Greenport High School - Beachcomber Yearbook (Greenport, NY)

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CAROL ANN WIPPERT “As the sun colors flowers so does art color life ’ Purple Quill 1,2,3,4 (Grade School Editor 4); Old Town Arts and Crafts Award 2; science fair 1; library club 2,3,4. SHIRLEY LOUISE WYSOCKI “She’s small, but like a bomb, she causes a lot of disturbance.” Purple Quill 4; yearbook 4; girls’ chorus 3; softball 3,4; volley- ball intramurals 4; library club 4. FRED WILLIAM YOUNG “A willing helper never lacks friends.” Mixed chorus 1,2,3,4; track 1,2,3,4; Mattituck Gun club; vol- leyball 3,4; science fair 1,2,3,4 (2nd prize 1,3); play night 3,4. DAVID ALEXANDER ZIPKAS “He who has the ability finds his place.” Purple Quill 2,3; yearbook 4; basketball mgr. 1,2,3,4; track mgr. 2,3; future teachers’ club 1,2,3,4; library club 2. Senior Honor Society Honor Society SEATED: S. Grodski, L. Randall, Mrs. K. Diller (adviser), L. Hanff, J. Helinski. STAND- ING: H. Levine (V.P.), R. Wells (Pres.), J. Jurzenia, V. Wells (Sec.-Treas.), R. Terry, C. Brigham.

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RONALD ELTON TERRY “He who has friends is never lost.” Honor society 3,4; G.H.S. Physical Fitness Award (457) 3; Para- gon Oil Award; Freshman Subjects Award; radio announcer 4; football 1,2,3; track 1,2; mathletes 3,4; student council 1; se- nior council 4. SHARON ELIZABETH THORNHILL “She who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare.” Purple Quill 2,3,4; yearbook 4; class treas. 1; bowling (1st prize) 1; future tcacners’ club 2,3,4; library club 2,3,4; senior council 4. FRANK H. VANSICKLE, II “As good natured as they make ’em.” Football 1,2,3,4; wrestling 1; wrestling club 3; baseball 1; track 2,3,4; future teachers’ club 4; senior council 4. LINDA MARIE WALLACE “With one smile she overthrows a city; with another, a king- dom.” Yearbook 4; Purple Quill 4; future teachers’ club 2,3,4; Girls’ Leaders’ club 3,4 (v.p. 4); library club 3,4; co-op 4; volleyball 2; play night 3; ping pong 4; volleyball intramurals 4; senior council 4. VICTORIA LORRAINE SPRAGUE “Thought works in silence; so does virtue.” Girls’ chorus 1; mixed chorus 1,2; library club 3,4; future nurses’ club 3,4; Purple Quill 1,3,4; cafeteria staff 4; yearbook 4. BARBARA ANN STRASSER “Laugh and the world can’t get a word in edgewise.” Yearbook 4; girls’ chorus 1,2,3; mixed ehorus 1,2,3; North Fork Girls’ Chorus 2; future teachers’ club 2; future nurses’ club 3, 4; library club 3,4; volleyball intramurals 3,4 (capt. 3); bowling 1; play night 3; switchboard 1,3,4; future secretaries’ club 4; candy striper 4. GIGI LESLIE WELLS “Take love away from life and you take away its pleasures.” Honor Society 3,4 (sec.-treas. 4); Foreign Exchange Student 3; American History Award 3; U.N. Pilgrimage Delegate 3; Suffolk Countv Musical Festival 1; Class sec. 2,3,4; yearbook (co-editor) 4; Student Council 3 (v.p ); Library Club 2,3,4; Fu- ture Nurses’ Club 1,2,3; Purple Quill 2,3; Band 1,2,3; volleyball intramurals 3,4; Girls’ Leaders’ Club 2,3,4 (sec. 3, pres. 4); twirling 1,2,3,4; D.A.R. Citizenship Award 4; switchboard op- erator 1,2; bowling 1; For.£n Rel. Club 4. ROBERT HARDY WELLS “He is a good looker, a swell athlete, and a grand fellow.” Honor society 3,4 (pres. 4); All-League basketball 2,3,4; class pres. 2; class v.p. 3; yearbook (sports editor) 4; football 1,2,3,4; basketball 1,2,3,4; baseball 1,2,3,4; track 1,2, gold 3,4; library 24 club 2,3,4; future teachers’ club 3,4; play night 3,4; co-captain basketball 4.

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Class The caps and gowns flow down the familiar auditorium, marking our last day at Greenport High. Each one of us is looking to the future remembering the past four years. It all started on a perfectly normal September day. We had assembled in our homerooms without too much trouble. Freshman year was a mad scramble of lock- ers, “big kids’ , and new teachers. Early in the fall we elected officers — Jackie Ed- wardson, president; Richie Chute, vice-president: Joan Helinski, secretary; and Shar- on Thornhill, treasurer. Months passed and soon it was time to think about our first dance, the Emerald Isle. Much planning and hard work molded the gym into a little bit of old Ireland itself. Although the dance was a financial flop (we made a profit of $1.65!) we learned a lot about organization. Sophomore year brought new status to the class. We elected Bob Wells, presi- dent; Gary Klipp, vice-president; Gigi Wells, secretary; and tyrant Harris Levine as our “tax collector”. Our semi-formal Sleigh Bells, with ‘sane, adult-type’ music didn’t go over too big — kids just like to be kids! Spring Fling, transforming the gym into a garden of thousands of paper flowers, was a huge success. Fall again, and upperclassmen! Already we started to exert our pressure on the “lower classes”. We conserved on decorations for our Halloween dance, “Be-- witched”. We made a pretty fabulous profit though and everyone seemed to be en- joying themselves in spite of the simplicity. The sophomore officers werc carried over through the junior year and they handled the class very smoothly. December 4th — our class rings were ordered. Nothing can describe'liow we felt — our progress through high school was for the first time truly visible. Our romantic “Coeurs d’ Amour” brought a flurry of heart-throbs and heart-aches at our Valentine dance. Spring caught us up with the excitement of the seniors. Our ring» came and