Long Island City High School - Plaza Yearbook (Long Island City, NY)

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THE SHOXV OF 8-213 By LUCILLE TORTORA and NIARLENE BACH 1 ,f lf you were to stop and loolc into room 2l4. S 5 212, 210 or 209, you would probably see the most J, 1 trite things imaginable--stationary things-deslcs. seats and students. But stop and look into room theatre seats and a piano. To go with our unique homeroom we have thirty-five harmonizing stu- dents plus one teacher, Nliss Solomon toops, Nlrs. Jaffej Vvhile Nlarie Tancsalc and Lucille Tortora huddle together to try to figure out who's here or at the Paramount. Bob Corneliis face is in his daily homeroom assignment fthe reading ol. the Daily NOOZ J. The balcony seats are buzzing with Rachel Weisman and Sandra Deutsch dis- cussing what's what and whois who, while Shirley Kossiver plays the beggars role. A plea for the daily Econ is resounded by Bill McGuire and Gus Fernandez. uThe bus was laten is the usual excuse arriving with the panting Annunziato. Coming in close second is Nlarlene Bach, whose only regret is that the closet closes before she comes. Our class baby, Diane Sheppard, chats with Dolores Spero, Cathy Sczepanslci and the boyst College bound tthey hopel are Viclcy lxfiichaels, Isabelle Nlealcim, Pete McGowan, Gus Fernandez, Bernie Powers, Marlene Bach, Beverly Root, Rachel Weisman and Lucille Tortora. A pause! Rita lxflontana is on the run again with her daily messages. Xvhile lxlarie Dicangi four prospective nurse, uchews the fat with lrene Bruch and Jo Congema, Dolores Sceleza plans for an early wedding and Donald Swallow is still in there punching for Jean R0mano's hand tfor the proml. Halt maize it by January ll, we hope. in our right hand corner, extreme baclc, we see Don lVlcKeown, our handsome six footer from Bishop Loughlin. Starry-eyed Ann Labate still dreams of her Joe Colombo, who is some thousand miles away. Our straying nomad, Dino Zaieres, has just returned from a brief visit with 7-314. All this is observed by our new addition, Richard Christani, who sits wide-eyed with amazement. As a mother might regard her naughty children with an air of understanding forgiveness-'so lxflrs. Jaffe sits pondering over the hustle bustle of all this activity. And as she shakes her head helplessly. we have longed so many times to tell her how much we appreciate all that she has done lor us, her understanding and her patience. All this we will neyer lorgetl

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THE CARNIVAL OF S-207 By CAROLE FOGELNIAN, GLORIA GONZALEZ and .IO LOUISE KLEIN Step right up. Ladies and Gentlemenl Step right up and see the greatest show ol 1Q5lMlea- turing hlrs. Ahhott and her merry makers. As we enter. let's all oluserve the historical plaque ahove, which reads 8-207. In this mem- oralmle room we lirst encounter--Alike Cipolla. re- cently elected to the post ol class president. Today we are heing honored with the presence ol two popular celehrities: They are none other than the typical senior girl and hoy respectively: Gloria Otto and Stanley Kakalios. Here is hlarianne Frost earnestly explaining to Rolaert Homsey, .lean Glover, and Louis Jetter where their hard earned l????l quarter goes. The well-known Alan Liegmann. memher of the long-famed LLC. ustarsf' and another lace in the lield of athletics, Bolo Leonard, the track whiz, are also present. XVAITIII Five new attractions have just joined our Carnival. They are Pat O,Dwyer, Catherine Schwartz, Tom Fidelo, Nick Kalasarines, and Kal Kafalas. Come listen to Ann Loguercio pleading for the cause, whether it be to go to a senior picnic or-Goshlll whatever it is she's always pleading. Vigorously NOT listening, we see a huddle ol gentlemen l????l--Carl Killian. Bill Hroch, our friend Russell Amend, Vincent Kuefner, happy lxflike Cucina and Vincent Tenen- elli, secretively discussing-somethinglll QA free ticket to next year's performance will he given to anyone who discovers whatls what.l Bla-hla, ya-ta-ta ya-ta-tal VVhat's all the commotion at the other end of the room? Ah-h here we are, with Lena Ferrantino, Sadie Caruso, Carole Stein, Ixflarlina Noll and lxlarie Negri discussing the psychological and fundamental mechanical workings of the human mind-VVHOOPSI Vvrong group. Sor-ry. Vvhy there's Carole Fogelman in the wrong cage again, talking as usual to Renee Hoysick, Nlarie Di Ixlangano, Felicia Pierri, and Ellen Fallon. Desperately trying to compete with their whispering are Connie Caruso, Janet Kline, June Ravenna and Anita Reimers. Cheering lrom the corner of her cage is Gloria Gonzalez who is trying to he heard above the others. THERE is .lo Louise Klein. She's--THlNK- INGII But waitl Here comes their charming keeper, lxlrs. Abbott, who will quiet the group hy feeding them Life Saverslll tAssorted Flavors., Leaving ixlrs. Ahhott to her daily task, let's move on and out of this historical room, folks, and don't lorget the merriment that took place here. Ave hope you enjoyed our show which was lour years in the making.

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BEHIND THE SCENES OF 8-308 By LINDA TONEATTI and TONY DI MANTOVA Behind the door marlced 308, there occurs a very perceptible increase in clutter and clamor as the liindly gentleman sitting at the deslc pleads lor a bit ol' silence. All the while Leonora De Mais. the loquacious lassie of our corner of per- petual commotion, converses with a very en- thused audience. There is a very imperceptible decrease in the din now as the gentleman raps gently on his deslc for silence. To one side ol' the room, a plan of activity is evidently being unfolded as the lxlessrs. Blaze, Dente, Cristani and Brinlc huddle together. Vvhat scheme are they formulating now? Probably how to escape without being noticed, or how they'll unburden their upon The Skipper all at once. El Capitan then proceeds cautiously up and down the aisles in an effort to investigate sources of muffled crunching and munching of seemingly inno- cent onloolcers. ln grim resignation, he glances down at Nat fBabyl Denlcberg feasting in oblivious delight on Rice Krispies and millc. Upon being reprimanded. he exclaims in indignation, that as a growing lad and potential, prospective senator he needs VHVI, VIGOR and VITALITY. Another young hopeful is capricious Katie Alcstin. Poor Katy has had daily practice in yelling, waving and almost standing on her head in a gallant effort to talce attendance and solve the problem of who's siting in the seat where the boy behind the girl in front ofthe boy beside him should be. All this while, Miss President, our very demure and assiduous Virginia Comiskey, gently urges all good souls to be at the picnic Sunday or else? Suddenly the glass on Mr. lVleyer's deslc crashes to the ground as Signor lcarusol Blaze, our very talented Veepf obliges with a few notes from upagliaccif' Calmly surveying the scene with a twinlcle in her eye is Hazel Tricarico, a very poised and sophisticated young lady, who wears her clothes well. Another where and why. We are very fortunate, too, in being able to boast of our star athlete and very charming fellow, Johnny Dalcis, as well as pert, vivacious Jo Page, the girl with the voice. Despite the chaotic picture we've depicted, homeroom 8-308 consists of a grand group of lcids and many potential geniuses.