Haddon Heights High School - Garneteer Yearbook (Haddon Heights, NJ)

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66 HE happiest days of one's life are those spent in schools, is the statement made by many a wise parent who knows that Junior's bilious complaint, l wish l were out of high school, will revert to a Gee, I wish I were back in the year following the eve of commencement. For the parent knows of the many firm and lasting friendships formed among classmates and faculty dur- ing our all-too-brief sojourn at Haddon Heights Hi. In parting, the now-familiar scenes may fade from our memory and our friends may be widely sep- arated, their companionship lost. But the Place and the People will never be lost to those who, some day in the for-distant future, remove this sacred volume from a dust-covered shelf and in turning these pages with trembling hands and swell- ing heart, recall many happy memories.

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WIDE ADDON HEIGHTS, its high school, and all that it stands tor today, has been the result ot years ot diligent labor upon the part ot our wide-awake town tathers, lt is a tine residential town approxi- mately seven miles trom Philadelphia, Due largely to careful and rigid building ordin- ances our town has become one ot the most beautitul residential sections along the White l-lorse Pike, l-ler broad green lawns and spacious shade trees give her a very majestic, yet home-like appearance. Her proximity to large industrial business centers in Philadelphia and Camden is the chiet cause ot her tive thousand inhabit- ants, Then, too, her well-eauipped, up-to- date police and tire departments have helped to attract a tine class ot people, The latest addition to her eleven-man police torce has been a new two-way As the visitor enters our hallowed hallways, the marble columns and glistening banisters of the entrance create- a favorable and correct impression of Haddon Heights High School. radio car. The tire department, comprised ot torty-two volunteer tiremen, is also very modern and very etticient. l-ler recently-built tirehouse boasts ot the largest steel curtain door in the United States. Within it is housed a fleet ot three tire trucks and an ambulances l-ler sewer- age disposal plant disposes ot tive hundred thousand gallons ot retuse every day. Church tacilities in l-laddon l-leights are exceptionally good. A Roman Cath- olic, Episcopal, Methodist, Baptist, two Presbyterian, Luthern, and a Christian Science church attord opportunities tor worship. The town contains a baseball diamond, auoit and shuttle board courts, and tennis diamonds. The big county park contains an outdoor dell, playground, and the l-latcher house, the headquarters tor leisure time activities. Eight