North Plainfield High School - Canuck Yearbook (North Plainfield, NJ)

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I . ' . '-Y' 27 Seniors lnferviewed For Tunlaw fContinued from Page Twoj KAY GRUBE has been a mem- ber of Art Club for three years and was elected president of the club in her senior year. She has been a member of the yearbook staff for two years, a member of Fashion Club for two years, and a member of the G.A.A. and Leaders' Club. Kay plans to attend Berkeley Secretarial School in East Orange after graduation. She advises underclassmen to work hard and get good marks. LARRY SWENSON was class treasurer during his freshman, sophomore and junior years. He became president of the Senior Class. He has played baseball and was on the JV and varsity football teams. In his junior year he also went out for track. Larry has been a Key Club for four worked on the Junior mittee and was also of Fire Patrol. Larry plans to attend Rutgers University after he There he will major administration. His only advice to Miss O'Brien's vocabulary! F lk member of years. He Prom Com- a member graduates. in business us is, Do Tall, brown-haired FRED BEST has been president of the National Honor Society, football manager. and a participant in swimming, tennis, track, and Key Club dur- ing his four years at NPHS. Fred encourages underclassmen with the advice, If you don't suc- ceed the first year in sports stick it out and try again. He intends to attend Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute after graduation. ll IK Key Club President TONY BRAD- BURY has also been Senior Class treasurer, Councilman in Borough Day baseball catcher, and on the football and swimming teams. This senior advises underclass- men to get into all the extra- curricular activities possible but not so many that it hurts school work. ' He intends to enter St. Law- rence University in Canton, New York, where he will study business administration. Later he may go into his father's plastics business, or organized baseball. If DOT HARMAN, president of G.A.A., has also been typist and assistant girls' sports editor of the Canuck, Recreation Commissioner for Borough Day and a member of Hall Patrol, Fire Patrol, Bow Day, the Senior Assembly, and Hi-Tri. She plans to attend night school and hopes to become a physical education teacher. Dot advises underclassmen to give your best in all your ac- tivities. You'll be remembered for the good you did, not what you tried to bluff. 12 8 It CAROLYN LONG, captain of the '54 twirling squad, has also been a members of GAA, Lead- ers' Club, Fire Patrol, and Hall Patrol. She has been accepted at Fairfax Hall Junior College in Waynesboro, Virginia, where she will take the secretarial course and eventually become a lumber broker. t t at Editor-in-chief of the Canuck ROSE MARGOLIES intends to en- ter Bowling Green University in Ohio, where she will major in Elementary Education. Her other extracurricular activities h a v e been Dramatic Club, French Club, Leaders' Club and National Hon- or Society. Rose tells underclassmen, Be active in extracurricular activities, but be sure to keep good marks. 'll S Ill Tall, blonde ANNE NEWMAN has been a leader at NPHS during her four years here. She was a Student Council representative in her freshman and sophomore years, vice-president last year, and president this year. She was also junior assistant editor of the Canuck last year and literary edi- tor this year, Hi-Tri president in her first three years, a member of the inter-club Y council in her first three years, delegate at two summer Y-Teen conferences, and area planner of one Y-Teen Con- ference. Anne has also been a member of the Fashion Club, G.A.A., Leaders' Club, National Honor Society, Class Cabinet Qfreshman and sophomore yearsl, a delegate to Girls' State in 1953 fwhere she was elected Senatorl councilman in the Borough Day program, hande- book editor in her sophomore year, and assistant principal of the Sen- ior Day program. She was a D.A.R. Good Citizenship candidate and received first alternate in the state contest. She was winner of the Elks' local and state award for Most Valuable Student. Anne plans to major in educa- tion at Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. She would like to teach biology and eventually be a guidance counselor. This active senior tells us. Support your school and all of its activities. You get out of it what you put into it, and you can find lots of fun in doing so. Re- member always to keep an equal balance between your extracurricu- lar activities and your learning. 