Roxbury Memorial High School for Boys - Bostonian Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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discussing the matter with EDDIE DEYESSO and MIKE “INKY’’ DAVIS. Going on, we see ELAINE COHEN, literary editor, telling BARBARA BRYANT and ROBERT MATTHEWS to find the latest scoop on the printers’ strike. Suddenly KENNETH MCKINNON, DICKIE FRANCIS, JAMES NICHOLS, GENE NEVILLE, and FRANCIS MANCUSO burst in shouting their war-cry, ‘More leisure during working hours for all printers.” Leaving this mad-house and going up Beck Road, we see ROBERTA ROONEY, MARGARET NEWTON, ROSEMARIE AGOSTINO, and JACKIE LYNCH, the “noble four,” taking off in their Dubble-Bubble-Rocket-Ship. Our next stop is Memorial General Hospital, where DONNAT MITCHELL and WINNIFRED SARGENT are operating on JAMES GRIFFIN HOWELL YANCEY. SANDI SMARGON, X-ray technologist, is taking X-rays of “HUNKY” PADERSON, the star runner, who hurt her elbow running into a kryptonite wall at school. ESTA TITLEBAUM, medical secretary, rushes a report of SANDIE “SWISH WALLACE’S fractured finger to the plaster room. As we depart, PHYLLIS BRAVERMAN is admitting EILEEN STEIN, who missed the chimney and fell to the ground while playing Santa Claus. We visit Simendinger’s Fashion Center, where LINDA BURTON is selling AMY LEVINE LINDA WASSERMAN the latest in space helmets. It’s almost two o'clock, and BETTY OREL, BRYNA RADONSKY, ELAINE SHUMAN, HELEN SKIBBS, SHIRLEY MEIZLER are sponsoring the first space fashion show, featuring models MICHAL MARSH, NANCY GRAY, and JACKIE JIMPSON, with NORMA BERKOWITZ as commentator. At a board meeting, we find MARION WEBB, the manager, warning assistants ROBERT ISVECK and SAMUEL MITCHELL to watch out for MARVIN CLARK and ALLOYD HURLEY, the loafing stock-boys. Buyers ALFONSO WILLOUGHBY, RICHARD SHORT, GEORGE TAYLOR, ROBERT WINBUSH, and DONALD EVANS are assigned to earth to spy on the latest fashions. Floor managers PAUL COLLERAN and JOHN DINNALL are hiring three floor walkers: DONALD MISH, ROBERT KATZ, and DAVID ROSENTHAL. On McGrimley Terrace, the Memorial Planetarium School is in session. In the office, SHEILA LEVINE and ELAINE DORES, the secretaries, announce us to the Head Master, ARTHUR BRIGHT, who shows us around. In the chemistry lab Professor INA ASNES is con- ducting an experiment with little ETHAN ALLEN CHASE Ill blowing hydrogen bubbles. STEVE DAMELIN JR. sets off an explosion putting us all in MIMI HOLLANDER'S typing class, where ELLIE BLOOM is taking a post-graduate course in erasing. We bump into ROBERTA BROWN, STILL delivering attendance sheets. In MONSIEUR GERALD RONKIN'S French class we see ROBERT JUMPER and EDDIE KING taking a refresher course in French. Strolling through the park, we are surprised to see SHEILA KOHNER, GAIL WAX, and LINDA FREID pushing their baby carriages; and EDDIE WHALEN and RALPH MUNICHIELLO selling peanuts and popcorn to HELAINE KELMAN'S triplets and FAITH LITVACK’S twins. As we walk along Simmons Lane, we see a huge marble statue of MOTHER MEMORIAL. Sitting directly before it, we take a minute to reminisce about our wonderful years at R. M. H. S. 39

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Che: Prophecy A faint but glowing spark, the spirit of Memorial, slowly spiraled toward outer space. It formed a new planet, the planet of Memorial, consisting of only fellow Memorialites from the class of 1960. And here we are, on this new and shining star. Let's take a walk through Crudden Boulevard. As we pass the Community Chapel, BURT CASWELL is joining as husband and wife RONNY SORGMAN and MARGIE PRESS in a double wedding ceremony with MIKE SINMAN and SHELLEY WINER. Governor BETH KLASS is climbing into her Nash-Carroll limousine driven by her chauffeur—DAVID WEINERMAN. Next door is Tarutz Courthouse, with Judge GUNN presiding. Attorney HAZEL MCFERSON is defending MARGIE LEBEN, accused of flying too slow in her rocket ship. LARAINE DAVIS, prosecuting attorney, calls witness JUD] SANBORN. The jurors are ELINOR AKELL, JOSEPHINE AUSTIN, FRANCIS BURRELL, CAROL GOSMON, JANICE KAZAR, JOYCE LEDERMAN, JOY LEZBERG, GLADYS POTTER, JANICE