East Rockaway High School - Rock Yearbook (East Rockaway, NY)

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 MARGARET ALFANO We like best to think of Margie in a paint-besmeared smock, working on senior murals for Rock Rivalry, for that vividly recalls to us her talent in art and loyalty of spirit. Hi-Y 2 3 4, Vice-President 3 4; Courier 2 3, Art Editor 3: French Club 3 4: Play Scenery 2 3 4: Art Club 3 4, President 4; Rock R ivalry 4: Rho Gamma 4: The Rock 4: Hall Monitor 4; Riding Club 3 4; Basketball, Manager 4. WILLIAM BAKER In taking photographs and trading them with other enthusiasts from Hoboken to Hollywood, and playing epoch-making varsity ping pong, Bill has found plenty to keep him a member of the Senior bachelor set. Courier 3: Hi-Y 3 4: Ping Pong 4: Traffic Patrol 4: Rock Rivalry 4. DOROTHY BEDELL Dot' is our nonconformist. Reliable reports from Joe Tuohy, traffic patrolman at the southwest corner, tell us that not once in the past year has she crossed Ocean Avenue between the yellow lines. Orchestra 3: Biology Club 2. DOROTHY BETTS Come to the East Rockaway High School Prom and pick the girl who is the most graceful dancer, who is dressed like a sketch from Vogue, and who is teasing her partners unmercifully; you will know that is Dot Betts. Hi-Y 2 3 4- Basketball 2‘ Courier 2: Latin Club 3: French Club 3 4: Riding Club 3: Athletic Council 3: Class Secretary 3: Rho Gamma 4: Hockey Manager 4: The Rock 4; Rock Rivalry 4; Basketball 4. FRANCIS BRAUER Frannie is an ardent sports devotee; he is either a star, a substitute, or a supporter of practically any form of athletic endeavor you can name. We have a confidential report that the Cubs are counting on him for the pennant race in 1945. Baseball 2 3 4; Basketball 2 3 4; Courier 2 3: Football 2: Gym Team 4' Soccer 3; Track 3 4; Varsity R 3 4. MARY LOU BREMER Patsy sound the calls on her bugle in the Girl Scouts with the same energy and intensity that she uses when she cheers her head off for the Rocks . Senior Play 2: Dramatic Club 2 3 4; Courier 2; Art Club 3: Latin Club 3: Cheer Leader 4; The Rock 4. GERARD BYRNE Gerard speaks with a faint drawl and is absolutely fascinated by work: he can sit for hours and look at it and then repose with enviable nonchalance when assignments are called. Track 3: French Club 3 4; The Rock 4; Football 4. 14

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JACOB FRANK Jake is a man of many activities! If you go to a meeting of the senior class, you will find him presiding; if you steal into a Courier writing session, you will discover him busily giving assignments. Seeing him with editorials in one hand and a box of Tasty-Jell in the other, we often wonder how he keeps his accounts straight. Student Council 3, President 2; Football, Manager 2; Basketball, Manager 2 3; Baseball 2, 4; Courier 2, Editor 3 4: Boys’ Hi-Y 3, Corresponding Secretary 4; President of Senior Class 4: Editor of The Rock 4: Varsity R 3 4. Secretary 3: Chief of Traffic Patrol 4; Rock Rivalry 4. WILLIAM FRENCH Frenchy has a Jekyll and Hyde personality, but paradoxically his two natures are both pleasant. In school he is quiet and calm; outside he is animated and talkative. Courier 2 3 4; Baseball and Basketball, Manager 2; Student Council 3; Hi-Y 3 4, Corresponding Secretary 3; Varsity R , Vice-President 3 4: Football, Manager 3; Rock Rivalry 4; The Rock 4; Vice-President Senior Class 4. KATHERINE SOLINGER Kay, our merciless treasurer, who extracts the shekels with finesse and skill, is destined for a title in a beauty contest. Hi-Y 2 3 4: French Club 3 4; Latin Club 3 4; Secretary-Treasurer, Senior Class 4; The Rock 4; Rock Rivalry 4. 13

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WALTER CASPER Wally combines the versatile qualities of a vaudeville comedian and a one-man-band. Wherever he is, Wally always drives away our troubles with his matchless wit. Basketball 2 3 4; Football 2 3 4: Courier 2 3 4; Dramatic Club 2 3; Hi-Y 2 3 4; Senior Play 2; Varsity R 3 4; Traffic Patrol 4. ALMA CRAIG Although one of the two girls in the masculine chemistry class, Alma has carried herself with honors through the intricacies of lab experiments; maybe her blue eyes help! Riding Club 3 4: Hockey 3 4; Hi-Y 3 4; Latin Club 3; Rock Rivalry 4. 15 MARY CRONIN Mary is one of the late starters in East Rockaway's first Senior Class. We would heartily recommend her as a model for the famous slogan, Ipana for the smile of beauty. Dramatic Club 3: Glee Club 3; Secretarial Club 2 3; Spanish Club 2 3. VIRGINIA DAVIS Interested in the whole world of school life, Ginnie is a rare person who can wield a presidential gavel, make 90 in all her subjects, and fill her other waking hours with good fun in sports and social life. Hi-Y 2 3 4; Basketball 2; Courier 2 3; Soccer 2; Senior Play 2 3; Riding Club 3 4; Latin Club 3 4; French Club 3 4; Dramatic Club 3 4; Table Tennis 4; The Rock, Business Manager 4. JAMES DENNIS Our famous Doughnut King , the Senator, is noted for his fine parties, atrocious automobiles, and bizarre haberdashery. Courier 2 3 4; Dramatic Club 4; Traffic Patrol 4; Rock Rivalry 4; Senior Play 4. RODNEY DIRKES Give Rodney a ticket for a railroad trip and a camera and you will make him supremely happy. Our only hope is that he isn't given a ticket to California before June or the various clubs whose money he is so efficiently handling will be in distress. Courier 2 3 4; Boys' Hi-Y 3 4; Traffic Patrol 4; Rock Rivalry 4. ALBERT DOXSEY Al can solve the most intricate chemistry problems, speak fluently on anything from the New Deal to Nebuchadnezzar, support the Republican Party with ardor, and yet remain thoroughly human, witty, and likeable. Student Council 2 3 4; Courier 2 3; French Club 3 4; Rock Rivalry 4: The Rock 4: President Junior Class 3; Hi-Y 3 4.