Rome Free Academy - De O Wain Sta Yearbook (Rome, NY)

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Sandra Adele + Jeffrey Allen Robert Allen Synthia Ames Patricia Anderson Our Individual Honors... — Ann Marie Andriette John Arbes Charles Armitage Donna Armstrong Four famous representatives of our class. Carla Cecilia, Mike Kunkel, the shmo, and Carol Jones.

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Mr. Pelkey, our advisor, helps Mary Ann Tagliaferri and Chris Brodock. Barb Pritchard, Vice-President Pete Zawaly, Secretary Carol Jones, and Treasurer Doug Thaler, coupled with many weeks of toiling committees and assorted que- ries, climaxed the day we oh-so-proudly received our class rings. To us they are unique ... almost as much as our Junior Prom ... “Carousel” ... which brought compliments galore and established a standard it will take a long time to equal One more summer and we had bridged the chasm between eleventh and twelfth grades, becoming “mighty seniors.” Moreover, we had become individu- als expressing particular interests and embarking upon diversified paths into the future. As each event ap- proached, we anticipated it in our own personal way; as each event passed, we remembered it in our own personal way. As such we chose Pete Zawaly, Camille Salce, Debbie Castle, and John DelPiano our able guides; rehearsed and re-rehearsed for our capacity- crowd Senior Play — “Turn Back the Clock,” chipped in on the Thanksgiving Drive, eagerly ordered our name cards (let’s see ... do | have over 100 friends! and graduation announcements, stood posture-perfect for our cap and gown measurements, crammed for those mind-draining college boards and dreaded June Regents (as always). We powdered and polished for our senior pictures, and counted calories before the Senior Banquet. After going half batty waiting for college and job acceptances, and nearly delirious when they finally came, we arrived somewhat shy, somewhat scared, somewhat eager ... but all-won- dering, at our “big moment” ... graduation. Bac- calaureate put us in the mood ... thankful for alll our blessings, hopeful for all our tomorrows, aspiring for all our undiscovered potentials, unprayed prayers, and undreamed dreams. We now stand between all that is past and all that is future. As individuals we will blend into the world now, and as individuals we will be proud to have graduated from RFA ... our Alma Mater. A giant step into the tomorrows . .

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Richard Arthur Stephen Averill James Bailey Carlton Balch Bernard Baldigo Francis Baldwin Anthony Bartolotti Leo Barton C. Cecilia, S. Averill and D. Tripp accept the N.C.T.E. Award. Fred Bauer Donna Beach