Phoenix Central High School - Phoenician Yearbook (Phoenix, NY)

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I-usToRY .xii SENIURS On Moving-Up Day in 1967, the Class of 1968 took its place as one of the greatest SENIOR Classes ever to walk the halls of PCS. With another year of Tom Wat Sales, the Class found itself with enough money to pay for yearbooks for the entire classi The main activity was the Senior Ball, held on January 27, 1968 at Holiday Inn. Other activities included the Yearbook Dance and participation in the first Winter Wonderland. Many members of the Class received recognition for their abilities in academic work, activities and sports. Rosie Giordanella, Class President, served as Student Council President and Os- wego County Student Council President. Jack Casbara, Class Vice-President, was also SC Vice-President and Math Club President. Linda Misenko served as Secretary of both the Class and Student Council and was a cheerleader. Sue Benoit held the positions of Class Treasurer, Yearbook Treasurer, Band President, Honor Society President and Var- sity Cheermaster. The other two Student Council officers were members of the Class: Perry Biancavilla was Treasurer and Yearbook artist, Mike Czyz was Parliamentarian and Chorus President. Mary Murtagh, held the Key of Knowledge and received the DAR Good Citizenship Award. Bruce Coville won the Elk's Leadership Contest, and was a National Merit Semi-finalist. Other members of the Class were very hard working. Charlie Marks was History Club President, Betty Schlecht was Yearbook Editor, and Bob Williams led the German Club. Pat Fleming and Bev Sanchez were Co-Editors of the Firebird. Bob Goldych and Dana Clary shared honors as Co-Captains of the football team. Others who served on the team were Greg and Gary Hartranft, Nick Durr, Wayne Mor- ris, Reid Smith and Joe Sweeney. Bruce Coville and Warren Curtis were members of the cross country team. The basketball team was-led by Class members-Nick Durr, Dana Clary, Jim Jones, Reid Smith, Bob Williams and Cliff Roberts. The wrestling team in- cluded Greg Hartranft, Bob Goldych, Gary Hartranft and Bill Hutchinson. The year was rounded up with Sherry Vickery, Wayne Morris, and Joe Sweeney on the baseball team, Kevin Mack and Bob Williams on the tennis and Charlie Marks, Gary Howe, Mike Foran, and Bill Bowman on the golf team. Senior cheerleaders included Sue Benoit, Connie Hubbard, Linda Misenko, Brenda Starling, Carol Ely, Bev Sanchez, Noreen Brown and Janet Spencer. Several Members of the Class participated in All-State and All-County Music Activi- ties and many also received Regents Scholarships. All in all, the Class of 1968 has left many memories behind in the great halls of Phoenix Central and will always be thankful to all the teachers, expecially our advisors, and the members of the administration who have helped us achieve many goals. A ll

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1 RESH MEN :P- The FRESHMAN CLASS of 1968 started out its year by forming an Activity Committee which has continued throughout the four years. The main activity of the class was the Winter Frolic Dance with music provided by the Monterays. Several members were inducted into National Junior Honor Society. These included Sue Benoit, Bruce Coville, Naomi Ely, Rosie Giordanella, Helen Huntley, Pam Ingham, Laura LaBarge, John Michels, Mary Murtagh, Betty Schlecht, Charles Smart and Sheridan Vickery. The class was well represented in many activities and sports. 5 lSOPHEMORES? 35 5 As SOPHOMORES, the Class held two dances- Spring Fever and Surf- ing Safari , which turned out to be two of the most successful dances of that year. Again school activities and sports saw the participation of many members of the Class. This was especially evident at Awards Day when many Sopho- mores received awards. i ns 33 l l l NATIONAL HQ? SOC? X 'I s 1 , 1 6 P is L5 When the Class of I968 became JUNIORS, the rest of the Student body really began to sit up and take notice. Early in the year, the Prom committee was set up with Pam Ingham and Perry Biancavilla as Co-chairmen. Under their capable leadership, the Prom- Maiestic Moonlight -turned out to be a tre- mendous success. Music was furnished by Sox Tiffault's Band and the decora- tions were simply beautiful. That year, the Class became very successful in the financial area. They held one dance, The Yearbook Dance and initiated the Tom Wat Plan. This provided the Class with funds that bulged the Class treasury to an all-time high. National Senior Honor Society inducted Sue Benoit, Bruce Coville, The Naomi Ely, Helen Huntley, Pam Ingham, Mary Murtagh, Betty Schlecht and Sheridan Vickery. These were to be followed by John Michels and JoAnn Ken- yon the following year. School activities found Juniors participating in every field and members of the class pushed many of the teams to victory. Perhaps the most important event of the year was the receipt of class rings. CLASS ,Z Z 6 Wm N x Wf QX f E: 1.1 X ' K slr L- .E if 'Q it W L I