8 X if BOB DAY's activities while at NPHS have been many and varied. They have included Key Club, yearbook, Student Council, and freshman basketball team. He has been a delegate to Jersey Boys' KLOTZ FLORIST 194 GREENBROOK ROAD NORTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. Tel. PLainlield 6-2275 8 'TUNLAW Friday, June 4, 1954 State where he was elected sena- tor and mayor, vice-president of the National Honor Society, secre- tary of the Hi-Y, winner of the NPHS oratorical contest and sec- ond place winner in the county oratorical contest sponsored by the American Legion, and Speaker of the New Jersey Assembly in the YMCA Youth in Government program. Bob plans to work this summer, then go to Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois, and Wheaton, College in Wheaton, Illinois. He expects to go to Nigeria, Africa, as a missionary. While at Moody, he expects to major in aviation his last four years, as well as tak- ing Bible courses. His life's goal is to be a missionary aviator. Bob's advice to underclassmen comes from Proverbs in a book he knows quite well, the Bible, He that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is of great waste. 'K 'I 4' SALLY BECKWITH, has been a member of the Dramatic Club for four years, becoming vice- president in her junior year and president in her senior year. She had a lead in Dear Ruth this year, and was general assistant for Peg 0' My Heart. Sally has been a member of the National Thespian Society for the past two years. She was secretary of her class cabinet for her sophomore and senior years. She has been a member of Library Council for three years and also has worked on committees for the junior fall dance and the Junior Prom. Sally is a member of National Honor Society. Her other activities have been the Senior Assembly, Class Night, Hall Patrol, Campaign Manager for the New Look Party, a council member of Borough Day, and a member of the parliamen- tary education group for fresh- men. Estsblished 1896 Plaainileld 6-7304 M U C K ' S Musical Instruments Repairing : Aocssmriol 118 Madison Ave.. Plainield. N. J. Sally's participation in the trip of the Rugged Dozen to Europe and her membership in the Inter- national Friendship Troop, both Girl Scout activities, give her spe- cial pride. Sally says to underclassmen, Join only two or three clubs and devote your time to doing the work in those well. She intends to enter Wheelock College in Bos- ton, Massachusetts, where she will train to teach kindergarten through third grade. She would like to be an exchange teacher in a European country. MlNTZ'S STATIONERY Hallmark 8 Gibson Cards Stationery, Candy, Toys, Newspapers Novelties Psrlodlull Films, Developing and Printing 236 Hamilton Blvd.. South Plainfield Phone PL 5-9771 Tel. PL 6-B099 ARTHUR H. WALTER Plumbing - Beating - Shoot Metal OIL BURNERS Electric. Gu, Phllgos Appliances 998 Somerset Strolt. Watchunl. 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What The Fuiure Holds For Seniors Jane Tice has the leading role in the latest Broadway production, The Witch's Long Red Hair. Anita Hesebeck has recently had her book, The Art of Entertaining the Sick, for Nurses, published. Roslyn Pass blew up the South Plainfield Pharmacy while working on her experiments using hydrogen. Carolyn Long is in the process of teaching her children how to twirl. Bob Heys has been named the tallest basketball player in Madison Square Garden. Murray Rothberg is now a leading scientist for the Atomic Energy Commission. Norma Pedersen's flaming hair is the envy of every other teacher in the South Plainfield Public Schools. Bill Kime has just been elected president of the National Fender Bender Association. . Pat Scherer, dental assistant, has many of her male patients crossing over the bridge. Al Ellis