Admiral Farragut Academy - Trident Yearbook (Pine Beach, NJ)

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JNIQ J? we eyed 'lhem for rhe firs+ 'hme +hey had fhe malungs ofa good feam Navy Day rradahon was upheld by a 'rurkey dsnner and an InspIrIng speech by Admral Carpender who larer became our superIn+enden+ Thanksguvmg Leave was cancelled +ha+ year buf all dlsappomrmenf vamshed when plans 'For a Thanksglvung Hop were announced Thls IhhOV6l'IOI1 made Chrlsfmas Leave more apprecIa'I'ed and Il' was cer+aInly lusf +ha+ Before we lefl' +he Foo'rlIgh+ers enferfamed us wI+h a superb performance of The Devll and DanIel Websler Eughreen Inches of snow was raken In s+rIde as +he Mud Wmfer Hop Iolned fhe ranks of success ful dances pul' on by fhe Hop CommIHee Then our of fhe Dark Ages evolved a beauhful sprmg and durlng June Week fhe FooflIgh'rers agam enlerfa ned us wI+h an excellenl' performance of Arsenlc and Old Lace The Second Company fook fhelr furn af wmnmg fhe colors and fhen ihe cllmax of fhe +hIrd year fook place In lhe form of fhe June Ball wI+h musuc furmshed by Bob Shebley and hIs orches +ra The Commencemenr speaker was +he newly elecfed governor of New Jersey Alfred Drlscoll I947 48 Then finally I+ was here Thai' year of years when we became FIrs'I' Classmen Boy whal a l9fl'IflC year +ha+ was' The foofball +eam sfar+ed us off by wmmng fhe Mullfary League ChampIonshIp and from +hen on we had an unsurpassable class The Navy Day program was as enloyable and as successful as ever and for fhe second year we subsfrlufed a beauhful dance for Thanksgnvmg Leave When ChrIs+mas came along I+ found +he +hree compames a feudm and a Hghhn +o break Info firsf place On re+urnIng from leave mosi ol us had +o plow fhrough fhe snow leff over from fhe bug s+orm bul' If was nof wI+h heavy hearfs fha? we refurned for fhere were only four mon'l'hs lefl' of our hugh school career WI+h all fhe snow plus zero femperafure we sweafed and sfudled and passed fhe mud year mark Wmfer broughr on more sensahonal afhlehcs wI+h fhe baskefball 'ream losmg only four games fhe whole season We were really proud +ha+ year The Mud Wmfer Dance +hough posfponed un1'Il March Sfh, was shll a huge success wI+h +he fauihful Debonaures supplymg fhe sweef melodIes and fhe beaufiful drags supplymg 'rhe sweel' +hough+s and memorues The clrmax of our always +0 be remembered FIrs+ Class year was June Week. Salurday +he Foo+lIgh+ers were a success as usual, wI+h +heIr produchon of Charley's Aun+ Sunday, MemorIal Day, and +hIs year we dnd no'l' par+IcIpa+e In fhe Toms Rlver parade The Band Concerf, fhe Declama hon Confesf and fhe DrIll Compe+I'I'Ion followed In ihelr order' and +hen came 'lhe nIgh+ of nIgh+s' The June Ball, wlfh a Du+ch fheme. superbly decoraled by fhe Hop CommIHee, was +he dance of fhe year Claude Thornhlll and has band supplled wonderful musIc for fhls, our lasl' nighl' af Farraguf Tuesday mormng, June first and seven'l'y +wo of us wull remember fhe day as one of fhe greafesl' In our lnves Commencemenf exercIses were held In fhe SenIor Gym wifh Admural T L. Sprague, Chuef of Naval Personnel as fhe speaker. Thus ended four years of hard work and good hmes as we iurned our blues ID fo Joe and proudly wenf our ways In cIvvIes T ZILUCA Class Husforuan -AA-AAA44-4444--44AAA4444A--A-AAA- 44-4-4 vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv vvvvvv4 --AAAAAAAAAAAAA4A4A444444444AA4AA4 AA--- ivvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv vvvvvf -A-AA-4AAAA4A4AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQQAA--- vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv- I I , I I ' I I I ,I I Il I I I I II - 0 II I I I I I I I I I I I o . - II - II I - - II v ,I I I I I I - I I I II I I ' I I , I I - 0 II I I v III I ' I I I I I I I I I ' I I I I I I I I I , I I I II I II I I I I I I I I , I I I I I I I .. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ' I

