East Rutherford High School - Tea Leaf Yearbook (East Rutherford, NJ)

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CLASS PROPHECY I went down to the New York Times, and put this ad in the personal column: Would someone of the graduating class of '37 confer with me, at my home address. The next day I was sitting home when my wife answered a knock at the door. Yes, he's home. Would you like me to tell him you're here ? A feminine voice replied, Yes please do. My wife showed her in. I didn't recognize her at first, but there was something vaguely fa- miliar about her carriage. Hello, Arnold l Hello. I tried to recall who she was, but to no avail. Who are you, I asked. Eadie, surely you remember Edith Cakall, she answered. Edith, time has treated you kindly, said I. We talked. She was now the woman Radio Correspondent for the Herald-Tribune, and she had all her heart desired. She told me she knew where the rest of the gang was, and we were to visit them on the morrow. The next day we went to upper New York and stopped before a factory. We were ushered into the president's office. When he saw me, he exclaimed, Macoroni-head . It was Michael Petrucelli, president and owner of the Bacala and Ravioli Corporation of the United States. I A few moments later We went to Professor Vasco's Physical Edu- cation school, where he and Jane Becton were co-owners. We went two blocks further on the avenue and stopped at Jack Kingsley's Dancing school where Jack, was giving ballet lessons to Betty Smith and Quirino Vito. Then unexpectedly, we walked around the corner, where Vivian Weaver's school of Dramatics was located, Vivian was still the com- munist of old, that is, her hair was still red. We were hungry and all of us stopped in a restaurant and bakery combination on West 40th. It was owned by Kate Van Dender, who had hundreds scattered all over the city. We journeyed to the Yankee Stadium at Edith's request and saw Phil De Gregory race sixty yards to beat the Dodgers 6 to 0. He was help ably by Hen Opt Hof's fine blocking of a punt, and Ed La Beur's fine running and blocking. Then we went to Madison Square Garden, Evliere we saw Eugene Jeep Wacker tally thirteen points for the Original e tics. We then journeyed to the 59th Regimental Armory, where Joseph Baker broke the world record for the half-mile. George Kolb, the soccer number one man, was also present to root for Joseph. We met Doris Mayer, the secretary for the American Advertising Agency of the North American Continent. Page twenty-nine

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SENIOR CLASS PLAY The most important Senior event of the year was the mystery farce Murder in Rehearsal by Austin Goetz. The well-chosen cast was as follows: Jack Ellery ............,.,.....vrwr.,,,,., Claudia Warren ........., Mrs. Fiske Warren rrr,rr. Harold Knight .,.,....,... Morton H111 ........,..... Trilby ........rrrr,rr.,.,,, Sheila Burnett ....., Chubby Forbes ..... Sherlfl Cullen rsss....ri.,sssi. Marge Penny ...................., Bernice iBunkyJ Simms ..... Daffy Carmichael .............. Stock Hilton ,..,........................,........,,.... .......Edgar Weber .......Catherine Graf .........Betty Smith .........Jack Kingsley Edward La Beur ........Inez Dorner ...Genevieve Kerr ......William Ryan Windeknect ..........,i.Helen Janus ........Agnes Keller .........Arnold Stanford ...Henry Opt Hof The play was directed by Mrs. Ann Phelps and was presented Feb ruary nineteenth and twentieth. Page twenty-eight

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After this we went to the Waldorf-Astoria for dinner and then ce- lebrities came forth. Kate Graf was a lady of the stage, rated highly in Europe. John Cimiluca was the ace saxophone player in Glen Gray's Orchestra. Richard Matteo, a fine linquist, was conferring with John Longnecker, a politician. Butch Bacigal' owner of cigar stores, and Arnold Collumbien, world famous printer, were also present. Vladi- mier Colombo was now the world's finest radio technician. Saul Dan- ziger and William Ratti were building themselves up as Junior owners of the passe House of Rothchild. Sonny Orr was an automobile manu- facturer. William Larkin was a world famous commercial artist. Alvin Shorter was the No. 1 mortician in the United States. Wilbur Vosbrinck, ace pitcher of the Cincinnati Reds. Hundreds more strode into the Wal- dorf-Astoria. Clara Allen was a millinery expert, and Alice Dermody a cheese connoisseur. Alma Clouse and Marie Nissl owned a lady's hosiery store. Ruth Walmach and Helen Janus were Cartoonists for the Ameri- can, and Genevieve Kerr was an actress playing opposite Bob Taylor. Marilyn Gardner was a tap-dancer in the Ziegfeld Follies, and Viola Hangyal was a scenario writer for Fox Studios. Edgar Weber was the editor of the American Weekly Magazine which was owned by Grover Heinsdorff. After this we drove up-town. Edith, Mike and I were in the first car, and led the procession to 101 Fifth Avenue, Edwin Reardon's huge apartment house. When we were ushered into the pent house, the first to meet us was Wesley Fredricks, the world's greatest librarian. Then we met Wil- liam Ryan, the soda pop magnet. We laughed with Philip Price, own- er of 296 grocery stores, and Robert Milligan, publisher of 32 weekly magazines. Robert Spill was an inventor, and Victor Piazza, the world-famous sit-down striker. Ed Roper was the head of the soccer board, and Frank Giancaspro, the manual training artist. Ernie Metzger was the billiards champion, and Walter Nearpass was a song-writer. Rudolph Dehn was a world famous physicist, and William Winde- kneckt, a European prodigy of the beauty cult. Elwood Rhinehardt played second base for the Boston Bees, and Francis LoPresti played the saxophone for Horace Heidt. Joe Feinstein was a Nov Shmoz Ka Pop cartoonist, and Jerome Du Bester, a world famous card shark . Lilliam Bellmer was the Secretary of State and Alma Clouse, a famous bridge exponent. Carrie Costanzo a character actress and Inez Dorner, the only woman director in Hollywood. Esther Fattori was a famous clothes designer with offices in New York, Paris, London and Berlin. Dot Harmata, all around girl athlete. Evelyn Hess was a pie manufacturer, and Agnes Keller was a pickle expert. Martha Jones owned a steam ship corporation, and Mimi Papa was a teacher. Reardon's flat was over-crowded, so we went to Radio City where Margaret Ferment was an orchestra leader. Page thirty