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

Text from Pages 1 - 108 of the 1962 volume:

Presented by the Classes of January and June, 1962 South Side High School Newark, New Jersey CLASS OF JANUARY, 1962 CLASS OF JUNE, 1962 MR. FRED LANDOLPHI Principal THE ADMINISTRATION MR. MAURICE FRIEDMAN Vice Principal 3 MRS. GRACE FRANCISCONE MRS. FRIEDA LIKEN THE OFFICE STAFF MRS. RUTH POLLACHEK MISS ETHEL POMPADUR MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT MR. HAROLD A. GOUSS, MR. EMANUEL MAGID MRS. JACQUELINE E. Choirmon MANS8ACH r ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MISS VICTORIA M. MISS ELENA R. HAVIAR MICHAELS MISS MILDRED D. BLACK DR. JOSEPH W. MILLER MR. SEYMOUR SPIEGEL DR. JULIAN ZIEGLER MR. CHARLES E. MR. FRANCIS E. DEIANY MR SOI H. GLEICHER MRS. HELEN S. KISSNER MR. JOHN PETITTI HOLLAND Chairman MR. DAVID POSNER MR. JEROME SHAPIRO SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT SCIENCE DEPARTMENT MR. LOUIS KANENGIESER Chairman MRS. DOROTHY D. MR. KENNETH E. BERGMAN BERGMAN MR. NORMAN H. MR. JACK BYRON COTTER MR. BENJAMIN DclEON MISS FRANCES H. DICKERSON MR. EDWARD KESSLER MRS. ELIZABETH N. RHODES MRS. ESTHER V. WASHINGTON MR. PHILIP BRAUNSTEIN, Chairman MR. DANIEL BENDER MRS. DOROTHY N. RLUMENTHAL MR. GEORGE J. COHEN MISS SYLVIA COOK MRS. HANNAH R. CURTIS 'J MRS. IRENE L. DEL FAVERO MRS. GAIL L. HOLMES MISS SARA D. OSTROFF COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT MRS. RUTH F. LAVIGNE MR. JEROME L. TRACHTENBERG MRS. ADELE K. SHARGEL MISS ALICE M. STAGER FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT MISS JUDITH KLEIN MRS. JOAN S. HORNSTEIN MRS. CHRISTINE I. DEL VECCHIO 7 MR. LLOYD E. KINGSLEY MUSIC DEPARTMENT MISS DOROTHY I. SCHNEIDER Chairman MRS. ISABELLA M. PFEIL 8 MRS. CONSTANCE IEFKOWITZ MRS. ROSE P. SIMON PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT MRS. LUCILLE W. SISSON MRS. RUTH G. SHERMAN LIBRARIAN Mrs. Anne D. Thomas 12 A E X E C U T I V C E O M M I T T E E EDITH JENKINS EUGENE BOATWRIGHT Vic -Pf9tid nt JEANETTE ANDREWS Prnidtnt ZEIMA DE BERRY Secretory CONNIE ALEXANDER freosurer GWENDOLYN PARKER JEAN SCHAEFER II CONSTANCE ALEXANDER JOYCE BUTLER LEROY BRADLEY DALLAS CAMPBELL 13 CLEVELAND CARTER REBECCA DAVIS DANIEL JAMES MURIEL LUCAS STELLA LEADBETTER MELVIN McBRIDE ALONZO LEWIS GENEVA ODOM roslyn McDaniel GWENDOLYN PARKER SHIRLEEN PITTS MARILYN REEVES JEAN SCHAEFFER WILLIAM SINGLETON I BRENDA SMILEY BETTY SPERLING HELENA STATES BERNICE SMITH JUNE STEWARD PATRICIA SYKES ELMER THOMAS EVELYN VANOVER GLEN TOUCHSTONE EILEEN WARD HARLEY TYLER GAIL WASHINGTON 21 VERONICA WHITEHEAD ALEE WILLIAMS GWENDOLYN SMITH BETTY PHILLIPS MARION MARTIN OTHELLO JONES, JR. Pfiidtnt Vie-Pr tid nt 12 B EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BRENDA PEARSON VICTORIA JENNINGS Secretory LENORA MINNICK Trtofvrer HARVEY OLIVER HELEN McGRIFF JEANNE McGEE m LANA HARRIS ERNESTINE KYER DEVONNE LUCAS GUSTINE MANN I CATHERINE ALEXANDER ANTOINETTE ARTIS DOROTHY ALLEN ROGER ARMSTRONG EVA BARRON LOUISE BELL EMMA BENNETT LILLIE BARRON EDITH BELL JUNE M. BENNETT AMELIA BORELLI DORIS BOWMAN FRED BREITENBACH HAROLD BRANTLEY BOBBY BROOKS GERALDINE BRASWELL NELSON BOWDEN mmmmmt-01 n i ALICE CARROLL LILLIE BROOKS JEAN BROWN JOHN BUFFALO ELLA BURNS BARBARA CHARACTER PATRICIA CLEMONS GLYCERA CRAWLEY DANIEL CRAWFORD BARBARA CRUTCHER CORNELIA COURSEY FRANCES CRENSHAW BETTY EDWARDS LARRY EVANS VERA ERVINGTON MICHAEL FISHER RICHARD ELLINGTON JOHN FENIAK JANET FLOWERS REGINALD FRIDY RUNETTE FULLER l LEONARD GLASCO WILLIE GIVENS CARLETTA GREEN BETTIE HAGANS PATRICIA G. HAMILTON CATHERINE HARNEY LAURA HARRIS SYLVIA HARGROVE LANA HARRIS SARAH HARVEY LUE MYRTIS HASKELL MARY HATCHER HILDA HIETALA STANLEY HUDZINSKI WILLIE LEE HILL CLAUDIA JACKSON ROWENA HOLLEY ALFRED JAMES VICKI JENNINGS GWENDOLYN JONES OTHELLO JONES, JR. 37 RONALD JONES RONALD JORDAN ELLA JOSEPH ANNETTA KACVINSKI BARBARA KNOX WARREN KING ALLEN LEBO JOYCE LOGAN