Niles Junior High School - Milestones Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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PARENTS' ASSOCIATION MEETINGS ' The TirsT meeTing oT The ParenTs' AssociaTion To be held in IIB, our school. was Tilled wiTh sTars, buT oddly enough, Tew people showed up. As usual The meeTing was gpened aT 9:00 P.M. wiTh The address oT welcome by The presidenT. Mrs. WeisenTel . and The reading oT The minuTes by Mrs. Klein. LeTTers oT Thanks were read and among Them was a Thank you Trom The Red Cross, congraTulaTing The parenTs on The splendid collecTion They had donaTed. AT 9:30 an inTeresTing moTion picTure was shown. enTiTled VicTory over Handicapsf' buT The main evenT was a WarTime Food showing by Miss l'loTTman. a senior nuTriTionisT in The New York STaTe Emergency Food Commission. The Tood was prepared in The audiTorium and consumed wiTh Ohs and Ahs wiTh Tavor- able resulTs. The demonsTraTion ended aT lI:OO. The raTTling oT The door prize was nexT. You guessed righT, I didn'T win. The meeTing was Then adjourned. A personal appeal To The parenTs: Please show up en masse aT The TuTure meeTings, because They are inTeresTing and delighTTul. You will also have a chance To meeT your children's Teachers and Tell Them oT Johnny's and Mary's plighT. The TuTure generaTion oT America leT iT be known ThaT iT Too had someThing To say on one oT our greaT warTime problems. The problem was ThaT oT Juvenile Delinquency and iT was aT The May I6Th meeTing oT The ParenTs' AssociaTion oT Niles J. H. S. ThaT They leT Their views be known. ' In all. There were TwenTy young Americans who were going To speak ThaT nighT. As The presidenT oT The l?arenTs' AssociaTion inTroduced Miss WaTers a wave oT nervous exciTemenT ran Through The children Tor They knew ThaT Their Turn would be nexT. - ATTer her s eech Miss WaTers began inTroducing The speakers. One by one The boys -and girl? mounTed The sTeps ThaT lead To The sTage. Each in Turn sTood beTore The microphone and gave his or her views on The problem oT juvenile delinquency. The parenTs l believe were very surprised and pleased To hear The children speak inTelligenTly and easily. Tor iT was obvious ThaT all The speeches were well prepared and showed wide ThoughT on The subiecT. 4The children generally agreed ThaT in mosT cases iT was The arenTs who were To blame iT Their children become delinquenT. There was one slighT conTro- versy however. One speaker declared ThaT all children were good and anoTher persisTed ThaT all children were bad. DisagreemenTs like This one I believe show ThaT American youTh is wide awake and has iTs own views on The subiecT. Though many parenTs did noT aTTend. iT was indeed acpleasure To noTe The courTesy and graciousness wiTh which The speakers were accepTe by all Those presenT. ATTer The speeches The children were hearTily Thanked by all Those presenT who included our principal. Mr. Flaum, and his wiTe. Miss WaTers. many members oT The TaculTy, and The parenTs. ROBERT POYDASHEFF. 9AI .-48...