has achieved his ambition. He is now replacing Joe Friday on Dragnet Phyllis Brokaw now invests clients money in Plainfield real estate. Joan Brosh, most efficient housewife of the year, is now working on a new method to wax floors. Dot Butrico now works as medical secretary for the President's doctor. Larry Casazza recently struck gold in Alaska. Simone Catanzaro is still in Miami studying girls. i Tom Castronova, noted pharmacist, has just dlscovered florophyll which whitens the teeth. Anita Celentano, cute little secretary, now takes shorthand at 150 words per minute. Bob Day, missionary in Africa, has just discovered a new tribe with two bones in their noses. Rose Marie Sohmiede, noted German chemist, has just disproved thc Einstein theo1'y. Tony Cotone has just been made commander of American forces in Europe. Mary Lou DeNise is now in England modeling for the queen, Dot Deutschlander faithfully performs her work as secretary, and has been voted prettiest secretary of the year. Jessica McKerlie-Dodds and her husband Roy Cassidy now own a ranch in Texas. Lucy Demico, medical secretary, draws much business to the office of her employer. Beverly Hill is now the secretary of Dr. Davis. Betty Eisenbeigler has completed decorating the White House. The blue room is now orange. Connie Clayton is still sitting on her boss's knee. Art Murphy is now tinkering with the hydrogen bomb. Norman Naylor is now teaching in Juilliard. Richard Van Deusen is the Robin Hood of Warren Township. Mary Onore is proving that the best things come in small packages. Charles Page is head bouncer at the Waldorf. Georgia Pollison is now a model housewife. Fred Best is the first American to run the four-minute mile. Ed Glatt is now a sailor with a girl in every port. Virginia Hacklander's horse came in first in the Kentucky Derby. Ray Stockhoff, after shipwrecking a coast guard cutter, decided to return to the farm. LA SALLE BAKERY 103 Somerset Street - Phone PL 6-0829 Specialising in BIRTHDAY AND.WEDDING CAKES ALSO ICE CREAM BIRTHDAY CAKES I Phone PL 6-6617 or PL 5-6228 Lllmbel' 5 Supply CO., IIIC- FEI-Lows ELECTRIC REPAIRS Somerset Street and Interhaven Avenue INDUSTRIAL 'nd HOUSEWIRING North Plainfield NSW Jersey 227 Muriel Ave., No. Plainfield, N. J. I lullig- ....a..i...m.....-i.m,...--. Dot Harman is now doing her practice teaching under the direction of Miss Grace Rolf, Kathleen Bennetti recently made her debut with the world-famed - Rockettes. Ixay Grube's paintings are on display at Ye Olde Art Shoppe in Greenwich Village. Carolyn Christy is the bassoon player in the Philharmonic Sympathy Orchestra. Mitzi Thornton's hair is the talk of the laboratory. She is a noted chemist at Calco. Walter Bowlby has received the Nobel Prize for developing a cure for indigestion caused by too many french fried onions. Betty's Sharp eyes have kept many of her kindergarten pupils from devouring the sand in the sandbox. Art Waldron and his band, The City Slickei-s, can be heard and seen on CBS-TV every Saturday moming, 1:00-2:00. Jerry Mann now owns his own f'leet of Cadillacs. It might be added, he no longer is a. hot-rod. Izzy Ruggerio writes her love letters in shorthand at 175 words per minute. Kay Stubblebine has all the UN delegates agog over her French translations. Richard Frank has discovered the zeta rays, and will send a free de- scriptive folder to all those interested in this, John Pitcher is now a friendly tax assessor. Joan Kleinhans is one of Billy Rose's long stemmed beauties. -I Tilt FUTURE as Now, X Q V f l ri iv i s Q, All of a sudden, it's graduation . . . and you're a school girl no longer, but a career girl with your first job waiting for you . . . and a bright future ahead. 