Commerce High School - Ledger Yearbook (Yonkers, NY)

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'.,- --jg.: president Ronald Valente was being transfer- year for a Journalism class which as part of ... : .. -,.. . I 0 I . y '1 '. -l.-- --5511 red to another ship to complete his voyage. its work publishes the ship's newspaper, the , fig,-1, U I-gg Lois Larke took over the responsibility of presi- Argonaunt. ' .' .-':'.'.'j.','.'jg'fZ1 dent, and another capable leader, George The S.S. Commerce and the S.S. Saunders STE ' --sz. -.-Q--'r . . . '-'-'f,'g.,f.1g3:-f Bacon became her assistant as vice resident. had a conference and made lans to anchor -53' .gt--Pg, p P ,-lf., Q. In March, a sister ship, the S.S. Saunders our ships in certain harbors on set dates, in '-55-if? ' was headed for the same destination as ours order that we would be able to have a 'oint ..-r.:-.Yu l TJ :'g1.'zL'..,'g3 up the Yonkers Waterway. We became close football team, with our famous cheerleaders 32 -'faffl . . . . . wg 112'-1,-.' associates and decided to share our entertain- rootin them on to victor . --5 - 9 Y 4 -sq ment and activities together. Our first formal Later on, it was made evident that our fan ' iq - u I ' 'Ill ,.f:,ffg meeting was celebrated by the Co Hop ' famous athlete Teddy Fields had been offered, fiffhfa. . :' 152' s -'- '. dance, held on the decks of the S.S. Saunders, and accepted, a contract to play baseball for ,a,g.i:Q:'4' while we were anchored in the Hudson Har- the famous Milwaukee Braves when his cruise 1155 bor. Through the cooperation of both crews ended. We are all proud of Teddy and realize I3 this was a ala event. that som'eda when he is famous, he will have 2.1.1 ff 9 , , Y ff. fl We were happy to hear that the ship s the privilege of announcing that he also sailed E24 newspaper, the Argonaunt, was going to the 5.5, Commerce wifh Us, ffm press again, for we would now be able to lt was quite a gala event when the ship's -gf! s. . 1 n'njJ YQ. know what was going on aboard ship. store was reopened in larger quarters. Many 'ig-4 ' During the voyage we stopped at many important people attended the opening. .'Q'Q2fiSak ports where we played baseball. We were In just a short time we, of the senior 1-'i,5E:Q,'5, e 1,. , , . an .u- f-Fgzfli. thrilled and roud to learn that we had won class will be holdin our Prom, an, event to . lf 7'.t .. , JE., P 9 -x M the baseball championship for that year. which everyone is looking forward. We closed our junior year with the tap- As graduation day appears, we the Class 'fri ping for our honor societies, Arista and Skull of '54 look back over our three-year voyage gifqifg. and Key. These members were the twenty at the many good times we've had together. , Y-as . . . . . - 'L outstanding students and would be our leaders These thoughts will remain in our minds for 'zffilf in our senior year. a long time. Even though we hit rough'waters jf:-is KS-' H-'1 We boarded the S.S. Commerce for the and at times we feared we wouldn't pull ',.-:..,1 s , , , 1 .. . ,L-Itlif last time in September, 1953. We were the through, we are fond of the happy memories ylfqj ..g3C'gf' seniors and sailing first class. Under the di- of the days spent aboard the S.S. Commerce. .3 rection of Mr. Gawchik, our deck steward, we The Class of 1954 would like to thank f'7'fP5 -. :5'I . . . . elected Richard Gerloff, senior president, our Captain, Mr. Goldberg, our faculty, and 'a 5 Claire Stra uzzi, vice resident, Rose Beach- all those who have hel ed us reach our oal ,, . Q P P 9 , Q... -,iff man, secretary, Oscar Nelson, treasurer. -GRADUATION DAY!!! Qi. Our class sponsored the first dance of Carol Mesler '54 .iypif-llg'E3f.'fg7 the year in the fall, which was a great suc- Joanne Sanchirico '54 Lilliii cess. For our Halloween entertainment the Claire Straguzzi '54 55,1 Q5v,. sa.: . . . . , '-Vit!! ..,-,gli passengers of the senior class chose a king Angle Blasetti 54 ' ill-3' . . . . Q- . 112 and queen for the festivities. Marion Ferrara Pat Morrella '54 og s ' x'i. , was our Queen and Richard Gerloff was our U .. King. ' .hi ,-,.?'?-.h'3EgS' 'H .J .f ft. -.1 .1Zsi-35,5 '-. '- -31?-3.51. I-1.tm..-ffffi-F'. .?f'F. H. - ,, g .'f':'--1 ..1g.'--.L,.-. 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