Pingry School - Blue Book Yearbook (Elizabeth, NJ)

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CLASS ln the fall of 1948, four trembling boys en- tered the First Grade room in the old school. Greeting Mrs. Wasasier were Rob Gibby, who was born with a silver Mexican speed-wrench in his hand, Carl Haines, who shovels it fastest by virtue of vocation, Terry Montgomery, the man who never returned, and Skip, the elephant, Reitman. As we moved to the second grade, these stalwarts were met by Pete, print that in your rag, Johannsen and Jim Whitlock, who was accepted at Princeton after the first mark- ing period. Joining us as we moved upstairs to the third grade was Dave, the Aug, Berenson. Jay Ken- nedy, the heart-throb of Vail-Deane, and Dave Speno, who just sold Mr. Hahn to the New York Football Giants for an undisclosed amount, en- tered in the fourth grade. As kings of the Lower School in Mrs. Vars' fifth grade, we were ioined by John Rush, who lately has been trying to teach chemistry to a shark, and Scott, Scrooge, Trull. As these eleven nervous boys made their way to the Middle School, then known as Varsville, their number was doubled by the addition of the students from the outlying districts of Sum- mit, Short Hills, Secaucus, and Moscow. Entering in the Sixth Grade were: Jim Egan, who iust plain knows it all, Frank Franklin, who iust plain nose it all, Dave Hixson, the Earl of Bernards- ville, Rusty Hyde, the only boy in the class to have a charge account at the Livingston Drive-ln, Frank Kaphan, who owns a boat, or is it two boats, or three ? ? ? , Paul Knoke, the Class of '60's own major domo, John Manley, who owes the town of Ocean Grove one fire hydrant, Jim Marx, who is running for president in 1964, Ridge Prevost, the fastest thing on two wheels, and Jay Wortley, who knows where the yellow went. In the First Form the ranks were again swelled by: Larry Clayton, Pingry's representative to the Plainfield Country Club, Rett Foster, whose mother runs a boarding house for the Unholy Five, John Green, more commonly known as the Spider, followed closely by Tom Johnson, Ernie May, a do-it-yourself organist, Steve Meyer, who

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HISTORY uses the snow at Stowe, but not to ski, Ross Miesem, who drives on two wheels to save wear and tear on his tires, Ted Moo-o-ok, Jeff Ruddy, the harried harrier, Ivy Art Scutro, Bill Wer- theimer, who plays football, Dave Wheaton, who dates girls with boys names, Pete Wiley, who has a floor plan for a nunnery, and Bart If the boys at Flinn's could only see me now! Wood. Reigning as lords of the Middle School, they were ioined by Wes Ackley, who drives his car with a blue key, John Hood, of athletic fame, and Smokey Stover, the first serious student to enter since the first grade. With the move to the Upper School, the number was increased with the arrival of Brad Beldon, Nantucket Hotel Wrecker, Jim Hey, Hey Kraiu- ski Boskey, Paul Boyer, whose claim to fame is having dated Dhuanne Schmitz in the third grade, Pete Coughlan, who has more middle names than you can shake a shilaley at, Howard Benedict Arnold Danzig, Bill Chief Divot- Digger Ellis, Henry English, Pingry's answer to Gene Krupa, Ed Griepenkerl and Joe Helyar, our one-two punch, Jay Keep up the Reputa- tion! Hughes, Bill Krueger, neatest boy in the class, Bill Low, who pedals his Volkswagon to school every day, Dave MacNeil, the progres- sive Princetonian, Jim Petrie, who gets a kick out of driving, Barry Ruth, the Eagle Scout who won't say what he's scouting, Rick Schumann, Pingry's answer to Phil Hill, John Sloboda, our human test tube, Sabin Snow, an expert at marbles, Don Up with the Little People! West, and Pete Wood, Mad's Michaelangelo. In the Fourth Form we were ioined by Alan Brewster, author of that current best-seller, The Joys of Owning a Corvette and Not Driving It, Bob Chittenden, our delegate to the Third Reich, Tom Carlos Montoya Colchie, John Tom Collins, Bob Fitzgibbons, who knows a cool short cut through a rock garden, and Mike Wyman, our human exclamation point. We went into the Fifth Form ready for anything, which is precisely what we got in the persons of Jim Campbell, Pingry's answer to the Marlboro Man, and Bar- ry Cyrano Wagar.