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IRLS' THLETIC CTIVITIES by Dot Harman 0 The Year in Review Hockey was held on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons for all girls interested in this fall sport. Regu- lar teams were formed which played each other. Hockey was held after school until the cold weather set ill. at W Volleyball was held on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons in the gym after the hockey season was over. A round-robin tournament was held so that each team played each of the others at least once during the season. S Basketball, which is one of the major sports played by the girls, was highly successful this year. Playdays were held with the fol- lowing schools: Scotch Plains, Dun- ellen, Plainfield, Metuchen, High- land Park, and Somerville. These games were played both on our home court and on the other courts. Of all the games played with other schools, our girls won more than half of their games. The bas- ketball games were refereed by Dot Harman and Peggy Sheppard. The scorekeeper was Carol Kime, with Eileen Mobus keeping the time. The girls were accompanied by Miss Grace Rofl' on all play- days. at at 1, The badminton tournament was held early this spring. Girls chose partners and played doubles match- es. This tournament was conducted by Miss Byrne, practice teacher for Miss Rolf. It was later taken over by Miss Roff imd'Mrs. Gessner. Softball has been held every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon this spring that the weather per- mitted. The GAA had one softball playday with Highland Park. The sophomore and freshman teams participated in this playday. The freshmen won their game by a score of 18-13. The sophomores had a good game but lost by a score of 11-8. The sophomore girls who par- ticipated were Mary Helen John- son, Jean Christy, Jayne Berndt, Elizabeth Pitcher, Nancy Deutsch- lander, Lois Feller, Shirley Grove, Maureen McCarthy, and Mary Moore. The freshmen participating were Kathleen Joho, Carol Kime, Rose Marie Rayder, Eileen Mobus, Mau- reen O'Donnell, Barbara Kluck, Sandra Marston, Dot Kalansee, Joyce Nusbaum, and Sharon Lough. Umpires from North Plainfield were Norma Pedersen, and Dot Harman. Scorekeepers were Terry Haines and Jane Perry. Miss Grace Rolf accompanied the girls to High- 'land Park. it it at As president of GAA, I should like to thank everyone who has helped make this academic year one of the best years in the his- tory of NPHS. I should like to thank especially Pat White and Mary Dittmar for the fine job they did during the basketball season as co-chairmen of the refreshment committee. M .,..v-. Pupils Awarded In Assembly fCont'Z'n.ued from Page Threej Government Bond. Also sponsored by the Elks was the Youth Leader- ship Contest, of which the winner was Robert White, He received a 550.00 Defense Bond. The Parent-Teachers Association Scholarships were awarded to Mavis Thornton, Robert Day, and Clifford Smith. The alternates were Kathleen Hartelius, Betty Eisenbiegler, and Sharon Look- stein. Each of the winners re- ceived 3100.00 The Plainfield Rotary Award for 5200.00 was presented to Eric Kriedler. Anne Newman was the winner of the Ohio Wesleyan Scholarship Award. The recipient of the Bucknell University Schol- arship Award was Stephen Luscian. He received a partial scholarship of 8350.00 per year. Betty S arp won the Craftsman Club, Emmanuel Lodge Award for 2E100.00. A State Scholarship of full tuition from Trenton State Teachers College was given to Norma Pedersen. A Home Economics Prize for 310.00 was awarded to Sally Beck- with. This award was donated by the Pilot Club of the Plainfields for the senior girl who has shown the most improvement in Home Economics. Jack Bicknell and Scott Hildum were elected delegates to Boys' State, on the basis of leadership, character, scholarship, and service to the school. They were sent by Ball-Kirch legion post. The alter- nates were Terence Johnson and David Kopp, The delgates to Girls' State, sent by orth Plainfield, were Terry Haines and Jane Perry. The alternates were Barbara Maurer and Marolyn Marston. They were sent by the North Plainfield American Legion Aux- iliary. Hilda Decker was the dele ate to Girls' State sponsored by Emerican Legion Auxiliary of Chaumont Post, South Plainfield, Her alternate was Rita Govlick. Winner of the American Legion Essay Contest was Hilda Decker. This contest was sponsored in North Plainfield schools by the Ball-Kirch Legion Post 265. Marlene Poulin won first prize in the senior girls' division of the Central New Jersey Science Fair. She was awarded a free trip to the Fifth National Science Fair at Purdue