Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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10 Alice A. Podesta Katherine Pratt Henry Rosenthal Howard S. Savage Ruth Seibert William V. Sette Abram E. Smith B.A. B.A. Biss B.S. M.A, B.S. B.A. B.S., M.A. History Language Mathematics; Science Music English English Physical Education Margaret V. Smith Herbert A. Stine George K. Strub Ellen Moore Stubbs Walter Voight Marcia T. Westpfahl Kermit A. Whitehead B.S., M.A, B.P.E, B.A. B.A. B.A., M.S. B.A., M.A. Industrial Arts History Head, Physical English Language History History Education Dept Jules Wiesmann Adella L. Wotherspoon Industrial Arts John L. Wyman Commercial B.S. Mathematics Zz Marjorie Johnson Marie Maurel Gladys Paul B.S. B.S. B.A. Industrial Arts Commercial Mathematics Celia Whitford Ruth Wyer B.A. B.S., M.A. Language Commercial

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‘ cEND OF THE RAINBOW” Hey Freshman! Can you remember back to your first day in Plainfield High School? Five hundred and twenty- three strong we entered that September, 1945, and we had much to look forward to. Of course we didn't know just what to expect, except four years of companionship and study. In fact, it has taken us these four years to discover what we were look- ing forward to that first day. We began by electing our first officers: Philip Staskewicz, president; Lemuel Holcombe, vice- president; Harriet Mundy, secretary; and John Thompson, treasurer. In March, 1945, the class of '49 presented with help from our adviser, Dean Hoff, our first project, the Freshman Party, which gave to our treasury its first riches, $41.00. PHS excelled in almost every sport that year. Our track team, besides winning every meet, also won the County and Newark State Meets. On the football field we broke all former records by scor- ing 206 points against 76 for our opponents. The Swimming, Tennis, and Cross-Country had winning seasons. 1946—and we well earned our title of Silly Sophs! ' Our leaders that year were Gerry Shaw, Neil Fort, Patricia Behr, and Jane Dansard. Our big event was the ‘'Sophomoron-Dunce Dance . Dunce caps, yard sticks, and geometric equations were the theme. In May, after electing Tim Kett, Jill Peale, Harriet Mundy, and Millicent Radamaker as next year's officers, we could look forward to a wondertul vacation and returning in September as Juniors with half our high school days over. Almost as soon as we returned, we began plan- ning our Junior dance. Its theme was ''Fall Sere- nade’; Austin Palmer made with the music, and we provided a new kind of entertainment with sev- eral specialty dances. In March we put on the PHS version of Our Hearts Were Young And Gay, star- ring Lois Castellanos and Kathleen Griffin as the two innocents abroad. The play was a hit and add- | wish | had a-heart to beat. ed $254.34 to our treasury. We had hardly finished with the play, when it was time to help the seniors with the Junior-Senior Prom. On May 21, the big event took place in a Spring Garden'' vaguely resembling our audi- torium. About that time we were busy choosing the next year's leaders. Besides our own senior class officers who were Bob Goldsack, Millicent Radamaker, Phyllis Jones, and George Coyne, we elected Tim Kett as president of Student Council, Lowell Blum- enaver as vice-president, and Harriet Mundy as secretary. Bert Katz was chosen Editor-in-Chief of the Entree, and Marion Boise, Editor of the Mile- stone. Immediately on returning, tryouts for the Senior Class Play began. Jill Peale, Lowell Blumenaver and Neil Fort were chosen as leads in the Stage Door cast. We added to our treasury by the sale of those familiar red and blue pennants. These were only the beginnings of a very busy year. Re- member the fun we had at the Senior Dance, Junior-Senior Prom, Senior Day, and at the Senior Supper? After taking over the school on Senior Day and discovering who had received Hall of Fame honors, we realized that our time at PHS was running short. We had watched our football, basketball, base- ball, track, tennis, cross country, and swimming teams win and lose for four years. We had rushed with the others to be first in lunch line; watched breathlessly a thrilling moment of a football game or a class play; met the kids after school at the Hill or George's ; sighed as ''Goodnight Sweet- heart'' was played at the end of a school dance; and realized all over again that we were true PHS'ers every time’we sang the ''Alma Mater”. Graduation day when we sang it for thé last time, we could look back on these things but only briefly; we all knew that here was once again the time to look forward. We are lost.’