Bay Ridge High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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AThanassa Guanakopoulos Teach :ng Englush To Greek sTudenTs We reTurn To The UnvTed STaTes Trom Greece When we arruve rn The UnlTed STaTes we go dnrecTly To WashlngTon where we rnTer slew The very Tamous woman sarl or Fong Lem who as beano guven The Congressional Medal oT l-lon or Tor bravery beyond The call oT duTy Miss Lem ns laler made head oT The Waves Following ThaT :nTervrew we cover The Nurse s ConvenTuon which as Takmg place IH Washung Ton There we see some Bay Rrdge Alumnae Nxlda Panusse who ns The Super1nTendenT oT Nurses sn Long lsland College l-losplTal and lvlaraa Tncalu who as The SuperlnTendenT oT Nurses ID Brooklyn l-losp1Tal wnTh her a s1sTanTs Barbara Prvce l-lenrfeTTa Sarno and Marllyn LechowuT From The Pacnfuc we hop a boaT To China where we Tnnd Eleanor Marchell nursing The Chinese Emperor back To healTh From Chlna we Travel vra mule carT To lndua where we Tnnd Barbara SchusTer grvrng wenghT lrTT1ng lessons lT as a long gourney To ATruca and we read our Bay Ridge Yearbook unTnl we arrive and meeT Phyllus lvlugnone who IS a msssronary To The naTrves We also see Terry Somaruga and lvlummue ScarmaTo who are now pruvaTe secreTarles To CynThua Nappa SecreTary oT AgrsculTure We aTTempTed To see lvlary ValenTune Vice PresudenT oT The UnrTed STaTes buT she was an conTerence wnTh The DeTense SecreTary lvladelrne l.eTTvern Qur nexT assugnmenT was Alaska There we mTervuewed Joan Junsch who ns The U S supervusor There She ns now concerned wrTh The buuldnng oT an Igloo housing proyecT We Take oTT Tor l-lawau Upon arruvung There we see Johanna BarTlomeo lS learnrng auThenTlc T-lawanan dances Flynng Trom l-lawan we go To SouTh America We arrive rn Chmle where Anne Rubolnno as gnvrng SecreTarlal Training Courses Our deadline ss drawing near so we musT rush Thss drspaTch back To The Rndge Echo To make Tomorrow s Issue X , I r 1 . 1 r . . L r , . - l , I r v J T f T T , . . I . . . , . I . n ' T , . . . , 1 - I . v -

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FOPAQC T-lere we are, your Foreign CorrespondenTs, Rosalie SuslowiTz and Marilyn l-limelsTein, hopscoTching The globe Tor news oT The Bay Ridge graduaTing class oT June, I953. AT The airporT wiTh us now is our TrusTy phoTographer, Rosalie Gianna, carrying her midgeT brownie compleTe wiTh porTable Tlash bulbs ThaT Talce picTures in Three dimensions. Also accompanying us on This Trip is our ever TaiThTul bodyguard Dolores ConsTanTine who is a member oT The F.B.l.'s Women s DeparTmenT and Comedian s Union Dolores has iusT heard over her Two way wrisT radio ThaT our plane is abouT To leave WiThin Tive minuTes our piloT Fleanore Greenberg has us well on our way To our TirsT sTop England When we arrive in Fnoland we go To The world Tamous Faladium where Amelia Procacci is TeaTured singing SweeThearTs and A Song For The Bay Ridge l-ligh ATT r The show we board our plane and sTarT oTT Tor La lvlanche French 604 TranslaTion The English Channel As we near France we see Thou sands oT specTaTors along The shores cheering on lv1argareT Landers who is Trying To brealr The world s swimming speed record by crossing The channel in Tour minuTes and 36' 2 seconds underwaTer When we arrive in France The TirsT place we go To is The French Parlia menT where a meeTing oT The big Three is Talring place And whom do you Thinlc we see There TranslaTing whaT The French PresidenT says inTo Fnglish7 Why RuTh Carlen oT course We also meeT Carole Masucci who is reporhng The sTory Tor a rival newspaper While sTaying in France we visiT The world Tamous Louvre Museum l-langing in The Louvre are The painTings oT our own Bay Ridge arTisTs BeniTa Gallina and Frances lvlillich BeTore leaving France we Take a sighT seeing Tour and while wallcing down The Champs Elysees one oT The mosT beauTiTul avenues in The world we meeT Frieda if wiTh The leash oT her dog Flash in one hand and a TypewriTer in The oTher From France we conTinue on our way To Greece where we meeT G . 4 6 . . j . . I . ,SF ' . - . ' . Grandy walking clown The Avenue s T ' A if X F l

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Q9-0 .S?l LCt!g I Ann Marne Arnold enTered The world on a cloud oT rann haul and Thunder ThaT s The way IT s been ever since conTus1ng buT exc1Tlng' Many wonderTuI people have helped me and The Trlendshlps Ive made wnll Tollow me always Come To Thlnk oT IT so will The vlTamln boTTIe B plus B1 gmves you bounce and pep' ThaTs whaT They Told me Bounce' My word They have had a rnosT exc1T1ng eTTecT The Tour syllable v1Tamnn plus The concenTraTed Ten syllable one malces your eyes glow Golly no wonder The sun shnnes all day' Yes ThaT exTra plus IS due To The Tonucs and vlTa mans devoured In sevenTeen years IT s Tunny you l4now :T you have Them you Thunlc They help IT you donT you Teel Terrible IT They hadn T been lnvenTed you d never miss Them BuT I guess ThaT s The price we human belngs pay Tor oomph' VITAMINS' ANN MARIE AIQNGLD Perhaps :T was IusT The smell oT hoT buTTered ToasT The nouse oT The vacuum cleaner or IusT The pIeasanT sound oT her reassuring volce ThaT made me wanT To be Iulce my moTher I Icnew sevenTeen years ago ThaT There was no one luke her and Invnng TogeTher has lusT Increased my beIleT To be Irlce her would mean ThaT I would have To be pleasanT undersTandlng and noT aTraud To worlc Even when she scolds me I realize The Trouble :T musT be To brlng up a Teen ager IN The TwenTleTh cenTury Yes Through Tears and loys sorrow and happiness I Icnow ThaT TTere s no one gulTe as Tune as my Mom' AUDREY KNUDSEN IT us amaznng how children aT a Tender age can remember uncldenTs especially unhappy ones Talce ThaT Tame when Mom dressed me up so preTT1Iy encouraglng me To ThnnI4 we were bound Tor an enloyable expe rsence enloyable all rlghT Tor everyone buT me I drsTancTly remember The encircling reassurung Taces oT rny moTher docTor and nurse as I drscovered To my uTTer horror ThaT The sTrange Ioolcnng dagger needle ThaT The man IH whmTe was careTuIIy Toylng waTh was being aimed dlrecTIy aT me No amounT oT explanahon IaTer oTTered by my moTher could convnnce me ThaT The pawn caused by my TnrsT unlechon was necessary To ToresTaIl more serious anImenTs Snnce Then IlTe has proved To be a serues oT necessary sTabblngs whnch have persuaded me To dedncaTe The resT OT my na+uraI IuTe To The honesT proTesslon oT docTorlng LILLIAN BENEFORTI In I946 I wenT To Europe To v1slT my grandparenTs and To do as much Traveling as Time would allow The people aT ThaT Tame were re cuperaTing Trom The horrors and disasTers oT The war. I saw Things ThaT