Oceanside High School - Spindrift Yearbook (Oceanside, NY)

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FRANCES ALTSCHUL Red- hair, sparkling eyes and a dynamic personality, this little mite has a leaning towards dra matics. President of the Masque Society last year, she is eying the stage fora career after grad uation. She’s also achamp knitter and reels off sweaters like mad. PAUL AN000S Blue eyes, blond hair, 6 feet 1 inch tall, he's the handsome, quiet Nordic type. Oaul has a dislike for work and insists that his hobby istakiqg life easy. He was active in the Rifle Club, of which lie was secretary. He looks for ward to a position as an officer in the Merchant Mari he, one day. BENJAMIN BLAU Ask him what his favorite sport is, and he'll grin and tell you Spanish athletics, for by his own admission, he is the biggest blow hard in the school. Dark com plexion and dark haired, he's a member of the Arista, collects books and jokes. He was on the track team. BETTY LOU 80SW0RTH This gentle blond girl brings up visions of pale pastels, but she's strong enough to hold her own in a bowling alley. Betty Lou likes tennis, but most of all she enjoys roller-skating with Charlie. Her ultimate ambition, is to settle down and marry. THEODORE BURKE Towering 6 feet 3 inches tall, lanky, happy-go- lucky Teddy thinks the best part of school are the vacations. He's always pushing back that annoying lock of hair that falls in his eyes. A member of the Gamma Phi Epilson, all Teddy wants out of life is a col lege education and a job. VINCENT CANDIA Dark, olive complexioned Vin was one of the mainstays of the track team. An excellent trom bonist, he was a member of the school band and also organized a swing band of his own. Vin’likes working around motors, wants to be an airplane mechanic. DOMINICK CARBONE Line up the raviole, spaghetti and pizza, and Dom will be the happiest man in the world for those are his favorite foods. A crack runner , Dom was a member of the track team. He's no amateur at golfing, either,and also likes to hunt. Dom intends to learn the cheerful trade of undertak ing. MILTON CHWATSKY Arguing is his main occupation, although he won't admit it. Endowed with a brilliant mind, he has achieved excellent grades in high school and was awarded a scholarship by New York Univer sity. His ability runs to ath-letics also, for he was one of the mainsprings of this year's varsity football team. NONA LEE COLE She has the delightful knack of writing poems, good ones too, for all occasions. Her pert Irish nose and pretty face has been capturing the hearts of the strong er sex for years. She aspires to fame as an author some day. She's also an excellent all around girl and played in all sports in school. pleasing een outstand-,t?hroughout high on the basket Hey ball and student leader ;e yearsV Jo intends to l.y nursing after graduation. EDNA COSBY Dancing, and not the ballroom kind, has been her main interest for many years. Eddy excelled in sciences inschool,and intends to study for a career in bacteriology. A member of the Masque Society,she was recently inducted into the National Thespian Troupe. She likes music, too, and plays the cello. FRANCES 8. CUDAHY Witty and charming, Franny has been making Oceans iders laugh sinre she came herefrom SouthSide after her sophomore year. Those big blue eyes and lovely blond hair shouldn't be a hinderance when she sets out to find that telephone operator's job she wants.

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Class Of June 1941 September, 1938, saw the entrance of these seniors into Oceanside Senior High. They were sophomor e s then, not a little scared, and perhaps a little proud of their new membership i n the school. Like any other new sophomores, they wandered through a maze of new faces, new teachers and stubborn lockers. They finally landed feet first, and found themselves settled happily in new surroundings. They discovered the opportunities, the clubs, athletics and activities. Most of them took advantage of what was offered, and so many organizations found that they were we 11-supported by the members of this class. The junior year saw a more poised group. Self-confident and not a little cocksure, they came back to a new year and an old friend. The big event of the year was their Junior Prom. They danced in the colorfully gay setting of Old Spain--and made money on the event toboot. one of the first classes to do so on a Junior Prom. As the 'grand old seniors, - they settled down to really hard work for the last year. Chester Mott took over as president, with Jean Tuthill assisting. Gloria Washburn handled the money, and Nona Lee Cole kept the minutes. November they sponsored the Senior Play, in conjunction with the January senior class. The play was a riotous comed y called Gr ow ing Pains I or a typical adolescent’s proble ms. Seniors who participated were Kempton Roll, Frances Altschul, Helen Ditmars and Genevieve Johnson. A plantation of the old South, with flowe red trellises, sweet-smelling spring blooms and a miniature white-pi 1lared mansion, decorated the gym for the Senior Ball, which was a complete success.

