1. SENIOR CLASS TRIP --- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1961
Our Senior Class trip was to a resort in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. We spent the entire day (beginning at 6 AM and ending at 2 AM the next day) at beautiful "Vacaton Valley" on Echo Lake in the Poconos. Below are photos of that memorable day (including newspaper clippings and permissions slips).
( ** If YOU have photos from this Senior Class Trip to the Poconos, please send them to Dave Kay, and he will get them posted on this page. Thanks!)
FYI: In the late 1970s, Vacation Valley was bought out by Caesar's Palace [of Las Vegas casino fame], and had its name changed to "Caesar's Pocono Palace". This name has again been changed, and today [2012] it is known as "The Pocono Palace Resort").
June 14, 1961 The Senior Class Picture at Vacation Valley, on Echo Lake in the heart of the Poconos in Pennsylvania
Close-up of the left side --
.............. and a close-up of the right side --
And then there was also this TALLER Panoramic shot, with "VACATION VALLEY" on top:
1961 News Clipping from the Panther's Pause ---- and the PERMISSION SLIP for the trip
 
Then the Guys posed for other photos ---
 
Left Photo (front row): Ed Hempel, Bob Jewett; Ken Miller; Vinny Piscitello; Jeff Kinney
.....................(back row): Jim Cooper; Frank Kingsland; George Linnartz; Stan Conklin; Bob Stracher; Art Beauchamp
Right Photo (L to R): Stu Corn; Wayne Farissier?(in back); Frank Kingsland; Fred Wenz (standing); Ed Hempel (back, right)
The day cabin/house to which some of the Senior Girls were assigned was far enough away from the main building that they had to take a "hay wagon" ride to their rooms........ In this photo are (L to R): Loretta Walsh, Chris Paolillo, Lillian Hanas, then 2 girls can't be seen, then Mary Lou Breithaupt (tallest in this picture), and Erlinda Grass.
And in another photo from the same wagon ride: (L to R): Nancy Spoerer, Loretta Walsh, Chris Paolillo, Lillian Hanas (head down) and Jan Coomber.
2. Senior BANQUET and DANCE
At the Swiss Chalet in Ramsey, on a lovely Tuesday evening in June, we Seniors had a formal Banquet and Dance. Teachers Ronald Haas and Charles Johnson were in charge of the evening's activities.
And -- as they used to say so VERY long ago: "...A Good Time Was Had By All..." !
~~ HEY CLASSMATES !! Do any of you have PHOTOS taken at the banquet?? If so, PLEASE send them to me, Dave Kay, for posting here ~~
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