Lower Camden County High School - L Agenda Yearbook (Lindenwold, NJ)

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1950 CLASS UFFIIIEH5 5 Q.: B. FLETCHER President B. POWELL C. VALENTE G. GRIMMIE Vice-President Treasurer Secretary III. 55 HISTLIHY In V946 o new oct joined the show ot Regionol . , . on oct which wos to herold d new ero in our high school moin tent, the closs ot l95O become port ot the billing. This group ot treshmen wos destined to climb to the heights ot stordom, ond become the moin event ond ottroction, The rood to success is o long one, but we were full ot spirit ond ombition, Never will we forget our tirst oppeoronces. Our clown oct wos o trodi- tionol one tor newcomers in the show . . , ond were our foces redl We struggled with lockers thot wouldn't open, the mcize in the mom tent . . . Don't l hove o closs in Zio? And those endless lines in the coteterio sideshowl Undounted, we went on to bigger ond better things, We proved our obility in every pertormonce. Our first step in the climb come in the mogozine drive, with two ports ot our own oct . . . home rooms 207 ond 2l3 . , . goining the critics' oword tor the highest soles. We next goined recognition through our tirst one oct ploy, Billy's First Dote, directed by our monoger-odvisor, Miss Anno Compogno. ln the height ot the seoson, we chose the stors to heod our oct . . . Connie Lohring, president, Domenick l.oPollo, vice-president, Angelo Moc- corone, secretory ond John Sikoro, treasurer.

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After a well-earned summer's rest, the troupe returned again-but as a sophomore act this time. ln top billing were Connie Lohring as president, Domenick LaPollo, vice-president, Doris Pratt, sec- retary, Jean Miller, treasurer, and Miss Campagna, still our capable Manager. Our second year with the circus brought many new experiences-and struggles with biology, book- keeping, algebra and ugh! Caesar, and the joy of giving our first dance. After our highly successful performance of The Pampered Darling, we turned to the biggest show of the year-our Sophomore Cotillion. This dance put us one step higher on the road to stardom. At long last-we became an established part of the main show-upperclassmen! This was to be a year to remember-full of unforgettable events. With Miss Theresa Giordano as our new manager, our featured stars were: Domenick LaPollo, presi- dent, John DiMeglio, vice-president, Dorothy Dove, secretary, and Gloria Grimmie, treasurer. Our opening scene was the Hallowe'en Capers Dance, first of a series of successful performances which were to establish our reputation as the best act in the greatest show on earth-Regional High School. Our one-act play, Not Tonight was a smash hit. Charles Volente, Harriet Cathcart, Ruth Harner, Barbara Powell and Bob Amos won Oscars for their performances, and we won the contest! Along with small problems to overcome like The House of Seven Gables, chemistry and HQSO4, and the intricacies of shorthand, we managed to go on with the show. At the Corn-Cob Jamboree, the audiences went wild! ,g 'ff P f 1 'ff 5 t Wiz we i 6 I 2 r D-MQ -' .f -'ff' SE- ' f is Q s i A X9 315 11 l ...s 49 ! Nina With those new rings on our fingers, we gave our Ring Dance, and really felt superior. The April Showers Dance was swallowed up in preparations for our big show-the Junior-Senior Prom. We rode the Carousel to success. We'll never forget our bridge, blue crepe paper, silver stars, more blue crepe paper, the carousel, more blue crepe paper, our lovely queen iCharlotte Harropl and handsome king iBob Lunnl, and still more blue crepe paper! Finally-our names in lights-we were the center ring of attraction-Seniors! Heading the act now were Bill Fletcher as president, Barbara Powell as vice-president, Gloria Grimmie, secretary, and Charles Valente, treasurer. We started off with a bang-a real three-ring circus made up of the Kick-Off Dance, endless hot-dogs at the football concessions, Christmas card sales, sweatshirt sales and the one-act play Who Murdered Who? Even if we didn't win, we had more fun than anyone! The Sadie Hawkins Dance followed-with a record- breaking crowd-especially of faculty members! Christmas-and we could now have our show in the cafeteria-that lovely music coming over the loudspeaker system !-but the food was good, and the seniors certainly had fun-and a kissin' good time was had by the whole school that day! Talk began to be centered around the coming big attraction-the Washington trip. For a while it looked like that show would never open, but finally come the big announcement-we were going! Then the rush for preparations, so that we could be ready to open on schedule-March l5, l6, and l7. The seniors were so broke from paying for name cards, announcements, and the forthcoming trip, that almost nobody showed up for the one act we don't talk about-the Hit Parade Hop. Came the day-and we were off on the tour that was to make history-first stop Annapolis, with those handsome men !-feven our sore feet didn't stop us from chasing theml. Then on to Fort McHenry and finally, Washington. Things we will never forget-milk of magnesia pills, firecrackers going off in the elevator, those endless steps on the Washington monument, flash- bulb cameras in the bedrooms, the close call the girls had from the gas in the bedrooms, that perfect weather fwe disregard the snowl, our only chance to sleep-in the movies during that good English comedy, the cigar smokers, with their odd com- plexions, the boys who ate four desserts at every meal, our wonderful bus drivers, and that unex- pected entertainment at the railroad station just as we were about to leave. The Ebbitt will never be the some-but they were sorry to see us leave. We wowed them everywhere, especially at night with the ghosts floating around scaring the house detective and the matron. We sadly closed our suc- cessful run in the notion's capital, and vowed to return again for a longer stay. Then came the climax of our four year show- the unforgettable Senior Day-moving up to the stage, marching in assembly for the last time- rehearsals for graduation, our last big act-and finally, the end of a highly successful run, and the season closed with the biggest, most colossal show on earth-the graduation of the class of l9'5O.