Malverne High School - Oracle Yearbook (Malverne, NY)

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Social events were curtailed, students entered the armed forces, and the class went all out on a war program. H 4 4 The junior year of the Class of '44 was greatly influenced by the war. Members of the junior class helped fill MalVerne's Service Honor Roll. Joseph Tiedeman, an excellent athlete, and Chris Gherity, everybody,s friend, enlisted in the Navy, and both were sent to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Frank D'Antonio, a popular and prominent member of his class, enlisted in the Army and was sent to Camp Wallace, Texas. Malverne's ace fullback, Bill Keahon, left school in March to join the Marines. These boys and others who may go after them can be sure that the whole of Malverne High School wishes them good luck and a safe return after the war is won. To do their bit, many junior girls joined the American Women's Voluntary Services, Junior Auxiliary, which conducted salvage and war stamp drives in Malverne. A Junior A.W.V.S. Chorus was also established, under the direction of Mrs. McConnell, and a large number of juniors joined. The chorus performed at Rockville Center at an A.W.V.S. meeting before Christ- mas. This was accomplished after only three rehearsals. A great number of patriotic juniors joined the Victory Corps which is a new war-time organization at Malverne High School. At the school's weekly sales, junior homerooms bought large numbers of war stamps and bonds. Room 210, one of the smallest homerooms in the school, often led the sales and Won a Treasury Flag for its effort. To make the purchase of bonds and stamps seem more personal, pledges were made by the homerooms toward the purchase of jeeps which will have stenciled on them Donated by Malverne High School. To augment their class treasury the juniors held a series of cake sales. Volun- teers donated the cakes and sold them after school. The Junior Prom, held in May, was also a great success, thanks to the committees which worked dili- gently to put it over the top. The juniors had many students prominent in school affairs. Elfriede Moeckel, Robert Hanrahan, Nancy Murphy, Marjorie Smith, Nona Flatley, Theodore Demmerle, Carolyn Rand, Jaqueline Crawford, and Jane Gould served effi- ciently as Student Association oflicers. Theodore Demmerle, Robert Hanrahan, William Keahon, Addison Seekins, jack Randall, John Holly, and Chris Gherity gained places on varsity football, basket- ball, and baseball teams. Junior girls were also active in sports, winning places on hockey, basketball, and baseball honor teams. The Class of '44 looks back with pride on a successful junior year and looks forward to a memorable senior year. President ,... ..,...... . .. . ...Robert Hariralaau Vice Presideiilf ........ . .Theodore Demmerle Secretary .......... .............. N 01151 Flatley Treasurer ......... ........ M arjorie Smith

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was made to convert one hundred per cent to war activities. Therefore, the list of non-war activities was very small. Some of these activities were as follows: il H 1 5 There were not many sophomore non-war activities this year because every effort There were a number of sophomores who served on the Student Police. They helped to improve and control the passing of classes through the school halls. Various sophomores served as chairmen at assemblies. The boys participated in many sports, including football, basketball, track, wrestling, and baseball. The girls participated in hockey, archery, basketball, volleyball, ping pong, bowling and softball. There were five sophomores who were members of Malverne's debate squad. They were Leo Grant, Philip Bahn, Donald Brandis, Bernard Price and Louise Haight. The Speakers Bureau of the Red Cross consisted entirely of sophomores. They were Paul Cornell, Leo Grant, and Philip Bahn. This group informed the students in assembly about the Red Cross' various activities during the school year. Sophomore girls comprised part of the cheer-leaders' squad. They helped to cheer the teams on to victory. The Class of '45 helped Malverne have a high school spirit this year by attending games and dances in substantial numbers. The tenth graders participated in many war activities. They bought war stamps each week, with Room 305 buying the highest amount of stamps. In March there was a drive to raise money, via the war stamps and bond sales, for the purchase of jeeps. The jeeps cost seven hundred fifty dollars. On the jeeps Malverne High School was inscribed. The Sophomore Class alone brought in five thousand dollars. Almost all the sophomore homerooms were enrolled one hundred per cent in the Red Cross. Contributions were adequate. Students collected Reader's Digests for the Marines, supplied gifts for veterans, and participated in salvage campaigns. These activities were all under the supervision of the Red Cross. The boys took pre-induction courses after school. Many boys in the Class of '45 served as messengers during air raid alerts. In Social Studies classes sophomores showed special skill and talent in writing excellent projects and combining almost pro- fessional skill in illustrating the projects. Nicholas Murgola drew a sketch of a cathedral that was so accurate that it resembled a photo- graph. There was much deserved praise and recognition of his work. The executive branch of the sophomore class was composed of Lothar Rissland, president, Bernice Parman, vice-president, Jean Cox, secre- tary, and George McCoy, treasurer. Miss Lyster was the sponsor of the sophomore class. Presidvnf ,.,.. . ,. ....,,., Lothar Rixslaml Vive Prrsirlcnl ,....., ......... B ernirr Parmun Serrclary ,.,. .... ............, I e an Cox Trmsffrer. ..... .,.,.., G forge McCoy