CENELLA LEE GERALDINE LEE SONJA LA MARR ERNESTINE KYER douglas McConnell DEVONNE LUCUS BARBARA LYNN GUSTINE MANN JEANNE McGEE phyllis McDaniel MARZELLA McGILL LLOYD MARSHALL MILDRED MICHAELS VIRGINIA MIKSOVIC FLOSSIE MILLER LENORA MINNICK CLIFFORD MILLER ALLEN MOORE MILFORD MOORE RONALD NICHOL VIVIAN MOORE MARIE DE LOIS NORTON JAMES MORIARTY HARVEY SYLVESTER OLIVER, JR. SANDRA PEEPLES CAMILO PEREZ BRENDA PEARSON HOLLIS REAVES JACQUELYN PERRYMAN BETTY PHILLIPS PEGGY ANN RILEY MARIA R. SANTIAGO f IRMA RICHARDSON DOROTHY ROBBINS FERN ROBERTS DOUGLAS RICHARD ARDSON MARY SCARBOROUGH ANTHONY SHIPLEY MARION SCOTT PRENTISS SIMMONS MARY SINGLETON ELIZABETH SEPAR RUBY SKIPPER LUCILLE SMITH EDWARD SKIPPER GWENDOLYN SMITH BARBARA ANN SMITH ANDREA LYNN STEVENS ERNESTINE STRONG DIANA SWEENEY MERION SUMBRY CAROL TALMADGE DONALD STOKES WILLIE M. THOMAS EDDIE VERDIER CAROLYN THREET BARBARA VUMBACA MIGDALIA VELEZ CAROLYN WALKER ADA WARD FREDERICK WEILER LAURA WEST MITTIE WHITE ERNESTINE WILLIAMS JEAN WILLIAMS LAWRENCE (LONNIE) WRIGHT LOIS WILLIAMS ROSE LEE WILLIAMS ATHLETICS SOCIAL ACTIVITIES CLUBS MUSIC AND ART MR. LIPARI and the SWIMMING TEAM SOUTH SIDERS ALWAYS MR. DELANY AND OUR COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL TEAM South Side's Most Successful FOOTBALL TEAM The Chips Are Down MR. LIPARI AND THE SOCCER TEAM SOCCER OUR CHEERLEADERS AND TWIRLERS PTA INSTALLATION AND FASHION SHOW THE DRESSES WERE DESIGNED SEWED AND JUNE CLASS BLUE MOON DANCE TYPING STAFF Helen McGrifF Diana Sweeney Editorial Staff Edith Jenkins, Editor Freddie Bell Dolores Bolden Doris Bowman Sandra Davis Jacqueline Grier Willie lee Hill Rowena Holley laVern Jones James Judd Sonja la Marr Warren Woodward, Athloties Stella leadbetter Jeanne McGee Marxello McGill Brenda Pearson Marilyn Reeves Jean Schaefer Carolyn Scott Ruby Skipper Carl Stafford Andrea Stevens THE OPTIMIST MRS. LAVIGNE AND ADVERTISING STAFF 76 EDITORIAL STAFF HILLTOP RECORDER MR. BRAUNSTEIN AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE MRS. FARRY AND HEALTH OFFICE STAFF SCIENCE CLUB HOSPITALITY CLUB LIBRARY STAFF JUNIOR RED CROSS 8! STUDENT BANKERS SCHOOL STORE SERVICE CLUB MR. PETITTI AND THE G. O. SENATE THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY MR. CARANGELO AND CHESS CLUB 87 90 EXHIBIT WOODWORK 'V 'VNf 1 ’ •' . r, i When yot rt , in- South Sidfe ' When you're KjSoutl The world is a giant toy b'olloon, YouMaith s JRtag ani And everything, howevGivdarfc Ypo look upln the b Seems like eternaf )une% bceathp Smiles' a And Lighter chases .'Ed fiothing is impoS: ' rT Wn Sodth Siders c When you're in Spilth. Sjcfe ' . There is no roonpT 1nsj.de' V 4 Your heart for wgfr or dismay. South Side's a maatc tojlTc That makes the heart eel gay,. by PATRICIA CIEMONS lefts they constantly piled on us. Bitterly we tackled this work, grumbling te ourselves, Just Who do they thirjk they are, anyway? Why, they'd be out of jobs if it wasn't for us; so why not five us o bijjKlk? And, rememb «. yirls, the big crush we had on that certain captain of the football team. He barely knew we existed, and when that friend told him how we felt, we were ready to crawl into a shell and die. Unable to do this, whenever he started to approach us, we would run the other way. Yes, it all seems so childish now; but that feeling of bitterness and heartache was very real to us during those! years. t We rememb with fenewed heartache, the departure of a well-loured friend or teacher. Mostly, though, we remember the good times we've hacf at South Side. W_e will keep this memory throughout the years. It fs because of this that we will someday say, You know, South Side was to me a second home. G.O., GO by OMEGA DAVIS t what the G.O. has been doing since the da It was organized at South Side High School. The General Organization has been going and growing with the support and encourogement of the school, the directions of Mr. Petitti, the good attendance and