Port Richmond High School - Soundings Yearbook (Staten Island, NY)

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PERIACUA rn l953 selected Ed Van Der Rho r as edrtor rn chref Assrstrng m and also from thc l it C s e s lt ckhal tc Ltr t Fanny Lernonen Ann lvlrney Norma Van Nost and rd Luclla Brown yyho seryed as busrness manager as well as on the lrterary board Erght candrdates for C 0 offrce were nomrnated rn lvla lO35 from our class They were ack Sedutto Robert Popp Eyelyn Crosh ustrwe Santanrello Roberta Townsend Pat Egan Carmel Scaparrottr and Bobby Creenlayy Sedutto Toyynsend and Egan came out on top ln the second half of the same year Pat Egan was elected presrdent of the C O The 34 Class and the Arrsta held a dance on une 25 l933 lack Sedutto ented our class rn plannrng thus affatr Makrng rather a bug leap from dances to basketball we found these names on the lust of those who were actrve memb r of the Champtonshrp Basketball teana of l933 Mrke Burchre Ed Leonard Pepper Martrn Bobby Creenlaw loe Rrccrardonne and lack Sedutto Thus team recerved the lsland Champronshrp avyard December 22 low marked great day rn the hrstory of Port Rrchmond l-lrgh School We celebrated our frrst Class Day Not many knew that Class Day was rnrtrated rn our school through th suggestlon of a member of our ovyn class Doug IEQS Ro sch a transferee from L nbrook l-lrgh School brought hrs suggestton before the C O Councrl who rmmedrately ser ed upon thrs noyel nd effectrye method of creatrng school and class sprrrt b hayrng a lot of fun So endeth the saga of the l93-l Class l-lere we have gryen but a brret sketch of our hrstorv whrch you may full rn wrth the very many more personal thrngs that to you may be of far greater Importance than anv wrrtten rn thus hrstorv But let us all no matter vyhere we are or what we are rememb r that as the l93l Class of Port Rrchmond Hrgh School we created an envtable record of scholarshrp s ryrce character and fellowshrp We layed four full and memorable years from whrch all garned much though many gave lrttle Erghty three QOUNDINCS . - D ,A , T hi , , E, A of lass, yver , lame, vl , fr, Petr-r Qlrya, If k L ser, f , I, r .at f t T f ., f - Evelyfn Crosh, Bobby Creenlaw, Andy Kellyg Pat Egan, and Bobby' Townsend repre- Q , , A , Te s l t , ff, a f ' f ' t ' . . 9 uv M ' I l 0 V AC Y X' s cs , y , . t 'z f a . . , V 1. l V A , ! f I V X rj t , A . l . 9 . L , , V . . V Je M. '

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HISTORY O US perhaps the greatest class ever to wuthstand th fuerce onslaught of the faculty of Port Ruchmond I-lugh School for four years entered saud unstutute of educatuon un February and September l93l Though a number of those who em barked upon theur hugh school careers when we dud found the saulung too rough and gave up the shup we feel that theurs was the great r loss Our class strange to say dud not really get goung untul our lunuor year although we dud hold a Freshman party un l93l and a theater party un l932 Asude from these socual events however we dud manage to have suxty eught students from our class on the l-lonor Roll un l93l Thus number constututed forty per cent of the enture Honor Roll So you can see we started to prove our scholastuc abuluty at a very early age To make up for our apparent lack of ambutuon of the furst two years on Febru ary 26 l933 we began to come unto our own begunnung wuth the unstallatuon of lack Sedutto as secretary of the C O and l-larruet Serra as vuce presudent whuch posutuon he was re elected un the second half of thus year We shall not men tuon the names whuch are too numerous of thos of our class who served on the CROWS NEST staff yet we are certaun few who dud wull ever forget Whule on the subuect of CROW S NEST a fune example of the progress of the 34 Class us shown by the relatuon of thus story Robert Popp who we sand a few Iurues back was edutor un chuef of CROWS NEST for two terms uouned the staff uru l93l We found thus utem un the ussue of Aprul l l93l CApruI Fool s Day please notel Robert Popp us the monnucker of a new addutuon to our staff Wush we had a name luke that Can you umagune a colloquual column entutled Poppung Wrse 7 Who would have thought that thus unknown youngster would later become the edutor un chuef Eughty two SOUNDINCS A Early. l933 found Robert Popp elected edutor-in-chief of CROWS NEST to

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QU ELL FOLKS here we are ln l95l and here I am on my Magjc Carpet whjch flats at my very thought to all parts of the earth Today we shall travel htther and yon to take some qulck glnmpses of the 34 alumna of P R I-I S I-Iurry Maglc Carpet to N Y C ' Down below me In the heart of the ctty I see a courtroom Peter Oltva the renowned lawyer IS defendjng a rlch uron magnate lack Spencer In an aljenatlon of affectlons sunt brought agalnst htm by a blonde chorus gurl Flo Stern On has hugh chajr sjts judge Burchje Ilstennng to the case wnth his serjous mjen On the jury are the Prestdent of the Internatlonal Cleanjng Corpo ratlon and the Inventor of the new deltcacy candjed pjckles Dj Ctuljo and Yanjkan dtsrespectfully The courtroom secretary lvltss Wjsnefskj as buslly malong eyes at the judge Under the judge s chalr we catch a gljmpse of the edttor of the Chjcago Cabber Brennan Wood who wjth has two amblttous Stooges I-Iadfleld and De Btase are stealthlly takjng notes of the proceedrngs Crouched under the secretary s desk glarjng mallclously at Wood js the Infamous edltor of the N Y Tattletale Robert PODD Ah' gallant Carpet take me to Washjngton Whjsk' Down belovv me I see the new palatlal restd nce of the leader of our country Supreme Emperor Sedutto I-Ins Infancy js gnvtng one of hjs numerous I-lot Cha partjes whlch are under the supervjsjon of has sec etary I-lelen Kopf Enterjng from opposjte doors are secretary of lnterjor decoratlng Pat Egan lwho fjlls her posltlon nlcelyl and secretary of such a state lrvjng lvlelnvck Othe members of the cabjnet are Kelly s cretary of Love Watson secretary of Treasury Island and Ruth Carlson lwho after havjng fjve husbands prefers her majden namel secretary of statjc Brlsben and has Row dues are supplyjng the dlrges Among the rowdlest Rowdjes are Levowltz Pettjt Murlel Ahrend and Ivlnllte Strandberg Enterjng from the left are two athletjc oaches Leonard basketball coach at N Y U and loe Coppolo football coach at U S C loe ts stall thought to be a model husband by the gjggllng socjety matrons who have surround d htm already Ah' Enter the hero' Rear Admjral Norman I-I Meyers lr glndes smoothly onto the dance floor w h hjs wjfe the forrner Loujs De Forrest Ejghty four SOUNDINCS . K X . . I I , , . . I I - I , I I , . , . , . . . ,j , ,I . ,. . . I I I I I . , I - I . . . . . . jj ., I - r I I - I 13 9 u . . . V . , , L , - V r A' Q , . I I , I I .I . II . . , D , f . ,, , . L , I . ll . . fi