Columbia High School - Mirror Yearbook (Maplewood, NJ)

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JOSEPH ABBOTT “Joe 110 Orchard Road Maplewood . . . who knows what greatness lies beneath his silence! ... a future psychiatrist ... a cheer- leader . . . Jazz Club 3, 4; Pan American Club 3, 4; Platform Club 4; Boys' Lunchroom Committee 2; Cheerleader 3, 4; Junior Night Chorus; Junior Night Properties Committee. MARILYN SUSAN ABERBACH 40 Coolidge Road Maplewood ... a charm striking the sight, and merits winning the soul . . . being a terrific twirler ... en» joying music, dramatics and sports . . . Le Cercle Franqais 2, 3; Chem- istry Club 4; Platform Club 3; G.A.A. 3, 4; Sophomore Dra- matic Club 2; Secretary of Homeroom 2, 3, 4; Twirlers 4; Junior Night Cast; Mirror Per- sonals Committee 4; Symphonette 2. 3, 4; Sophomore Orientation Committee. NANCY LOUISE ABRAHAM 98 Boyden Avenue Maplewood . . . intends to study nursing . . . loves Israeli dancing . . . Personality Club 4; Sophomore Dramatic Club 2; Future Nurses of America 3, 4; Homeroom Treasurer 2. m BARBARA ALERCIO 60 Fairview Avenue South Orange . . . her ambition to become a teacher . . . “cant stand show- offs’’ . . . her ability with the accordion . . . Future Teachers of America 4; Personality Club 3, 4; G.A.A. 2; Future Nurses of America 3. JAMES P. ALLAN “Jums 178 Kilburn Place South Orange ... his reputed “parties” . . . his love of figures {accounting that is!) ... his willingness to help others . . . Forum Romanum 2; Music Box 4; Pan American Club 3, 4; Platform Club 4; Sophomore Dramatic Club 2; Biology Club 3; Homeroom Treasurer 2; House and Grounds Committee 4; Pep Committee 2, 3; Track team 2; Color Guard 4; Junior Night Advertising Committee 3; Senior Play Committee 4. ROGER AMES 400 Woodland Place South Orange . . . lover of continental clothes . . . strong affection for small cars . . . interest in the engi» neering field .... Electronics Club 3; Jazz Club 3; Visual Aids Committee 2. ROBERT G. AINSLIE “Bob 327 Warwick Avenue South Orange ... a future veterinarian . . . his love of fishing ... his diligence . . . Chemistry Club 4; Platform Club 2; Literary Masters Society 4; All School Male Chorus 3, 4; Wrestling 3, 4. ROBERT H. AMSDEN “Bob 44 Burnet Street Maplewood . . . his riding through town in a black Volkswagon . . . great musical ability . . . Homeroom Chairman 4; Assem- bly Committee 4; Intramural Basketball 4; All School Male Chorus 3, 4; Mastersingers 3; Columbia Symphonette 3, 4; Pan American Club 3; Show- case 3.

