East Side High School - Torch Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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BETTY MAE WESTLEY 175 Oliver Street BEN STANLEY YAKABOFSKI 189 Pacific Street GEORGE STEVEN ZABRODSKI 59 Vi Brill Street MARY HONORA ZAWITOSKI 41 Gotthart Street PAT ZITAROSA 70 New York Avenue 26

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(Atony by SHIRLEY RYMAN Hey there! Come here! And you too, friend! Gather around as we tell you a little of our formal high school history. In the beginning . . . the date was February 1, 1950—a most extraordinary group of Freshmen entered the halls of East Side High School and its annex. We weren’t any greener than most Freshmen. Introductions, to very important people in our lives, Mr. Sutton. Miss Gronheit. Miss Parmele. Mr. Horwitz and Mr. McCracken, didn’t mean very much to us. then. Mr. McCracken's list of rules and regulations did make us wonder. Before we became acquainted with our homeroom teachers, we were set to filling out this and that form, until our hands and arms were numbed. Lucky for us. we only had fifteen minute classes the first day. In the fall we. the educated Freshmen, were all together, because the Annex had been condemned. Our Freshmen days flew by. even though the school days were longer and were tormented by ‘‘Up Stairways. Down Stairways, Elevator Tickets, Upperclassmen and ONE WAY TRAFFIC.’ In the fall of our Sophomore year changes occured in our various homerooms. Miss Gronheit left us as class counselor when she went to the Ann Street annex. Mr. Sutton, class adviser, gained the help of Miss Parmele as class counselor. All in all. we really acted the part of nice ’’sophisticated morons.” As Sophomore A’s we had our first elections, the results were: President. Arnold Criscitiello; Vice President. Anna Marie Dallakian; Secretary. Leo Souza; Treasurer, Joseph Della Sala. None of us will forget the bomb scare in our Junior year. We had boots, umbrellas. and all sizes and kinds of books to carry home. We were the first Junior B class ever to hold a night dance. It was a Leap Year Dance on February 29. 1952. We were proud as could be of our decorations and games and of our success. The results of our Junior B election were: President. John D Oliveira; Vice President. Dolores Conforti; Secretary. Dolores August; Treasurer. Anthony Cavallaro. In the fall of 1952. the Jack O'Lantern. our second dance, another great success, was held. Even though Margaret Maggio had graduated, she played such a big part in the success of our class social affairs, that we will always remember her. Remember the buses hired to take students to the away from home football games.” in our Sophomore A and Junior A terms? 28