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

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-- CLASS VOTE I Rmnco and Il1IiCf Boys, and CWS, Ideal Xmwy and Roy Ioan and Xorman Bust Dancers Class Brains Barbara and Bill Bob and Dee

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i Most School Spirit Ed and Mary N icest Smile Tom and Sue fPat Willialns absent for picture., cutest Class Flirts Martha, Bob, and Pat Calvin and Glofla

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Eighth Grade Officers Our Second Year in ACHS As Frosh Leaders LASS It is .ln cstalwlislavd f.1ct - though kept from public kIlOXY1CdgL' --- that Septenlllcr, 1952. lllil1'kl'll il striking lI'al1lSfO1'IH:llirm in thx' peaco- Iklll hulls ul' ACIIS. for this was thc day tlwsv P- w hulls amd H10 Class of 'ofa were first intmdllccd, The lmpclvss confusion wv l'IlC0lll1fOl't'd upon our 1,1l'l'iV2lI. I1owc'vc'1'. tclmdud to subdue most of the 160 of us. amd we wen- forccd in COIICPII- tlutv nur k'Ill'l'giL'S on the Lusk of 6Slll'YiYillfI,w the cumplvxitim uf hull mmlitnrs, hours of home-- work, Ilppv1'cl.1ssnn-ln, up and 'Aclowlxn stair- wuys, uml ll lUlL'llHl-Ill llSSUI'lII K'Ilt of cqlullly I.l'iglltClliIlQ perils. XVG likc-rl to think, ut that time-, that we wcrv clisgxuccfnllly ll'l1lHl'K'1lfCd, but We did have az grmt Slllll'l'l' mf .lIIlllS0!Ut'llf in the lh-creations alt I'Lll'1'iSUIl .md lincoln Schools, VI' used to gn on Friday nights frmn nlmut S100 tn 10:00. l't'INC'lllI3CI'? Now. 1'4'lLlvL'ti11g 011 that first sc-mcstvr in high school, wc-'ll admit that We 1lCtllillly cn- joyvd it in spin- of mmrsclws, In the Full of H353 W0 l'l'llll'l'lCd lo school, 1'o11siclc1'ulmly morv l'U1'lf:ilIl?Ilf uf success Hum thx' Iurevimls f'L'Ll1'. :Xftvr JU. we were eigflltll grades IIOXY. um! vntitlvd in Ll fvw lll0I'L' privileges and .1 Ill0di'I'.lt0 amount of ra-speck. flf sevvntll QTJLlt'l'S hllllllld mm' lmppvn to doubt their uw- fAll1lll'SS, they might hlkc L-mnfurt in tllv fact that they c'c'l'la1i11ly uid the 111011116 of Hn' eighth g1'ildPl'S.J Ax upper l'lilSSlll4xll,, wc Imd several eventful vxpvx'ivluc-vs. the first of whim-In was our primary my-i.xl fm-tu XYL- chwiwcl ll S.ulic Hmvkins dill1L'l', nlnunst of ru-cc-ssiiyz l7i'C.lllM' at this pzxrticlllau' stage- ul' um' lives. thc lmys wcre- il little 11-ss t'OllNNlllliL'LltiYO tlnm thc' girls. Tllerc' was ll grunt skull of llllXiL'ff' :ls to NVlN'Hll'I' UIIOIIFLII tickets XVOIIM1 bu sold ftln' girls Vs'Ul'l'Il't too volmnluniuu- live ci1'lu'1'lU. but ull! final Urmnt wvculed thai' our fiH.lIlL'l'S wmv .ulvrllmtm-, .und the :lance was 110111 .lt 35430 in tln- liltlv gylll. The- summit ui um' SL-mml yvur in ACHS UCk'llI'I'L'4l in Iunv, IU54, XYIIUII the D.'XN's Cond Citizvmllip xm-duls worn- .lXV1ll'dCil to Bvtty Ann They Guided Us Tlzrougllz Kup.xll.n. Illllf' N.1tznmn. l':dNVglI'CI jones. Horton Taylor, Nancy Swain, nml Aluy KW-in. XYL' were tlnrillcd in Sm-ptexnlmcl' of 195-1, upon commencing Hu' now tvrm with il title. Aftvr having passed two yours us plulcticully il 111111112- lc-ss group, wc' were Pfflllll to hem' the zxppvlu- tion of FTGSIIIIICII. This was the yvznr our Oluss l,IllCICl'XYt'Ilt scvcrall IHUINUIIIUIIS Changes. XV4' had to lwcmne nccustmm-cl to the division of our class into thx- COIUlTN'I'l'i.ll and Colle-gc prop L'0lll'Sl'H, but this new 1ll'l'2ll'lgl'INl'Ht had its zul- V1llIfilgl'S s wr- had Hu' opportunity to mvot HMUIY new f1'ic'ncls. This yl'1l1', also, we XVUlL'01IN'd new SilldL'l'lfS from Sf. .lrmsvplfs to our f11'mlp. As Frcslmdvn we Wilnvsscd il glorious victory of our football team uw-r Park. lh'rnr-lnln-1' the XVOIHICI' with which wr- I'L'Q'Lll'dl'd H1050 tI'l'l1ll'll- d0IIS Seniors on the fix-Id. and our suprvluc dusirc tu IIPIIUIKI thc- lmnrmr nf our school our- selves SflIT1i'dlly'fi XV- could only CIFCLIITI ilu-ng VVv rlimhft lvallizv that lllI'CC yours Info H10 fvl- lows from our own class would lw out thvlwv gaining 2ll'l0illl'l' victory over thc Pzllithcrs. YH- l'0lHIlN'llC'Ud our 5flI3lIflITlOI't' nur with H10 Clcctiml of clam ufficws. 'lvllmc' illlzllldlfd lmliux' HLlf'fll1Il'11. Nlgnry l'u1'so11s. BTIILK' Huzlvv, .mel Hiclmnl IIUVIOIIV. 1 Our social life' this f'L'AlI' was vlilmlwcl IW tlw Spring Concvrl Lluncc- spunsorml by thc- Sfl'lllI'lli cjfllllllil. Om' Illllifll' ywu' wax Ilndollbicclly thc' most cwciting thus f'.u'. TIN- firxt highlight of the vs-.xr Cxum' in Dl'L'L'IIll5i'l' wlwn XVUkl'l'L'l'iYl'il our Q-Liss rings, Nluny ul us will ru-vc-1' f'm'Q4't tht- thrill Wlwn we slippa-ml thusv ll'1'.1sl11'L-cl ulljccts C711 um' fingm-rx for the first tilmu xVhl'l1 lmskvtlmll sm-alscnl St2Il'fl'fl. wc were pmballmly thc- IJl'0lldOS1 c-lzlss in Un' lmistory of the school, and by lllc time it clddvcl, tllvn' could hr' nu clmlbf, Since lllllllf' nf the- rm-nrd-Irn-.nkinq tc-.nuns wvrv blnniors. wv wow riglllfullv 1-l.nts-ll when our sqlmcl had gained IT victolzivsf NVQ' lost nnlv muh Qmnv. In March tlw National Honor Society haul its Our Soplzmnorv Year Our Juniur Year As We Looked in 57