Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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Jules Weismann Adella L. Ruth Wyer Leonard M. Mechanics Art Wotherspoon Base ASe Ziacoma Industrial Art Trenton Columbia B.A., Gettysburgh Commercial OFFICE and SCHOOL STAFFS Commercial Mathematics ee Adria Galbraith 5, Helen M. Talbot BoAgiNis) Ge R. N., Lennox Hill M.A., M.Ed., E.Ed., Carolyn Sette Sarah Bodenheimer Hospital Rutgers f Secretary to Attendance Clerk Attendance Supervisor fo) Supervisor of Counselor Testing Testing Barbara O’Neill Secretary to John J. Sierge B.A., Columbia Marie F. Whelan R.N., Muhlenberg Valerie Ploshay Secretary in Jay Furina Secretary in Placement Placement Hospital Front Office Front Office Counselor Councelor School Nurse Harriet E. Daniels George W. Arthur F. Hopper June Mackey Marie Maurel Marjorie J. B.F.A., Kansas Garthwaite BasmenlVieAe I:Nl8)., IN| JAC. BS MAS McConnell Fine Arts B.A., Oberlin Columbia Assistant Librarian Columbia B.S., Washington M.A., Princeton Director, Industrial Commercial M.A., Columbia Head of Arts Fine Arts Mathematics Gladys Paul Florence Pollack Kenneth W. Dorothy Beatrice Texier Celia C. Whitford B.A., Colby B.A., Penn State Rollins Sturdevant B.A., Montclair B.A., Alfred Mathematics English B.A., George A.B., Goucher Teachers College Modern Language Peabody Social Studies English M.Ed., Harvard Director of Guidance Carolyn Reich Secretary to Principal [10] Grace Cooper Secretary to Counselors Loretta De Meza Secretary to Supervisor of Health, Physical Education and Safety Arlene Fickett Accompanist in Music Department Barbara Jane Henry Secretary to Supervisor of Industrial Arts Elsie M. MacDonald Accompanist for Girls’ Physical Education

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[12] LOOKING BACK AT OUR CHARTERED COURSE As the Good Ship PHS pulls into the har- bor to dock for the annual summer vacation, we crewmen, occupying the “Senior Deck,” realize that all too soon our four year journey has come to an end. On a sunny September day in 1948, fol- lowing Joyce Popovitch, our captain; Bill Luce, Nancy Joy and Ruth Borsuk, our faith- ful officers, we marched up the plank, amazed at the size of our new home, fascinated by the older passengers, yet looking forward to our promised Freshman Party. Pete Lawson, Marty Sinteff, Diane Young and Ruth Borsuk commanded our crew in our second year at sea. By then we had learned the ropes, even down to sponsoring a sopho- more square dance. And it was we who were respcnsible for the PHS stickers and decals that decorated the many books and cars around school. In Our junior year, with our pilot crew consisting of Ted Bremble, Gene Herman, Ginny Zieman and Anne Guiness, we became more active in clubs and showed our promi- nence by presenting our own class play, ‘Out of the Frying Pan.’’ The year would not have been complete without the successful presen- tation of cur annual dance, ‘Stairway to the Stars... Outstanding in memory, though, was being able to share Jr.-Sr. Prom responsibili- ties. Then with Jim Berrier, Cathy Stubits, Mimi Seltzer and Georgiana Goerz taking charge, we began our last trip with the addi- tional guidance of commander-in-chief Joseph Passarella It was only November when our dramatic members had conquered a Norwegian accent and presented ‘| Remember Mama.”’ We were equally proud when Bill Luce, David Rice, Joyce Popovitch, and Larry Bartlett, as Student Council officers, guided representa- tives to solutions of many school problems. The first half of the year slipped by quickly and we were soon involved in college board exams or desperately trying to decide our plans for the future. Then came June. Instead of the ship's familiar whistle that blows as it prepares to deck, we hear strains of “Pomp and Circum- stance’ and the rustle of diplomas. As we retrace our steps down the plank, we intrust to the class of ‘53 the care of the Good Ship PHS, but carry with us fond memories of a journey we shall never forget.