Atlantic Highlands High School - Atrecall Yearbook (Atlantic Highlands, NJ)

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TW , M lg Cy' I as 3 . . sh ,iwyiii f. Q flf si aiiiiilllliz- ' is ,.' , 4 11.1 . I l' N A . X Ei f',g J2 i'Q ? y 3 v ' 5 g A , L - 2 Acr Ill 0'4 AcT lll shows quiTe a difference. Again. The number of acfors and acfresses has decreased, and The ones ThaT remain seem more dignified. Here now, Vincenf Geraldi has The lead, wiTh Joseph Bellavance and Shirley De Camp co- sfarring. PrompTing, again, Mrs. Vera Nicholls and lvlr. Leon Tepper. ln This acT, They seem To be polifically minded. Some of The characfers acT ouT Jersey Boys' STaTe and Jersey Girls' STaTe, Counfy Governmenf Day. The Oraforical ConTesT and The Herald Tribune Forum. These acfivifies are raTher deep for These happy-go-lucky individuals buf They prove They can Take upon Themselves exfensive responsibilify. During This acT. These iuniors las They are now calledl parTicipaTe in a large parT of The acTiviTies in The brick building especially Varsify sporTs and cheerleading. Talk abouT a ciTy wiThin a ciTy, They are acfually showing us a play wiThin a play. They are dem- onsfrafing Their dramafic achievemenT in Oh Kay . The Junior Play. We see a glimpse of The Sanfa Claus WalTz . one of The mosf successful acTiviTies in The Third acT. They are even Taking us To New York and leTTings us in on all The fun. Ah, now The scene swiTches To a Jardin D'Amour . as we romanfically end AcT lll and move along To AcT IV where-i ACT IV The final acT is The senior acT. The culminafion of The oTher Three. As The curTain opens. There are a few worried faces, almosT wiTh ThaT same degree of uncerTainly ThaT we wifnessed in The firsT acf, buf This Time iT is more serious-The quesfion of poinfs. Will we or won'T we-ThaT is The quesfionl Scenes swifch from This serious quesTion To ques- Tions of less imporfance buT wiTh more meaning. The characfers Take on an air of devil may care , wiTh more cuTTing up Than in The pasf, driving Teachers almosf crazy. ' Leading in This acT we find Arfhur Lyons wiTh VincenT Geraldi and again, Shirley De Camp, co- sfarring, and Mrs. Nicholls, for The Third Time. prompfing, along wiTh Mr. George Wuesfhoff. All +ha+ can be said abouT This acT is ThaT iT was busy. fasT-moving. inTeresTing. and sad. The play ended wiTh Tears of ioy aT Commencemenf. Who was iT ThaT said All The world is a sTage eTc., eTc., eTc.? l-low True! As we look behind us and realize whaf drama we've Taken parT in for four glorious years, and which parT we each played in iT, The loyalfy ThaT has grown, will iT be remem- bered by all? We are sfepping ouT of This drama info a dif- ferenf kind of drama, ThaT sfrange mysTery. Life. By acfing in This high school play. we have de- veloped To The sfage where we can decide which will be our fuTure parT in The drama of Life. Thanks To The prompTing and careful memorizafion of our lines we are ready for The TryouTs. We know ThaT our Commencemenf is whaf iT really means. The beginning. NX. X, g .4-.3VF4E55 - ,.- '

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l-UN C H SOUP JO MILK .ob ECRFAH -I' LTAguLuN6ll.l5 T-N slnnwieu 'll X 1 Lf, ..-7 4 I -N sb '- 13 - .3 1 - m ' 9 5 N I 5 m J S I 4, , V- x..?, 1- 'Q ffl' of Q Q9 ,Z , F1 T J M3 TNI iilz-illm CLASS HISTORY We, The class oT '54 , proudly presenT a comedy-Tragedy in Tour acTs. The seTTing of The play is in a large, TrighTening brick building in an average Town in The U.S.A. The Time is SepTem- ber, i950 To June l954. The ploT involves a group oT mixed-up individuals, all seT To conquer The inhabiTanTs oT The building, Teachers. seniors. juniors, and sophomores. The main characTers number sevenTy-Three and are of varying IengThs, widThs, and heighTs. As The curTain opens on AcT I. we see These sevenTy-Three confused- ACT I WhaT's This? Oh, iT's a Freshman GeT-To-geTher, and They're really geTTing To know each oTher. Why, iT's unbelievable! WhaT poTenTial seniors! The scene swiTches-in This acT There seems To be Three leading characTers. William Loihle has The lead. co-sTarring Richard Ledergerber, and CharloTTe Gehlhaus. The prompTers are Miss Pam- ela Burr and Mr. Louis l'IyaTT. WhaT an exciTing play! The scene swiTches Trom aThleTics To cheerleading To clubs and ac- TiviTies and oT course. back To The classroom. IT's hard To keep up wiTh These kids. There's mysTery Too. IT seems aT inTervals we hear This mysTerious name echoed Trom The girls' homeroom: HMOUSY ANNE . WhaT can iT mean? There are some ThaT like This person and some ThaT do noT like her. NeverTheless. she lMousy Annel became expendable and only a memory remains. The curTain is slowly closing and Thus ends ACT I. We need a resT aTTer ThaT and so do The acTors. Three monThs passed unTiI-l ' ACT II The curTain re-opens and we Tind The same group, Tewer in number. less confused. buT wiTh The same amounT oT pep and enThusiasm. LeT's see--who has The leads in This acT? RoberT Van Schoick sTars. co-sTarring Ronald Senz and JaneTTe Brennan. Mrs. Vera Nicholls is prompTing The girls and Mr. Leon Tepper Taking care oT The boys. Again in This acT There's a greaT deal of acTiviTy -in sporTs. clubs, and schoIasTically. In one scene we geT a glimpse oT The Sophomore Hop. Clover Capers aT which everyone seems To be having Tun. An imporTanT evenT in This acT was The grand enTrance oT a poTenTial baskeTbalI hero, hailing Trom Jersey CiTy, who was To bring Tame and glory To A.I-I.I-I.S., namely James Hudson. Again. The curTain draws To a close and aTTer whaT seemed To be a raTher shorT inTermission. iT re-opens onl-

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Firsl row, slanding, lei? 'ro righl: Mary Louise Shaw, Jean Parker, Alice Slehr, Barbara Lespona, Mary O'Neil, Lorella Ricci, and Doris Mills. Second row: Mrs. Vera Nicholls, Osborne Sickles, Charles Wecker, Alberf Runge, Ronald Senz, and William Sigmund. Third row: Roberf Van Schoiclc. Ronald Russo, Roberl Worfhinglon, and David Turner. Firsl row. lell lo right slanding: Wini-Joan Freeman, Janelle Brennan, Mary Lou Cummins, Mary King, Carmella Mafassa, Charlolle Gehlhaus, Helen McVey1 Shirley DeCamp, Lois Foley, and Mr. George Wueslhoil. Second row: Kalhleen Malone, Kafhryn Andrews, Camille Lyons, Alice Fesle, Helen Kehoe, Van Boyce, and John Chapman. Third row: Charles Maxson. Joseph Bella- vance, William Loihle, Roberf Machelle, Donald Robinson. Roberl Benneif, and Richard Leder- gerber. Fourlh row: Harold Foley, Arlhur Lyons, John Bordulis, Vincenl Geraldi, and Waller Behrens. Fifih row: Herberl Harlsgrove, Richard Bisholl, Henry Fox, and James Hudson. SENIOR CLASS