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

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★ ★★★★★ RUTH COMBS Ruth's most enjoyable moments are those spent playing sweet, nostalqic songs at her piano, or rolling along in an automobile at a respectable rate of speed, preferably with the famous Lester. For several years her classmates have watched her driving a car as they enviously wondered when they, too, would be allowed to shift gears and slam on brakes. • Orchestra I 2; Glee Club 1 2 3; Girls' Craft Club 4. EDMUND COTTER Ed earns our respect by playing right end on the Rock football team and by being able to understand the endless provisions of Hew Deal legislation. His eyes hold a warm lriendliness, indicative of tho obliging, good fellow that he Is. Fellow seniors say that Eld is always dependable at answering questions in class, keeping training rules, and doing favors for his frionds. • Football 2 3 4; Basketball 2 3; Baseball 2; Airplane Club 1. JOHN CRAIG Fresh from Lynbrook this year. Jack, who clowns with good-na:ured abandon, makes us think he is not a new arrival but an old friend who has returned. Whonovor a hoarty gigglo Is hoard from tho doplhs of a group of boys, you can bo sure that this laugh belongs to Jack. Perhaps his companions are being amused at his latest exploit as a repair man. for ho is known as the boy who can mend anything, whether it be a broken knife or a docrepit steam engine. • Lynbrook High Track 1 2 3 4; Football 1 2 3 4; Class Night 4; Wrestling 3 4. M ADD ALENA DADDIO Who represents East Rockaway in shorthand contests? Maddalena. Who can make a delectable cake? Maddalena. Who can sew a line seam? Maddalena. Who always represents her class in basketball on the night of Rock Rivalry? Maddalena. Lest you think her too virtuous, one more question should be added. Who admires Richard Greene and Gary Cooper fervently? Maddalena! • Rock Rivalry 3 4; Courier 4; Rock 4. OLIVER DAVISON • I must go down to the seas again,' says Oliver. At least if he doesn't say it, he tries it, for he knows every creek, bay. and inlet on Long Island lit for navigation and every nautical term from binnacle lo ■'barnacle. As proof of his knowledge of salty lore, he acted as chiefadvisor-on-all mattors perlaining lo-tho soa and props man for Pinafore . • Rock Rivalry 3; Pinafore 4. AIL KEN DECKER Wo love Aileen's sweet smile and quiet courteous manner but it is her faultless needlework, her skill in cooking everything from an egg to a difficult angol cake, efficient typing and shorthand ability that have won the admiration of her co-workers in the home economics and business departments. • Skating Club 1; Marionette Club 1; Choral Club 3; Mikado 3; Girls' Craft Club 4; The Bock 4; Rock Rivalry 2 3 4; Spring Concert 3; Courier 4. 12

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★ ★★★★★ FRANK BERKOWITZ Ambitious Frank, we think, could sell college textbook to six-day-old babies, judging from his success as a Courier and ticket salosman. and as an arguer in class discussions. His mind, howovor. is not purely practical for ho lakes pari in all school musical sessions, and even can be hoard whistling Shortnin' Broad'' as ho podals his bicycle on East Rockaway’s streets. • Boys' Gloo Club 2 3; Choral Club 2 3 4; Dramatic Club 12 3 4; Courier 12 3 4; Soccer 2; Traffic Squad 4; ' Elmer'' I; The Queen s Husband 2; The Mikado 3; The Gondoliers” 2; H.M.S. Pinafore” 4. FLORENCE BREMER Havo you seen an attractive bundle of energy named Florence Miriam Bremer running from one corner of East Rockaway High School to another? Sh© may be in Miss Cattorall's room in a deep conference about the leading editorial for the next issue of The Courier, or in the library industriously fulfilling her library club duties and at the same time furtively reading snatches of some favorite book. Or perhaps she is rehearsing for a play, or serving tea, or dancing in the gym—wherever she is, she stands out because of her charm and executive ability. • Courier ! 2 3 4; Editor-in-Chief 3 4; Lalin Club 12 3 4; Treasurer 4; French Club 2 3 4 Dramatic Club 1 2 3 4; Secretary 4; Hi Y 2 3 4. President 4 Chorus 1 2 3; Dancing Club 1; Library Club 4. Treasurer 4; Minstrel 1; ’ Gondoliers 2; Mikado 3; The Royal Family 4; Double Octotto 1 2 3; Hall Cop 2 3; Rock. Literary Editor 4; Rock Rivalry 2 3 4; Girls' Craft Club 4; National Honor Society 4; Representative to Hi-Y convention at Albany and C. S. P. A.. Now York 3 4. MILDRED BROOKS—When this friendly enfant sits day-dreaming, are hor thoughts of fresh water swimming in Connecticut, the dolls she wrote so well of in her senior essay, or some glowing secret that tho rest of us can't know? Even if her classmates can t fathom her dreams, thoy know that she loves melody of any kind. Musical Millie has been in every operetta presented by Earl Rockaway. • Dramatic Club 1; Chorus 1 2 3 4; Pinafore 4; Mikado 3; The Gondoliers 2. HARRY BROWN Harry is tho tall lanky follow who dofonds his basket so valiantly in a court tussle and hits a basobali so surely that it lands in tho Mill River. This athlete seems determined to be shy but. nevertheless, he is liked by the boys and admired by the girls for his quiet courtesy. • Basketball 2 3 4; Basobali 2 3 4; Varsity R. Club 4. BERNICE CLEMENTE The name Bernice Clemente stirs thoughts of an artistic person who highlights her natural charm with an enviable taste in clothes. Tho Boauty of Rhame Avenue , as she was called in other years, has not fallen from her poak of popularity, nor has she allowed admiration to spoil her. Going to first-run pictures in the city, riding horseback at Hempstead, and summering in Vermont are some of her particular pleasures. • Dramatic Club President 1; Dancing Club 1; Riding Club 1 2 3 4; Hockey 1 2. Manager 2; Hockey Honor Team 4; Hi-Y 1 2; Basketball Manager 2; Rho Gamma 1 2 3 4; Skating Club 1; Courier 2; The Rock 4; Girls' Craft Club 4, Rock Rivalry 2 3 4: Track Manager 2. DOROTHY COLLINS Dottie says it with a smile— Any class dues today? Let's not hold that against her though, for she really is a good skate '—or should 1 say good tennis player? She is quiet at times, never officious, but. nevertheless, she is a National Honor Student. A humorous mistake on Dottie's part was her burning the cocoa so gracefully at a sorority meeting. • Tennis 2 3; Honor Toam 4; Dramatic Club 1 3 4; Hi-Y 4; French Club 2 3 4. President 4; La Socidtc Honorairc 3; Latin Club 1 2 3 4; Skating Club 1; Cornier 12 3 4; National Honorary Society 4; Rock Rivalry 3; Rock 4: Art Club 1; Riding Club 1 2 :■ 4; Girls' Craft Hub 4. 11

