Skaneateles High School - Comet Yearbook (Skaneateles, NY)

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tunn Back the hanos of tum Although xt was several years ago, most of us st1ll remember uf only sltghtlyj the day rn September 1942, when we f1rst entered school It was a rather fearful day for some but for all tt was excmng and lmportant Under the gutdance of so capable and be loved a teacher as Mrs Sheppard we were dest1ned for success 1n our school career We have gamed many new frrends and lost many of our or1g1na1 class mates 1n our journey through school but we are essenually the same class The next September hav1ng completed kmder garten and bemg full of conftdence, we set out for f1rst grade and new worlds to conquer W1th the help of Mxss McLaughlm we were lntroduced to the antxcs of D1ck Jane and Baby Sally Our adventure m llterature had begunl Mrs Salrsbury Mrss Hunter, M1ss Stevens and th1rd fourth and flfth grades There were tlmes when our behavtor drove these k1nd and understandmg teachers to dlstracuon but 1n our memorles they w11l hold an honored spot There are no words to express the sadness felt by each one of us at the passmg of Mrs Burke tlus year The days we spent 1n her class w11l rematn as some of the happxest we have ever spent We shall never forget, among other thmgs, the wonder ful stones she read to us each morn1ng and the rnterest she took 1n each one of us Our tr1p upstatrs' seemed to us hke an event tn htstoryl As seventh graders we were easlly re cogtuzed by the a1r of utter confusion that surrounded us In e1ghth grade we had our f1rst expenence w1th Regents ' Not knowtng any better we were not at all perturbed and passed them w1th flyxng colors In the mnth grade, w1th Mrs Waterman and Mr Gless as adv1sors, we chose an able leader m Sam Stenger for presldent We went over the top rn magazme sales and enjoyed our Chr1stmas party and our banquet at the Country Club Even the traglc f1re that leveled our school bu1ld1ng that year d1d not dampen our enthusrasm for semor hxgh school It seemed hke onlyashort t1me unt1lJ une and we were graduaung from jumor hlgh w1th due pomp and cere mony ln our Sophomore year we wlsely chose Rodney Rrchards as Presldent Wtth the gundanoe of our adv1sors Coach Hyatt and Mxss Roos we staged the annual Sophomore Crrcus and Dance called Aprxl Showers. In sptte of the 11l'1'llI3I10HS of the Grange Hall, tt was a tremendous success. 23 Our Jumor year w1th Rodney Rxchards agam at the helm was marked chlefly by our J un1or Prom Moonlight Sonata ' w1th Sandra Pltman as quwn and the selectlon of our class rxngs The unt1r1ng effort of Mlss Speno and Mtss Rowland made both these ventures turn out exoepuonally well ln May the two partles ln the Student Counc1l elecuons West s Warr1ors and Sam s Sa1lors, conducted ener get1c campa1gns w1th Rex West emerg1ng asPres1dent of the Student Counc1l At last we have now become semors the cul rnmatron of twelve years schoohng Class Presldent Dave Foster led us through paper dr1ves Con whtch we worked SO hardj bake sales, a magazme cam paxgn and the greatest play ever The Ltttle Dog Laughed Some of us are gotng on to college or bus1ness school others w1ll be seekmg Jobs But none of us wherever we may be 1n future years w11l and classmates our struggles w1th Lat1n verbs chemxstry labs and geometry proposmons and our many extracurr1cular RCIIVIIIBS w11l long be rernem bered As Baccalaureate graduauon, and our class trxp draw near we reahze how much Skaneateles Central School has meant to us For us the fmale I I 7 7 I l ' - 1 . n ' Miss Hahn guided us along the way through second, forget the experiences we have shared. Our teachers

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I I evenythmc I have IS youtzs We, the graduatmg class of 1955 acung upon the presumpuon that we are all of sound mmd and body do hereby relmqu1sh all our treasured rnemorres and possessrons whrch have accompamed us throughout our unforgetable hxdx school career To our wonderful and patrent teachers we bequeath the thought that next year there w1ll he another semor class Tothe Junrors we leave our posruon as brg wheels and to the sophomores the plans and Joys of the1r next two years Fmally to the fresh men we bequeath the hope that the1r remammg years of hrgh school wrll be as wonderful as ours have been Thomas Abrams leave my ablltty to pass exams wlthout studymg, to Harold Trrppleton who cans use Thomas Arram leave some of my 64' to Jrm Buff to add to hrs 5 4 while playmg basketball Fredenck Bastable leave my tractor to any Junxor farm boy who does not possess one at the pre sent t1me Robert Beam leave my ambltron to Bill Qurrk Gwendolyn Bendall bequeath my posrtion as Edltor of the COMET and a bottle of Aspxrm to the next lucky and hard workmg Edltor Ruth Breeze leave my Auburn phone dxrectory to Gael Robmsou Barbara