Liberty High School - Libertas Yearbook (Liberty, NY)

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a mystery and so was our play, THE FOOLPROOF MURDER. Between the bullet shots in the dark piercing shri! screams, and the appearance and disappearance of strange bodies, we had the audi- ence in an uproar. As uproarious as was our Junior year, it cannot be denied that as Sophisticated Seniors we really surpassed ourseives when this fall we presented THE DOCTOR'S DAUGHTER as our dramatic undertaking of the year. The audience must have been appalled at the antics of Eileen Alzman as Tommy, a teen-aged terror, who wrote to Lonely Hearts clubs and sent love letters to her sister's boy friend. Marilyn Zeltmann and Joe Breeder were her harassed parents while Anita Novick and Ken Laskey were the passionate (?) lovers. After we had fully recovered from this enterprise, a few energetic members of our class applied their nimble brains and willing hands to the engineering of the basketball concession, which flour- ished successfully under the leadership of Nancy and Pat. To finish 1950 with a bang we presented a Christmas Party, Dreamer’s Holiday. The romantic effect of dim lights, dazzling stars and soft music was enchanting. The cafeteria, disguised by holly, mistletoe and a luxuriant Christmas tree, was the setting for the turkey dinner served at this dance. One of the highlights of this year's activities was our Senior Banquet held at the Hotel Lenape. Our guests included members of the Board of Education, Mr. and Mrs. Panebaker and several faculty members. Rev. J. Douglas Gaston was our guest speaker on this occasion. As graduation creeps up on us, we have one more task ahead of us—that of making our Senior Prom a success. A committee is now working on this and they report satisfactory progress. Of course the publication of LIBERTAS is vastly important to us, as it is to seniors every year, and our staff is busily at work trying to make this year's book, which holds our most cherished mem- ories, bigger and better than ever. And now, in order that we may keep our deadline with the editors, we respectfully submit this, the History of the Class of '51, to the staff of LIBERTAS. SARA LOU LEVENSON NANCY ROOSA SYLVIA WIRTH

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HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '51 As one wends his way through the noisy, carefree groups of the Class of '51 collecting about the halls of L. H. S., he hears all about him snatches of our phrases filling the air; but he probably fails to realize that behind these phrases are the ideas, plans and hopes of seventy-six boys and girls who will very soon be emerging from high school to take their places out in the world. Somewhere throughout our high school careers the birth of all of the hopes and expectations, which now are beginning to crystalize took place, but whether it was at one particular time or whether it was an accumulation of all our activities and our experiences over a period of years, would be difficult to say. When, as members of the Freshman Class, we entered high school, gangling, garrulous, sun- tanned and excited, we were immediately forced to a consideration of practical things, when we made out our first schedule cards. Shortly thereafter more definite ideas took the place of some of the vague ideas about high school life with which we came, and realizing that we would need cap- able leaders to guide us, we elected Chester Pelsang to the office of president, an honor which he was to hold during all four years of high school; Carol Benjamin, vice-president; Marilyn Zeltmann, secretary, and Nancy Tompkins, treasurer. Our first awkward but successful attempt to produce a party gave rise to the Freshman Col- lege of Fun and Knowledge. The result ? Loads of fun (though little knowledge) for everyone and plenty of money for us. However, in our Sophomore year it was an entirely different story. We resorted to a more exotic type of production, Gypsy Caravan. It wasn’t a huge financial success though the entertainment was very good. Gail Quintal danced, Pete Kurpil played his harmonica, and Joe Brender made love to Froggy Pelsang, while Bernice Gunsberg told fortunes for a penny. Our officers that year were Chester Pelsang, president; Richard Gabrielsen, vice-president; Anita Novick, secretary and Nancy Tompkins, treasurer. At long last the magic door that separates the upper and lower classmen was opened and we filed through. We had arrived ! We were no longer the wise fools of the Sophomore Class, but instead had become worldly wise Juniors. As Juniors we retained the same class officers of the pre- vious year with the exception of Marilyn Zeltmann, who became our secretary. We tried to uphold the dignity that goes with being Juniors, but this was hard to do in some instances. For example, at our first activity of the year, the football concession, the girls, determined to carry on our class dignity, galloped in dungarees to those beautiful games where the sun never shown and the mud was knee deep. After the games the girls had that sophisticated look — straight hair, runny noses, and muddy shoes. Our next undertaking was a mysterious party named Tel-A-What and it still cannot be deter- mined exactly what the party was about, although blonde Carmen Quintal is recalled by some and others remember the two very humorous (at least they tried) M. C.'s, Wimpy Gabrielsen and Marty McKinley. Our Junior year should have been called our mystery year, as Tel-A-What' was

