Vestal High School 1961 Yearbook (Vestal, NY) - Full Access

66 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. A bla e ophomore we felt pretty ecu re. TI1 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 b am bearing the year of graduation. A juniors, we enjoyed our be t ·ear ever. It 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 . om Lim 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 w ll. And n w our nior year i rapidly ticking awa) and graduation i bearing down upon us. This gold n ~ 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 u~. "ith it enior lounge, rock garden, three cafeteria , and of cour e, all the modern EDUCATIO AL fa ·ilitie_. Led by Frank orton-Pre ident, Loi R}an- Vice Pre ident, Penny Little--Secretary, and B U) L~ 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 BeLL) 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 a wi . tful longing to be back in kindergarten. Whatever th future holds for u a individual , we ' ill alway_ regard our day at Ve tal a the golden day of our youth.