South Side High School - Optimist Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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ABRAHAM MICKENS YVONNE PATTERSON Sfnce Vonnto always says, Tell it as it is,” we will. She’s a happy listener to rock ’n roll atul popular music. During her snare time, you might find her looking at “The Untouchables.” In sports it’s football or basketball for South Side’s future typist. To Bobby post-gradnation includes the goal of becoming a n’ice officer. History and Eng-have been the most engrossing subjects for this fan of jazz, baseball, and football. Beading is Abraham’s main recreation. He lists Clark Gable and Jane Wy-man as acting favoritics. EDWARD PARSONS Eddie's favorite saying is There you go! He plans to go to the Marine Corps. He’s had fun singing in The Sunremes,” listening to jazz, especially Austin’s Danny Boy. Football and basketball arc sports he enjoys watching. Same can be said of Lana Turner. HATTIE LOUISE MILLER A real songster, Dimvy” serves in Madrigals, Mixed Chorus, Senior Girls Glee Club, and Young People's Choir of Hopewell Baptist Church. Optimist Staff. Hilltop Recorder, and The Boosters have benefited from her skills, as has Girls’ Softball Team. A Chemistry fan, she hopes to attend Virginia State College. STANLEY WALTER OMELCZUK Originality and Individualism First ‘ is Walt’s motto. A member of the Keansburg CYO, he Cys guitar and writes songs as bies. U.S. History and English arc class favorites. Basketball, swimming, horseback riding, and ice skating are sjiorts choices. Instrumental music moves him. JOCELYN MOORE A business career is just around the corner for Jocelyn who’s a member of Service Club, a singer in Mixed Chorus, and a sjrnrk-plug of the Cheerleaders. This Senator likes English, Stenography. and Bookkeeping among school subjects. Skating and basketball are her favorite sports.

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BETTY MASON EUNICE Me KNIGHT We hope Eunice’s motto applies to her ambition to become a registered nurse. Says she: Today we sail on the seas of ambition; tomorrow we land on the shore of success.” She is known and loved as Student Banker, member of Library Staff and Cirls’ Glee Club. f MARY ANN MERWIN Skating, dancing, and reading are favorite hobbies of Mary Ann. She’s enthusiastic about mathematics, especially geometry, and plans to attend Newark State folicge at Union. She has been a member of Service Club and class executive committees. Why Li I’m in the Mood for Love ’ her favorite song? A Senator, Betty is on the Library Staff. You must he a fool she says, but we know Betty isn’t. Planning to take a course in practical nursing, she's a rock 'n roll and modem jazz fan. She’ll be playing tennis in her spare time. MOLLY GENEVA McMOORE Jean’s expectation is that she’ll be a typist or file clerk. A Library Staffer, she belongs to Jazz Club, sings in a choir. Jazz and rock 'n roll are musical staples. Basketball and tennis are her sports. She’s proud to be a part of the March on Leukemia. DOROTHY McCRAY Church choir-singer Dotty” has been a member of Mixed Chorus and Girls’ Glee Club, a regular in the Spanish Club. Her aim is to study dress designing at the Essex County Vocational School. Naturally, Clothing has been her choice class. What’s to it? she asks. VERA METCHNIK “You only live once,” says Vera. National Honor Society membership attests to her intelligence; 3A class secretaryship shows she’s jtopular. History, tennis, ice skating, swimming, and popular music arc some of her favorites. Adventures in Paradise” is her TV choice. Nursing is the career she’s picked. 23

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NANCY RAINEY Nan has enjoyed the Saturday course in Arts High on costume construction. A sewing enthusiast, she plans to attend a fashion designing school. U. S. History, football, basketball, and jazz music have been favorites. Top tune: Tell Me Today ; top food: shrimp and French fries. i GODFREY ROBINSON Mechanical Drawing is a subject that has influenced Jeff He plans a career in drafting. Fan of football and basketball, Godfrey indulges a passion for popular songs like Just Two Kinds of People. His TV favorite is Huckleberry Hound’: his favorite actress is Elizabeth Taylor. MELVIN PHILLIPS Let’s Take It Nice and Easy is a favorite tune of Spike —and a good characterization. A member of Junior Leaguers and Omega Phi Epsilon, he favors History and English, plans to become a postal clerk. Track aiul football are preferred sports. ALEXANDER QUEEN, JR. “The Big A” intends to join the Air Force, then attend college. A member of Sr. Band, Mixed Chorus, the Track Team, and Spanish Club, he lists his hobbies as dancing, football, and basketball. Favorite TV shows are Alcoa Presents and Tightrope. CYRIL DOUGLAS REED Busy Cero belongs to the Bous Glee Club, Mixed Chorus, Polynesians, Washington Carver Drum and Bugle Corps; is on his class executive committee. He ran often be found at a milk bar. Interested in historu, sales, and health, he favors the sports of football and skating. ADA ROYSTER Think twice before acting, says Puddtn. Vice-President of her class, she anticipates attending nursing school. Music's her meat. Ada sings in a church choir and in South Side’s Madrigals and Mixed Chorus, loves songs by the Skylinen and Frank Sinatra. Sidney Poitier, anytime. 25