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

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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

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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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s sklp to Fr nce dear Carpet' B neath m I s e the xnubltlons of world famed artlsts hone other than Robert Sternen and Dons I-Iohmann And theres Bobbe Townsend spoutlng French IU a classy dress shop actung as French buyer for the Coop ratuve Department Stores ot N Y C She IS busv looktng at dresses expertly model d by tho e two mann kms Ruth I-Iunsdorfer and Amella Pauze Whoops' that rocket came close and It went so fast I could hardly recognrze Ann Burrnungham at the controls She eloped wlth a fas unatung Turkush avlator when she was only hnne e n Such an Innocent chlld too We seem to have dnfted over Germany I-lark Yes I hear the golden voice of Gunvold lohansen who has thrulled the world with has marvelous votce and who us tounng Europe at present Pnng' he comes back wnth a tncky overhand and masses the lane by a fraction of an Inch No not lohansen' I just caugh a glumpse of the contest of the ages th unternatlonal Pang Pong Tournament held IH Germany thus year The last two contestants are I-larnet Serra and Wlllnam Martun who are nearly exhausted by the physl al straun of the games Bunny and P pper curlously enough were marrled sux years ago by Blshop D Roesch Speakung of mlntsters le s take a peek at Chtna' That houseboat down below IS a famous one Dunng the past seven years Albert I-Iouseman and has wlfe nee Gertrude Pollette have been travelung up and down the coast tryrng to convert the dear llttle Chunks Psst' darllng Carpet Callfornra' Who us that daublng palnt on herself and a canvas? Why Its that thrice rnarrued advertusung artlst Frances Bush worklng on her new contract wrth the Rlcclardone Kick Em I-lard Shoe Company A I draft a lnttle northward I am watchlng the castung of a new pucture In a I-Iollywood studuo The plcture as taken from the best selllng novel of I9 0 Kull Em and Eat Em by Van Der Rhoer and R lohnston The new plcture tutle chosen by Dlrector Santan nello ns entitled approprlately Be My Valentune9 The cast as as follows hero Ken McCann heroune swee Irttle Evelyn Grosh vlllaun Louls Canazzo the flapper black hatred Inga Bow Isuccessor to C'aral and the other woman IS played skull fully by Margaret Barley Some cast' Tame as flylng let us hop down to Mexuco sweet carpet Seated on a tan throne as the President of Mexrco Bull Martha: I-Ie was a general an th last revolutlon and has srde won so there he IS In a purple robe mlsguldung the Mexscans Back to the U S A agaln my sweet Down there IH Colorado In hrs whlte mansuon Governor Greenlaw as entertarnlng Mlss l.aB tte successful desrgner and Mass Rupf who vs noted for her work with robots In her spare tlme Ruth IS the wife of Walter Watson Secretary of the Natuonal Cabunet The famuly us at dunner and there are Mrs Greenlaw ne Charlotte Decker and the four luttle Greenles bezng warted on by the wor'ds most perfect mald I-Ie en Anderson Why all the tears? I mught have known It Thev are watchrng and h arlng a televlslon broad cast of the ce'ebrated Cry Baby program presented by those two comics Balmer and Corey Isuccessors to Burns and Allenl who gave up thelr teachlng careers to present these humorous farces By the wa, they re marned Enghty five SOUNDINGS . y , Let a , e e 3 . e the I , . X' Y I e .T ' A f . e s I , .' t e. , I . , . , , , . . , . I D . . , . , V c . f e , , . , . L, I , 1 . , -- D . . , ' . ' L . ' . I 1 A X v 1 1 1 r ' I ' , . , . D . , . , c , . D , V . f Q I ' . , c , I I , I . , I c I I , . I, ..i i