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Class of 1960, Andover Central School
Diplomas Are Awarded to 41 Andover Seniors
The 31 members of the Class of 1960, Andover Central School, were
graduated last night at the schools 85th Annual Commencement.
Dr. J. Robert Common, president of the Board of Education,
presented the diplomas, and awards were handed to recipients by
Principal James H. Kessler.
The Commencement Address, "Needs, Seeds and Deeds," was delivered
by Curtus W. Haug, Y.M.C.A. general secretary at Jamestown.
Student speakers were Cleona Jean Updyke, valedictorian, and
Ann Cannon, salutatorian. The invocational and benediction
prayers were offered by the Rev. Robert E. Stover and the Rev.
John R. Shea, respectively.
The school orchestra played the prelude, processional, recessional
and postlude. Musical selections were offered by the Girls
Ensemble and the Mixed Chorus.
Members of the class were:
- Regina Susan Baker
- Richard M. Baker
- Judith Kay Brundage
- Victor C. Burch
- Ann Cannon
- Judith P. Carr
- Irene Ruth Clarke
- Linda Rose Coffin
- Nancy Mae DeRemer
- Charles David Dixon
- Beverly Joan Freeman
- Homer Glover
- Delores Amy Halsey
- Warren Hann
- Garth Cedric Hulin
- Ronald Lee Lewis
- Leo McAndrews
- David E. Ordiway
- Lucille E. Rifenburg
- Flora Jean Sherman
- Sarah Jean Smith
- Hilda T. Soto
- Shirley D. Snyder
- Glenn D. Thorp
- Cleona Jean Updyke
- Gail Eldon Waldeck
- Rea Ellen Waldeck
- Afred Lynn Shiting
- Paul Raymond Winchell
- Gary Nelson Woodard
- William Jeffery Woodruff
The Class officers were
- Richard Baker, president
- Beverly Freeman, vice president
- Sarah Jean Smith, secretary-treasurer
Awards
- Ellen Joyce, American history
- Theo Edwards, geometry
- Emily Alvord, freshman award
- George Hoover, spelling contest
- Beverly Freeman, Babe Ruth Sportmanship Award
- Harold LeFever, agriculture
- Delores Halsey, homemaking
- Linda Coffin, science
- Richard Baker and Cleona Updyke, leadership
- Warren Hann, the Conde Memorial American Legion Award
- Sandra Thorp, poppy poster
- Victoria Woolworth, Allegany County American Legion Auxiliary Award for Junior High School
- Judith Carr, home economics
Scholarships
- Richard Baker and Cleona Jean Updyke New York State Regents Scholarships
- Garth Hulin, General Motors scholarship
- Judy Carr, Bartz-Reil-Conde Scholarship
- Linda Coffin, Bartz-Reil-Conde Scholarship alternate
- Gail Waldeck, Andover PTA scholarship
[source: The Wellsville Daily Reporter, June 28, 1960, p. 8, posted to the Allegany Co., NY GenWeb site by permission]
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