Roselle Park High School - Parkerscope Yearbook (Roselle Park, NJ)

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CLASS PROPHECY ABORPHOBIA, June 23, l958.-After a lapse of twenty years President Kempson returned, yesterday, to Laborphobia, that model modern little village nestled in the Rockies and composed entirely of the members of the Class of l938. As engineer Weber pulled the locomotive into the station, a group of singers, namely, F. Frey, M. Brooke, M. Timm, C. Speth, E. Brennan, C. Mclntyre, B. Wode, A. Baker, Bob Brown, and J. Meeker, accompanied by the band, W. Johann, R. Hazard, D. Toddings, l. Pukit, H. Robbins, J. Hur- ley, and L. Montgomery, led by W. Gaedcke, blasted out our class song which was interrupted only by the deafening roar of E. Kolisek's explosion, set off by J. Gillikin, and R. Ragland. Porter Mulshine helped the President to the platform. From there, the procession proceeded down Alumni Avenue to Class Hall, where the President was officially welcomed by Mayor George Drake and Councilmen and Councilwomen, R. Flay, R. Ruff, R. Stowbridge, J. Clune, W. Cotter, and M. Belcher. Mr. Naffke, President of the Board of Health, conducted Mr. Kempson on an inspection tour, in which the Pres- ident met many former classmates. The first visit led him to the Vail Dairy Farms, where he encountered Al Sprague, V. Vail's chief driver. Emerging from the barn in the back- ground was farmer Anderson, with a pail of milk in each hand. They then reentered the Shallcross sight-seeing bus, and headed for the town athletic field where a baseball game was in progress. Mocky Garthwaite, President of the Dads' Club, was at the gate taking tickets. Over on the bench was Coach Hanna talking nervously to Assistant Coach Rath. Scattered here and there were newspaper reporters F. Boyne, M. Boulton, J. Knapp, D. MacDonald, and editor of the Chatterbox Column, Jeanne Pul- len, taking notes for the Bromberg Daily Press. Among the spectators were such notables as Professors Jack and Ahrensfield, Doctors De Palma and Breen, the famous singer, Mme. Di Stefano, and Miss America, the all around American girl, Pearl Pragler. Overhead the clouds began to gather. They broke, and suddenly en- veloped the field in a tidal wave of raindrops. The bleachers arose in unison, and headed towards the gate. Felix Wujcik, the Tyrone Power of '58, hurried Miss Eleanor MacMillan, magnetic screen personality, into a cab driven by Salvati. The remainder of the group jumped into Shallcross's bus. Due to the inclement weather, they were forced to take refuge indoors. They went to the new Y Building, housing both the Y.W.C.A. and Y.M.C.A. or- ganizations, where National Presidents T. Fitzpatrick and R. Buchanan were installing the officers of these associations. Among them were: Social Presidents P. Davis and F. Hazelhurst, Secretaries to the Presidents M. Bove and J. Acker, Vice-Presidents M. Pryor, P. Gordon, V. Lewis, and E. Kaiser for the Y.W., and R. Benner, E. Cammann, R. Dabb, and E. Johnson for the Y. M., General Secretaries V. Glynn and R. Knapp, Business Secretaries M. Babcock and L. Salinardo, Treasurers M. Dougherty and C. Scott, Publicity' Fifty

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The following September, we resumed our travels, and chose N. Kemp- son as President, R. Weber as Vice-President, D. Brecht as Secretary, and G. Drake as Treasurer. Miss Hedley and Mr. Forrest were elected as our advisers on this, the final lap of our trip. This year we had four of our mem- bers on the Council of Ten: namely, B. Jack, J. Breen, W. Cotter, and R. Ruff. Those of our group residing in Springfield and Kenilworth were called back, but life had to go on without them. ln December, l937, we were faced with the problem of compiling a yearbook as a reminder of our trip. The staff was composed of B. Jack, Editor, B. Bromberg, Assistant Editor, L. Salinardo, Business Manager, M. Babcock, Photographic Editor, and S. Worth, Art Editor. On November 25, we were victorious in the Roselle-Roselle Park Classic, and the annual Thanksgiving Dance became a Victory Dance. About a month later, a Christmas Dance was given in the Sherman School. ln March, our Senior play, The Seven Sisters was presented. lt was a huge success, both socially and financially. During Easter vacation thirty of our members journeyed to Washington to see the sights. We are still hear- ing episodes of that memorable trip. After that, we were entertained at the Prom by the Juniors. We were then aware that graduation was slowly, but surely, drawing near. The Baccalaureate service was held on June l9, and on the following Thursday evening, we bade adieu to Roselle Park High School. Forty-nine

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Chairman E. Chaffee and W. Regenthal, Membership Chairman R. Leine- weber and J. O'Hearn. At this point there was a tive minute intermission and the public was allowed to view the new building. Many complimentary remarks were over- heard concerning the architectural genius of Steve Worth. At the end of the five minutes, the visitors returned to the assembly room to listen to the Acceptance speeches made by Athletic Directors Cassera and Calucci, Swim- ming lnstructors Schwarz and Walters, Dancing lnstructresses D. Miller, V. Newman, and M. Miller, Arts and Crafts Directors Momberg and Neville, and Business lnstructresses M, Werner, E. Otte, l. Zhelesnick and C. Tucker. After this phase of the meeting, President Kempson wished the officers good luck, thanked them for their hospitality, and left for the station. On the way back past Class l-lall and on their way down Alumni Avenue they went, waving amicably as they passed buildings, one of which was Labor- phobia's own invention, a community store, covering one square block. This enterprise is composed of most of the town's commercial departments. Among them were Betty's Bakery, owned by B. Brown, B. Boblick and l-l. Dygert, Balnicki's Shoe Store , Archer's Salon de Beaute with its able operators, E. Bonnell, C. Boblick, T. Arrowsmith, D. Brown, M. l-lausser, A. Eberle, H. Kolessar and R, Quinn, The Pixie Sport Shop owned and oper- ated by M. Pinnix, Dunn's Dress Shop , and Cron-Connors Wool Shop lknitting instructions free with any purchase of wooll. Having arrived at the station, Mr. Kempson was presented with the l-lonorary Emblem of Commerce, given by a selected group ot the Commer- cial Association including C. Sheehan, V. Stone, A. Orlando, F. Lozowski, A. De Vita, D. Burns, J. Bush, A. Duttweiler, Cu. Perrine, R. Pries, and Ci. Stapp. Amid the roar from the cheering throngs, the locomotive slowly pulled out of the station, and the last impression made by the President upon his loyal classmates was one of most sincere honor and respect towards his advisers. l-le represented the class when he removed his hat and humbly bowed as the train puffed past the homes of the guardian angels of the Class of l938, Miss l-ledley and Mr. Forrest. Fifty-one