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

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Our imes 1947 and 1948 were revolutionary years-years that found the world changing in every respect and we discovered that we were changing with it. Our skirts became less and less revealing as the hems crept slowly toward our ankles. We traded our dun arees and menis shirts for ballet sli ers and stockin s. Chocolate 8 PP 8 bars returned at six cents instead of five. The crew-cut crowds discovered that bubble gum was back, to the consternation of teachers and parents alike, and with the ending of as and oil shorta es, the line of old 'alo ies once more a eared in front of the 8 8 l P PP school. And-we had a snow storm which surpassed the blizzard of '88, so they say. Snow piled up to 25 inches and turned the long suffering Long Island Railroad into an over- night housing project. Heating, lighting, and transportation were almost completely crippled. Though the adult will curse the storm for various reasons, the student will always berate it for having occurred during Christmas Vacation, but, that is the way of the student. It did, however, seriously affect him, oh yes! He was put to work shoveling snowg all his many plans and parties had to be postponed and in some cases entirely abandoned and for weeks he went about on foot having snowball fights at the least provocation. Even though you might think differently, all the important and world-shaking events did not occur in Long Beach or in Long Beach High. The years 1947 and 1948 will be remembered for the controversial Taft-Hartley labor law, the seizure of Czechoslovakia by Moscow dominated Communists, Cookie Lavagetta's pinch-hit double in the fourth game of the 1947 World Series, the Palestine Partition problem, the over abundance of Presidential candidates, and the wayward bus driver who decided to take a trip to Florida, bus and all. When we consider that this, our graduation year, is a year of crisis, and that each and every second, events are happening which will have direct bearing on our future lives, we must turn from this light vein and become sober and serious. We must realize that the world today is a powder keg ready to explode at the least provocation. Never- theless, no matter how realistic and comprehending we have to be, we cannot allow Worries concerning ominous forebodings of future events to replace all the rich and pleasant memories of our youthful years, which we hold dear. Throughout the period when the world was so full of hate and belligerency, our class with its Maranaccios, Ryans, and Nussbaums was able to work together closely and in harmony toward the goal we are about to achieve. Let us therefore never forget these last few happy, fruitful years which were and always will be, Our Times. 23

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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.

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RONALD ALEXANDER - Ronnie . . . Assistant editor of Tide...Echo...Art... Senior Council . . . Red Cross . . . Studying Journalism. JOSEPHINE ALLEN- jo . . . Cheerleader . . . junior Council . . . Girls A. A. Representative . . . Drum majorette . . . Intra- murals. HELENE MA1RIE ANDREOLI -L.I.G.A....C.Y.O.... Band . . . Civil Air Patrol. BEULAH APPELBAUM- Bil- lie . . . Echo . . . Tide . . . Band . . . junior Opera Guild . . . junior Council . . . Senior Coun- cil . . . Drama . . . Record Club. ROGER ASCH- Kirk . . . J. V. Basketball . . . Junior Coun- cil . Senior Council. LEON H. ATTIAS- Lee . . . Spanish Honor Society . . . A. Z. A. President . . . junior Council . . . Senior Council . . . Rifle Team . . . Echo. JANUARY 24 RICHARD C.BENEDEK- Claw Cha . . . Band . . . Art Club . . . Choir . . . Orchestra . . . Echo . . . Junior Council . . . Senior Council. RUTH COHN- Blackie Echo . . . Intramurals . . . L. I, G. A .... Choir . . . junior Council . . . Nurses OHice . . . Red Cross Representatives . . . Zephyrs . . . Record Club. RHODA LOYCE FISHER- Rl1o . . . Junior Council Presi- dent . . . 4A Council President . . . Senior Council Vice-Presi- dent . . . French Honor Society Secretary . . . Tide Business Man- ager . . . Spanish Honor Society . . . Phi Delta Vice-President . . . Traflic Squad . , . Drama. SONDRA FRIEDMAN-Arista . . . French Honor Society . . . Phi Delta Secretary . . . Traffic Squad . . . Drama . . , Choir . . . Attendance Oflice . . . Junior Council . . . Senior Council. AUDREY ERIEFELD- Azad . . . Drum Majorette . . . Tide . . . Echo . . . Junior Council . . . Senior Council . . . Traffic Squad . . . Color Guard . . . Phi Delta . . . Service Club . . . Red Cross. THOMAS GENTILE- Tommy,