Haddonfield Memorial High School - Shield Yearbook (Haddonfield, NJ)

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Robert C Blmey President M1ldred A Barron S ecretary Adolph I Brudzmskl Vice President Ehzabeth A Mornson Treczsu rer UUR FIRST MILE As we the Class of 42 about to go out of the gates of Haddon High for the last time as a class pause on the steps to look back at our Alma Mater We see again the past four years On one side of the gate we are a class on the other side We will be individuals How short four years are' lt seems like only yesterday that we stood Waiting for the first high to act as if Wed been around We spent all that year getting accustomed to the traditions of high school including detention and to the ec entricities of upper classmen By the time We were fully acclimated we were sophomores Now We were considered eligible tor class organization Under the energetic super vision of our class advi or Mr George Lawson we elected lack Coulter President Betty Getty Vice President Kathryn Young Treasurer and Betty Roller Secretary Since We had a treasuirer but an empty treasury We gave this problem deep thought So the refreshment booth Sophy Ioe s at the Student Body Parties was our first attempt at big business Besides this our unbeaten Freshman Sophomore football team wa be ginning to make the rest of the school take notice of us We were slowly asserting ourselves with the iuniors and seniors As usual for sophs a committee got to work in the spring to slip on every finger the symbol ol a truly organized class the symbol that We belonged our class rings I4 . . z K . 5 it ' il L , ' , , I - 9 Q , . . -2 school session to begin, the greenest of all green freshmen, vainly trying z , ' - ' : , , , . . 1 . . . I - S -

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THE CLASS

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We ended our sophomore year triumphantly with the post season venture ot the concession privileges for the Fourth of Iuly Our third year started with a bang Our football team came out on top with the Group Three trophy besides beating the Colls and Heights in upset games ln keeping with tradition we got a day ott after the Collings wood game As a culmination of a triumphant season we had a no home work night and a bonfire We burned etfigies of our rivals and sang and snake danced Leading us in this memorable year were lack Coulter Presi dent Vincent Del Duca Vice President Kathryn Young Secretary and Betty Morrison Treasurer The magazine campaian and the Springfield Gym Exhibition our first money making pro1ects on a large scale netted us a real sum to add to our account ln the spring our prominence in the sports world was furthered by Bill Dosts winning the National High School Championship in the lltty yard freestyle swim This was the tirst honor of its kind in the history of our school Our next important event was the lunior Prom held on the night of Friday May sixteenth Military decorations glorifying the gym and the rhythmic strains of Phil Vincent s orchestra made 1t a huge success Always original we were the first to give souvenir charms to each girl The charms were The Wallace Brothers Circus the last thing on our third year s program was not so successful financially as it might have been but socially t was a hit We returned as seniors ready to do big things Again we turned out a football team to be proud ot tying tor the Group Three title The proceeds from the concessions at the games swelled our treasury enormously Our affairs lor this banner year were under the able direction ot Bob Birney Class President Adolph Brudzinski Vice President Betty Morrison Treasurer and Mitie Barron Secretary Those complacent senior grins one December morning were the esult ot a record breaking attendance at our exceptionally good senior play Under the direction of Miss Maree G Hillyer our talented amateurs really put over the comedy Iune Mad We were the innovators of the Refresh ment Bar which proved a boon to playgoers Within the month another addition was made to our treasury through the wide sale of Christmas candles One ot the outstanding events in early spring was the German measles plague which spotted manv of our members For a while the absentee sheets looked more like casualty lists the measles did not even spare the cast of Bachelor Born our second senior play This comedy by lan Hay was chalked up beside our first as another hit The Prom came as a climax to a lull and happy year on the evening of Friday May eighth Graduation that solemn and impressive ceremony was the finale ot our high school life With loan Auchter and Angelina lndriso heading our class we passed the first milestone of our careers our High School Days I5 U . . . I M .. - - - I . . A I V- 1 ' , ' f ' 1 , , ' 1 dainty ivory shields with l-l,M.l-IS. '42 in gold letters on them. , 2 ' ', ' - ' 5 ' , . , . . . . F I Q - , .