Blairstown High School - Amicitiae Yearbook (Blairstown, NJ)

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gl 1 ff! X . Aa ...ff . S nk K 9 A-J. HISTORY JUNIOR YEAR Another year passed and we were a step nearer to our goal. Throughout this year we helped, once more, to bring fame and fortune to our Alma Mater, and once more we were represented in all branches of high school life. With a capable staff of officers, headed by Marjorie Kreger, we sponsored several successful activities, despite the drop in membership. Among the activities were two bake sales and participation in the magazine drive. CLASS OFFICERS President ....... ....... lk larjorie Kreger Vice-President . . . . James Sprague Secretary . . . . . . Gerald Bufis Treasurer . . . Elaine Burdge SENIOR YEAR Finally we reached the last lap of our journey. We were now dignified seniors, respected and revered by all our underclassmen, and we looked forward to the many pleasant experiences which were to come. To defray the expenses of the annual Washington trip, we presented a success- ful play, June Mad. We raised funds through our Christmas card project, year- book advertisements and ice cream sales. Climaxing this year was our long awaited trip to Washington, an event which will live in our memory for all time. Now we are at the end of our journey, and there is naught but commencement night remaining before ourjourney is Complete. Inour four years we have accompli- shed much, but that is little compared to what we will do in the future. In our four years of high school we have worked hard, but we have found much enjoyment in what we have accomplished. Page Nineteen

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'ual' gf:-. T atxf CLASS FRE SHMAN YEAR The class of 1958 entered high school twenty six stron includin four .' A gl E pupils from Johnsonburg, in the fall of 1955. Because the majority of the students were familiar with the building, they were also somewhat familiar with what con- stituted proper .behavior of high school pupils. Consequently there was no occasion to call us Green Freshmen, Our illustrious class settled down to make our first year ayear of scholastic achievements. Members of the class were active in several clubs, and several students engaged in athletics, much to the honor of the school. CLASS OFFICERS President .... ............ G uv Bennett Vice-President . .... . . Elsie Wilson Secretary . . . . . Mary Jane Katzenstein Treasurer . . .... Marjorie Kreger SOPHOMORE YE AR Our first year passed by quickly and having amassed considerable knowledge we considered ourselves Educated Sophomores. We looked forward to this, our Sophomore year, with anticipation of many activities, even though the roll had been decreased to eighteen students. Our class achieved fame via The Cat's Meow, the annual Sophomore Dance. We climaxed the year with a field trip to Olympic park. CLASS OFFICERS President . ..... ...... G erald Bufis Vice-President . . . . . Michael Simonetti Secretary ..... . . Marjorie Kreger Page Eighteen

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'Sa' QM' S' . .. , x- ATL 5 ff- ' r - 'T' A17 -lx . .1 ' . PROJE C T It is a beautiful June morning in the year 1968 as we blast off from Vanguardia Field aboard the magnificent new rocket, Cloud 9. We watch the surface of the moon disappear and then sit back and relax. Everyone is excited because we are going to visit our friends from the Class of 58. We travel for approximately two hours and then start to descend rapidly. As we look out of the windows, we see the landing field of the new space station rushing up to meet us. After landing, we remain in our seats forfurther instruc- tions. Our pilot, James Sprague, enters the lounge and greets us with a friendly smile. Jim designed Cloud 9 and is the head pilot for La Jupiter Solar Lines. He gives us a brief schedule, and then we descend to the landing field. We are greeted by Joyce Van Scoten who recently received the title Queen of Space. Joyce is our ambassador of Good Will to the planet Venus. She leads us to the Planetary Building where we receive a warm welcome from Gerald Bufis, who is the editor of the Universal Press.Gerald looks very dignified with a small mustache and slightly gray temples, and it is very easy to see why he was chosen Best Dressed Man of the Year. We visit with our friends for an hour and then leave for earth to see the rest of the members of the class. On our way, we enjoy our favorite space programs and eat a very tasty dinner of deep-fried seaweed with algae soup and have a delicious sawdust molasses cake for dessert. We land at a huge rocket field which is owned by Ruth Blunt. Ruth walks out to meet us, followed by five dogs and about fifteen cats. Ruth loves animals, although she is widely known for her successful game hunts in Africa. Ruth shot a fifteen- ton elephant and two lions on a recent safari to Africa besides some other small game. While at the rocket field we visit with Guy Bennett, who is preparing to blast off in his rocket, Gardenia. Guy was recently contracted to landscape the entire moon. We decide to drive to Blairstown, and on our way we stop in at Brice Christian's huge farm. Brice raises dry cows and is the nation's leading producer of powdered milk and dry beef. While there we visit with Blair Smith who is Brice's manager. Blair has been elected the nation's top tractor driver. As we drive along the modern electric highway to Blairstown, abulletin announces the return of Eloise Gebhart, the President of the United States, from her recent trip to Russia. Page Twenty