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SENIOR CLASS WILL 3 ' ,, rg-Ad f It ' We, the Class of 1968 of Phoenix Central School, Village of Phoenix, Town of Schroeppel, County af Oswego, State of New York, being of sound mind and memory do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament, hereby revoking any will or wills heretofore made by US. First, we direct that all our iust debts and funeral expenses be fully paid and satisfied soon after our decease. Second, we give, devise, and bequeath unto each of the following these things: DANNY ANDREWS leaves his love for school to Nancy Staring who still has two more years to enjoy it. DIANE ARCADI leaves all the Phoenix boys to any girl who can stand them. VERNA BANDS leaves all her happy and sad times at old PCS to Cindy Bishop. BARBARA BARNARD leaves a great Senior year to all the Juniors. JOHN BARRIE leaves his place in the first cornet section to anyone who is able to play the music. DARLENE BECKLEY leaves all the teachers to Kathy Chittenden and Mike Greco, SUE BENOIT leaves with half the school-activity funds. PERRY BIANCAVILLA leaves with the other half of the school-activity funds which Sue couldn't get her hands on. JAMES BLAKE leaves his long hair to Coach. BRUCE BLANCHARD leaves the school lunches to the poor Juniors. TOM BOWERSOX leaves his electrical shop class to Mike Elhage. BILL BOWMAN leaves his incurable slice and an old Titlist to Jimmy Durr. NOREEN BROWN leaves a piece of gum on Mr. Gay's chair to help him stick to his work. SCOTT BROWN leaves bewilderment. SUE BROWN leaves, leaving five-plus Browns to follow. JOHN CASBARA leaves the hope of success to any other newcomer at PCS. DANA CLARY leaves to meet Joe at Moshier's. LYN CLAYCOMB leaves Phoenix Central at the mercy of her siblings, CAROLYN CLONCH leaves all the fun of PCS to Carol Percival. RICK CLOTHIER leaves this school and all the bewildered teachers to the Waldron clan. SUSAN CLOTHIER leaves Mike Czyz to Ann Cardinali for another year at PCS. PAUL COFFEY leaves English li to anyone who wants to suffer. BILL COOK leaves his ability to sneak ahead in the lunch line without getting caught to whoever is sneaky enough. BRUCE COVILLE leaves with a fistful of cookies and a broken heart. DOUG CRANER leaves his skill in math to anyone who doesn't plan to graduate. WARREN CURTIS leaves PCS to any class as great as ours. MIKE CZYZ leaves the locker room to anybody with no sense of smell. GARY DANN leaves his ability to get passports to anyone who can get as many as he did. KATHLEEN DE MARCO leaves Miss Kuehner to Nancy Schmidt and Jana Davis. NEIL DE VITA leaves this school and the teachers to Larry Clark-if he can take them. LARRY DOBSON leaves to the Juniors the pain of filling out all the Senior forms. LANCE DUELL leaves some of his height to Vick Bell who could use it. NICK DURR leaves his basketball uniform to Jim Walts and hopes he has better luck with it. MIKE EGGLESTON leaves with no complaint. CAROL ELY leaves Mr. Generous to Pat Guerin, who wasn't fortunate enough to have him three years for homeroom. PAULINE FARLING leaves her braces to anyone who needs straightening out. DAVID FELIX leaves his place on the library staff to anyone who thinks he can fill it. PAT FLEMING leaves her Senior activities to any girl who is in need of things to keep her busy while Uncle Sam has what kept her busy before. MIKE FORAN leaves his surfboard to anyone as coordinated as Bill Hutchinson or John Michels. JOHN FREDETTE leaves the ability to be late to anyone who wants it. DONNA GARDNER leaves Loralye Davis her alto chair in chorus, which she will use wisely. JEANNE GARRETT leaves her ability to walk without falling to Pat Guerin. ROSEANNE GIORDANELLA leaves Patty Sloan for Diane Boyle to take care of. BOB GOLDYCH leaves his ghost to haunt PCS. CATHY GOULD leaves the phone booth, which is usually out of order, to anyone who has the time and money to waste on it. JEAN GRABOWSKI leaves her big mouth to Jackie Di Salvo. LEE GUNN leaves Kathy Murtagh the ability to walk like a duck, so Brad will quack at someone else. MARILYN HOLDRIDGE leaves her slowness to anyone who can catch up with it. GARY HOWE leaves all the thrills of gym class to Steve. CONNIE HUBBARD leaves her dirty cheerleading sneakers to Val Schenck. CARROLL HUNTLEY leaves, hoping never to return. HELEN HUNTLEY leaves her new seat in the first clarinet row to anyone with the patience to wait four years. PAM INGHAM leaves her ability to speak before multitudes to anyone whose nerves are already too shot to have it faze him. CHERYL JESSOP leaves her ability to skip homeroom to anyone who thinks he can get away with it. JIMMY JONES leaves his position as Lambda Beta Psi Fraternity Presi- dent to whoever wants the cops chasing him during initiation. MARY ANNE JONES leaves a gym suit standing in her locker to her sis- ter Donna. BILL KENT leaves his motorbike to Coach Provost. JOANNE KENYON leaves the high school to her brother who she doubts will make it. SUE KENYON leaves behind some wonderful teachers to the under- classmen who don't appreciate them. SANDRA KLASE leaves the school and all her fond memories to her brother Jack. RAY KNICKERBOCKER leaves the talented Mr. Knowlton to anyone who wants him. MARSHA KORNBLUTH leaves her three art classes to anyone who likes multi-colored fingers.