Grady High School - Encore Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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E N THEIR leisure time, Grady employees occupy themselves with a variety of interests and hob- bies. Some are interested in music, both classical and popular, others are part-time poets and writers. Talented sportsmen also grace our halls. In the following pages the editors of Encore wish to introduce you to some of our members who are inter- ested in a variety of leisure time pursuits. The reader will also find samples ofthe creative work, both literary and artistic, of our employees.

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young men and women held a farewell dance at the Hotel St. George . . . the Swim- ming Team did a lot of splashing but managed to win a good bath only . . . the Basketball Team, sparked by Glen Rowan, John Choynowski, and Joe Cestari, man- aged to put two wins together . . . dramatic productions under Miss Jacobson and Miss Gold included The Bid Was Four Hearts, the story of the four Chaplains, and Pecos Bill . . . the Track Team, under Mr. Hyde, ran its legs off, but got nowhere . . . the Golf Team hacked and sliced its way under the guidance of the Grady Pro Mr. Merrill . . . a Handball Team, also under the supervision of Mr. Sandack, found the black rubber ball hard to hit . . . a second group left at the end of this year . . . 216 this time . . . we gave them a rousing sendoff . . . The new Baseball Team under Coach Fino managed a fine first-year record . . . pitchers excellent, especially Sal LoMonaco, and Rich Falcone . . . former signed by Baltimore Orioles farm team, Ted- ford Mines, ln Canada . . . elevator service still bad . . . John Massera won the de- clamations by reciting The Creation . . . Year 1953-4 . . . the highspot of this year, and of the entire four years, was the news that we were to have a large, single, new Plant . . . our Chairman of the Board, Mr. Becker, put up a terrific fight and finally won . . . and best news of all, the Plant will be only three stories high . . . imagine! no more five flights to climb! . . . our Swimming Team, now guided by Mr. Hyde, still splashed merrily . . . our Basketball Team managed three wins this time . . . 3 years, 3 wins . . . in seven more years we should have an unbeaten team . . . Glen Rowan, lohn Choynowski, Joe Cestari, and Pat Grace starred this season . . . the Baseball, Golf, and Handball Teams are still to be heard from, but we are sure of success . . . our own group is the largest of those leaving, 267 . . . Tony LoBianco declaimed on Cyrano's nose all the way to the City Finals. . . So end four years at Grady-four short, happy years which have stamped them- selves firmly on the memory of every girl and boy of the Class of June, 1954. They are four years which will never be forgotten. 39

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l ft H Vi i- 5 Ill ll 5 hi Z BE-B011 wot-QKERS A 15: I4 AND I SUEDE SHUES W :rss- is . iii? by Donald Trainor Once upon a time in the clarinet reeds of Brooklyn there stood a house of hepsters called Grady. In this here now building a real bopster could dig himself some good jive and a cool script. Let me tell you man, this plant is for no squares. All the cats grab themselves some real skin and trade Down Beat Magazines before sessions. After the Morris office gives out with a down beat, all the sessions begin cutting wax and sometimes they put down with some real crazy rhythm. Just as things begin to really swing and the notes are really getting hot, the first four sessions are over and a 45 minute break is taken. During this break the boys pile out and give the gab over harmony grits on the latest in Basin Street. Basin Street, in case you're not hep, is a place where all crazy mixed up kids get real gone. While they talk, song sheets fly and the music box cuts some real cool records. Before you can say Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians the break is over and the workers go back to their sessions. Sometimes the canaries will drop over to give out with a few notes. Sometimes one of the boys will try to cut out. But all the head of the Morris office has to say is: What's the lick? You're really goofen off here Clyde, in fact, you're bopping. Now let's get with it. According to your four year contract, you've got to stick with us. lf you keep cutting out, we'll have to consult your agent. Do you dig me? And in most cases, the mixed up cat will say: l'm hep and he'll quickly Arthur Murray it back to his group, never to wander away again. Four more sessions and all the cats pile out and make it for home as another day scuffles by. THE END 41