Rahway High School - Allegarooter Yearbook (Rahway, NJ)

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1 Booster Club Between halves at any home football game you will see the Boosters forming letters and marching with the band. The Boosters, a group of fifty-five girls, exemplify Rahway High School esprit de corps by actively supporting the team. These girls practiced twice a week during the football season under the direc- tion of Thornton Monez and L. E. Owen, who is the adviser. At the Awards' Day assembly, sixteen members were given chenille letters for attending every practice and game, and six- teen more were given letters for attending every practice and game but one. In October the group elected Louise Spaziani, president, Mary Treccognoli, vice-presidentg and Lois Rack, treasurer. I The Cheerleoders The Cheerleaders are a group of girls who lead the school in Allegaroos, and Rahway Highs, and Team Yells at football and basketball games. The cheers led by these girls show the teams how much the student body is be- hind them. The Cheerleaders, with the band and twirlers, conduct the pep meetings and cheer at the end of each assembly. It is tra- ditional that the co-captains of the cheering squad should raise the flag at home football games. This year the Cheerleaders have new uniforms. Dorothy Paul and Catherine Maloney, co- captains, wore white and the squad of six girls wore red. The club contributed a basket for some needy family at Thanksgiving. Marie Salvia is secretary of the Cheerleaders: Christine Plescia, treasurerg and Thornton Monez, adviser.

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FOOTBALL Although handicapped by inexperience and iniuries, Rahway was able to conclude an impressive season of football, losing only three of its eight games. The loss of Bob Madison, first string fullback, came before the season had begun, when he suffered a dislocated shoulder in a prac- tice game. This injury caused him to remain inactive until midway in the season. The schedule started with Rahway's playing host to Morristown. Unable to stop the swift ground and aerial attacks of the visiting team, Rahway fell to defeat, 25-O. Coach Earl Hoagland then set to work to iron out the weak- nesses of the team, and the next two weeks found them holding the powerful Linden and Cranford teams to scoreless ties. The following game, with a strong Roselle Park team, ended in a l2-6 defeat for Rahwayg but with their first score of the season, the morale of the players greatly improved, and the next week they attained their first win of the year, defeating Roselle, 25-7. The second win of the season came when Union fell to defeat, I9-O, the victim of a swift ground attack, and the next week brought the upset of the season, when Rahway defeated a highly favored Plainfield team, l3-O. The Thanksgiving game ended in a 6-O defeat by Regional, the result of a first minute touchdown. This constituted the first time Regional had ever beaten Rahway on the gridiron. The season ended with a banquet held in the Colonia Country Club, and sponsored by The Sidelinersf' an organization composed of public-spirited men who are interested in the High School sports ac- tivities. Roger C-oldenand George Ruddy co-captained the team. 30