Greenport High School - Beachcomber Yearbook (Greenport, NY)

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Settun I can still picture that bright September morning way back in '48 when we sixty-two young hopefuls constituting the Freshman class found our way to the revered third floor and our huge homeroom. It was, in any case, quite an event!! However we, unpolished youths that we were, soon discovered that third floor life wasn't all the glamour and gaiety that we had imagined. There were, for instance, those dreaded marshals, the horrid Juniors (the ones that locked unsuspecting Freshmen in lockers) and those unheard of super-long homework assignments!! Nevertheless, we did manage in that first year to elect such fine class officers as: President, Terry Overton: Vice- President, Virginia Unander; Secretary, Betty Lynn; and Treasurer, Marian Van Popering. Our one and only ven- ture into the public's eye was the Interclass Play titled THE VILLAIN FOILED AGAIN in which we collabor- ated with the Sophomores. To our great delight the judges picked our effort as best. Although the Sophs had furnished most of the players, we genuinely felt the Freshmen Marian Van Popering and Bill Wells supplied a great deal of the evening's laughs and entertainment. Oh, how wonderful it was to be rid of the ridicule of the Seniors! As Sophomores we attained a higher rank and with it a new personality. With the guidance of our advisor, Miss McClellan and our President Virginia Unander, we spent an extremely busy and satisfying year. Starting off the year's festivities with the unprecedented Sophomore Christmas Dance, our class acquitted themselves admirably. It was there, we proudly recall, at the historic party that the now well-worn Paul Jones and Snow Ball Dances first were introduced. Prancing on with praises of our first party still ringing in our ears, we plunged into a host of activities. Amid almost forgotten school books, the ex- troverts in our group (which takes care of practically everyone) participated in anything and everything, including such smashing productions as the Talent and Variety Shows, the Interclass Plays (our contribution being HAPPY JOURNEY ) and the Gym Show. Many new talents were displayed that year including those of such performers as Betty Lynn, Marian Van Popering, Harry Lewis, Virginia Unander and such able backstage crewmen as John Rempe, Fred Hulse, Joe Shipman and John Flatley, all of whom were to be heard of more in later years. We closed our social season with a well organized and successful Spring Dance. Now as accomplished and assured upperclassmen, we Juniors could finally look down and notice the very apparent greenness of the new Freshmen. Turning our heads however, from such trivialities, we looked to more important business. Eugene Bogashewicz was elected President and the class turned to preparations of the Junior-Senior Hallowe'en Party. Needless to say the Seniors expressed their approval, especially of our newly organized Junior Dance Band consisting of Hal Freeman, Alex Giorgi, Clayton Harrell and Stanley Droskoski. Teen Scenes ',-the annual talent show, featured the accomplished performers from our Sophomore outfit plus Mary Lou Johnson, Terry Overton, and Justine Coulter who joined the tide of talent to add to the brilliance of the show. Came Spring and the young men's fancy turned lightly to thoughts of the Prom! All bedecked in formals and tuxedos the girls and boys truly made a night of it. The Junior-Senior Picnic finished the June events with a flourish. And before we knew it that long anticipated September of our last and most important year had finally rolled around. We dug into our school duties with an air of superiority to which we felt we had a right after three years of similar supercilious treatment from preceding Senior Classes. Newly assigned marshal posts gave their proud possessors a few anxious moments but orders to stay in line echoed throughout the entire third floor. Under the excellent counselling of Mrs. Diller we commenced our merry way through The Year. First on the agenda was the all important class elections and Eugene Bogashewicz was chosen to assume a second term pres- idency. Calling a brief time out before the strenuous work of the year began in earnest, the Seniors attended the lively Junior-Senior Hallowe'en Party complete with blue jeans and corn stalks. With an eye toward making money the Seniors diligently dived into the task of selling magazines and emerged with a profit of more than $500. Then with still more ambition and zest we went on to produce, with the guidance of Mr. Carruthers, a completely entertaining Talent Show. Although our troupe is not exactly noted for its thespian talents, our Senior Play POOR HUBERT completely surprised and delighted its audience with its high content of fine acting and easy laughs. The class trip to Washington passed much too quickly and June, Regents, and the Junior-Senior Picnic were upon us before it was realized. Now as the days and hours are quickly dwindling between us and grad- uation we may look back on the last four years as perhaps the happiest of our young lives. What the future will hold, no one can quite foresee but everyone may rest assured that each of us will be striving for a worthwhile goal.