Campbell bequeath my abode to the femme half of the future senlor class for the purpose of any gathermgs whrch may be deemed reasonable and necessary Carol Chase leave my ab1l1ty to wrrte letters rn class and not get caught to any Jumor gtrl who rs behrnd rn her correspondence Lmda Coats LEAVE J arnes Coleman, leave my magmflcent Navy record to the frrst draft dodger who reports to me Marlyn Evans bequeath my connections toMary Perkms who dunks I have some Paula Ftscher don t leave anything to anybody be cause I want to hold on to everythrng Ive got Davrd Foster bequeath my basketball ab1lltytoB1ll Rrelly to add to hrs Beverly Fuller leave the famrly car to the family Judtth Gaylord leave my NashRambler toGrandy s since tl1ey have II most of the ume anyway Dav1d Hahn w1ll my love of partres to George Walter although I don't thmk he needs rt Clara Hanley leave my love of collectxng costumes for the Seruor Play, to those who w1ll have to do so next year Joan Harry bequeath my ahrlity to remam srlent at the rrght trme to Marcra Byrne Charles Harvard leave my shortness to Ken Cook rn case he gets too tall for the short doorways they are makrng these days Annell Hemonen leave my abtlrry to make frrends easrly to any gxrl who thmks she can do as well Gretchen Honsberger leave my ever ready gxggle to Margaret Burrell who IS always so serrous Wrlma Kuhl, bequeath my typewrrter to SueCa1nes so that she won t get out of pracnoe .5!SW551g q?5L fl My uv :QLD 'lgil I -J nivcuuu U 1- Y' 0 Q 'Q GNL fa, Q Marno Knauth leave my noon hour Job lil the cafeterra to anyone who lrkes people who can't decrde what kmd of 1ce cream they want Phyllls Lader leave my old telephone Jokes to anyone who wants to do somethmg srlly rn hrs spare nme Patricra Lanphere leave Dew drop to anyone who dares to drive her Lorrame Lansbury, leave my love of chemxstry to anyone who dares to venture mto the unknown Jean Larrabee bequeath my monthly tr1ps toSyra cuse for Red Cross meeungs, to Gmny Lubmskx who w1ll need them next year Edward l.eFevre leave my hot rod to Doug Herrxck for use 1n lus travels between Skaneateles and Owasco Jeanne McCarthy leave my membershlp m the Turtle Club ' to Kathy Delavan Karen Pitman leave my wrtty remarks to Bonme Wtenerth rn case she ever rtms out of her own Sandra Prtman will my duty to brmg seven whxte handkercluefs for the voo doo cheer to Susre Dodd Rodney Rrchards leave my hbrary fmes to anyone w1th enough money to pay them. Edward Roberts leave my cabbage fxelds to Roger Dennrson Loretta Rogers leave my athleuc abxlxty to Joyce Kitts who IS domg all nght w1th her own Steven Sherlock bequeath my standmg dates w1th a tall blonde to any boy who xs deservmg Rrchard Snyder, leave my Job at Lee s to any ambrtxous boy Samuel Stenger, wrll my broken ankle to Bev Lapham rn case he enjoys hrs dxsabrltty more than o Donald Swayne leave my chxckens toRa1phSt1ll well George Swrtzer, bequeath my long blonde harr to Anne Neupert rn case she gets trred of her short dark haxr Charlotte Tuff leave my well used shorthand penctl to Mary Kortrtght for use next year Francis Waters leave my curly haxr to Kerth Bowers in case he may ever have need of rt Rexford West, leave my long trrps to Rose Hrll to Barry Kellogg Joyce Wtlcox, wtll my abxlrty to wear my han' m so many dxfferent styles to Gmny Wilstrom C ?wwd Blfaltnb 4775 ABSENTEES Carol Chase Judy Gaylord Marno Knauth Eddle I Georgra Swxtzet Francts Waters I I A Y I , . . . 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the pnophecy Skaneateles Central School January 5 1965 V0 16 N0 I gf class of 55 holos BIG Qeumon Last ntght he qutet halls of Skaneateles Cen tral were f1lled wtth the members of the class of 1955 who after 10 years f1nally assembled them selves for the1r f1rst reumon Many careers were dtscussed and the members of the class were asked to stand and 1n one sentence tell thetr fellow class mates the successes they had made Bev Fuller was the f1rst to be called on and she told the class that she was now the f1rst woman 1n Amertca to fly a bllmp Tom Abrams, sleeptng through every tmportant meetmg, wakes up knowmg what was gotng on Charlotte Tuff Mrs Bachman s asststant 1n 54 IS now the chalrman of the Stster Kenny Organxzatlon. The best dressed man 1l'l the world IS none other than Dave Hahn, who has ex tended the Syracuse Men s Shop to ftve planets He says bus1ness IS great Eddle Roberts, Pres1dent of the P F A QPresent Farmers of Amertcaj just completed a tour of Iceland where he plans to start hlS new project of CLl1IlV3Ill'lg 1ce 1n order to grow 1ce cubes The horseback rtder of the class of 55 Judy Gaylord, ts st1ll argtung that horses w1ll put cars out of bus1ness any day now Fred Bastable who really started marchlng when he Jomed the armed SEFVICBS has become the Secretary of War He IS under Buzzy West who rs now our 35th Pres1dent after