Red Bank Catholic High School - Emerald Yearbook (Red Bank, NJ)

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ANTHONY M. ABBATEMARCO, JR. CYNTHIA ANN ALFANO ROBERT WES ALLISON EDMOND ACQUAVIVA, JR. MARIA FRANCES ALLEGRA Sean Deverin limbers up his fingers and appears ready to attack the keys at the start of his Typing I class in room 313. LISA SHARON BECKLEY DONNA LEE BELMONT 21 SUSAN LYNN AUMACK BARBARA A. BENNETT

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 DO YOU RECALL FRESHMAN YEAR WHEN . . . many of us found ourselves wearing those hideous masks, singing to a tree, quacking like a duck, and or reciting the Alma Mater in an off-key trembling voice to an unsympathetic Senior . . . we tried to fit as many people as we could in the phone booth by “Palace’’ and Jeff Marino cracked his head open on the phone . . . streaking was the rage and Anthony Lisi “struck” the R.B.C. campus . . . John Malley performed his now famous “Turkey Trot” in 11th period study . . . all the bathrooms in the school were locked and there was a line down the hall in front of Mrs. Moss’ office we all attended our first (and in some cases our only) high school dance . . . the frosh girls cross-country team was initiated by the juniors and seniors on the team (in a matter not suited for print) . . . the biggest test was getting up the nerve to have that first cigarette in the bathroom and biggest accomplishment was not getting caught . . . COULD YOU EVER FORGET JUNIOR YEAR WHEN our class rings became officially ours with the seventy- seventh turn ... in the true spirit of our country’s 200th birthday, the Athletic Department sponsored a “Bicentennial Run-off’ among the homerooms . . . we were in the lead at the “Almost Anything Goes” assembly until Chas O’Byrne took at least fifteen tries to make a foul shot . . . Sr. Eileen seated the boys and girls on separate sides of the room in her Discovery of Society class . . . we had to plan our own road maps and cut out dozens of newspaper articles for Driver’s Ed . . . Mrs. Gladis walked through typing class constantly calling, “Timing anybody, Timing . . . 26,000 boxes of Bicentennial candles arrived in the B.S.A. to raise money for new chairs . . . Recapping of music from the past fifty years helped us raise $1000. at our buffet . .. Shadowbrook was the backdrop for our Prom, “Moondance” .. . Saying goodbye to the Seniors, we realized the reverse would be happening the same time next year . . . WHAT ABOUT SOPHOMORE YEAR WITH . .. the relief of not being freshmen anymore . . . personal invitations to the discipline office and our growing acquaintance with Mr. Christopher . . . axioms and corresponding angles and proportions and truth tables, etc., etc., etc., . . . lunch at the ungodly hour of 1:15 p.m. . . . the crackdown on all rules and regulations during the5 Middle States Evaluations . . . learning the proper way to “undress” a frog in Biology Mr. Soviero as Joe Slick along with Danny Dumbbell y and the Dingalings providing a little atmosphere at our| 50’s Sock Hop . . . our 22-21 victory over Rumson-Fair Haven Regional on Thanksgiving Day . . . food fights at lunch and the ensuing “clean-up” duty for a week .. . our class picnic at Holmdel Park when everyone went swimming despite threats of detention . . . water balloons falling from the third floor windows (and unfortunately for Paul McDermott, one hit a teacher) . . . AND FINALLY SENIOR YEAR, BECAUSE IT MEANT . . . the beginning of the end of the class with class - the it class of ’77 ... at last we were allowed to take the car to school, even if we couldn’t find a parking space . . . our private, unofficial initiation for the frosh - ’77 style .. . signing in and out of classes early or late . . . Sat’s, Achievements, applications, transcripts, decisions for the future . . . we snapped Red Bank Regional’s 27 game winning streak by beating the Bucs 20-7 . . . Mr.Malick’s pastel pink tux and Mr. Merli’s 44 inch bustline at the Gong Show Assembly . . . PARTYING - for any and all occasions . . . amateurs and pros demonstrating their skiing skills at Eastover, some in pajamas and shorts . . . dancing into the wee hours at Shore Casino at our Senior Prom . . . a mixture of anxiety, sadness, joy, and relief as June 5th approached . . . Graduation and the final dispersion . . .

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DEBORA BERDARDESCO JAMES DANIEL BERGIN WILLIAM A. BERTH LISA MARIE BERTOLAMI EVERYDAY PEOPLE Funny, but I don’t seem to hear my heart beating!” (Mary Mauntner) NANCY HILMA BEVACQUI MARY ELIZABETH BIRK BRIAN CORBET BLAINE 22