Ardsley High School - Ardsleyan Yearbook (Ardsley, NY)

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Grade 'Yule Coumev JUNIOR RED ROSS The grade 5 Junior Red Cross has been very busy trying to fulfill its motto of servlce friendship, and health Early 1n September four of ficers dressed as Red Cross nurses, carried coin banks into the High School halls to collect pennies from any Ardsley puplls who wanted to become Junior Red Cross members The Fifth Grade had thirty seven Junlor Red ross members Our first service was to make scrap books for rasslands Hospital In October we packed christmas boxes for chlldren in Lithuania Our Juniors also helped in the drlve for the Dobbs Ferry Hospital, eleven members taking part Later we made and sent Thanksgiving cards to shut ins Before hristmas, our organization made scrapbooks and toys for hospital children Sixteen members made Valentines to send to Slck friends Our Junior Red Cross has tried to cooperate with Miss onklin, endeavoring to promote healthful condl oils took part in a 'home safety' project One hun dred and thirty one hazards were reported as removed or corrected Our members collected enough money for our whole grade to hear Doctor horth's report of his South Amer ican visit We have sent several cheer cards to the members of our own school who were in hospitals some of our boys and girls know young people in other coun tr1es, to whom we are planning to send greetlngs as a part of our world friendshlp plan Charles Benedlct FIHTH GRADE ACTIVITLS On September 5, 1954 the doors opened for forty Fifth Graders, among them Richard Roth, a new member On October 15, Glor1a Parsons tered, and Madeline Hellebrand left our class to go to Yonkers In November, for Assembly we gave a play called 'Romance of Books', which we repeated at our Parents Day entertainment Our mothers inspected our work during the afternoon, and Mrs Benedlct, our Class Mother, and her committee served tea to thirty five Fifth Grade mothers Charles Benedlct has volunteered for a year and a half to show movles for the school Charles has also stretched some butterflies that we caught and put them in boxes for us Our class recently made a castle of the middle ages During the year we have been collecting leaves, flowers, and butterflies so that each had some inter esting work to do Everyone holds an office or is on the grade service staff. We have twenty-one Honor So- ciety members. Robert Page 31 0 0 F' -- Q L., - 1 . L , lr' k 0 V . 0 G Q , A . ' 1 . f' 0 V - I1 t ' V , L tions in our grade. Last month twenty-six of our pu- ' 1 U . H 0 I en' 0 v I I L, - 4 O

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anding Charles Benedict, Irwin Engleman, Alchael Moccia, armine Pascone, Kenneth Burns, Melvin Yerks, Howard Eaton, Loren Auld, Robert Page, James Mc Ginn, Stephen Juback, Richard Roth, Teddy Marquis, Edgar Jewell, Robert Johnson First Row Doris Duda, Mary De Nardo, John Holscher, Meta Scharf, John Venners Second Row Jean Van Dusen, Harriett Gibson, Eleanor Immediato, AHILB Heller, Joseph Dunbar, Ruth Daley Third Row Glorla Parsons, Betty JOT8tt1, Victoria AT18C1d8, George Knies, Angelena De Astis, Margaret Santore Fourth Row Frances Renda, Rosetta Grandolft Molly De Feo, Anna Staffiero, Muriel Bruckel, Tessie Maori Standin Howard Secor, Joseph Belarge, Forrest Bau lieu, Louis Filomena, Richard Pearce, Robert Juillerat, James Knoesel, Vincent Mantello, Louis oaporale, Graham Bell, Edwin Wheeler, Chester Noviello, Livio Crisi, Nicholas Scallero, Paul Nelson, Douglas Mc Kirgan, Michael Spano, William Casadonte First Row Anna Armacida, Oliver Brinkerhoff, Herbert Travis, George Duryea, Kathryn Baker Second Row Angelina Paolucci, Edward Denike, Charles Aszmus, Douglas French, Alfreda Groth, Mary Fiore, Third Row Orra Ackerman, Evelyn Eaton, Rita Rae Poad, Dorothea Edwards, Anna Brinker hoff, Laurette Mc Ginn Fourth Row June Eisenhauer Marie Belarge, Anna Agnano, Viola De Muro, Sarah Pas cone, Anna Anselmo 1 G ' .', - Q R E A 8 D R E , .5 . ' I . , E 5 ffm R St : I' g Trl -.' , v M , D 3 'Q ' I A J 'L I xl S D ' ., f P E ' w A ' . f T 5 ' I C . H . : , 30

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and1ng Andrew Reid, George Hauotman Andrew Ferranto, Theresa De Nardo, Carmine ermo Second Row Jessie Marzella, Wallace Sabin, Bessie Row Helen De Muro, brances Lefurgy, Alice Lutz, Elsle Lutv Fourth Row Frederick Wilbur, Mary Marvella, Thomas Geraghty, Dominick Spano We were happy to start this year in a newfroom with the following Off1C6TS for the first term Presi dent Thomas Geraghty, Secretary Bessie Noviello, Treasurer Carmine Palermo Officers for the second term vere President Thomas Geraghty, Vice president- Alice Lutv, Secretary Elsie Lutz, Treasurer Bessie Noviello The following people have been neither tardy nor illegally absent since entering Ardsley School Car mine Palermo, Theresa De Nardo, Wallace Sabin, Helen De Nuro, Bessie Noviello, George Hauptman, Alice Lutz Thomas Geraghty, Mary Marzella, Frederick Wilbur To make our room more attractive our girls made and put up curtains during their sewing periods Lat er in the year they made sport blouses for themselves Our boys also had a share in making our room attrac tive, they made a pictorial map of the Hudson Valley for our back wall The Intermediate grade is very fond of athlet ics We secured third place in the outdoor track meet and have defeated the 4, 5, and 6 grades in inter class basketball On St Valentines Day we presented 'Valentine Visitorsn in assembly The characters in the play were 'Mary Lou' Elsie Lutz, 'Postman' Andrew Ferranto 'Yellow Valentine'-Alice Lutz, 'Blue Valent1ne'-Fran- cis Lefurgy, 'Silver Valentine'-Filonena Lancellotti, 'Pink and Green Valentine -Helen Demuro and Jessie Marzella, 'Funny Valentine'-Wallace Sabin. At Christmas time we made some interesting and useful articles for our frlends. They were plaster of paris wall plaques, hot mats of woven crepe paper, raffia holders for hanging plants and cardboard waste paper baskets. Each person also made a block print for his individual Christmas card. 32 .1104 ' . u V I p , N ' L f T - f E , V , H R 3 1 E M QL ' R E P' f' A D V L I D A J T U J E St : L . r : Noviello, Bilomena Lancellotti, Joseph Pavone. Third '- 1 ' a Y V N K