Vestal High School 1961 Yearbook (Vestal, NY)

our clanr and our picni wa held at Harve · Lak . Ja k Garvey wa the cia

Romeo and andy

:-;imp on ''a our mo t popular girl.

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ophomore we felt pretty ecu re.

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nior were a lot horter and not half a bright

a ''e had previouJy thought. W added orne new face with the kid from Maine--Tiny, Ton

Lenkiewicz. ta_h. Joani Hen on-and all becam much better acquainted thank to the biology trip

to i\'ew York Cit). Ia

offic r were: Pr ident-Th a B nzelew ki, Vice Pre ident-Chuck May,

r tar) - Diane Ta) lor. Trea urer-Dick Landon. Th dance theme wa "Oriental pringtime" and fea–

tured a [i,•e di-e-jockey from WEBO, and the picnic 'a held at Rocky Glen. The big fad was wearing

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bearing the year of graduation.

A juniors, we enjoyed our be t ·ear ever.

wa a time of increa_ed acti itie but minu many of

the worri

and re pon ibilitie which burdened (? ) th enior . However, mo t of u were more than

"illino- to take over the "burden"' of being enior , ven though the idea of graduating in a year was

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frio-htening and oft n ery doubtful. Thea again erved a Pre ident, Jo Ann Sam on was

i e Pre_ident. and

imp on wa

retary and Di k Landon wa Trea urer. The big event was the

Junior Prom. ·Paradi In Pink,' an exotic tropical i land with m terious teaming pools. Junior girl

_tarted making plan to per uade the right boy to be captivated enough to take them. With the trategy

in 1\orking ord r _ince the pr ceding ummer the girl didn't leave many loophol open for the poor

un. u. pe ling bo . andy impson wa cho n Qu en, Betty Lynch wa Fir t Lady-in-Waiting, and

ian Ta ·lor wa econd Lad -in-Waiting. Sandy ilvernail and Larry Lane were the class couple,

llar ld help and Toni Patti introduced 'Melvin and Z Ida," and Ve tal urvived its second year of

Frank ' orton remarkably

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And n w our nior year i rapidly ticking awa) and graduation i bearing down upon us. This

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ar, more than an of the other thirteen, ' ill remain in our memorie as the finest one of

all.

We hm e the honor of being the fir t graduating cla in the new high chool-a real luxury for all of

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"ith it enior lounge, rock garden, three cafeteria , and of cour e, all the modern EDUCATIO AL

fa ·ilitie_. Led

Frank orton-Pre ident, Loi R}an- Vice Pre ident, Penny Little--Secretary, and

nch- Trea urer we made the mo t money of any enior cia on the magazine drive, pre ented

a ri Lou pla ·, '·Tii\IE OUT FOR GI GER," and had our wonderful prom, "The Cry tal Ball" at ' hich

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L) nch and Frank orton ' ere crowned nior royalty. Tony

Lenkiewi.cz

was our King Bruin.

We await graduation and the remainder of our enior activitie with excitement, inlpatience, and

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tful longing to be back in kindergarten. Whatever th future holds for u a individual , we '

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alway_ regard our day at Ve tal a the golden day of our youth.