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K lCldS 1957- 1958 Teachers looked with some misgiving out of their third-story windows while upperclassmen help- fully sold us elevator passes. Soon the doors were flung open; and we, the incoming sophomores, entered the auditorium. There we learned little gems of wisdom; for example, one never talks (nor for that matter does he shoot paper airplanes) during study. After a factual session of wisdom-orientation we were bodily removed from our friends and thrust into one of twenty homerooms, where we were overwhelmed with the first of hundreds of schedule cards which had to be filled out. This task generated our first qualms— maybe we shouldn’t have taken all those subjects. Then, we learned that there were two lunch periods. When we pathetically queried how would we know which lunch to go to, we received the unenlightening answer that there is no way of knowing,” Just listen to the bells.” That first day, there seemed to be thousands of bells. Soon we became adjusted; we could talk knowingly about assembly day schedules, cafeteria food, and the book pound. Tragedy struck; the Asian Flu arrived, and classes shrank to six or seven. Another visitor came to us from the Orient—the Princess of Siam who spoke at our assembly. At the same time a blizzard struck, and the only ones who were brave enough to plow their way to school were dismissed at 12:30 by a solicitous Superintendent of Schools. So ended our first year at Columbia. 1958- 1959 As another September rolled around, we were veterans with the patina of a year of experience. With horror we learned of the addition of a third lunch period. This lunch was called lost lunch” or sometimes, A third lunch.” Football games were marked by two new additions, male cheerleaders . . . and a plucked chicken; the latter was introduced at the Thanksgiving Game. Soon The Tests came; the S.A.T.’s; the Achievements; and for some adventurous souls, the Merits. To keep us from studying too hard for those tests, and to prevent dry-rot of the corticle area, our Junior Night show, Finian’s Rainbow went into rehearsal. For weeks little leprechauns and elves danced through the halls. At last THE DAY arrived ... at six o’clock in the morning myriads of green-clad creatures were swarming around Grunings. While sleepy Villagers poked their heads out of windows to gaze un- believingly at the crawling things on South Orange Avenue, we gathered six hundred strong, and at eight o’clock made our triumphal” entry into Columbia. Naturally, our Junior Night was the best there ever was or will be. And so, in a flurry of exams, we ended our Junior Year. 1959- 1960 We were Seniors, mature Seniors, finally. Then we went to our homerooms we found that they weren’t where we had left them in June; the new addition had been completed and all the rooms were renumbered. For a humiliating few weeks we were indistinguishable from the Sophomores. We attended the annual football assembly, the last we would see as C.H.S. students. Our Senior Play, Time Out for Ginger, was a smash hit. Our Senior Play? . . . why it seemed just yesterday that we entered Columbia for the first time! College acceptances began to trickle in for a lucky few. For rhe rest, there were more tests, hurried conferences with harried guides, trips to colleges which were given hasty once-overs. Christmas vacation came and went. Hundreds of C.H.S. graduates wandered in with some nostalgia to review memories and tell of their dreams that had come true. As we gazed with admiration and envy, we realized that our hopes and ambitions, too, would soon be realized. For we also, can look ahead to the future with hope and confidence, knowing that whatever may happen and wherever we may go, we will have the poignant memories of our treasure-crammed days at Columbia High. 10

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ROSALIND APELBAUM Roz” 323 Radel Terrace South Orange . . . being petite and fashionable . . . ambition to become a de• signer . . . Personality Club 4; Sophomore Dramatic Club 2. PAUL ARON “Hank” 411 Tillou Road South Orange ... his brown attache case . . . a member of the T.G.I.F. Club ... his humorous sarcasm . . . Forum Romanum 2, 3; Jazz Club 2. 3, 4; Traffic Committee 2, 3, 4. JOHN ATTERBURY “AttiT 50 South Ridgewood Road South Orange ... a sterling stickman ... a true knowledge of how to make a “play” . . . knack for mischief in homeroom . . . J.V. football 2. LESTER H. BAER “Les” 18 Broadview Avenue Maplewood . . . his interest in cars ... his mathematical and scientific abiU ity . . . his aptitude on the rifle range . . . Chess Club 2; German Club 2; Mathematics Club 2; Physics Club 3; Homeroom Vice-Chair- man 2, 3, 4; Traffic Committee 2, 3, 4; Visual Aids Committee 2, 3, 4; Track Team 3; Wres- tling Team 3; Intramural Bowl- ing Team 3; Color Guard 4; Sound Crew 4 DAVID BAIME “Barfy” 118 Wyoming Avenue South Orange ... a seasoned villager . . . the casual little wrestler . . . polishing his Pontiac every after• noon . . . Platform Club 2; Homeroom Vice-Chairman 4; Fire Commit- tee 3, 4; Intramural Basketball 3; Boys Lunchroom Committee 3, 4; Wrestling Team 3; Cross Country Team 2; Intramural Bowling 4. MATILDA A. BALIN “Mattee” 39-B Newark Way Maplewood . . . desire to become an edu• cator . . . ear for good music . . . enjoyment of dancing . . . Future Teachers of America 2, 3, 4; Jazz Club 3; Personality Club 4; G.A.A. 2, 3; Junior Night Advertising Committee 3; Library Council 4. BARBARA BALLMAN 30 Burnett Terrace Maplewood ... her lovely singing voice . . . a member of that trmendous Jun• ior Night Cast . . . her constant attention to the back of the homeroom . . . Showcase 3, 4; Future Teachers of America 2, 3, 4; German Club 3, 4; Library Council 2; G.A.A. 2; Visual Aids Commit- tee 3; Junior Night Cast 3. 12 CAROLE BALLMAN 261 Elmwood Avenue Maplewood . . . her ability on skates . . . her ambition to become a nurse ... a love of 150 mile trips to Connecticut . . . Library Council 3; Personality Club 4; G.A.A. 2. 3; F.N.A. 2, Secretary 3. President 4; Home- room Vice-Chairman 2: Treas- urer 3; Sophomore Orientation Committee 2; Junior Night Cos- tume Committee 3.