still begging Jack Abel to quit at Osceola Tech and honor them with his presence Ronald Baker is now the distinguished president of Or1akany's newly erected First National Bank Florence Converse, her husband and eight sons have just left for a vacation in the south Richard Copperwheat and his third wife, the bubble gu heiress have just purchased a New York penthouse Fred Dennison, professor of business at New York University, has just resumed farming as a hobby Marilyn Fiore is still trying to get a promotion in the Navy Mary Harkema has just been elected Oriskany's No l homemaker Carolyn Jackson has just completed her fifth successful book e Stephen Keib is giving professional fencing lessons in Utica Arthur Lyman is the owner of NLoony Lyman's used car lot Fred Miller owns his own gas station at last Charles Nelson has just replaced John Forsythe in the leading role o nMr Roberts Jennie Paremba now owns one of New York State's largest dairy farms June Prichard is head dietician at Bellevue Hospital in New York City Barbara Radell is the owner of a lavish delicatessen Kathleen Rocker is a clarinet soloist in an all girl orchestra Lorraine Ross and Bob are happily raising a family Charles Thaler is defending his heavy weight crown next week at Mad ison Square Garden when he battles Tarzan Teuscher Carol Vollmer is teaching kindergarten at Oriskany fShe's rais ing a little kindergarten at home D 16 ' I nn titled 'My Five Years Behind the Iron Curtainn or 'Life With Joe.n W . i f . .N