Long Beach High School - Echo Yearbook (Long Beach, NY)

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Girls' Sports 1947 saw many changes but one of the more noticeable was in Girls' Sports. Long Beach High joined the Long Island Girls Association and was offered the opportunity to participate in inter- scholastic events. The long bus rides when there weren't enough seats, the broken fingernails, the Senior trip with Aunt Clara CMiss Ditchikj and P0ky CSheila to a volley ball playday at New York University, the thrilling game in which the Seniors defeated Oceanside, the Boys' Basket- ball Cheering Squad, the candy canes at Mepham and our basketball playday at Lynbrook are the things the girls of Long Beach will not forget for a long time. Gym classes became more interesting and the girls took advantage of every opportunity to prac- tice their skills. The 5th period gym class was very pleased when they defeated the boys in a volleyball game and the Seniors of the second pe- riod class made a record in basketball. Because of the enthusiasm the girls showed new activities such as stilt walking, modern dancing and bowling were organized. To climax the Intramural activities and the Girls Athletic Association gave a banquet at which Long Island Girls Association awards were given out. Jeannette Romanescu earned a numeral and shield while the following Senior girls received a numeral, shield and letter, which were awarded on a point basis: Helen Andreoli, Florence Fischer, Sheila Kaminow, Joyce Rohr, Carolyn Salzberg. The highest award, a gold key, was awarded to Carolyn Salzberg. The singing of class songs and a guest speaker completed a very enjoyable eve- ning. These events were made possible through the combined efforts of Mrs. Propper and Miss Ditchik.

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re-stling ORKING with what was a young and comparatively inexperienced group of boys at the beginning of the season, Coach Roy Illowit managed to turn the 1947-1948 mat season into one of the most successful that Long Beach has seen in many years with a record of four wins and six losses. The most consistent wrestlers on the squad during the season were Donny Taussig, Stan Rud- dock and the two graduating grapplers, Al Bomser and jack De Franza. However, it was in the post-season South Shore Class B Wrestling Championships that Roy Illo- wit's boys showed their real mettle. With a total of 63 points the Long Beach Wrestling squad took the class B South Shore Wrestling Championship by 8 points over our nearest rivals, the grapplers from Oceanside. In the 103 class, Paul Bedell reached the nnals on a bye, and pins in 4:25 and 3:14 over his opponents from Malverne and Lynbrook and took second place when Oceanside's Hull-Ryde pinned him in 3:02 in the finals. At 112 though we had no one in the finals, the consolation match involved two Long Beach boys, with Bill Kiernan tying Al Sutton for third place with the referees decision going to Kiernan. Long Beach took lirst and second position for 11 points at the 121 pound mark when Jack De Franza, in one of the best matches of the day, pinned his teammate Andy Segura at 7:37, for the first of Long Beach's 3 Class B championships of the night, and also won the Metropolitan A. A. U. meet in New York. The second championship was won by 128 pounder Stanley Ruddock, who put up his usual good show in registering his third decision and third pin of the tournament, a 4:22 pin of his Oceanside opponent. Though we took second place in the next four weights, Al Bomser's loss was very close and was a great match all the way, and the pin called against Hal Battani was a very poor call, and actually was not a legal pin. These 4 seconds netted us 16 points, At 165 pounds, Donny Taus- sig continued his winning way, taking a 5-0 de- cision over Nielson of Malverne, after a 5:21 pin of Burgner also of Malverne in the prelims, for our third championship.

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usic ONG BEACH is proud of its music depart- ment, and well it may be. Through the years, this branch of our school has been consistently outstanding. In the fall, Mr, Brown ,leads his echelons on to the field and marching practice begins. Soon he has a well-drilled corps led by seven very expert and very cute drum majorettes. His blue legion- naires manage not only to form the best marching band on Long Island, but also to get themselves in to very interesting formations, ranging from bells and shamrocks to bubble pipes. Along with proving their own skill between the halves of grid contests, the band plays a very important part in cheering our football team into victory. Where the team goes, the band goes, and because of crowded buses this leads to many amusing and sometimes hilarious consequences. As the weather grows colder, the music De- partments activities are restricted to indoor enter- tainment. Mr. Brown then begins planning for his two big productions, the concert and the Christ- mas assembly. By coordinating the activities of the talented dance-band, orchestra and choir, he man- ages to produce shows that are professional, smooth and vastly entertaining. This year the outstanding numbers in the concert were Chocolate Soldier, Yuletide Echos, The World is Waiting For the Sunrise and the Wiffenpoof Song. The skits that were given as part of the Christmas Show were enjoyably corny and the music as usual was excellent, the hits being Lovers Leap, Santa Claus is Coming to Town and especially Jingle Bells.