Riverside High School - Torch Yearbook (Riverside, NJ)

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CLASS PROPHECY ' Hello! Hello! Hello! This is Jeffrey Robson speaking from station W. R. I. V., with studios in Riverside High School. As you all know this is the tenth anniversary of the graduation of the class of 1937. We bring you a varied program to remind you that the class of 1937 lives on and on and on to the bitter end. This program is sponsored by Tinso, owned and operated by john Polanski. And now, if you'll tune in your television apparatus we'll set our television sending tube and present the Lady Tinso Varieties. Are you ready? Chorus of male voices: Yea, man! QThey singj. Oh Lady Tinso went to town, her speed was quite cyclonicg She went into a beauty shop and bought some Tinso tonic! Lady Tinso- Do you want to be the envy of all your feminine friends? Do you want Ed Dwor- nik to make eyes at you? Then your hair must be soft and shining. Use Tinso Tonic. It will do wonders. You need not take my word for it. Ask Marvin Albrecht how he got the curls? Tinso brings you a skit entitled 'Blond' or 'Why Mothers Get Gray.' We take you to the studio of jeffrey Robson, author par excellence of minus, essays, books, magazine articles, advertisements, excuses to leave school and alibis for absence. jeffrey is played by Jerome D. Robinson and Charles O. Dec is played by Joseph Kish. Here they are. jeffrey-Well, Chuck, aren't you dignified now that you are a great surgeon! Charles- Oh, I don't know. I still cut up a bit. jeffrey-- How's business? C. O. D.- Pretty good. I operated on crooner Robert Mullen last week. jeffrey- You did? Was the operation successful? Charles- I'll say it was. I took out his vocal chords. The very next day that super radio sales- man, Ed Schano, sold ten radios. What are you doing nowadays ? jeffrey- Didn't you know? I'm writing a book, 'The School by the Rippling River'. Charles- Can I see it? Jeffrey-- Sure. Go right ahead. fHe takes the manuscript from the table and holds it out to Chuck., Chuck-fTurns to table of contents and reads., Chapter I, 'The skis and skas of Riverside'. Chapter II, 'In the Red'. Chapter III 'Miscellaneous'. QWith puzzled 1ook.j Say , what is this? I don't get it. Jeffrey- It's all very simple. In Chapter I you'll find articles on such people' as: the chorus girl, Monica Brylinska, Henrietta Teplittsky, poet, the great explorer, Lawrence Arciewzewski, and Helen Golanka, sit-down artist. C.- What next? jeffrey- In Chapter II we can find all our carrot top friends including Betty McKee, Vernon King, and Leon Moulin. Chuck- But there's something missing in that chapter. jeffrey- Is there? What ? Chuck- I can't tell exactly, but go aheadg I'll probably think of it later. Jeffrey- In Chapter III we find such miscellaneous items as accounts of june Wolfe, debutante and Fred Smith, government controller of elections. Chuck- That ought to be good, the world will be glad to get the dope on Fred. Gee! I've got it, I know what's missing. Jeffrey-' 'What ? Chuck- It's a who.

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THE CLASS OF 1937 On a September afternoon in 1933 we entered the portals of Riverside High School, and as the doors closed behind us we entered upon the second chapter of our eventful lives. A new existence beckoned! But high school was not to be a bed of roses. Homework was the first thorn. The aloof- ness of the Upperclassmen and the taunts of the superior Sophomores served to prick our pride. A terrible obstacle towered menacingly in our path,-the january examinations. Although we skated on thin ice at times, we managed to survive. Our real trouble was yet to come. June rolled inevitably nearer, and with it came our first taste of Regents. A much welcomed vacation followed. Refreshed by the vacation we returned in our sophomore year with a grim determination to im- prove ourselves. But a false feeling of superiority took possession of us, which we duly exercised over the new Freshmen. Our members became active participants in school affairs, and now more than ever before, we felt ourselves an integral part of the school. With a commendable amount of success, the year slipped quickly by. Our junior year was a succession of pleasant surprises. Our relations with the faculty became more intimate, and we lost our former feeling of restraint in their presence. As we progressed in years, advancement in physical as well as mental ability made itself manifest, and we shared the school's athletic limelight together with the Seniors. The arrival of spring brought with it vivid thoughts of the junior Prom. In anticipation of this resplendent affair, we elected the following oflicers: Fred Smith, president, Evelyn LaVere, vice-president, Thelma Stacey, secretary, William Stenson, treasurer, Myrtle Graf, girl's marshal, and Robert Sheehan, boys' marshal. A colorful auditorium program featured our class day exercises. On this day our class was the cynosure of the entire school. The close of this eventful occasion marked the culmination of our junior activities. As Seniors we were to set the example for the rest of the school and throughout the entire year we have striven gallantly to live up to these expectations. At the same time we strongly badced our two publications The Pilot and The Skipper. The year passed without any serious mishaps and in early March vigorous campaigning for the election of senior officers was begun. When the smoke of the friendly battle cleared, tabulation of results disclosed Leon Moulin as presidentg Thelma Stacey, vice-president, Evelyn Nuchereno, secretary, john Polanski, treasurer, Helen Limburg, girls' marshal, Henry Rauch, boys' marshalg Jerome Robinson, prophet, and joseph Kish, historian. For maintaining the highest scholastic standards in the class throughout their high school years, Pearl McIntyre and Henry Tesluk were chosen valedictorian and salutatorian respectively. Now, as the year is rapidly drawing to a close, we sadly look back upon the many happy hours we have spent within these walls. But although we shall be no longer students here, our spirits will live and our achieve- ments will win for us an everlasting niche in the school's hall of fame. As a fitting climax to our successful career at Riverside, we look forward with great anticipation to a glorious Commencement.

