Manhasset High School - Tower Yearbook (Manhasset, NY)

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Joanne: How about the Lost and Found? We started that when we were freshmen. Ann M.: And we were the first freshmen to publish our own newspaper, The Balcony. Re- member? Sylvia: I remember when we were juniors, one of our social studies classes set up a sandwich bar in the cafeteria. We helped the whole school to eat faster. flf that could be possiblelj Joanne: Don't forget the spirited cheerleaders of '49l Ann M.: Or the terrific Proctors-rat-tat-rat! Alice: There were several forty-niners who achieved fame too. When she was only a junior, Chickie represented us in a county-wide oratory contest, and as a senior, Nancy Lane brought us glory in the history department. jack: fTurning to the intruder who has been listening moodily.j Huh! I guess we told you! And besides all that we've mentioned, the 1949 G. O. Council . . . Ginny: flnterruptingj I don't know about the G. O. Council, but Lil Abner discovered shmoos that year. Intruder: And your wonderful class forgot about a Cub. Elizabeth: fAfter just arrivingj Who said we didn't have a Cub in '49? We published a flawless, inimitable Cub Reporter. Who could forget Bill's Out of This World column? Intruder: Yeah. Ginny: Forget about that squirt. QShe turns to Turner.j Remember the standing committees we headed in Student Congress? Someone was al- ways moving to get another bus for away games, or to have a proctor in the parking lot! The ORANGE Team being led by Pat Wilkinson, Evie Kelly, Peanut Bennett, Ginny Thompson, and Fitz Fitzpatrick.

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SENIOR OFFICERS N. Barrow, D. King, 1. Wood. Time: 1955. Place: Bradley's. Occasion: Reunion of the class of '49, Opening: End oi' jack Diefendorf's Welcoming Speech. jack: . . . Six years ago we were all graduating from M. H. S. Wliile waiting for our diplomas we were tense, excited, eager, scared, choked- remeinber? Well, the purpose of this reunion is to remember, so go to it! Qln a group at a corner table.j Anne F.: Right. Remember the TOWER assem- bly? Wasn't it swell! Somebody wrote an opera . . . joan B.: Elizabeth Block. And Bill Braznell sang Qsighj remember? Glenn: Yeah. Bill was president of our class. Preridenl B. Braznell. Lucia: We had a swell class. Best ever! Intruder: What was so good about it? What did your class ever do anyway? QThis question was posed in a high squeaky voice heard by everyone. It aroused much indigna- tion among those in the room. QThe group in the corner grew larger.j jack: Did I hear somebody ask what our class did? Hugh: Yeah! Some runt here wants a written ac- count or something. All he has to do is remember the proms we gave. We were the first class to take corsage orders at a discount. Nancy B.: . . . at the school store. Our class started that store in 1947. We sold everything from pencils to corsages.

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'l'uruer: l rememher someone handing in a mos lion to make Mr. Cfox wear his police hadge he- tause he said he was Al politeman! Brotherl Intruder: Yeah! Your hest ever class never got those good motions passed. Wl1.1t a tlassl Dou Ci.: How dumh can you get! Cilenn: Rememher the senior English Club? The girls did .1 neat ioh ot' lorming that little t'ert'le. Andy: There was quite .1 lfreneh Conversation Ciluh, too. We spoke nothing hut . . . lfreneh? Hoh l'.: Nohodyfs said anything ahout sports. or is that .1n lllllUCIlll0l1.ll7lL'2 Klaus: Wfell . . . we did hetter than the forty' eighters, Rememher Perrott? He was quite .1 guy! Ieri: You IHCJII he played more than the hasket- hall field? Klaus: How'd you guess? 'Ioan li.: Hugh was the hero that year- remem, her? He hrol-ze his arm in the tirst game ot' the season. Bob lf.: Now th.1t we-'ve covered sports , . Rita S.: Wl1.1t ahout Sports Night? Rememher the hig discussions we had .ll7OLll competition? We got what we wanted in the end. hut it was .1 tough hattle. Boh lf.: Now that we'x'e covered sports . . . Derry: O. K. Rememher.jerry, the hig guy lrom Austria who stayed with me? Marilyn: You made .1 striking touplef Alice: I'll never forget Mr. ID.IWSOll'S playing the three witches in Matheth or pCill1Ul'S imita- tion of Humphrey Bogart. joan: tln .1 tiIA.lL'liCLl, husky voit'e.j O, K., l.ouie. drop the gun! Aliee: fl-.lllgllll1KL1.j 'l'h.1t's just the way yo11 used to do it.