RANDOLPH, BARBARA WEINER, CHRISTINE ZOPATTI, and IDA ZUSHUK. JUDY THOMPSON, assisted by CHARLIE MUNROE, is taking pictures for the Laurel-Bostonian. Boppin’ down Beatnik Row, we make the scene at the G G where we see MADELINE RICHMOND, PHYLLIS SCHWARTZ, ELINOR KEMLER, SHEILA STRACHMAN, ROBERTA WALDMAN, MERLE FREEMAN, and SANDY SOROCO. ROBERTA FRANKLIN and CAS- SANDRA BATSON take our orders, and as we leave the ‘BIG G’' FRANCINE DOBRO and SANDRA BESSIN take our money. It's just like the old days at R. M. H. S. Our next stop is the Green Gold Playhouse, featuring the “COEDS” with BOBBIE MILLER, GRETCHEN COLEMAN, BILLY JONES, and CAROL DANIELS, assisted by MELVIN TOON on bongos, and JOHNNIE FERNANDEZ on guitar. BARBARA CHASE accompanies SHEILA GELLER in “MADAME BUTTERFLY.” Costumes by SHEILA BEDA, choreographer— JOANNE SAMPSON. SUSAN GITNER sells us tickets, and as we enter we discover... . No lights, No camera, No action—because ADA SIMS on curtains, PHYLLIS KAPLAN on house lights, and EVELYN PORGES on spot-lights, got their signals crossed,—JOEL ABRAMS and LENNIE HOLTZMAN, our electricians, to the rescue. The refreshment stand sells only ‘‘candy'’—sold by CAROL SIMON. We turn up Brougham Lane and come to BEBERMAN'S Beauty Salon. Peeking in, we see MARILYN CANTER, ROBERTA JACOBS, and FREDDIE DAVIDSON being touched with various hues of pink, yellow, and green. Walking on we see KANTER'S Dentistry, HUR- WITZ'S 5 10, and MARCUS'S Art Studio with his assistants NANCY PARVEY, JUANITA CLAY, JUDY LIPSON, and MARIE JONES. Approaching Kenney Place, we find The SLOTNICK Insurance Building, where CYNTHIA KATZ, BEVERLY SIBULKIN, BRENDA RUTSTEIN, ROBERTA BOWER, MARTHA PINTO, and CAROLYN DEPINA are busily typing manuscripts. We visit the home of that great daily newspaper, Laurel-Bostonian, where BOBBE LIP- NICK is pondering whether or not to fire her assistant literary editor, SHEILA COHEN, for wearing her skirts too short. She overheard printers JOHN BURKE and MIKE DONAHUE 38

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Class Will We, members of the last graduating class of R. M. H. S., proudly, and without malice aforethought, do hereby will, bequeath, and devise a few prized possessions. Having taken under consideration the fact that the bequests below might possibly cause dissatisfaction for a few ungrateful recipients (as most wills do), we urge the legatees to question them- selves as to whether they are worthy. Having been declared to be of sound mind and judgment we hereby bequeath the following: TO DR. CRUDDEN: We leave our appreciation for his guidance and understanding. TO MISS BECK: We leave a tape recorder that says, ‘No pin curl clips in school, girls.” TO MISS BOGAN: We leave our gratitude for her help in all our class activities. TO MR. BORTNICK: We leave a molecule and a space ship to the moon. TO MR. BROUGHAM: We leave a volume—''The Newest Slang Expressions in Ten Easy Lessons.” TO MR. BROWN: We leave a toothl ess comb and cab fare to Warner Associates. TO MRS. CUNNINGHAM: We leave our doctor's bills for indigestion. TO MISS KENNEY and Mr. McGRIMLEY: We leave our sincere thanks and 1,000 jobs to be filled by 1961. TO MISS McCMORROW: We leave an automatic dictation machine. TO MR. McSHERRY: We leave a 35 minute speed test to be done in 15 seconds. TO MR. PEARL: We leave a special pair of Charleston shoes. TO MISS SIMENDINGER: We leave a gift certificate to the House of Nine. TO DR. TARUTZ: a. WHO2 b. WHAT2 c. WHEN2 d. WHERE? e. WHY2 f. HOW2 TO MRS. THOMPSON: We leave those back-breaking Kraus-Weber exercises. TO MR. WALSH: We will test tubes to replace those broken by his budding chemists. TO THE JANITORS: We leave an automatic garbage disposal for each table. And to the following pupils we leave: MARILYN CANTOR: A locker equipped with ELINOR KEMLER and the newest shades of lipstick. CAROL DANIELS: A million-dollar contract with Columbia Records. JOEL ABRAMS: A two-gun holster to go with his cowboy boots. BETH KLASS: A trip to Paris so she can visit the House of Dior. HILLIARD JONES and JOANNE SAMPSON: Trophies for being the quietest people in the school. MARJORIE PRESS: RONNY SORGMAN. 40