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THEODORE TAPPERT •TED” I live the life I love; I love the life I live. Basketball 3: Track I; Cross Country 2: Volley Ball 2; Chorus I, 2. 3, 4: Marshal 4; Talent Show 2. 3. 4; Inter- Class Plays I. 2. 4: Gym Show 3: Yearbook 4: Athletic Asso- ciation I, 2, 3. 4; Intramural Basketball I, 2, 4; Intramural Volleyball 4: Tennis 3. 4. CUVE TYRER Well timed silence has more eloquence than speech. Football I, 2; Track I, 2, 3. VIRGINIA LEE UNANDER ’’GINNY She is pretty to walk with, And witty to talk with, and pleasant too to think on. Class Vice President I; Class President 2: Leaders Club 2, 3, 4: Leaders Cub President 4: Chorus I, 2. 3. 4; Band I: Variety Show 2; Talent Show 3. 4; Purple Quill 3, 4; Purple Quill Editor 4; Yearbook Ed- itorial Board 4: Yearbook Business 3; Gym Show 2, 3, 4: Intramural Volleyball 4: Intramural Basketball 2, 3, 4; Captain 2, 4; Varsity Hockey 3. 4: Bowling 2. 3. 4: Cheer- leader 3, 4: Athletic Associa- tion !. 2. 3. 4: Senior Play 4 Interclass Plays 2: Marshal 2: Honor Society 4- Valedictor- ian. FLOYD VAN WYCK COOKIE In the world but not of it.' Athletic Association 2, 3. 1 WILLIAM WALDEN BILL What ever he did was done with ease. Intramural Basketball I, 2. 4; Athletic Association I, 2. 3, 4. WILLIAM WELLS BILL My own thoughts are my own companions Football 4: Intramural Bas- ketball I; Gym Show I, 2: Talent Show 2: Inter-Class Play I, 2; Inter-class Track Meet 3: Chorus 2. 3, 4; Band 2. 3. 4: Baseball (Manager] 3: Yearbook 4: Purple Quill I, 2; Athletic Association 3, 4.

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OIl]e last 33JtU mtit -Srstameni of tlje Class of 1951 We, the Senior Class of 1951, being in a sane and normal state of mind, do make, publish, and declare this to be our last Will and Testament. To the individual members of the Junior Class, we make the following bequests: Bobby Walden — a portable microphone so that he can be heard when he gets the urge to talk. Renee Vallely — a key to the ice cream freezer, to satisfy her appetite. Bobby Cassidy — a cloth to wipe off his silly grin. Toot Mellas — a special container to preserve her chewing gum while she is attending French Class. Shirley Pentz — an ice pack to cool her off when she flys off the handle. Bruce Rackett Sunset Shores 1 all to himself. Don Ostroski — a pin to puncture his inflated ego. George Matthias — a crew cut so that the teachers will be spared the misery of looking at his hair-do . Joan Brooks and Joan Copin — a whistle to use in the future on certain street corners. Bobby Doucett arid Billy Whaley — a bottle of vigoro to help them grow. Bev Hallock — a position as assistant gym teacher so that she can be the constant companion of her favorite faculty member. Mary Jeanne Thompson — a franking privilege for her naval correspondence. Tommy Monsell — a position as assistant director to Cecil B. Albert Dinizio — one tight sweater so that he can make like Atlas. Barbara Pilles — an escort complete with car so that she can come to Greenport i more often. Connie Volinski — a big line to use on the girls. Lawrence Mazzo — a ladder so that he will be able to climb to higher stardom on the gridiron. Ann Gacquin and Helene Tappert — a super-speed motorcycle that will enable them to reach their destinations in ample time. Ann Jones — a pair of stilts for fhe iucky men in her life.