Greenport High School - Beachcomber Yearbook (Greenport, NY)

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“On September 8. 1951 the first meeting of the Class of '55 was held in Mrs. Diller’s room.” So began our story. I he minutes headlined the election of James Charters as president; Charlotte Hanff, vice-president; Mary Webb, secretary; and Daniel Wilson, treasurer; with Sara Raynor, a new classmate, and James Charters elected to Student Council. At this time we signed a four year ad- visory contract with Mrs. Diller and Mr. Levy, without whom our story could not be written. One of the prominent events of our story that year was an unbeatable St. Paddy's Day Dance. As eager freshmen, we worked tirelessly and enthusiastically for our success. Amidst green decorations, and dancing to the music of Hal’s Band, everyone attending felt the fun and entertainment of the clay. Our work was rewarded when we received “rave notices” from the critics. Nearing the end of the year, we sponsored a food and rummage sale. Its success was clue to the great amount of work clone by our parents. So the end came to our first year in high school. After a la y summer we briskly came back to write the second chapter in our story. This was titled “Sophomore Year.” The offi- cers elected were: Jack Mulhall, president: Sybil Kaplan, vice-presi- dent; Mary Webb, secretary; and Marcella Fiedler, treasurer. Our Student Council representatives were Barbara Thornhill and Nancy Luce. That year we were faced with heavy scholastic schedules but we found time for numerous pranks in our classes. Although our activities were kept to a minimum, we managed to plan and pro- duce a beautiful Christmas Dance, with Jack Mulhall as emcee and Wes Smith’s Band supplying the music. Again the critics were generous in their praise. At this time Sara Raynor left us to return to California, but Deanne Earnshaw, another Californian, joined our gang. In the spring we held our annual food and rummage sale which repeated the previous year’s success and inflated our treasury as was hoped. Returning for our third year in high school, we first completed the now routine election of class officers. I his was front page news. Jack Mulhall and Mary Webb remained in their same posi- tions with Barbara Thornhill and Charlotte Hanff taking their places as treasurer and vice-president, respectively. In addition to these elections, Nancy Luce, Sybil Kaplan and Sue Coyle were sent as our representatives to Student Council. They in turn were elect- ed president, vice-president and secretary of a last improving coun- cil. During our class meetings, we became aware of a certain clique of our boys who established residence in the rear of the room and provided much excitement. Their antics never hit the front pages but they have supplied many amusing sidelines. Our first effort was the Junior-Senior Halloween Party with the seniors as our guests. This resulted in an evening full of fun and laughs for everyone — the potato sack race being especially hilarious. Going on to better things, the day finally arrived when we picked our class rings. We haunted the jeweler until their arrival later that spring. At this time, Julia Teehan joined our ranks. After the seniors had made their necessary amount of money and no longer needed the candy sale profits to bolster their treasury, we took over the job of selling candy during the noon hour and at sports events. This activity was kept throughout our senior year and its success was due largely to the work of Jimmy Woodward. The most famous last words during this period were, “Who’s going to sell SuJJeJ. ‘J we realize ah. 15 l A our year a! (jreenport Jriyh . . .