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★ ★★★★★ OLIVE DE MOTT This very efficient coach of freshman basketball, who is an expeM at all girls' sports, has a secrot vie©. She collects souvenirs! In her room aro spoons that were slipped into her purse when tho waiter wasn't looking, and baseballs she captured when the manager was congratulating the winnors. Aside from this peculiarity, friends report that Ollio is otherwise quite dependable, particularly in her duties as president of Rho Gamma. • Basketball 1 2 3 4; Captain 3; Hockey 12 3 4; Basebali I 2 3 4; Volleyball Honor Team 4; Tennis 2 3; Track 1 2; Soccer 1; Girls' Hi-Y 2 3 4; French Club 1 2; Rho Gamma 2 3 4, President 34; Courier 3 4; Rock Rivalry 2 3 4. MARGUERITE DUNN Evoryono likos Peggy! That unusual statement can be made with sincerity about this slender, dreamy-eyed girl, for she has a sweet soronity that makes people like to be with her. She can slam a tennis ball across the net as precisely as sho can sow a seam in homo oc . or understand the most mature novel in the library. In case anyone doesn't know. Peggy is tho girl soon frequently with the good-looking boy called Bob. • Tennis 2 3; Honor Team 4; Hockey 4; Volley Ball 4; Dramatic Club 1; Rho Gamma 4; Rock Rivalry 2 3 4. ROSE H. DUNN Rosio. the oldest and most vivacious of the spirited Dunns, is up to the minute—1939. She can tell you of the latest novel in the circulating library, the newest song introduced by Larry Clinton, and tho most recent Frod Astaire adaptation. Yet. according to her intimates, she is not modem to tho extent of a brittlonoss that oxcludos thought and sympathy when a friend needs understanding. • Glee Club 1; Dramatic Club 1 2. Vice President 1, Secretary 2; Tennis 2 3 4; Honor Team 4; Skating Club 1; Minstrel 1; Hockey 3; Honor Team 4; Volley Ball 4; Rock 4; Courier 4; Rho Gamma 3 4. Secretary 3 4. Girls' Craft Club 4; Rock Rivalry 3 4. ROSALIND EL TER MAN Rosalind can serve a ping pong ball with a chop that terrifies her opponent and heartons her partner. As a baseball devotee, she shows hor lovo of tho favorite American gamo by listening to all World Series Games and arguing on tho chances of Dizzy Dean. As a movie and radio fan. she expounds every noon on the attractions of Don Ameche. Woo to tho porson who profers Tyrono Power! • Rho Gamma 2 3 4; Rock Rivalry 2 3 4; Table Tennis 2 3 4, Table Tennis Honor Team 4; Latin Club 1 2 3; Dramatic Club 1; Dancing Club I. WILLIAM FLEMING—We may be harboring a future admiral In our midst, for Bill, whose slogan is Annapolis or bust has the kind of determination and onthusiasm which is bound to reach the top. His versatile mind leaps agilely from tho nautical to the historical. In fact, whatever the subject may be, Bill has a vast store of information about it, from which to draw the correct and somotimes humorous answer. • Lawrence High School: Science Club 2; Gym Exhibition 2 3. East Rockaway High School: The Rock 4; Courier 4. HERBERT FRANK Herbie, who says he wishes he could just once sing a complete song or tune, might be termed the Mighty Midget , only he isn't exactly a midget. Nevertheless, ho is mighty, whether he is running down tho football field, spouting information in history class, or fighting spunkily against his basketball opponent. His intorost in sports is mentally as well as physically mighty, for there are fow facts relating to any sport that Horbio cannot glibly recount. • Glee Club 1; Dramatic Club 1 2; Student Council 1 2: Hall Cop 2; Freshman Basketball 2; Basketball 3 4; Football 4; Soccer 2; Varsity R Club 2 3 4; Courier 4; Rock Rivalry 2 3: Minstrel 1. 13