Riverdale Country School for Boys - Riverdalian Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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LEWIS JERRY ABLES Football Varszty 6 Basketball Varszty 6 Track Varsxty 6 UST plam Jerry from Pla1nv1l1e Connectlcut takes qulte a lot of r1bbmg about that greatest lxttle town of hrs but xt must have somethlng to produce one of our best athletes and ablest Chow many t1mes has he heard that onej fellows 1n general whom we are proud to have had What was Plamvllles Cpop 1275 loss became New Yorks fpop 7 682101j gam football team Blg jerry plays a fine brand of clarmet heard now IH the dorm only though he has plans for orgamzmg a combo pretty soon Other tlmes of the day Jerry belng one of the more notorlous dorm lounge llzards can be often overheard engaglng m serlous debate over the pros and cons of free substltutlon and other burnmg lssues of the day m any one of more than a dozen per son s rooms Anyone wlll tell you that this fel low has plenty on the proverblal ball mcludlng foot and basket Knowmg jerry hlS future career IS gomg to lead to the top of whatever field he enters He's that kmd of fellow and for th1s reason we are sorry to see hlm leave Rlverdale . . . , . y . 1 . . , , . . . . , , . Besides being, as everyone knows, one of the mainstays of the famous '48 ! , n . . . . 9 1 ' ' . 1 7 ' ! ' !

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HARRY EDWARD BEEKMAN JR Football Vars1ty5 6 Track Varslty 6 Is IT a b1rd7 Is It a plane? Is It superman? Well yes and no but we call hlm Ed for he has proved to be a capable performer on the gridiron and a star m track In football Blg Ed contrlbuted much to making the team the success lt was by h1s excellent play at end and tackle Edward throws the dlscus for the track team often ach1ev1ng heaves of 110 feet He IS the only athlete ln the school who can do It and he makes lt look slmple He IS one of the welght llftlng set and spends hls wlnter athletlc perlods ln the play room Ed IS also a member of the postprandxal Smokers League whlch holds lts numerous meetings out back In school he IS the quxet pleasant type but we suspect h1m of leadlng a double llfe from some of the rumors we hear of h1s domgs ln Hackettstown Ed IS a man of many cars havlng come to school ln a Frazer Mercury convertible and Lincoln cosmopolltan at varxous times durmg the past year We hope there are many more Fords ln thns fellows future and have no doubt there wxll be , . .' , . . . . . . , , . , . . 9 9 ' 1 , . ' 0 . . , . - ' u H n 9 Y . . . . 5 7 v - 1 0