Saranac Lake High School - Annual Yearbook (Saranac Lake, NY)

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CLASS GIGGLERS CLASS WITS CLASS IIANCERS MOST TALKATIWI' Donald Estes VVilliarn Stout Gerald Cartvr Alan liclvlln-rg: Mary .lane Higgins lluth Sporck .loan Conlin .lanv Cal rull SUPERLATIVES , N, FlllENDl,Il'IS'l' MOST LIKELY TO MAN AND WOMAN Richard Nlenga SUCCLLD lIA'Tl',R5 Aaron Drntz linger Stephenson Anna Oborsl. S. CLASS CRAMMERS Donald Pierce Phyllis McCormick M ary Kusich Audrey Lubdcll BEST LOOKING VVilliarn LaVallec Mary Sue LaVallcc BEST IJIRESSED CLASS FLIRTS VVilliam LaVallne xvllllkllll l.aVall4-4' Phyllis MCCflI'lIllCk lVlaurm-n Hntlur 28

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PROPHECY There are many famous forty-niners staying at the hotel. Among them are those talented artists, Bea Goldberg and Bertha Wood. They are unpopular with the janitor because they are always drawingA-hot water. The famous entertainers-Bill Stout, Donny Maple, Bob Arnold, and Anna Oberst-are back in Switzerland vacationing after the Broadway production of The Wizard of UZ arranged, directed, produced, and financed by Mr. Murphy. Mr. Murphy lost all of his money but never lost Uzl Ned Pendergast, now a member of the Berfle Bomber's soccer team, is vacationing with his pretty wife, the former Donny Maple. Skip Cassavaugh, Jack Sweeney, Gary Holway and Jack Disco, also members of the team, are staying here. They are feeling mighty low, since they are in the cellar of their league. Beverly Sawyer is head of the Swiss Free Library which she herself established, financed and furnished with books. Her most frequent patron is Professor Donald Pierce, who is doing research on Animal Welfare Society methods used in Switzerland. Betsy Godson, now Arthur Murray's assistant, is trying desperately to teach her Swiss students how to Samba. The talented musician, Mary Tierney, furnishes the music-compliments of Tom Edison. Francis Macy and Jack McKillip have opened a watch repair shop so they can have lots of time on their hands. Dick Menga, now a famous dairy specialist, keeps them busy with his grandfather's alarm clock. Since it was re- paired, the alarm is so powerful, it makes the cows tremble: result--milkshakes. George Owens and John Martelle are attending the annual firemen's convention which is sponsored this year by Arson Welles. Walking into the office of Jack Lawless, hotel private eye, fthe office really belongs to Mary Ann McKillipD we find Palmyra Ransom, Lois Favaro, and Odile Connor. They are busily typing up the report of his latest assignment, the case of Who hung the hangnailf' All Jack has left are the clippings. Joan Conlin and Rita Acrivlelis have come to Switzerland to act as cheerleaders at the Olympics. They have been cheering and cheering but the old owls just don't seem to give a hoot. Herbert Davis is running the local radio station. At 7 oiclock each evening comes that familiar call, Prepare your pad and pencil for Perry's puzzle program. This is sponsored by Bongo Booth's Baby Bassinet Blankets, Inc. At 8 o'clock they bring you that popular horse opera, The Lone Stranger, starring Bernard Deissler as the stranger. Information Please is the next program on the air, with Ruth Sporck as the master of ceremonies. Her assistant, Valda Ryan, picks people from the audience to ask questions. These questions are directed to the panel which is composed of Joyce Saumier, Dorothy Sweeney, Mary Kerr and Leah Swinyer. The program is continually inter- rupted by the stage hands, John Martelle and Francis Foote, who blink the lights just to get in on the act. Bob Hickok and Jack Finnegan are operating the farm which supplies the lodge with Swiss butter. They leave the farm with cream, and reach the village with butter. In case you are wondering how this is possible, Finnegan's truck is familiarly known as The Big Churn. Janice Sperry, Betty Murray and Jean McGraw have started a home for decrepit mountain goats, and are studying their conditions. Things were running smoothly, until some old rams started horning their way in. Jean Gladd and Frank Lezak, who are running a hair dresser's shop, are still trying to figure out why their cus- tomers are losing their hair. Anyway, they sell hair restorer, and with each bottle they give short bobs. So far, they have gotten rid of Bob Jackson and Bob McKillip. Mary Kosich is superintendent of a girls' school. Her assistants are Esther Brown and Pat Tyler. The faculty includes Veronica Lashway as physical instructor, Jane Carroll, who handles English, and Dolores Roche and Marilyn Rudolph, who teach commercial subjects. Betty Bryant is lecturing on the finer arts to her admiring students. Switzerland is also noted for its outstanding hockey teams. Comprising one of their finer teams, which is man- aged by Roger Stephenson, we find Harold f'Legs James as goalie. There is only one major problem with Legs -he is afraid of the puck and hides behind the net. Bob LaPlante and Howard Thompson play defense positions. Arnold Woodruff and Leonard LeClair are the star forwards. We can't forget Wilmer Lewis. He's the stick boy. Bob Lyeth, the referee, gets hit by the puck so much, he has acquired the nickname, Lumpy. Recently they had their toughest game, and were defeated by June Hicks' all girl team by the record-breaking score of 100 to 99. This sensational sextet included Maureen Sugar Butler as goalie, and Joyce Rocket,' Kenny and Adele Spike,' Johnson, defensemen. The forwards were Connie Sparkplug Martin, center, Thelma Streak Rieck, and Audrey Killer Lobdell, right and left wings. This girls' team was so terrific, it made the boys' team seem like a locomotive-all loco . . . but no motive. Brienstein, the famous American scientist, is working on a new theory known as l'Sochia tivity. Since he is in a muddle, our ow11 little scientist, Stanley Smith, is rushing madly to the United States to straighten him out. Marlene Southard is running a sweater factory and employs Janet Scanlon to make sure nobody pulls the wool over their eyes. Flashy-Flash!!!-We have just been informed that the company sponsoring our trip has gone bankrupt. Since we have insufficient funds of our own, we find ourselves hitch-hiking with our thumbs pointed toward home. We bid you a fair good-bye. 30