Lafayette High School - Legend Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Mr. Bernstein: A book oi 500 funny jokes. Mrs. Blicker: Enough pink cords with which to threotten dll her clctsses. Mrs. Eggers: A new set ot golf clubs. Miss Koechling: 36 yords ot string to drow circles with. Mr. Rappaport: A pretect closs ot girls who don't use the closet mirror. Mrs. Warshcruer: A closs thoit will copy oill the notes she puts on the bocrrd. Mr. Gordon: A tew extroi oil wells to putter ciround in, Mr. Schuh: lohnls other wite, Girls' H. E. department: A dozen new bosketbolls thot bounce. Football Team: Our spacious Lotdyette tootbotll tield ond grondstoinds, Speaker's Bureau: Some decent scripts. Next term's 'News' editor-in-chief: A successful MLNSIXIB 4300 and d wolk- ie-tcllkie set with which to keep in touch with school octivities. Next term's G.O. president: A 5,000-word cornpoiign speech including some plcrusible promises. Cafeteria: We leotve 200 mcirble topped totbles equipped with privorte booths, indirect lighting, d juke box, coke incichine, ond some beoutitul wotitresses. Next term's graduating class: Some used crepe pcrper with which to dec- orctte the gyrn for next terrns pronig ct tew secondhand Senior buttons Cbotrgotin rortesl, Freshies: Sorne worn out brciins to toice the next ten yeors ot study in Lcttcty- ette with. Lafayette: We leove you ci student body willing to support ond porticipctte in oll your cictivities, CLASS: IANUARY 1948 Ratitied with the blood of every Senior. PHYLLIS ROIZMAN , . fi Xb 1. f at Xi . 1 L vf '2 Eighteen

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GAZE INTCD TI-IE CRYSTAL BALL This is your gossipy columnist, Cookie Crino, reporting to you from the Frenchie Boom, atop the famous Nedick's building where the lanuary '48 class ot Lafayette is holding the tirst reunion in ten years. l'm standing near the entrance folks, so l won't miss a trick , . 4 and here comes the orchestra, conducted by Ioe Gallo, Cnow known as loe Gallive and His livin Pivel and featuring Myron Syken on drums and Nathan Levine on clarinet. Lionel Kilberg, who is janitor here, is runnlng over and begging loe to let him play a few numbers with the old gang. loe says okay, and Lionel is on the bandstand! The crowds are beginning to pour in now . , . Here comes Aida Carreras and Diane Goldstein, the tamous models, walking arm in arm with lohn Power- house and l-larry Come-on-over. All attention is now centered on the two large windows at the rear ot this room, A rocket ship in the torrn ot a dragon has just landed on the root. The pilot is taking oft his goggles, and its Ira Ewen, the only human inhabitant ot lflars. Back to the door again. Here comes Edith Seidlitz and her third husband, l, P. Moneybags. Hes short, tat and bald, folks, but hes literally llrolling in dough, Edith is wearing a white mink coat which Qs hanging over one shoul- der and dragging across the lloor. Here comes lack Baumander, the strongest man in the world, tyou remem- ber lack studied physical culturel, Ot course Lena Benson is his wife, still taithtul atter all these years. Ruth Gitow is coming in with her actor husband. Shes his press agent as well as his wite. With them is Phyllis Roizman, the tamous fashion designer and her handsome husband. Phyllis is wearing an original creation, and be- lieve me, its really a creationl Following her are the three best dressed women ot the year, Gloria Dweck, clad in a little glass number, Honey Leikind wearing a creamy milk gown and Kitty Bonanno enveloped in the latest cellophane style. Here comes General Edward Shanahan. Hes tollowed by two other uni- torrns, Sheldon Trombergechiel ot Police and Charlie Bennet, No. l85734 in a black and white striped unitorm. Whats that chain you're dragging, Charlie? Lets take a look where some ol the crowds are gathered. ln this corner Pete Fazio, pitcher tor the Yankees, is having a triendly argument with Al Di Gregorio. intielder tor the Dodgers. lt started out triendly, but put those bats down, boys! Here-'s the bitt surprise ot the evening. Howie Greii who used to work in Ohrbaclis alter school in '47 is now President ol the Company and will sell everything wholesale to all present this evening Twenty -