New Milford Junior High School - Echo Yearbook (New Milford, NJ)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 THE ECHO SCHCEDL fXCTlWTi ES Val Hart has two poems published in National High School Poetry Association. Jill Zimmerman, a member of the New York City Ballet Co., has her picture in HYoung American. Ninth grade Parents' Tea - February 10, 1949. New Milford Junior High School Field Day - June 3, 1949. Airplane crashes in empty field, back of Steuben School - December 13, 1948. Music Festival in New Milford School-May ll, 1949. Bergen County Music Festival - April 9, 1949. Ten ninth graders participate in Chorus, one in Band, two 1 in Orchestra, in County Festival on April 8th and 9th, 1949. Junior High basketball team and cheerleaders enter State Tournament at Englewood - February 26, 1949. Open House - Safety theme - May 3, 1949. New teachers welcomed in eighth and ninth grades - howdy Mr. Smith and Mr. Serio. March 30th and 31st, 1949 - nAn Old Spanish Customu in Junior High. Visit to inauguration of President Truman by television, January 2O, 1949. Eyeryday Card Sale in February - a big success for graduating c ass. woman's Club of New Milford sponsors art contest for ninth grade. Fire Prevention Assembly program - October 8, 1948. Interesting dog show assembly - October 19, 1948. Real Dutch people present assembly program - November 9, 1948. Lecture and movies on Safety given by the Erie Railroad - March 23, 1949. .gn , , Movies and lecture by Mr. Howard Cleaves, HAnimals at Nightm- April 6, 1949. gundleugay in New Milford Junior High School-November 22 and 3, 19 . On March 2, 1949 - Benefit basketball games for Red Cross. Dancing class annual Party - March 31, 1949. Heavy snow storms - December 19, 1948 and March ll, 1949. Daniele LaLevee, a French war orphan is adopted by New Milford Junior High School. ' Freedom Train visits Hackensack - October 17, 1948. Freedom Train Assembly Program - October 22, 1948. Picture taking day for ninth graders - March 15, 1949. Talent show is given by the students of New Milford Junior High School in March. Charles Lewis made State Orchestra for the second time. Janet Oteiza made State Orchestra. Mmwng

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19 THE ECHO .N ...... H... ..- - ,,.. ,.,- -, X . X . , -N V '11 , , .,,, -' 'A . figs , s 2,55 my Q59 l Y 1 ' I 7 X, ' -. ,,f -.. :NJ L...,1 -, L I B R A R Y C O U N C I L The Library Council, under the guidance of Mrs. Stever, our English teacher, met every Monday during the first period. This club consisted of both boys and girls from the seventh to ninth grades. The duties of the council are to check books in and out of the library, mend all books that are damaged in any way, and to show the sixth graders how to use the library as a helpful source of information. Every year the members pick out a number of books which they sort, mark, record the names, and place on their proper book shelves. The members of the council are: Carol Hogan, Barbara Winters, Janet Ackerman, Joann Shook, Arthur Lumb, Barbara Gerken, James Casey, and Robert Barton. STUDENT coUNc1L The Student Council is made up of two elected students from each seventh, eighth and ninth grade homerooms. It meets every Wednesday morning under the guidance of Mrs. Stever, Miss Enright, and Mr. Serio. It helps to solve some of the problems which face the BQXJJ school and homerooms. One of the problems facing the X!! student council and this year was the bus problem, and, after being discussed a long while, it was turned over rf to Mr. Gibbs for solution. ,,f' The Council sponsored a talent show to raise money to ,JJ,fv' adopt a child from a foreign country, and voluntary ,fv ' contributions were also asked from the children to help with this project. with all the money taken in, a little French girl named Daniele LaLevee, was adopted and some money was left over to be used next year. The members of the student council were: From the seventh grade - Robert Barton, James Casey, Evelyn Eifert, Barbara Herrick, Jules Auger, Ronald Lawlor, and Carol Schrammg from the eighth grade - Judy Triolo, Judy Oehl, Laura Klinger, Albert Brust, Helen Krokus, Rene Vesery, Warren Rybak, June Lungren, Larry McKittrick, Robert Morse, and Paul Hartmann, from the ninth grade - Ronald Hart, Jill Zimmermann, Charles Engelhardt, Ronald Vaz, Charles Lewis, Fred Eifert, Gale Wolynec, Val Hart, and Edith Sittig. O R C H E S T R A This year the practice periods for the orchestra, led by Mrs. Schattschneider were changed to Tuesday and Friday mornings from 7:30 A. M. to 8:15 A, M. The instruments and orchestra members were as follows: Violins-- Laura Klinger, John LaPorta, Penny Oteiza, Valerie Berman, Ronald