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT Hear ye all ! Draw up yon couch and harken to the mincing terms of those of the dignified rank of the year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-One, as we bequeath our last worldly possessions to those worthy of the honor. SANDRA ABPLANALP bequeaths her attendance record as a shining example for all under- classmen. To the late Rudolph Valentino, ARNOLD ALBERT wills his dashing profile which has thrilled the heart of Shelley. FERN ABRAMOWITZ leaves the famous scissors with which she so often nearly mutilated her hair to Charlene Hollander, who, if she possesses the same homicidal tendencies, may get profitable results. ROY ALLEN bequeaths his brains to Denny Dimwit. EILEEN ALZMAN leaves her recipe for that energy producing beverage, composed of Gin--- gerale and Squirt to Rosalie Fried. ALLEN ATKINS leaves with a sigh of relief. CAROL BENJAMIN leaves her eyes as an advertisement for Maybelline. DONALD BENZA'S angelic countenance is left to all underclassmen when caught in the act of doing wrong. Who, me ? PATTY BENNETT leaves her jokes to any comedian in search of a sponsor. ROBERT HEINLE wills his neat, concise and correst Social Studies answers to the Hoffer boys. MARY LOU BOWERS AND IRENE CROSS' comradeship is left to Messrs. Vishinsky and Acheson. JOE BRENDER bequeaths his dramatic ability as the conquering hero to that up and coming Thesp:an, Carlyle Loverboy Fischer. MARJORIE COLE wills her beautiful finger nails to Chen Yu. JEROME BULLOCK leaves this slogan— Dawne will come. RICHARD COMFORT wills his peaches and cream complexion to Darwin Bivins. KATHLEEN DAILEY leaves her hook shot to Richard Rampe in hopes that he can perfect it as well as she did. ROBERT CORNWELL leaves to the tune of Here Comes the Groom. FRANCES DiFILIPPI'S gift for gab is willed to Lucille Scarvalone. JORDAN DOBRIKIN leaves Miss Beckerle with Peace of Mind. NORMA JEAN DUMAS donates her trolley tickets to Springfield, Massachusetts to a poor unfortunate without a Bonnie Prince Charlie. STUART DUNN left. MONTIE KAY FICKLE leaves her undying devotion to Danny as a reminder that Fickleness is not profitable. ARNOLD ENGLER leaves his overwhelming sense of humor to Tim Stoddard. MYRNA FRIEDMAN leaves her Cameo complexion to Max Factor, from whence it came. ROBERT FARRELL bequeaths his titian bangs to Froggy Pelsang. JO ANN GOODE leaves her name as a by-word to future senior classes. SAMUEL FRIEDMAN bequeaths his care-free vivacious personality to Billy Kraemer. LAURA MAE GRANT wills her strong-armed tactics for extracting that 19 cents for the Times, to someone with iron-clad muscles. WIMPY” GABRIELSEN leaves a list of addresses in Poughkeepsie to the basketball team. Ah, that Grace with the long blonde hair! BERNICE GUNSBERG leaves her intelligent and equally conscientious laughter to some poor junior who can't strike a happy medium. BERNARD GOLDSTEIN bequeaths his officious manner to President Truman. MARY JANE HALLENBECK wills her Marmola Reducing Pills to Irma Bailey, to prove it can be done. GEORGE GORTON leaves his perfect French pronunciation to Charles Boyer. JEAN HENRY leaves her talent on the saxaphone to Spike Jones.