efforts of the senators, and the hard work and skills of the G.O. officers. The General Organization is the government of South Side. It has been working hard to make South Side the best high school in the universe. Within the group you will find the leaders of our school working together harmoniously, al- ways willing and able to accomplish a well-done job. The G.O. has given its support and help to many other school organizations. For instance, it purchases uniforms for a number of teams and sports activities, and buys equipment for different You may wonder where the G.O. gets the money to do all these things. The money comes from the sale of G.O. cards and profits from various activities sponsored by the G.O. Your G.O. is democratic—run almost entirely by the student body, under the expert guidance of Mr. fotitti High C and Other Harmonies I -fog. ,-f by CLAUDIA JACKSON Yes sir, high C is a rather difficult note to reach, especially if you're a bass. But most of us (who have hod mixed chorus, glee club, or anything to do with music) have found that Miss Schneider and Mrs. Pfeil the vocal music in-t ib structors, will find another note for you to hit, if tj£ not high C. , At South Side we are lucky to have many varieties of music groups: Orchestra, Band, Dance Band, Mixed Chorus, Girls' Glee Club, Boys' Glee Club, and Madrigals. From my own experience I can tell you that being in Mixed Chorus and Madrigals is a wonderful privilege and Miss Schneider is a very wonderful teacher. What you don't know she v ill teach you, and what little you do know she will teach you more of. It's very easy to get into a music class. All you need is a study period on the right day and at the right time. After that, you have nothing to worry about. Our inspired instructors will take over from there. But there is one exception to this rule- that is Madrigal$.IJL •1 j V In order to get into Madrigals you must be (may I say?) almost outstanding. There also is plenty of hard work that goes with being a Madrigal singer, but it's worth every bit because the work isn't for nothing. It is quite a reward when the audience applauds and, in its own special way, tells you how wonderful you are, and on even greater one when Miss Schneider tells you. Besides, it really is a lot of fun, and all work and no play makes Claudia and all of the other Madrigals very, very dull people. Confessions of a Muscle Man by DONALD STOKES, JR. Early in September, before the start of school. The muscle men are on the job, just working like a tool. They sweat and run, aqd sweat and run Hours and hours till day is done. They rise with the sun, and return with the moon, And still wonder even if that's not too soon. From the biceps to the triceps, From the peroneus to the calconeus, The muscle men try their best To meet their gruesome test. Don't think the muscle man's job is all work and no play. Athletes play, too. Sometimes they play games like, See who can run the fastest, or You hit me when I'm not looking, or If I catch you well see who's the strongest, and many more interesting, enjoyable, and relaxing games. Sometimes (in very rare cases) the muscle man might say a word to a member of the other sex. Then, after a hard week's work and a victorious game, he might just tdke up a girl's invitation and come over to watch the Sunday football game on TV., eat up all her food, and go home. Boy, what a lovely time! . . So, to football, swimming, basketball, To track and baseball. Too, To all our champs let's give a hand. Wejsure can say this hearty band Have earned the name of muscle man. The Type for Typing by AMELIA BOREllt and LOUISE BELL Going down the halls in South Side past rooms 110, 112, and 113, one can hear the sounds of the typewriters racing along to finish a letter, pass a time test, or doing other special assignments. The 1-2 class is listening to the voices of Mrs. Curtis, Mrs. Holmes, Miss Cook, and Mr. Bender saying