Rye Neck High School - Scraps Yearbook (Mamaroneck, NY)

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1957 58 We got off to a good start un our Junuor year by electung Lou Marcuante as our Presudent Ron Crusp as Vuce Presudent Mary Lou Verrattu as Sec retary and Joanna Rawson as Treasurer The event most antucupated was the Junuor Prom master munded by Ruth Lurue and Bull Pelton The decoratuons consusted of a large abstract show boat paunted wuth black paunt on dazzlung gold paper and bug fluffy clouds of whute and sulver cloth suspended un a shower of fallung stars Everyone sat on lawn chaurs and the floor was en closed by whute pucket fences adorned wuth hand made red roses The decoratuons were planned and carrued out by Barbara Hurley and her commuttee who worked many long hours makung roses out of crepe paper whuch helped to create a perfect settung for all the gurls un theur elegant gowns and the boys un the handsome tuxedoes The entertaun ment durected by Ann Welden was un the form of a munstrel show wuth sungung dancung and pan tomune Endmen Throckmorton McMahon Hen peck Manoukuan Stonewall Goodman and Jackson Mahrlug told lokes between acts wuth Lou Marcuante our emcee and unterlocutor Dawn Frost and Hank Davenport as Dausy Mae and Luttle Abner respectuvely narrated an Ozark fashuon leopard skun play suuts On Prom Day accordung to tradutuon we proudly flashed our class rungs for the furst tume The members of our class once agaun demonstrated theur leadershup abuluty later un the year by havung two members elected to the two top posutuons un the school s G O Presudent Jum Warren and Vuce Presudent Dave Armstrong The annual unductuon of Junuors unto the Hon or Socuety took place and Ruth Lurue Ann Welden Dave Armstrong and Charlue Greene became new members The Foreugn Exchange program also went unto operatuon when for the furst tume one of our class mates Ruth Lurue under the sponsorshup of the Amerucan Fueld Servuce spent the summer un Germany At the annual Junuor Senuor game much to our dusmay both the gurls and the boys teams lost un spute of vugorous cheerung After the games we all made promuses to each other and to ourselves that we would wun next year Here are he boys un Seventh Grade suttung on the steps of the State Museum un Albany Dottue Krell dudnt muss a thung un the gurls bus on our 0 Louue Marcuante Scott Mulls Jackue Moen The musuc was swell Scott thanks a lot' 1 I I - ' - I . 'P T If V A . . Y . . . I , , I I I . I - . I ' Il ' II ll , , , . I Q 1 I ' A ' ' ' ' l I show wuth clothes rangung from burlap sacks to Albany trip. - , , I . . . , . . I - -I I 1 ' 1 ' . ' I I I . .' . ' . . 4 ' - 5- ' . . F! u - 9 . . , ,' 'l 'ie . . '. . 2, I Q . ' '. 'u .gmt ' . uf M' 1 .X A' i X. 4 ' -