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fzfwf M' Shup s I944 45 Well gang fhus us uf' Thus us fhe year we have all been waufung for' Bur before we begun fo bursf forfh wufh 'oy and hapuness lef me fake you unfo fhe pasf so fhaf we mughf remunusce over our four years af Farraguf Remember fhaf firsf day Sepfember 2I I944 We sfarfed fhe four mosf umporfanf years of our luves on fhaf day Whafever course we decuded fo fake our prep school educafuon would be fhe mosf unfluenfual and beneficual fhaf we would ever know Also begunnung ufs firsf year of servuce af Farraguf was fhe new Suck Bay and wufh a full swung busuness foo Thus was a year of many firsfs as all fhe school walks were paved wufh concrefe and luned wufh sulver raulungs The annual Navy Day dunner was a huge success wufh food ouf of fhus world and excellenf ad dresses by Commodore Mulls and Commander Lamb Soon affer fhus evenf fhe eagerly awaufed Chrusfmas Hop and fhe wonderful musuc supplued by fhe Debonaures plus fhe unusually large array of beaufues gave fhe dance lusf fhe rughf afmosphere Some of us even resfed The refurn was hard buf we were soon back unfo fhe swung of fhungs and bracung ourselves for our firsf mud year exams Affer fhese fhe fume flew fasf and before we knew uf June Week was upon us For fhe firsf fume sunce fhe war had begun Farraguf fook parf un fhe Memorual Day Parade un Toms Ruver Thus was fhe begunnung of June Week fhe end came wufh fhe wunnung of fhe colors by fhe Fughhng Fursf and fhe June Ball wufh fhe gym beaufufully decorafed and wufh musuc by fhe colorful Louus Pruma A hard buf grafufyung plebe year had ended I945 46- We refurned un Sepfember and much fo our dusmay fhe school hadn f changed Prumed wufh an excellenf speech by Vuce Admural Russell Wullson we were soon on our way fo anofher successful year An excufung foofball season plus lofs of hard work made fhe fume fly by almosf before we realuzed whaf had happened fhe Chrusfmas Hop had come and gone and we were clamorung for seafs on fhe buses fhaf would fake us home for anofher Yulefude Season ln March of fhaf year fhe school became fhe proud owner of fhe Navy LC I Q6 538 and fwo LC V P s All hands fook greaf prude and unferesf un fhese fhree oufsfandung addufuons fo our fleef The V P s were firsf puf unfo use when fhey fransporfed parf of fhe corps fo Toms Ruver where we agaun fook parf un fhe Memorual Day Parade Agaun June Week and deparfung were upon us Thus year fhe Thunderung Thurd capfured fhe colors and we all leff wufh a feelung of happuness and success I946 47 Jusf fwo more years full graduafuon was our cry as we agaun fook up fhe dufues of cadefs and genflemen nof fhaf we weren f genflemen durung fhe summer Hs lusf fhaf loafung was so much more unferesfung Per usual fhe foofball squad had been pracfucung for fwo weeks before our refurn and as ' I 60 vlvofvtvlvlTATOTOTQLTATQTL , . . . I .- ' . I . I ' l II Il 0 , . I - I I 0 ll l ll T I ll ' II ' ' , . Chrisfmas Leave followed in furn and whaf a fime we had! Dances, dafes, and wonderful parfiesl ' I i . I . I . ' I ll 0 O ' ll l I l 0 I I I . . . . . , . : . I , . . . . . . , . . . . . I, . - n - . . . I U II I ' ' Il ' 1 I ' l U I u I

