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

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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.

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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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DARNLEY EVERSLEY It is not so much the size of the dog in the fight, as the size of the fight in the dog. Tut is our B-man . The B stands for boxer, banjo-player, and Boy Scout. Boxing 3: Glee Club 3 4; Gym Team 3; Orchestra 2 3 4; Soccer 4; Football 2 3; Track 3. DOROTHY GOSHEN Dorothy, our brown-eyed librarian, patiently answers our impatient and indefinite requests for the smallest biography you have or that crazy magazine we have to read for history” with amused endurance. Glee Club 2; Senior Play 2 3; Basketball 2 3; Soccer 2; Art Club 3 4: French 3 4; Hockey 3; Basketball 3; Track 3: Rock Rivalry 4; The Rock 4. HENRY GUTERDING Henry is as restless as a windshield wiper except when he's enticing melody from the piano keys and rowing the middle-aged whaleboat, Admiral Sims, down the canal. Senior Play 2 3: Courier 2: Football 3; Track 3 4; Boys’ Hi-Y 3. WINIFRED HAGGARD Popular, pretty, and petite —Winifred is a clever conversationalist and a charming companion. Student Council 2 3: Courier 2 3 4; Hi-Y Vice-President 2: Latin Club 3 4; French Club 3 4; Corresponding Secretary 3; Riding Club 4; Rock Rivalry 4; The Rock 4; Hall Monitor 4. HERBERT HOWELL The bounding main will capture our helpful Herbert. His friends will miss his droll humor and ready advice when he goes to the New York Merchant Marine School. Courier 2 3; Hi-Y 3 4; Soccer 3; Latin Club 3; Rock Rivalry 4. EDITH JUNGMEIER Having first taken careful aim, Edie throws herself wholeheartedly into a thing; talented and traveled, she is a valuable addition to any art group or club as official, member, or critic. Hi-Y 2 3 4, Recording Secretary 2, President 3, Area Council 4; Courier 2 3 4; French Club 3 4; Play Scenery 2 3 4; Gallery Club 3 4, President 3; Student Council 2 3, Secretary 2; Riding Club 2 3; Rock Rivalry 4; Basketball 2; Hall Monitor 3 4; Hockey 3; Athletic Council, Secretary 3' The Rock 4; Baseball 2 3; Swimming, Manager 2; Tennis 4; Soccer 2. JOSEPHINE KELLER Will someone please tell us why Josephine, the damsel with the German correspondent, is late to school every day, when her hair does not need curling and her house isn't across the bay??? Dramatic Club 2; The Rock 4; Rock R ivalry 4. 16