Blairstown High School - Amicitiae Yearbook (Blairstown, NJ)

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class IDRODHECY I am the ghost of the Class of 1954. I have come to haunt the halls of my old home, Blairstown High School. As I wander through the halls I am reminded of my old classmates. Now I pause at Room 9 where Maggie Henderson held many heated debates concerning the yearbook. Mag is now a Registered Nurse as is Mary Lou Haldimann, the faithful Senior Secretary. Theresa Noordenbos and Alice Frutchey could usually be found typing in this room. Theresawent to business school and is now executive secretary for a New York cosmetic expert. Alice recently came home on vacation from her job oftraveling the eastern states with her accounting machine. I stopped drea.ming with a start and floated down to the gym. I seem to see Bill Benbrook, Sal Simonetti, Jack Skow and Dink Hendershot practicing shots from the foul line. Bill, Ihear is enjoying himself operating his flea circus. Sal is now selling Ford cars and has convinced many people of their merit. Jack entered college after graduation and is now an engineer in Spain. Dink joined the Navy and is now with the Sea Bees . Up on the stage I can still see Melissa Kohler as she looked when she played Hulda in the Senior play. Melissa went to a dra- matics college and her latest movie opened recently at the Radio City Music Hall. In it she takes the part of a Swedish maid. Down in Room 10, my old homeroom I can still hear the joking and laughter of my class at lunch time. I recall that Patty Burham missed this pleasure by going home. Ihear that she recently opened her interior decorating shop and is now busy fulfilling the many requests for her services. I can still hear Harold Muller and Mark Drake arguing about where each was to sit. Harold has settled down on the farm and is looking forward to many happy years with his cows. Mark entered college, where he studied engineering, and is now working in South America. Betty Bender and Carolyn Litts, the two inseparable pals, used to take this period to discuss the happenings of the night before. They are still together working in the office of a business firm in San Francisco. Just across the corridor is the study hall, in which Nancy Ward and Evelyn Shuster could be seen laughing and talking. Nancy is now a recep- tionist in the office of a local doctor. Evelyn went to business school and is now office manager of the Monroe Calculating firm in Newton. Ben Van Der Wal could usually be seen walking into or out of the Study Hall. He never seemed to stay very long. He is now the County Agri- culture Agent for' Warren County. As I wander outside I can almost see George Transue, Richard Lonie, Charlie Rowe and Allan Hoffman walking towards school. George became an engineer and is now mining Uranium in Canada and Allen, after 13 long years in school, is still taking his well-deserved rest. The latest I was able to dig up about Dick and Charlie was that they were broadening their education by traveling across the country on the shoe leather express. Now I must take leave of these fond and hallowed halls for the last time and take my place among the ghosts of other classes.

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class W Ill We, the Class of NINETEEN HUNDRED and FIFTY-FOUR, being of sound mind and body, will our best traits and possessions to those whom we deem worthy of them. BENNETT VAN DER WAL--a slightly used cast to any Freshman who thinks he can play basketball with one hand behind his back. NANCY WARD--her loud school spirit at games to Hazel Meshach who is often seen but not heard. THERESA NOORDENBOS--her knack of denting fenders to Helen Gram- berg who hasn't had that misfortune yet. MAGGIE HENDERSON--her illegible writing to anyone who can read it. SAL SIMONETTI--his driving ability to anyone who wants to live danger- ously. BILL BENBROOK--his height to Jay Katzenstein who could use some or all of it. MELISSA KOHLER--her acting ability to any junior who has aspirations for their Senior Play. MARY LOU HALDIMANN--her dependability to next year's Senior secre- tary. BETTY BENDER--her friendly silence to Loretta Kise whose hearty laughter can be heard anywhere. DINK HENDERSHOT--his ability to resist girls to Ray Konkle. CAROLYN LITTS--her flirty eyes to Patty Polmatier who really doesn't need them. JACK SKOW--his crazy haircut to Charlie Ayers. MARK DRAKE- -his shy manner with girls to Billy Egan who is just opposite. GEORGE TRANSUE--his quick remarks to Wayne Lambert who only thinks of a remark when the time is past. ALLAN HOFFMAN--just leaves. CHARLIE ROWE--his irregular attendance at school to Walter Mason who also likes vacations. PATTY BURHAM--her ready co-operation to Jimmy Thomas who has ideas of his own. HAROLD MULLER--his love of reading to Raymond Boisvert who is us- ually found unoccupied. DICK LONIE--his wild skating ability to Jessica Huttick who doesn't seem to go in for that sort of thing. EVELYN SHUSTER--her ability to take dictation in Shorthand to Edna Parr who has yet to master that skill. ALICE FRUTCHEY--her ability to jitterbug to Gerald Bufis who we know will make good use of it. and to the Faculty: MR. GUIDA--a self balancing ledger. MISS MIDOUHAS--a piano, for obvious reasons. MISS MAHON--a classroom with black boards inwhich to hold Trig. class. MR. KRUSKA and MR. ADAMCHAK--a Senior Play cast that will learn their parts and appear on time for practice. MR, EFFROSS--a Senior class that doesn't demand 75'Z1 of his time. MR. ERHGOOD--la potential air force squadron among the boys of B.H.S. MR. LAW--an office all his own complete with nameplate marked Coach . MR. REGAN--a recording of his theme song, Take the first five pages . MR. CHAMBERLAIN--an Ag. course comparable to the one at Rutgers. In witness whereof we do set our hand and seal this seventeenth day of June in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-four. Signed, Class of 1954

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