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Jeffrey- Well, who then ? Chuck- Helen Limburg. I didn't hear her name among the flaming beauties in the second chapter. jeffrey- But she isn't a flaming beauty. Chuck- What! No red hair? jeffrey- u Oh, Secretary. Secretary- Yes, Mr. Robson. QEnter Helen Limburg with paper in front of her face.j Jeffrey- I want you to meet a friend. Helen Limburg, this is C. O. Df' fHelen drops paper and reveals blond maskj C. O. D.- Helen Limburg gone blond! tHe faints.j - Announcer: What a surprise! And this will be a surprise for many of you. Tinso presents- Lady Tinso:: 'Jeeping around Town' by Up N. Down, our flashy news commentator. U. N. D.: There is a fight in the air, folks. A dashing, young sailor whose name is said to be Lucius Lemke and Frank Romeo Guzenski have been having a heated battle at Tonawanda and Ontario Streets, Buffalo. The reason is a mystery. It is reported that jane Murtagh recently ditched Lucius in favor of Frank. Lemke threatens to foreclose the mortgage and turn Frank out of house and home if he cloesn't give up jane. Frank has hired Steve Boogy-Man Korpan to haunt Luke. Meanwhile we learn that Jane is now at the Riverside Theatre with the local playboy, James Travers. Flash! Flash! Flash! Judge Henry Rauch has just granted a final divorce decree to Thelma Wally Stacey. Her last husband was William Kimball, trapeze artist. It is rumored that she is soon to marry the millionaire polo-player, Earl Isaac. William Phillips has been frequenting fashion shows lately. He claims he is a fashion critic, but we all know he goes for a striking model at Ritz Du-Pont, hangout for all unemployed Riverside graduates. All members of the class of 1937, now listening, will remember Jane Evans. They're off! And not the horses either. It's Myrtle Graf, jeep shoe model in New York City and Vernon King, chief Caddie at the Grover Cleveland golf course. It's getting so it's more profitable and lots more fun to bet on the outcome of these two lover lights than to play the doggies at Jack Lafhn's dog race track.', A contest for the largest last name, started last week in the Congressional Library, ended today in a tie between Charles Schreckenberger and his fiancee, Rita Schneggenberger, with 15 letters each. Count them if you don't believe me. Until the difference of a spoon is both and prunes is spelled with a 'b,' so what's the difference -anyhow?', . So long. Lady Tinso: The sign of intelligence is a high forehead. But don't let those bald headed men fool you. If they had any intelligence at all, they would use Tinso to prevent falling hair. If you have any friends-If you have any friends who have falling hair, make it your duty to tell them about Tinso. And now our announcer has something to say about duty. No, don't turn off your radios yet. You may catch on to one of our jokes later. Come in, jeff ! Announcer: Ten years ago, today, our advertising manager, Clarence Lanich, published a book in which he said that it was the duty of each and every member of a graduating class of Riverside High School to leave behind him something by which future students may remember him. Yesterday we found, hidden in our files, several letters in reply to this statement. One of these should be of special interest to our radio audience. Here it is! 'Dear Tinso: 'Being in sound mind we do solemnly swear by the beards of Frank DeGlopper and William Ferguson that these are our last gifts to Riverside and in so doing can neither retract or change the said gifts so long as Niagara Falls falls, grass grows, Henry Tesluk and Paul Klein make the honor rollg Whereas if the party of the first part, Frank DeGlopper should suddenly lose his beard, or the party