beg1nmng h1s expertence as Prestdent of Student Counctl 1n 55 Tom Arra1n heard on the Vo1ce of Amer1ca, IS one of the few men Lfl the country w1th a votce good enough to overrule the women Marno Carthy lS the greatest debater m America Another of the class members who has made great success 1n farrrung IS Bob Beam who w1ll reveal the secret of the combtnatton cotton g1n baler comb1ne, pea p1cker and needle threader next week at a farmer s conventton Gwen Bendall IS the ed1tor of the Yearbook of Amer1ca The hunter and f1sherofth1sclasS1sFranc1s Waters now the leader of the Canadtan Royal Mounted Pol1ce Ruth Breeze the f1rst woman to become Secretary of the Sec retarres of Amer1ca c1a1ms she owes her success to Room 206 Georg1aSw1tzer took Rtse Stevens place 1n the Metropolttan Opera Carmen ' and had to rush back to Spa1n for IIS f1rst show1ng As we speak about show busmess, we should also ment1on Barb Campbell who defeated Grace Kelly for an Oscar by a brxlllant performance mher latest prcture The Urban G1rl ln the mustc world Lorra1ne Lansbury just rece1ved a twelve foot clarmet as a token U3 of htgh apprecrauon from the Bands of the World Carol Chase whose ptcture was seen re cently 1n Belreve It or Not couldnt be here to rught because she lS sttll sleepmg fShe has been stnce July lst, 19555 Don Swayne the greatest author of our t1rne has Just completed h1s l1fe story S1lent But Deadly Linda Coats who enjoyed college life so very much, IS now Dean of Notre Dame and 1S runnrng for Presldent Sam Stenger a very successful engtneer lS now chref engrneer of the Skaneateles Short ltne Emstem s theory ts some th1ng of the past as we now look at W1lma Kuhl s great thesxs of the Yo Yo Zsa Zsa Gabor gaveup Rubrrosa for our famous sport car racer, J 1m Coleman who st1ll rematns loyal to hts M G Phyllts Lader, the New York Tlmes ed1tor, donated a hand trolley to run from the press Off1Ce to The Lakeshore room. She sa1d II would help her to rehve old memortes The w1nner of the ma1n dxvrsron of the Olymplcs tlus year was Loretta Rogers She has defeated every known athlete tn the busmess Marlyn Evans has replaced the late Sara Bernhardt Ill the stage world and w1ll tour Afr1ca tn an attempt to dtscover new dances for her next show Gretd1en Honsberger has cltmbed to the hrghest place 1n SOCIBIY and IS now the presldent of the Bel Arr Country Club tn the Arcttc Ctrcle She couldn't have gone any lugherll The taxr cabs of New York Ctty have been put under control by Dave Foster, thetr new boss Paula Frscher who was always the one to come to 1f somethmg went wrong, lS now the second Mary Hay worth Her letters are worth read1ng The recently elected chatrman of the U N General Assembly, Annelr Hetnonen well deserves tt Jean Larrabee has really made a success of her hfe and IS the f1rst woman to become the manager of the New York Stock Exchange Karen P1tman who has always had a love of l1fe just completed her f1rst novel How to Lrve and Llke ll Clara Hanley just had to get to Texas m 55 but ended up work1ng Wldl Art Carney She couldn't see spendmg money so she s drggtng her way down The Hot Rod Club of Amer1ca Cadtllac w1th 14 dents on IIS back fender He was awarded tl11s car because of hlS fatlure to keep up h1s t1tle Most Ltkely to Crack Up Dxor Fath Forgarty and Logan are out of bllSll'l6SS because of Jeanne McCarthy s new dress styles, whtch consrsts of all these stylers patterns put togetherQsomedress'Pp Sandra P1tman was recently chosen to res1de as queen over the annual conventton of U S bus1ness womenheld 1n San Franctsco Joan Harry has taken her father s place as professor tn electr1c1ty at AuburnCommun1ty College Charles Harvard now p1tch1ng baseball for the New York Yankees, told the class thathe rece1ved the t1tle of the Most Valuable Player after the game 1n the World Serres Ronnre Holmes has come mto a great deal of money tn the past ten years as a cartoon1st and sttll looks back upon Pogo ' as the tdol of hlS hfe Ed LeFevre IS head of a constructton ftrm and IS butldmg a super h1ghway from Owasco to Auburn to replace the one he wore down 1n 55 The lawyer of the year none other than Steve Sherlock, began his practxce after graduauon D1Ck Snyder left the halls of Skaneateles and went to England to regatn the real t1tle of Duke Joyce Wtlcox has come to Skaneateles from New York Ctty where she lS the prtvate halrdresser of many SOCl31.lICS PatLanphere Just f1mshed pulltng her 100th tooth and celebrated at the reumon The f1rst ten years have been very successful for all and let s hope they keep up the good work 1n the future . l. . . 0 I - .. .. - .. .. . - ' ' l ' . . - - U - - . , . . . Knauth, seconded only by the late Senator J oe Mc- recently presented Rod Richards with a brand new . . . ' . . . D ., . ',, . ' . . . . , . ' ' ' . , - . .. . li - n - - ' . . . . , I , D n - . n . . , . , , 1 , I n l 24