Oxford Academy Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Oxford, NY)

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In Appreciation The Class of 1974 would like to show its appreciation to Mrs. Joan Swertfager for her service and dedication to our class. Mrs. Swertfager has been with us since 8th grade. She taught us English that year. In our Freshman year, she switched to Latin and also became our head advisor. She kept us out of trouble until our Junior year, when our class presented Nights in White Satin, our prom. Mrs. Swertfager was the main force behind our success that night. We have really appreciated her throughout the years but most of all during our Senior year. She has been the one who bailed us out of all our troubles. So we say, “Thank you from us all - The Class of 1974”. 24

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KNEELING: T. O’Reflly-Vice President. STANDING: S. Fairchild Treasurer, D. Hatton-Secretary, L. Win ter-President. Class History The Class of 1974 was led in their Freshman year by President Rich Boyer, Vice President Jeff Finch, Secretary Wendy Ortolano, and Treasurer Carol Cummings. Our first Freshman activity was a success when we won Second prize in the Halloween parade with our float, “Halloween of the Future.” We also sponsored a sock hop and a slave day that year. In our Sophomore year we were led by President Jeff Finch, Vice President Janice Stone, Secretary Debbie Ard- ron, and Treasurer Judy Loughren. In October of that year, we sponsored a dance with WENE’s Doug Track as the DJ. We sold candles at Christmas and had another slave day. In our Junior year we were led by President Betsy Maholchic, Vice President Wendy Ortolano, Secretary Eileen Hemstrought, and Treasurer Sue Fairchild. Our rec- ord magazine sale netted us a profit of $ 1750. Later we had two sock hops. On May 19, 1973, we gave our spectacular Junior prom, “Nights In White Satin.” Dianne Hatton, escorted by Terry Race, was crowned Queen. First Princess was Judy Loughren. Second Princess was Bonnie String- ham. The court consisted of Kathie Stringham, Leslie Carey, Kathy Simpson, and Susan Schwager. Charles Fritz- ler and his band provided the music. We are now in our Senior year. Our president is Lisa Winter, our vice president is Tim O’Reilly, our secretary is Dianne Hatton, and our treasurer is Sue Fairchild. On November 10th, we sponsored our Homecoming dance, “Autumn Splendor.” Cindy Nichols, escorted by Jan Win- ner, was crowned Queen. First Princess was our Brazilian exchange student, Fatima de Souza. Second Princess was Janice Stone. Brotherhood provided the music. Other Senior activities were our banquet on June 20th and gradu- ation on June 21st. Our class motto is “In Discord, there is Unity.” Our class flower is the violet. Our class song is “Saturday Night’s Alright”, written by Elton John. 26