A, semi, s, I, d, k, f, j, g, h over and over again, until everyone learns the keyboard backwards and forwards. The 3-4 class is struggling with their assignments. The Secretarial Practice class is listening to Miss Stager and Mr. Josephs dictating letters to be typed and talking about the jobs for secretaries. For most of us girls will become secretaries or typists. They will have had a complete commercial background at South Side. Mrs. Del Favero, Miss Cook, Mrs. Holmes, Miss Ostroff offer fascinating classes in shorthand. These1 teachers really make chicken-scratches come alive into a language both interesting and easy to understand. Pupils who have followed through with homework class-work, and hard study will have the assurance that they can enter the business world with confidence. Science Is Tops by ALLEN LEBO and WILLIE MAE THOMAS n It is exciting to realize the discoveries science jects a pupil could take. Those who are enthusi- has made in the past few decades. Most of us astic can master a large part of science, too. understand how man flies in orbits around the Let's take General Science first, for a quick earth at a very fast pace, but fifteen years ago understanding of the course. And then Biology, few people were thinking space. Twenty where we disect worms and frogs. Next„Physics, years ago few television sets were in ese-and; we s'ar [° experiment, aided by. Mrs. these only in electronic experifpenfe. VV© have e a ora,orT' advanced to traveling around the world — hour ana a half—and have only fifty years after man flight. Many high school students think that the study of science is tops: it makes them feel part of the advancement of mankind. ,r. We are convinced that science in South Side is one of the most exciting and interesting sub- Finql Chemistry with Mr. Kanengioser. This. VVno me wona in an many of us fmd j$ our hardest, but most mte st-ove accomp is e t ns suh ioc4. With our own equipment to von. s first feeble efforts at wfth in tne chemistry laboratory, we realf facij like scientists. How exciting, learning the i all the symbols and seeing white clou smoke burst into the air in the lab! Here we a out everything we have learned in class. Some doy we may carry these things out In the adult world of science. M 0 ,2 Invitation to the Dance by JEANNE McGEE This is a telephone conversation between a senior boy who is very shy and a girl he has been admiring. She, too, has been secretly admiring him. Hello, may I please speak to Pu Pam? Uh, this is Ricky. RICKY! Oh, Ricky. How. are you? O.K. ... I guess. Uh, and you? Oh, me? Oh, I'm all right. Uh huh . . . Er-uh, Pam? II Yes? j Uh, I was wondering . . . eram . are . . ' If I what, Ricky? J Well er. . . I er TvThedrd that you liked me. Well, of course. 'YOU DO? I mean, do your' Are you er-am . . . going to the 4B Dance? You know. Couples . . . boy ask girl. I'm not sure. That is, I haven't been asked b W5y SILENCE 'You know, I er-am thought I'd go to the er dance. You knowr' J? Yeah, I thought I'd go, too, but— Well, er-am, I am, I was, er-am, just wondering ?f you'd like to go to the er-am dance . . . if you SILENCE with me? (Whew!) ; Golly, Rick, I'd love to. (At last!) Well, Party I'm glad you jdecided to go. I mean, glad I asked you to go.1 SILENCE. Well, guess I'll be seeing you.4H%.- i OK. Er, Ricky, uh, it was oi and er-am, I guess I'll, er, see Yea Uh, er-uh, Pamr' Yes, Ricky. h. Oh, Pam, Friday at eight? Friday at eight.' ms icky. Friday at eight. + Goodnight, Pam , tifjjjjjfc , o™nigr|fr Ricky. Hey MQTHEffT ' Djancez of 1961 by MARZEUA McGILL rear oil with fHe thougl to redudk The, year was movement ol ro motions verweigtff“h The Pony N (spryly hoppu as if o tigl 5o a great helpl Then, for tho: the Chickei Althougl re desired especially Lof thdf'- who want l ltion® rkmce of the lone with a fast lied by ft Nand ok care of those •riff bylge! ing the head, rn, and jerking the tins of the pony, was 