Weaver High School - Portal Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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CLUBS PROBE CAREERS This year the Weaver Future Teachers’ Associa¬ tion became an active school organization. The year’s activities were begun under the guidance of a new adviser, Mrs. Marie Gubitz, with a lecture by Miss Donna Adcock. Club members also held a lively Christmas party, a stuffed animal sale for the Connecticut Society for Crippled Children and Adults, and a candy sale. On the final day of exams in January, the F.T.A. sponsored a luncheon with Mr. Curtis of the American School for the Deaf as guest speaker. Another F.T.A. project was the Student Teacher Exchange Day held on Valen¬ tine’s Day. This was the first time in many years opportunity to teach their own classes. The years’ activities were closed by a trip to New York and a cookout. The highlight of the year’s activities for the Girls’ Business Club was the reunion held early in the year. Girls who were senior members last year and have since entered the world of business were invited to see their alma mater. They talked with this year’s members and gave the girls a hint of what their future might hold. The Christmas party held in December was a success. The final event of the year was a field trip in the late spring. Renee Klau prepares for Future Teachers’ Club candy sale. Marilyn Fishberg intently studies the paper she is to type. Helena Marshall, President of the Future Teachers’ Club. 20

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DRAMATIC CLUB STAGES “THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 16” The Weaver thespians again delighted their audi¬ ence with this year’s performance, “The Night of January 16,” a courtroom drama which enabled the audience to participate in the action by being mem¬ bers of the jury. Miss Ann Nelson, Dramatic Club adviser, successfully directed and encouraged the actors and actresses. Through many frustrating even¬ ing rehearsals, the players learned the basics of the theater as well as how to maintain their poise in the face of crisis. Those who worked behind the scenes deserve as much credit as the actors, for without its devoted stage crew, the Dramatic Club could not have functioned as smoothly as it did. As the Bard once phrased it, “The play’s the thing ...” This year’s delegation to the Junior City Council consisted of four seniors: Jesse Goldstein, Russell Kaplan, Rashelle Townsend, and Edgar Teale. Work¬ ing under the able leadership of Mr. Paul Coons, they strove to solve the problems of the schools, including the expansion of the Driver’s Education Program and the exemption of the lower class students of B-f averages from finals. The council may not have accom¬ plished all of its original goals, but its members did learn the basics of city government, how to run the community for the benefit of the citizens. The Foreign Policy Association, guided by the help¬ ful advice of Mr. Bradford Ames, enjoyed another successful year. As in the past, the F.P.A. traveled to the United Nations to learn about the importance of this powerful organization. Club members also learned about the many jobs the U.N. performs. A few fortunate F.P.A. members were able to spend a week in Washington, D.C., where they observed senators at work, visited famous landmarks, and had an all-around marvelous time. DRAMATIC CLUB: (Row 1, left to right) Edward Lazer, Larry Jainchill, Eugene Seymour, Jesse Goldstein. (Row 2) Jo-Anne Baccielo, Carol Zwick, Anita Lazer, Susan Kopel, Ewart Skinner. (Row 3) Linda Avseev, Ilona Yousman, Nancy Neckes, Paul Spector, Cheryl Weisman, Bernard Shreiber, Etta Birenbaum, David Krumholz, Jay Wish, and Marla Cohen.

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11 1 ft w 1 ' % • .. IE JF ' . ■ • • ' FUTURE TEACHERS’ CLUB: (Seated) Renee Klau, Sandra Baum, Marguerite Zamlauski, Caro¬ lyn Eskey, Susan Glasband, Helena Marshall (pres¬ ident), Susan Pennington. (Standing) Diane Sockut, Ellen Berson, Mrs. Marie Gubitz, and Dona Rothberg. GIRLS’ BUSINESS CLUB: (Row 1, left to right) Judy Dorman, Anne Rubin, Hope Lessinger (president), Marilyn Fishberg. (Row 2) Betty Donar, Peggy Walker, Diane Sockut, Anita Kaplan, Monica Cassello. (Row 3) Judy Harrison, Regina Cox, Faith Okun, Annie Moses, Rita O’Bryant, Suzanne Ratner, Dawn Amlo, Barbara Curry, Stephanie Nicholas. (Row 4) Carol Rosen¬ blatt, Barbara Davis, Lois Marshall, Charlotte Eastwood, Carolyn Holden, and Debbie Mitchell. A