Mineola High School - Signet Yearbook (Mineola, NY)

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Everything goes under the boards as all ten men go up for the rebound. That's Ref Murtha tossing up the opening tap between Alan Hay and Coach De Phillips. Doc Forsyth administers “Youth Serum to oldtimers. Coach Wright. Mr. Arnopol, and Mr. Terry. Grid-Coach Hafner has no trouble controlling the pigskin in relay race. Tossing fresh eggs around is quite a delicate task. Fun. according to Mr. Wilhelm. — Photos by Courtesy of Fireplace Stiv

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JANUARY SENIORS R. Annabel. B. Allwork. J. Waters. J. McPartlin (2nd, now JthsL pdtdwA, holdt thsL baJL, and now hsL IcLl it qo. Who’s a jo-jo? The term jo-jo was first introduced to Mineola High by our class advisor, Mr. Wilhelm. So originated the name of our first dance, The Jo-Io Jump. As advanced juniors we gave another dance, the Autumn Serenade. Then came our senior year; that long awaited year. We lost no time once we were told that it was our chance to hold a Sadie Hawkins dance. Very appropriately it was named The Opportunity Knock. That night we packed the music room. The enter- tainment was hilarious. How well we re- member the Statue and Balloon dances! Next we were reminded of the Signet. Funds being of primary importance, the class set out to sell novelty football pins. Along with these we sold pencils. Assured we would meet our expenses, we set out on a more pleasant task—the Prom. We chose a South Sea Island theme which we thought could be well worked out in the gym. We certainly proved to ourselves that it could be done. Many hours were spent in decorat- ing the balcony with honeysuckle, creating an island with palm trees, making a hut for the band, decorating the windows with huge fish, and hanging streamers. We, and many of those who attended, will always consider it the best prom we ever held within the four walls of the M. H. S. gym. For the re- mainder of the term we sold basketball pencils to publicize the games and to in- crease our Signet fund. After a refreshing summer everyone in our class was ready to get back into the swing of things. Once again we sold football pins and pencils which proved to be a great sell- out at our new Memorial Stadium. We called our last dance The Bum's Rush. A huge bum painted on heavy paper was hung in the center hall and contributed greatly to the success of the dance. It was held in the gym, and in the center of the floor was a lighted pumpkin which some of the geniuses of our class created from crepe paper. Finally we planned Class Night, calling ourselves the forty-niners. Our theme re- volved about the gold rush days, and each of us received a small gold nugget pin on which was engraved '49. These are the things we'll never forget. 14