Greenport High School - Beachcomber Yearbook (Greenport, NY)

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Seated: P. Brown, P. Terry, G. Levine, J. Norkelun, E. Fletcher. Standing: N. Goldin, B. Sty back, Mr. Egert, R. Tut- hill, A. Wagner, K. Webb, F. Brooks. LITERARY STAFF of thought and preparation needed to make this one a special book. Originality was hard to pro- duce when we had to do it. We ran into innumerable difficulties — either there were not enough pictures, or they had to be retaken because of their shape, and once we ran out of the ever-needed rubber cement. The ads were late in arriving, hard to arrange, but, they were an important part in making this issue of the Beach- comber the kind of publication we wanted it to be. Did you notice the changes we put into effect this year? We’re especially proud of the cover. Our teachers deserved a fair share of recognition, so we tried to give it to them. To facilitate the locating of each section of the book, we added an index. But, we don’t have to tell you all these things, you’ll dis- cover them for yourselves as you read the Beach- comber presented by the Class of ’56. First row: Mr. Deutschmann. M. Benko B. Schelin, N. Goldin. M. Smith, C Pappas, E. Johnson, Mrs. Diller. Sec ond row: F. Tuthill, P. Carbone, A Fagan, V. Schaumburg, J. Myslborski S. Decker, D. Bush, M. Jarvis, A. Peav ey. Third row: R. Tuthill, A. W'agner R. Biggs, R. Bishop. P. Reiter, D. Lil lis, J. Thornhill, R. Powell, D. Case, J Soito. BUSINESS STAFF

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J. Norkelun, G. Levine, P. Terry. Meet The Pi •css How do you do? We are the writers, the proof- readers. the artists, the salesmen, the advisors. We have worked since November to put the 1956 Beach- comber together — piece by piece, page by page. We had never dreamed of all the work, and fun that this, our biggest project, would entail . . . We spent hours trying to make the words fit the page, or vice-versa, measuring, pasting, cutting, and dozens of other operations required to build simply any yearbook. Then there were the endless hours J. Norkelun, ass I. editor; M. Benko, ass'I. business manager; K. Webb, art editor; G. Levine, editor-in-chief; P. Terry, ass't. editor; N. Goldin, business manager. 18

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And Here Is Our Gang ACT 1 Scene 1 As the curtain rises on the Class of 1956, we are the freshmen, sitting meekly under the watch- ful eyes of Miss Walsh and Miss Kurachuk in home- rooms 301 and 306. As noted in our moldy files: “The meeting was called to order by Miss Kura- chuk,” and the election of Bill Wilsen, President Alfons Wagner-, Vice President; Nan Goldin, Sec- retary; and Kit Gillispie, Treasurer; took place. Scene 2 Our first big project — the Saint Patrick’s Day Dance; Alfons Wagner acted as ring-master and thus we established a foothold in G.H.S. Our year drew to a successful close with food and rummage sales. ACT II Scene 1 The setting is the same — rooms 301 and 306. The cast is unaltered from Andrews to Wilsen. Our class officers for that year were Alfons Wagner, President; Priscilla Terry, Vice President; Marilyn Smith, Secretary; and Peter Reiter, Treasurer. Scene 2 We defended our title won by the Saint Patrick’s Dance when we gave the “Snowball”, our Christ- mas Dance. Alfons Wagner was our capable emcee and call- ed the dances to the melodious strains of Jack Sherwood’s Orchestra. Scene 3 Not satisfied with just one dance a year, w'e forged on to the “Sophomore Rainbow.” Bill Claud- io did the honors as emcee. To round out the year’s activities profitably, we held food and rummage sales in the Spring. ACT III Scene 1 The familiar odor of chalk dust, floor w’ax, new paint and old books greeted us as we filed into 301 and 306 to play the role of juniors. That year we again installed Alfons Wagner as President, ably assisted by John Duell, who was Vice President, Marilyn Smith, Secretary; and Peter Reiter, Treas- urer. The cast lost Arthur Lederle, Bob Gillispie, Dave Park and Bill Wilsen to prep schools. We had tw'o new “directors”, though — Mr. Wadsworth and Mr. Bombardier. Scene 2 Once again we ordered streamers, put up post- ers. made tunafish sandwiches and counted chairs, this time for the Junior-Senior Hallowe’en Dance. We set a precedent by inviting the entire high school to this affair. Johnny Dueli, as emcee, helped to make the dance another feather in our px-overbial cap. Scene 3 We had hardly put away the witches, cats and pumpkins from the Hallowe’en Dance before we began cutting out hearts of every size, shape and descriptions for the Valentine’s Dance. We called on Bill Claudio again to emcee as G.H.S. two- somes glided about the floor, and once again the trusty class of ’56 scored a success. 20