University, West Lafa- yette, Indiana, May 13-16. Third place winner of the senior boys' division was Wallace Chang, Douglas Reina was the winner of an essay contest on What America Means to me. Plainfield KURTZMAN'S PHARMACY A Friendly Place To Moot' 455 West Front Street -Plaaindeld 6-'1017 and North Plainfield pupils par- ticipated in this contest, Elected to the All-New Jersey State High School Orchestra were Stephen Luscian and Arthur Wald- ron, violin players. They were elected to perform at New Jersey Education Association Conventions at Atlantic City and Newark. Carolyn Christie, bassoon play- er, was elected to the New Jersey Central Region Band, to perform at the Band Clinic in New Bruns- wick, and perform at the Con- vention of American Association of Band Masters. Jack Bicknell was elected Lieu- tenant Governor of District 9 in the State Key Club, Mike King was elected treasurer of the Key Club. Representatives of all Key Clubs of New Jersey attended the convention. Elected Assembly Speaker of the 17th Annual Model Legislature was Robert Day. The Model Leg- islature is sponsored by the YMCA, and all New Jersey Schools are represented. The winner of a Naval Reserve Ofiicer Training Corps Scholarship to the Georgia Institute of Tech- nology was Robert Kinsley. He was awarded this for placing in the upper 896 of a nation.wide exam given by the Navy. He will receive a scholarship for books, tuition, and 5600.00 per year, Cynthia Slack was elected by the Plainfield Junior Women's Club to attend the Citizenship Institute for ,Girls at Rutgers University. Delegate to the Citizenship In- stitute sent by the Monday After- noon Club was Marilyn Levenson. The alternate for both was Connie Rohr. The winners of the Halloween Window Painting contest of the Plainfield District were the follow- ing, First Prize, Dick Miller: Second Prize, Bob Perry and Gloria Schulzg Fourth P1'ize, Lois Mantz and June Lindlandg Honor- able Mentions, Jane Perry. Vir- ginia Hacklander, Sandy Ulmer, Margie Sodwith, and Janet Blank, The winners of the American legion Poppy Poster Awards were the following. First Prize, Jerry Jacobson. Group I: Second Prize, Shirley Stephens, Group II: Third an-ize, Rose Marie Rayder, Group Anita Hesebeck and Barbara Hammerton were each awarded a S325 scholarship to Muhlenberg Hospital. A S100 scholarship from the North Plainfield Lions club was awarded to Sharon Lookstein. Dot Harman Given Key at GAA Dinner Dot Harman, president of GAA, was the only girl this year to re- ceive the Key, the highest award of the organization. The GAA athletic awards were presented at the Annual GAA Banquet on Wed- nesday, Maiy 26. The key is given totoutstan ing seniors with 1000 points or more. This year two sets of awards were given out, the State awards and the North Plainfield awards. Under the state system, a girl must earn 210 points to receive a State Map, 140 points for a State Shield, and 70 points for a State Emblem. The State Map was earned by Terry Haines and Jane Perry. The State Shield was given to Grace DeNise, Jean DiLonardo, Shirley Hanna, Kathleen Messier, and Bar- bara White. Those who received the State Emblem are Harriet Gorman, Carol Kime, Barbara Kluck, Eileen Mobus, and Joyce Vincent. Under the North Plainfield sys- tem, five girls received the Large NP, They are Terry Haines, Maro- lyn Marston, Jane Perry, Barbara White, and Janice Wegener. Small NP's were earned by eleven girls: ,Grace DeNise, Jean DiLonardo, Mary Dittmar, Shirley Hanna, Carol Kime, Carolyn Long, Kathleen Messier, Eileen Mobus, Peggy Sheppard, Lynn Snyder, and Louise Zappella. Eighteen girls were given the NP Shield: Hilda Diem, Bessie Freeman, Barbara Gorman, Har- riet Gorman, Frances Harman, Kathleen Joho, Dorothy Kallensee, Barbara Kluck, Sherry Lough, Muriel MacGregor, Sandra Mar- ston, Victoria Marrone, Joyce N us- baum, Maureen. O'Donnell, Rose Marie Rayder, Marjorie Sodwith, Dorothy Stephan, Joyce Vincent. JOE CARROLL'S 117 Watchung Avenue North Plainield THOMPSON TYPEWRITERS, Inc. 187 North Avenue Plainfield, N. J. SALES - REPAIRS - RENTALS GREENBROOK DELICATESSEN Groceries - Delicatessen - Frozen Foods SEALTEST ICE CREAM Friday, June 4, 1954 TUNLAW 0 9