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...SPORTS... This is The Term ThaT mosT boys look Torward To, because in The spring season when The sun is shining and The sky is clear, The indoor baseball TournamenT is held. When The sporTs-loving boys TirsT heard abouT The TournamenT. iT was greeTed wiTh enThusiasm. Boys wiTh Tair play and sporTsmanship in Their hearTs are delighTed To have an opporTuniTy To exhibiT Their skill. To give you an idea oT The exciTemenT and Thrill oT The game. l would like To describe one played by 9BR and 9BI. The Two Teams were evenly maTched and so iT was nip and Tuck unTil abouT The TiTTh inning when 9BR Took The lead. buT when 9BI goT u aT baT They Tied The score. 9BR goT up and made a seven run rally bringing The score To I9 To I2 in Tavor oT 9BR, and so iT sTood unTil The game was over. Below is a lisT oT The games played. The classes in The leTT hand column are The winners. l wish To say ThaT The games ThaT are lisTed are only a Tew ouT oT all The games ThaT were played. 9BR-9BI 9AR-9Al 8AI -SA2 983-9BR ,8BI -8BR 7BI -7BR 9B3 -9B2 8A6-8A4 7Al -7AR ARNOLD mfesci-i, 9BR . T H E G . O . G.O.! WhaT does iT sTand Tor? Did you really ever Try To geT down To whaT iT does mean. To whaT is behind Those Two eTTers? - IT means General OrganizaTion. ln realify. iT is The voice oT The school. The group Through which every pupil has a righT To speak, To oTFer his suggesTions Towards The beTTering oT The schoo. By a donaTion of Tive cenTs. each pupil may become a member. The officers of The G.O. are elecTed by you. The pupils. ThaT is why. each Term you nominaTe Tor candidaTes. The pupils you Think besT TiTTed Tor each oTfice. The oTFicers are Pre-sidenT. Vice PresidenT. SecreTary. and Treasurer. Each oTTicer carries ouT his 'ob To The besT oT his abiliTy. Thus, wiTh everyone uniTed, we have an eTTicien ff sa. There They were Hanging on The hangers Blue slacks ELAINE KLEBANOFF, 8BR CLOTHES-A MCDERN BALLAD She walked over- ThoughT-and decided- To wear a blue skirT Grey slacks And a whiTe blouse Green slacks ThaT is The way oT all women- And recl- And all cloThes Dresses New, Old, Colored, eTc. Purple dresses And yeT she sTill says, Yellow dresses And many mo re such as These l have noThing To wear. LENORE GITTEL, QAR

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AMATEURS MAKE GOOD On The TirsT day of January. I944, a Troupe oT amaTeur singers from Alma MaTer lOld Nilesl. Traveled The ancienT l.R.T., nervously biTing Their Tingernails. The Troupe. conTaining: - l. AlTred GaeTa lG.O. SecreTaryl 2. Ray Weisemfield 3. Jerry Yenchilc ' 4. Donald ChiaTTone 5. George BishoTT 6. Joseph Yaccavelli 7. AnThony D'Orazio 8. Murray Goldman TirsT conceived The idea oT adverTising Their vocal TalenTs ouT oT Thin air. On ThaT day. The boys seT ouT Tor Maiqr Bowes' oTTice wiTh iusT some oT Mrs. Sueur's music lwhich she obligingly submiTTedl and Their high hopes. While They were a biT nervous on The Train, aTTer They arrived aT The audiTion- ing oTTice. They became quiTe iovial and acTually TaceTious, Tor AlTred GaeTa amused The oThers in The waiTing room wiTh a Tew gags. ' All was noT roses Tor Those embryo singeri Tor on Their Trip To The oTlice, They goT oTT aT The wrong sTaTion and were losT 'Tor awhile. EvenTually, They arrived aT The R.C.A. Building and inquired where They should go To be audiTioned. They were led To an oTTice. where a skepTical secreTary lisTened To Them. buT one .who was noT so skepTical aTTer she heard Them. AT The audiTion The group sang, Buckle Down Winsockee and Oklahoma, They made an excellenT impression immediaTely and were Told To come back nexT day, when They were inTerviewed by The greaT one himselT, Major Bowes, who was also impressed. lFavorably?l The nexT Thursday. Uanuary 3rd, Mrs. Mack. The secreTary, TranTically Tried To geT Murray Goldman on The phone. buT he wasn'T home. Finally she conTacTed AlTred GaeTa, and Told him To inTorm The resT oT The boys To reporT Tor ThaT evening's broadcasT. This was raTher shorT noTice. buT They reporTed ThaT evening. and aTTer The rendiTion oT Their song They received a Tremendous ovaTion. and received TirsT prize oT 380. As a happy conclusion, They had Their picTures Taken-on sTage. BUT This is noT The end oT This yarn. Tor Three weeks laTer-Murray Goldman Told Al GaeTa To gaTher The boys To sing aT The Loew's l75Th STreeT TheaTre. The purpose oT The gaThering was Tor Talks on child Tolerance and 3.000 children. and priesTs and represenTaTives oT all religions were presenT. Well, you mighT call ThaT The TirsT phase of Their careers as a singing group. They ?ried To geT TurTher bookings buT were reTused because oT Their youTh. BuT here's a cheer Tor our TuTure Nelson Eddy's and Bing Crosby's. No Tolks, noT Frank SinaTra's. ' ' ARNOLD ISMACH. 9BI - 49 - T