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

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THE RDCK-I9ZS '4. • . STEPHEN BURKE Stevie is the rabid Democrat who takes the GO P elephant over tho hurdles every day and still has energy for the business of th( Rock. Cheer Leader 1 2, Captain, The Rock Business Manager, French Club 3 4, President, Latin Club 3 4, President 4, Handball 3 4, Coach 4, Ping-Pong 3 4, The Late Christopher Bean 4, Baseboll 4, Track 4, Dramatic Club 2 1, Hi-Y 4, Rock Rivalry 3 4; Airplane Club 1. EDWARD CLARK Nat is the bustling boy scout who never seems to have a free moment from his many hob bies. Rock Rivalry 3 4, Latin Club 2 4, French Club 4; Dramatic Club 4, Choral Club 4; Boys' Glee Club 4; Dance Orchestra 4, Cheer Leader 2 3; Track 2 3, Traffic Squod 4; Hall Cop 4, M.kado 4, Riding Club I 2, Rock 3 4; The Late Christopher Bean 4. VIRGINIA CONE Virginia is that girl whose heart and beau both sail through the clouds Hi-Y 4, Rock Rivalry 3 4, Baseball I 2, Soccer I; Riding Club 3; Stamp Club 1. BETTY CRAIG Betty Co-ed Craig is our high school sweetheart whose heart is in college Baseball Manager 3; Basketball Manager 3 4; Hi-Y 2 3 4, Rho Gamma 3 4; Rock Rivalry 3 4. MARY COOKE Mary is that silent colleen who outdoes, by far, the three wise monkeys of mythology WILLIAM CORNELL As a tractor guard on the football team and os a hot saxophonist n the dance orchestra, Bill has swayed more people than any other person in school. Football 1 2 3 4; Baseball 1 2 3 4; Varsity R 1 2 3 4; Gym Team 2 3 4; Orchestra 1 2 3 4; Boxing 1; Wrestling 1 2; Track 2 3 4; Basketball 3; Choral Club 4; Mikado 4; Band 4, Dance Orchestra 4. MARGY DIXON Dixie is our surrealist devotee of cubism and the gentler arts. Dancing Club 2; Gallery Club 3 4; Dramatic Club I, Scenery Senior Play 2 4; Scenery Operetta 4. DOLLY DORON Dolly is the lithe drum major of the senior class's Rock Rivalry drum corp who twirled her baton with airplane propeller speed while the spectators roared with approval. Latin Club 2 3 4; French Club 3 4, French Honorary Society 3 4; Rho Gamma 3 4, Hi-Y 2 3; Riding Club 3, Hockey 1 2 3 4, Basketball 2 3 4, Trock 2 3 4.

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THE RDCK-I9ZB JEAN ALLEN Jean is always first on roll call and always first on a committee; incidentally, the seniors came in first when she was their chairman for Rock Rivalry Dramatic Club 1 2 3 4 Rho Gamma 4; Choral Club 1 3; Courier 2 4, Gallery Club 2, Track 1 2 3 4; Hockey 2; Rock Rivalry 3 Rock ADA ANDRESEN Ada is one of the new comers to our class, but in the short time she has been with us, she has proved to be a good scholar and a good sport Chora! Club 4 MARGARET AUSTIN Maybe someday in this conservative land we wll live to see in the White House a president with the familiar name of Margaret Rosebud, for this Cornel I-bound young lady has the qualities of determination and achievement Courier Latin Club 2 3 4; Treasurer 3; Dramatic Cub 12 3 4, Queen's Husband 3; The Rock I HAZEL BECKER Hazel may not draw attention to herself by sensational action, but she does do good work and passes her subjects which, after all, is what really matters Courier, Business Man ager 4. JEROME BERNHARD Jerry is the camera fan of the senior class, who ran himself to a frazzle collecting year book snapshots Molverne High School— Aviation Club 2; Wrestling 2, Science Club I East Rockaway High School—The Rock 4 ERNEST BERNHARDI Ernie is our bewildered chemist who hos learned to duck when Goldschmidt's experiments go flying by Latin Club 1; Table Tennis 4; Hi-Y 4; Stamp Club The Rock 4 LUCILLE BONAGURA Lou is the dusky domse! who has inspired the senior class with an amb'tion We all want to hear her yodel or perhaps sing a duet with M'Liss Loeb Basketball 2, Skating Club 1; H.-Y 3 4; Dramatic Club 1 2, Baseball 2, Hockey 2; Rho Gamma 2 3 4; Soccer 2 Courier I 2 3. RUTH BROWER Rudy's fine soprano voice and joeti te manners are among the reasons for the success of our musical presentations. Dramatic Club 1; Courier 2, Latin Club 2 3 4, Choral Club 4. 22

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THE RDCK-I9ZB KENNETH DYER Kenny can spy and pry under the hood of a car with all the seriousness and dignity of a doctor performing some neat bit of brain surgery Football 2 3 4, Track 3 4; French Club 3 1; HuY 3 4; Varsity R 4; Gym Team 2 ELEANOR EDWARDS Eleanor, the chef de cuisine, can combine skillfully the commonplace baking ingredients into a masterpiece of golden brown delicious-ness Latin Club 2 3 4; French Club 3 4, Riding Club 3 4; Rock Rivalry 4, Dancing Club I DAISY L. FINN Daisy is the fiery sen ior with the burning ambition to become a torch singer Soccer 1; Baseball 1; Basketball 1; Choral Club 4; Gallery Club 4; Dra matic Club 4 EILEEN FLANNERY Eileen, aside from time spent in practicing for solos, is eagerly awaiting graduation when she will be ab'e to take a coveted place in the world Erasmus Hall High Choral Club I 2; Literary Club 1 2; Poetry Club I 2, Music Appreciation 1 2 East Rockaway High School 1 he Gondoliers 3; Choral Club 3 4; Girls' Glee Club 3 4, Gallery Club 3 4; French Club 3, Dramatic Club 4, Rock Rivalry 3 4. MARTHA FLANNERY Martha is the fine character actress of The Late Christopher Bean . Erasmus Hall High Choral Club 2, Thespians 2 XYZ Club. East Rockaway High Glee Club 3; Gallery Club 3; Gondoliers 3; Dramatic Club 3 4; Treasure' 3; Secretary 4; Double Octette 3, The Queen's Husband 3; Courier The Rock The Late Christopher Bean 4, Rock Rivalry 3. LEROY FORD Lee has been saying thot his car gets more and more miles per gallon for so long that soon, we predict, it will start manufacturing gas for him. JANE FUREY Jane holds our doss record for patience Despite numerous and impatient requests for library books she has kept her good spirits and managed to smile in all situations Track 2; Hockey 3 4; Rock Rivalry 3 4; Dramatic Club 1; Rho Gamma 3 4. ELLA GLEASON We hope Muscle's paradise will be strewn with hockey sticks, basketballs, and baseball bats; for she wouldn't be happy far from the companionship of these implements of sport. Soccer 1, Basketball 1 2 3 4, Baseball 1 2 3 4; Hockey 2 3, Dancing Club 1; French Club 3; Rho Gamma 2 3 4; Tennis 3; Skating Club 1; Track 2. 24