'reducer. [anted to slim the hip and the Waddle came fe were slight variations, the basic steps of both dances were constant movements of the shoulders and the hips. Naturally, the legs would be next, since we had already taken inches from the waistline and hips. For those legs which seemed to have lost their shape because of excessive fat, the Fish was perfect. It was done with a stomp and a fanning of the heels while tipping on the toes. Since there were still reducers seeking to lose the sagging flesh of over-nourished arms, the Fly was introduced. Its basic step was shaking the arms with o slight jerk from side to side.' These dances jtruly turned the scale's nfedle for many an over-weight pe rson. W many an over-weight person. ■Sktm Fashions of the Sixties 1 V by SONJA LA MARR, RUBY SKIPPER, and carl Stafford The boys of the sixties are fashionable dressers. Their slacks wardrobe consists mainly of bells or continental trousers. In the shirt department they wear continental Ivy League shirts, with button-down collars. Some of the boys wear sweaters; others favor sports jackets. Most of the boys have two to three suits. Their footware consists mainly of black shoes, very highly polished. The boys of today are extremely neat dressers compared with teen-agers of yester-year. Along about the time of the Roaring Twen-I -A tils the'sfyre was made up of long waists and 1 short skirts, with a pull-down hat and a slant-in heel to the shoe. Girls affecting fhis garb were known as the flapper girls. m w here we go into the Roof again have a slant-in heel and cTsquare toe. The dresses, skirts, and jumpers have a low waist and a high hem. The blouses are frilly, with lace galore, and the hats are pill boxes set on high. The girls at South Side love that long, loose-fitting thing called the overblouse, dangling over a pleated or straight skirt. They like to add the decorator touch of a belt or ruffles around the edge. -M f f Blouses come in some of the wildest shades of reds, blues, and greens, together with standard black and white. Skirts are rising up the legs year by year. The pleats are getting wider; the width of the straight skirt is getting tighter and Today s fashionable material is that pile stuff called corduroy. It is seen in colors galore, and made up in jumpers, skirts, jackets, suits, and dresses. j| Don't forest the suit in plaids, plains, checks —pleated, straight, and semi-circular. The sweaters made of orlon are the wildest! South Siders dig the keen fashions of 1961, but what will they like in the fall of 1981? Beauty's Sake? by DOLORES MARTONE Its quite obvious that the majority af girls ay go through a great deal of pain for the j ,bea,uty' esPe«aHy with those new-d hairdos constantly being introduced. moment! Are the girls trying to impress the young gen or fri away? Now how about getting ready to ct |M ateyer happened to that good old casual night and the frustration involved in trying to fix look’ Nowadays a looks like a Fr j ‘Take, j rson's not in style unless she h poodle or a shaggy dog. for example, the bee hive. Now, truthfully, have you ever seen a girl actually walking about with a bee hive on her head? ow about the Flip ' where she looks as if eady to take off for the sky at any ------------------------1 - 88 the hair in the best way possible for comfort, but, above all, to make sure it will look exactly as if she had stepped out of a beauty parlor? Into bed she climbs, to find that her head is so big that she has no need for a soft, cushion) pillow. After forty minutes or so turning, she finds that her last alternative sleeping on the nose! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL GRADUATES, and . . . Whatever you do after graduation. Remember the lesson of saving You learned in elementary and high school SAVE REGULARLY THE HOWARD SAVINGS INSTITUTION Main Office: 768 BROAD STREET NEWARK, N. J. 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