Abraham Clark High School - Sphinx Yearbook (Roselle, NJ)

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wilh evergreens and snowmen, and a general lheme of green and while, Don Gibson 's Orcheslra played, and al- eleven-lhirlyfsnow' fell from lhe lskyf... il was in -January lhal we purchased our class rings and pins .... A large number of us had a swell lime parlicipaling in lime, lOlh Annual Frolic E lhis year, which was a revue of all pasl produclions .... May l6 broughl lhe nnosl 'imporlanl social Funclion up lo lhal lime- - our Junior Prom--when l.eo Birch again played. The lheme lhis lime was a lllawaiian Cruise? and decoralions were blue and while,wilh silver slars and a huge moonfj lending almosphere. Refreshrnenls were served From augrass hull Everyone had leis, and everyone wenl lo lhe Meadowbrook aflerwards .... We should menlion lhal lhe percenlage of Juniors on lkirsibf Sqruads lhis year was high, especially on lhe very successful baseball l-eam.. ? On June l8, we said goodbye lo lhe lasl Senior Class above us and spenl' lhe summer looking forward lo. . . . . . Seplernber 8,l94ll, and SENIOR YEAR! One shorl year in which lo make so many of lhe mosl pleasanl memories of our lifelime. Things began rolling swiflhf, Miss EVEBIN ll Morgan was welcomed by lhe class as ils new advisor since Miss Odell was an exchange leacher in Puer lo Rico lhroughou our Iasl yearin school. Jack Wicklein was elecled seniorclass presidenlg Louise Tobiasson was reelecled vice-presidenli Jackie Vachel was chosen secrelaryg and Belly l.eaming,lreasuren in lhe Class' final eleclion on 5eplernber23.. ll was lale in Oclober lhal lhis group ol' Seniors began ils series of record breaking lriumphs. Every l2lh grade homeroom doubled ils guola For magazine sales, and we broughl inlhe here-lo-fore unheard-of lolal ol' 5 578-' This aslronornical figure was a porlend of grealer lbings lo come For 342. A A Yearbook slail- was lhen' appoinled, wilh Fred Shaw as edilor.. Bob Grimshaw slarred lhis Fall in foolball... E A Jack Fllzgerald was chosen lo play For lhe years Hrsl dance, lheu Senior Pow-wowf' on November 25. The dance had an lndian-Thanksgiving lherne, A wilh harvesl lime decoralions and mulli-colored slreamers... On December 23, everyone enjoyed lhe Class Chrislmas Parly in lhe big gym, where we swayed N lo lhe music of 'l'he'l'lechnicians Orcheslra As has been lhe cuslom, lhe Seniors

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Eighlh Graders, and prided ourselves on lhe Facl. We -were cerlainly well on our way. Why, al lhe end of lhis year we were lo choose our courses For lhe nexl four years in lhe real, honesl'-lo-goodness Senior High School. FM l958, anolher Seplemloer, and anolhergreal mileslone. W We now need no longer have hul a grade-number, we were Freshrnenf The lille dd sound imporlanl. We were imporl'an'l,'l'oo. Some of us received recognilion in lhe Gospel Trulhf a delinile sign of ourugrowing up. And when lhe Spring Frolic rolled around lhere' were several ninlh graders wilh speaking parls. H' seems lhal each fall loroughl wilh il new horizonspeiwifor wilh lhe Fall of l939, '42 ascendedanolher slep. i-'I This was Jrhe year For lhe Sophislicaled Sophomores lo organize 'lheir class. Our inilial organizalion meeling was held November 22, when we were inslrucled how l'o go aboul carrying on our class l'unclions.An execulive board was elecled, and lhey, in lurn, chose our class advisors. lvln l'l. Nlonroe Gordon and Nliss 'Dorolhy Odell were selecled 'l'o guide '42 lhrough lhe years. -l'hen came lhe ldrsl eleclion. On Uecernherlzl, clohn Rolloff was voled class presidenl, Alvin Ryan, vice-presidenl, Be'l l'y Leaming, secrelary, and June Nebglt, lreasurer... Some of lhe hoys of lhe class played in Varsily gamesgffg lhis year .... Of course lhe loig evenl came on Nlay lOlh-- Jrhe firsl social funclion ol' Ql2,.'lhe Sophomore Hop, en- lilledufapring Swing wenl over wilh a bang Leo Birch wasdeclared uswellf and everyone lileed 'lhe lnlacli decoralionsd... Towards summer, we all piled inlo buses and wenl on a class lrlp lo lhe World'S Fair Q We gol oul lo an earbf slarl in l94O, as juniors--onbf one more peg up Jrhe ladder, and we would reach lhal all imporlanl Senior Yearfl.. On Oclober l8, Dick lVluller was elecled Junior class presiclenl onawrile-in vole, Louise Toloiasson was voled vicefpresiclervl, Claire l'lolcomlJe,secrelary and June Nelnel was again our 'lreasurer .... The -.lunior Winler Carnival came on January lT There cerlainbf were nice decoralions

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decoraled lhe school lobby for Chrisl'mas.... Wilh 'lhe coming of l942 came lhe realizalion lo each Senior lhal lheyear wilh which lhe class name is associaled had Finally arrivedrlhal slowhf and surehf, we were progressing 'lo lhe high-poinls ol our high school career-- Class Nighl and Commencemenl, and lhen, sadhf, lo lhe end of lhese pleasure-filled years of our school life .. .. Ever Since Eve.. lhe greal lhealrical underlaliing of our class, coached by Miss lvlarion M. lvlara, was presenlecl January 30, and proved 'lo be anolher overwhelming , success.Anolher record was shallered, wilh gross relurns of 5425. A parly was l held for lhe casl and commillees on February l5 .... The second informal dance of lhree held during lhe school year looli place on February E Z llwas lilled ullarloon Karnivalf' and ils molif was comic sl'rip characlers. Red and while were lhe predominanlcolors. Ned Hilchcocli and his esquires played. .. . . .Al lhe lime of wriling .lhe final Spring Frolic in which we will parl'icipale,on April 23, 24, and 25, is well on ils way lo complelion. Our splendid Senior Ear is swiilly drawing l'oaclose.The Chronicle of '42 musl end here. Our lasl informal dance is l'o be held on May l5g lhe Class'lifip, ..lune5.'l'hen will come +he'Nighl'of Nighls:-Class Nighl, June l5,allhe Winfield Scoll l-lolel in lilizabelh. finaly afler +he Baccalaureale Serv- ice al ll-ie Firsl Presbylerian Church, Roselle, on Sunday, June i1+he DayofDays will be al hand-- Commencemenl, X Abraham Clarli High School, June l8, l942.The Diplomas we receive repre senl more lhan six years spenl' in classrooms--lhey represenl six years of pleasanl associalion wilh classmales and 'leachers,associalions long lo be remembered. These lasl weelxs are hlled wilh icy and sadness- lhe peak has been reached,ancl now, sadly, we musl separale, .... Spring Frolics, Concerls, Sporls, Acliviliesilrips, The Magazine Campaign, Parlies,The Play--Class Nighl, Gradualion. . .All are now bufl' fond memories lo be laepl foreverg For ...... Our slrong band can ne'er be broken Formed in Roselle High .... . . .lVlem'ries leaflels close shall lwine Around our hearls for aye-- , And wafl us back o'er life's broad lracl To pleasures long gone bye.