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Class Prophecy The power of prophesyrng fhe fufure rs one many people would lrlre fo possess Lef us suppose we had a frme machrne fhaf could carry us rnfo fhe fufure We sfep rnfo a small werrd uranrum lrned room and sef fhe drals fo deposrf us somewhere rn fhe vrcrnrfy of fhe year umpfy yea seven We arrrve af a small arrporf complefe wrfh fhe lafesf supersonrc anfr gravrfafronal devrces and charfer one of fhe newer roclzef shrps from Dave Lechfreclrer s Round fhe world rn fhorfy seconds flrghf servrce Frrsf fravellrng easf across fhe rollrng blue Aflanfrc we soon pass over a group of U S warshrps on maneuvers lf rs fhe Norfh Aflanfrc Fleef under command of ADMIRAL BILL KELLY Commander rn Chref of fhe U S fleef Admrral Kelly rnvrfes us aboard hrs arrcraff carrrer fhe U S S Amos Roundseaf and as we are rnfroduced fo hrs sfaff we recognrze some famrlrar faces There rs CAPT BLUNDELL Sfaff Commander CMDR TAYLOR Sfaff Adlufanf and CMDR GUS KAROS Execufrve Officer now all fine naval officers and graduafes of fhaf school of hard 'raps Annapolrs Affer a fine meal prepared by CHIEF STEWARD ANDERSON we drsembarlu fo confrnue our lourney easfward Two and a half hours lafer we arrrve over Egdon Heafh and as we crrcle fhe land rng field we see PAT CONNOR and Eusfacra Vye crossrng fhe Rarnbarrow Affer a shorf vrsrf af whrch frme we rnqurred abouf fherr lrffle famrly of Calrbans we agarn soared rnfo fhe blue only fo find ourselves rn Afrrca and roy of loys whom do we see buf fhose famous hrppopofamus hunfers Affer acqurrrng a few monkey farls fo brrng baclr fo our famrly physrcrans BADUM and GVARDI JAN who are worlung on an anfrdofe for fhe cure of cancer we are off agarn fhrs frme nof sfopprng unfrl we reach fhe far Easf Affer much aslung of quesfrons we find our oblecfrve McANERNEY S Mongoose Manor of Mongolra and sure enough ouf fronf baslung rn fhe sun rs Macs old roommafe ROAMING ROMNEY Wallung around we find much fo our surprrse fhaf many old frrends are wrfh Mac As fhe moaf was empfy because of fhe dry season BILL BENNETT had renfed rf so fhaf he could drsplay hrs new cars Bull has furned ouf fo be qurfe a salesman lnsrde fhe manor we find Ol TOM SETTLE confenfed and happrer fhan ever Buf why nof srnce hes among hrs dreams come frue-gurl baclx scrafchers We have lourneyed some 24000 mrles and we are now nearrng fhe good old U SA agarn Our firsf sfop on fhe Wesf coasf rs of course Hollywood where we see TED THE DICTATOR FLICK ER complacenfly malnng love fo Lrnda Schmrdf successor fo Jane Russell Here also we find fhe boys who are malung Tommy Manvrlle loolu lrlce a prlrer none ofher fhan fhose playboys of fhe cenfury AL BELT and DICK ROSEN Headrng Easf we fravel af crursrng speed so fhaf we mrghf enloy fhe scenery and of all fhe scenery fo enloyll below us rs a convoy of fruclrs from BOB JOHNSON S Mofor Transporf Corn pany Whaf a specfacle-all women drrvers under fhe supervrsron of BOSS DANELUZZI Bobs foreman And now we ve come fo our lourney s end As we ve looked rn on many a frrend And you have learned our fafe From fhe class of 48. Bring-'em-back-if-l'm-lu'clcy ABRAMS and DON RADAR GOUVEIA. .-