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¥ on lecome 3“n i tord treasury, the juniors found it was sorely in need of funds. Coming to the rescue were the highly successful food sales they held in the Spring. Many of the male contingent of the class helped to spur our teams to victory. These athletic minded fellows included Robert Staples, Charles Bumble, William Claudio, Daniel Lillis, Grover Thompson, Frank Toledo, Reg Tuthill and Alfons Wagner. Not to be left out, the girls also partici- pated in a number of school activities. Prominent were (beta Levine, who was the editor of the Purple Quill; Janice Myslborski, Nan Goldin and Joan Norke- lun who were cheerleaders; and Priscilla Terry, Patricia Brown and Nan Goldin who were members of the Girls’ Leaders Club. Missing from their ranks were Robert Gillispie, Arthur Lederle, David Park and William Wilsen who are now attending prep schools. Spring came and with it the Junior- Senior Prom which was as memorable as ever. The Junior-Senior Picnic, water- melons and all, were barrels of fun. Now, their junior year concluded, they are anxiously looking forward to their sen- ior year — the play, the Washington Trip, and of course .... graduation. First row: J. M sll»orski. B. Slyback. F. I'nihili. I.. Fletcher. M. Smith. Second row: I . ( arbone. M. Cherepowich. C. Fenwick. Miss Walsh. F. Johnson. K. Webb. M. Jarvis. A. Fagan. Third row: V. Claudio. J. Duell. A. Peavey. C. Bumble. I). Powers. J. Thornhill. Fourth row: P. Reiter. R. Bishop. 15

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candy this week?” To keep up with our tradition we held another food and rummage sale in the spring and this, according to our custom, was very prosperous. As a beautiful climax to that event- ful year, we joined forces with the seniors to sponsor the Junior- Senior Prom. With its “dreamy” decorations the Prom was truly memorable — especially to those thinking of their college board exams the next day. Our Junior-Senior Picnic was the best one on record. Swimming (Brrr — was tl;at water cold!!!) and softball amused the sport enthusiasts among us while mountains of foot! were consumed to satisfy the appetites we had developed. Of course, we all suffered our first sunburns of the season but that was minor compared to our fun. Soon afterwards, Julia and Dee abandoned us for their home states, Rhode Island and California, and to our surprise three-fourths of our story was over. Our first duty after our return to our senior year was the elec- tion of class officers, a very important step. Recalling his excellent job in former years, we again elected Jack Mulhall as president. Charlotte Hanff was elected vice-president; Marcia Brown, secre- tary; and Barbara Thornhill received the difficult job ol treasurer. We elected Sybil Kaplan, Nancy Luce and Ed Skrezec to the Student Council where Sybil became president and Nancy vice-president. Slowly the plot of the fourth chapter in our story began to unwind. This year our boys had no trouble getting to school on time because many of them drove cars. In fact, “the Hot-Rod Brigade even took parking spaces from the teachers. We held our rummage sale in the fall and again with thanks to our parents, it was very beneficial to our treasury. The major event was a magazine campaign. I he seniors set out with high hopes in search of subscriptions but soon realized that it took more than high hopes to sell magazines. How- ever, we managed to reach the rather high goal we had set. led by our top saleswoman, Nancy Luce. In addition to the candy sales, every Saturday afternoon during the football season a group ol seniors could be seen cooking and serving hot dogs, opening soda bottles and generally taking care of the wants of the football spec- tators at the refreshment stand. Our motto was “the sales must go on” which was proven by our hardy salesmen on one rainy and cold Saturday. Did they ever get soaked!!! At the beginning of October the Yearbook staff was chosen. It consisted of editor-in-chiel Marcia Brown, assistant editors Sybil Kaplan and Helen Olson, and busi- ness managers William 111 thill and Barbara I hornhill. I hey soon realized that producing a good yearbook required a lot ol work. Early in February, we began work on the senior play, Curtain Going Up!” under the direction of Miss Raynor and Mr. Bombar- dier. Amidst the fun and work, a highly successful play was given on April 1. The never-to-be-forgotten Washington Trip! Our long awaited dream goal finally became a reality on April 6 and it was worth all the work. The Junior-Senior Prom, given on June 3, was terrific as usual but this year it was more sparkling than ever. We will always remember our last prom at G.H.S. Soon it was time for the fun-loaded Junior-Senior Picnic and then . . . GRADUA- TION. It seemed as if we had just begun writing our story when we found ourselves proudly receiving our diplomas. And so the last chapter of the Class of ’55 comes to a close. Our story will no ionger take us through the familiar halls of G. H. S., but we shall begin to write a new one — individually. 'We c . jeniorJ