Sayreville War Memorial High School - Quo Vadis Yearbook (Parlin, NJ)

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a n Doctor, lawyer, councilman, preacher, What does the future hold in store? Secretary, salesclerk, nurse, and teacher— All ol these and many more. Butch is marking time still wondering what to do. Adeline is modeling for Sak s f ifth Avenue. Barney s joined the leather necks and sails the seven seas. Rye s out of college, settled down—Ed, Jr. on his knees. Flo and Jennie s I earoom has the finest steaks and chops; I hey buy the best of everything at Benny's Butcher Shop. Hagers chief photographer for the Parlin News. Barnes is working in the bank collecting ( hristmas Club dues. Mayor James Dolan kissing babies on the chin. Councilman Pekarskv married to his secretary. Cun. Charlie Zink, an architect, has been working very hard. To beautify Snitz s cons!ruction of Bright Boulevard. Mac’s on the radio, cracking jokes each Sunday night. Dot Wnek. songstress of Broadway, with her name in lights. Stelle and Edna work in DuPont, together always, as in school days, Jane is finally traveling, which has been her life-long craze. Ruth I homas is secretary to the Principal ol Sayreville I ligh. Mo Merski is a commercial teacher making the keys of a typewriter lly. h or got son with his terrific line sells insurance for Mutual Life. C neger, the economist, now searches for a wife. McVeagh is master ol ceremonies for the Rollicking kh llun Revues, Peaches scours the country getting scoops for (he Daily News. Ann Cottrell, a designer, shows us how women should dress. Rudy has opened a Dude Ranch on the plains of the ( mlden West. Pearl Olynn is a translator for a New York book concern, Pep and Switz are nurses, each chasing the same interne. I uma plays Pro-Football and is kicking that pigskin around. Steve is in the Big League taking his place on the mound. Charlie has studied art and has become a well known teacher. Bonus, living up to traits, is now a quiet, thoughtful preacher. Yetta. president of the P. I .A., takes the part of a mother well, too, Ceal with her auburn tresses, advertises Drene Shampoo. AI I lenne tickles the ivories a nd is singing his way to fame. Dort took a job at I lercules, and Ruth Ann took the Warden name. Lasco, sports commentator, broadcasting ever fight. Sarniak, chief electrician at Jersey Central Power and Light. At Nick and Shirks Spaghetti House their meatballs are the tops. 24

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on years cards all led to Exam» . 1 lie Junior En el ish Exam, oh how we groaned! It was three and a hall hours long il it was a minute. Offsetting such inci- dentals as exams were Sports. Football was added to the list. Of course we thought we d have trouble: the boys would look at the cheerleaders! But the set out to prove to the world that they could play football. And they did! I lie baseball team also started to make a name lor Sayreville High and in doing so they put their own names in the hearts of their classmates. Never were there people so proud—down to the smallest Junior who sat in the stands, screaming his lungs out and said. I hat s our Team! Echo- Eites took its staff to the Columbia Scholastic Press Conference and brought home .1 medal o one slept much that night there, the whole trip was an orgv of movies, pln s. laughing, and gardenias. About this time an epidemic ol measles arrived—it was quite the vogue to discover little red dots and be rewarded with two weeks vacation. 1 hen the red-letter day came. Me 2. our liist honor Prom. Weeks were spent on the decorations— the bruises, tired leelings. and the time spent tacking up crepe paper with scotch tape I he canopv ol .1 I lavvaiian carnival was the perfect setting for the girls dressed be» mt i I11I In in a variety of colors, gazing up at handsome escorts in the soft. dim. colored light. l irrn resolutions ol hard work were the product of facing our last year in s hook I he class met. eat h member feeling he was lorcJI v and dignified— the giggles didn I start until the second day. Mornings lound the noble Seniors sweeping down the upstairs hull, but day by day their sweepings became slower. I be Roamers lilled in the space at Room 22 with their bright red jackets; Phi I )ites swooped down the hall, going about 60 m.p.h.. late lor I rig: the Meet ol sec retaries calmly took dictation; under the direc- tion of ( ukc l and Jo M A eagh, our graduated jitterbugs, the Seniors danced through the year; the entire upstairs hall, the property of the Sen- iors. turned into Our Oang Comedy. Serious thoughts pervade the atmosphere as we approach the close of our high sc hool years. December 7 seemed to decide the fate of many of our lives. Our hoys seemed to grow older in some way; our thoughts turned to them fighting lor us. Nurses, defense workers, first-aiders, and home- makers are probable plans ahead lor the future of the girls. Our Future, in huge lett ers. laces us vv i tl a large question mark. An interrogation looms above us that should precede us through the years of our lives: “Whither goest thou? 23

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now George and hlo are married and are raising little Popps. Swede is out in I lollywood. the I arzan of his time. Prank Dominick, a detective, tracking down the darkest crime. Chip is an airline stewardess, flying through the sky, Archie coaches basketball at good old Melrose High. Click sells real estate and is making out just hne, Molteg is a truck driver, disregarding the No Riders sign. Sweeney has his own garage, and either makes or breaks your car. Lazarczyk is an accountant keeping the plant hooks up to par. Jesse built himself a yacht and sails along the tide. Lockwood built one also, and they sail side by side. 1 .cl I loss is writing novels for the Saturday Lvening Post. Since her love is in the Navv. Sophies living on the coast. Skorka s Prof, of chemistry «it a college in the West, for i er special sundae Maries Sweetshop is the best. Madamoiselle ( tabriel gives women new hair styles, Lauras working in the bank tending to the liles. Ldwina h ambish to be a librarian Inis proved true, Johnny training athletes, while coaching «it Fordham I . 1 .ouie is a carpenter building here and there, I ela s name has changed to Smith and they make an ideal pair. I iverne and Doris Lvigan master all business machines. nn I nkel has a darn ing school and teac hes tricky routines, lirnrv. Li I. and Cenl wrote a joke book, reminiscing giggles of t lie past. Dot Steele is attending an advanced Public Service Cooking Class. Rhea, a private secretary, just the size for the lap of her boss. Penny, manager ol the ALP. bothered only with profit «and loss, lulie gets the prize for taking down dictation. Nonnie is in politics giving spirited orations. Peggy, a receptionist, greets her clients with a smile, Mert. who was to be a dentist, has instead walked up the aisle. ( lermaine I miner is a salesclerk in a large department store. Ldwina Derent lives in Sayreville but her heart's beyond the shore. Lottie lias lelt Old Bridge and is living now in town, Kox n has made her mind up and is linallv settled dow n. Merski and Niew inski are on the Board ol Lducation, Kilt'll is i nurse at ( uevstone with Bob as her recreation. Deedl es. a boxing trainer, on hand at every fight, I loll, now an R.N.. is attractive in her w hite. I his is the ( lass ol 12 in live or ten years to come, A little I )it ol everything, I riht lights, big names, some fun. I hese are merely our predictions gleaned from here and there; Lac 11 one ol you tan answer better—who, and how, and when, and wl