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1955 56 To us there was something magical about the Freshman year The glitter and excitement of the Senior High dances and the challenges of varsity sports were all within our reach We no longer envied the upper classmen we were independent with a spirit and a pride of our own Naturally the Freshman Frolic was to be our social highlight of the year We were determined to prove our class merits and we approached the Frolic preparation with boundless enthusiasm Diana Doern and Bob Bysshe were our able dance chairmen and after much deliberation we decided upon a central theme April in Paris Led by Barbara Hurleys trumpet solo April in Paris our class staged the best frollc yet Everyone now agreed that we were the class to watch Since we couldnt take a trip to Washington we contented ourselves with memories of our ex cursion to Albany in seventh grade Our loud and to the point of deafness We stayed at a hotel and ran the management ragged with our playful an tics Chaperoned by Mr Tuck Mrs Jubert and the Parker Bus Company this is a trip we shall never forget 1956 57 Now we were Sophomores and accepting more school responsibilities than ever before Homeroom rivalries ended when we chose our class officers Bill Pelton as President and Corinne Haviland as Secretary We decided upon Arctic Winter as the theme of our Soph Hop and led by Joanna Raw son and Don Lewis our elected dance chairmen we produced a Sophomore Hop long to be remem bered Bill Peltons welcoming speech to parents highlighted the Sophomore Tea The program was based upon a Valentine theme with hearts and cupids to enliven the event We looked on with pride when Diana Doern Kathy Luhrs Sue Kent and Marlon McCaffrey were chosen as Cheerleaders for the next year Mike Bluestone Joe Pastore Jackie Moen Charlie Greene Roger Sirlm Fill it up Mike there are four experts watching you 6 The entire cast sings the finale to the Prom entertainment our theme song Stars Fell On Alabama' Joanna Rawson Gorm Fnling Louie Marcuante Dori Savage discuss the days happenings in front of the school s mann entrance 51 . . It ' . 2 ' I All ' I I - ' ' ll , , . . . , . Il ' Il I 1 l -l X A - v U , f t . , . . I A I rl ' ' , -. 5 ' . ,Q . . 3 In . n,Te boisterous singing brought the bus driver almost ' c ' W Q I N 3 l . . , . , I . . I I I ' . ll ' ' ll I - , , l. , . , , , ,

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5- Joe Pastore Mauruce Forman Al Rosen relax after a tough day of horstung palntnng and naulmg on the Prom decoratnons Barb Lubby and Ann sung Basin Street Blues at the Prom Rlchue Knopf Jm McMahon Eddle Mahrlng Hank Davenport Bull Pelton Ruchue K warbles a solo nn the pantom me of I Won der Why' 1958 59 Senrorsl Flrst graduatung class from the new school' We thought we would never make It For a whale we felt strange berng the oldest ones In the school but we soon forgot our self consclous ness and began to enloy llfe Immediately we elected our extremely cap able offtcers Ronnue Crnsp President Bob Bysshe vlce president Roger Slrlln treasurer Barbara Ar agona recordlng secretary and Jackle Moen cor responding secretary Before long we plunged In to varuous actnvlttes necessary to ranse money for the yearbook The long hard rehearsals ended rn tremen dous success for our Sensor Play The Helress, wnth Rand: Sachs Btll Pelton Martha Doughty and Stan Warnow In the leadlng roles Seven nrneteenfh century costumes were made by our Sensor seam stresses Joanne Burghermer Audrey Vlnet Noel Upharn and Ann Welden One week end with Barb Hurleys barn as headquarters and led by Martha Doughty the class launched a campaign and brought rn much needed funds by the selling of Chrnstmas cards The refreshment cornmuttee led by the boss hawkers Make Bluestone Charlue Greene and Rand: Sachs proved very successful at sellnng thelr merchandise to the students and parents at all home football soccer and basketball games After a few hectnc class meetnngs the year book staff managed to persuade the class to break with tradltlon and publish a new book for a new school Then demonstratnng our abnluty to keep order and hold back our natural leanlng toward bag thrownng during lunch penod we were granted the pruvrlege of proctortng all lunch per rods A Service Club of Senior boys was formed for the purpose of proctonng Even the Senror gurls had a part rn the new programs they sold mnlk In the hall When graduatlon and the festlvltles follow Ing It were over we all looked back and tried to determune where our year had gone We had been so tmmersed In college applrcatrons college boards and yearbook deadlnnes that we hadnt nottced the tnme whtch flew by We were cheered however by the memones we had ones we shall never forget It was trme to gave up our home rooms to the new seniors and go unto the world which was beckonnng to us wuth open arms 53 f Q 1 ' 5, , . LLB. ' F, A . - ' A ' I 1 ' ' s - ' 1 r A , ' ' ' , .. ,. .. , , , , 1 1 . . .. 'n ' I 1 1 ' I I I - . , ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 I I - 11 1 11. - 1 1 1 1 1 - I - - r fl' ll ' , . . , - I 1 1 - 1 1 - - 1 1 1 11