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JAMES DEMPSEY Everybody likes Jimmy, because he's a friendly, good-natured intelligent felloe. A member of the Boys' Glee Club, he is sec. ret ary of the Eta Delta Gamma Fraternity. He likes fishing, swimming, golf; dislikes women drivers, hypocrites. HELEN DITMARS Here's one blond who isn't dumb] Recipient of the Johnson Scholar ship key for the highest senior average.she is also an accomplish ed actress and a member of the Thespian troupe. Towering 5feet 10 inches, she likes walking in the rain. She intends to be a laboratory technician. MARIE DREW Full of pep and enthusiasm this slender lass captained the cheer leading squad efficiently and with skill. Drewpy also starred in athletics on the hockey, volley ball, basketball and baseball teans. Her main interests are having a good time and Malverne, where her main love interest isc GLORIA FARNHAM Her golden hair and misty hazel eyes present the quiet picture of beauty which earned her the title of best lookinggirl inthe class. A member of the Service Club, she belongs to the Epworth League out of school. Collecting souvenirs and writing letters are her hob bies. MARGARET DEMPSEY Take vivid blond hair, flash ing green eyes, a sparkling per sonality, and you have lovely Meg Dempsey. She is secretary of the Alpha Chi Sorority, in tends to study secretarial work after graduation. Meg is a member of the Service Club and Glee Club. JOSEPHINE DOERFLINGER Here's another senior who is going to be a Florence Night in gale. Dark, slender hazel eyed josie is interested in children, dislikes grouches and saves oddly-shaped crystals. She is an offi cer of the Fidi Amici Sorority and in school was a member of the Glee Club and Sider Press. HELEN DUDAR She's got a passion for perfection, is a demon for hard work. Her eye on a career of writigg, H »len handled positions as Ed it or in Chief of the Sider Press and Assistant Editor of Spindrift with professional competence. Spark lipg-eyed Helen is a member of the Quill and Scroll and Honor Soci ety. BLANCHE FIELDING Green eyes, black hair and a milk white complexion brings up the lovely picture of that Field ing girl. Blanche maintained a high average throughout high school. A member of the Fri Gamma Sorority, she likes music and thunderstorms, collects ticket stubs and would like to travel. VIRGINIA DENTON Ginger was an April Fool baby, but she's nobody's dope. Gifted with a delightful singing voice, she would 1 ike to make singing her career, but like all the other girls she wants to gel married. Roller skating and good cooking are what Ginger enjoys most. MILDRED DOVEL Blond Milly is one of the family of five Hovel girls. Very tall, she has part icipated in badminton, basketball, bcavling and managed the hockey team. Always ready to lend a helping hand, Milly is a member of the Masque .Society, Service Club and Sider Press. HELEN DUNCOMBE Sweet, quiet and shy are the words to describe Helen. She won a scholarship to the Wood Secretarial School where she hopes to train to become a successful sec ret ary. She was news editor of the Sider Press this year ami listen- her main interest is school work. PETER F | N I GAN Tall and lanky. Pete is a nice fellow to know. Although lie's an, amateur magician, Pete's looking forward to an electrical engineering career. A brilliant student, lie's a member of the Honor Society. He worked in the printing department of the SIDER PRESS for three years.