Weldon E Howitt High School - Hi Life Yearbook (Farmingdale, NY)

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CLASS FLOWER CLASS COLORS Red Rose Blue and Silver CLASS N N POEM We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams. Graduation is our awaker, And we put to use our themes.- A refrain of four years spent here Lingers hauntingly in our brains. Regretfully we shed a tear For the place where we first made gains. Young, so young were we, Playing on the scales of knowledge, Singing an undecided melody: Will it be work or college? Our tunes oft did not coincide, We learned harmony with age, Discordant notes struck in pride Were attuned by teachers, wise and sage Now, with wisdom hardly acquired We try to write our song of success. ls the melody inspired? Are the lyrics lacking finesse? Only time can tell, yet we are assured, And this faith we do proclaim: Our teachers' aid, procured, Will enroll us in the Hit Parade of Fame. Marlene Baldassano 51

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uSchool Days, School Days, Dear Old Golden Rule Days C add .illdfory We stand before you about to play the last note of a score that has guven us four years of enloyment and knowledge Wuthun uts pages there have been solo parts but ut us the combuned contrubutuons of the unduvudual parts blendung together whuch have made thus puece a success Before movung on to lufe s more advanced musuc we ask you to bear wuth us and lusten once more to thus happy straun We thunk back four years ago to 'I949 when we were Freshmen enterung Farmungdale Hugh From that day forward we were begunnung to develop the funer pounts of our character and personaluty wuth a successful hugh school career as our ultumate goal For us the Freshman year was one of confusuon coupled wuth delught Many of us wull remember our frequent searches for the fourth floor and uts mys teruous swummung pool and certaunly we shall never forget Muss Youseys novel Englush l classes un room ln the sports department the boys could be found partucupatung un football basketball and track Not only the boys were outstandung un sports but also the gurls partucularly Joan Kuendle Ann Greco and Barbara Podsuadlo who were on the Honor Softball team Through the combuned efforts of Mr Van Arnam duced much to the enloyment of all classes The year was not fuddled away as proven on Class Day when Joyce Curran won the Cutuzenshup and General Scuence pruzes Ruthe Hewlett attauned the Hugh Scholarshup award Jane Wedell was cred duted wuth the Elementary Algebra pruze and Pat Patterson gauned the Effort pruze Wuth one year of valuable hugh school experu ence to our credut we began to progress rapudly as we came upon our Sophomore year 195051 That year we organuzed for the furst tume electung Fred Badalamentu Presudent Ann Greco Vuce Presu dent Joan Kuendle Secretary and Tom Conrod Treasurer On the football fueld Bob Banker Art Deussler Frank Rathgeber Juluan lnnuss and Chet Broman were begunnung to make themselves heard Whule un the gym shunung for our Junuor Varsuty Basketball team one could see Harry Eaton and Art Deussler Bob Gray Frank Rathgeber Bob Banker and Art Deussler had the honor of beung chosen to be gym N 52 leaders Not to be outdone by a longshot our gurls were begunnung to exhubut theur skulls un hockey volley ball pung pong and basketball To lead un these sports Joan Kuendle Sheulah Condon Joyce Cur ran Barbara Podsuadlo Ann Greco Ruthe Hewlett and Maruan Honeyman ware elected to the Gurls Leaders Club Our two Twurlers Arlene Eggelung and Helen Hucks gave commendable performances whule leadung our marchung band at football games Throughout the year members of the class be came actuve un varuous clubs and actuvutues Fred Ba dalamentu was elected Treasurer of our Student Councul by a commandung margun over hus opponent Thus year marked the begunnung of the up and down staurway rule As the bell rang everyone poured forth from class un a mad rush The race was on to see whether students would get up the down staurs before Muss Roberts had a chance to squelch theur efforts Wuth the aud of our sponsor Mrs Mace we pre sented a dance 'The Soph Hop whuch proved to be very successful Scholastuc awards were won by Barbara Ness ler who won the Hugh Scholarshup award Claruce lus Nelson who won the pruze for Effort Dorothy Jens who won furst pruze un the annual essay con test and Lous Wulcox who receuved Honorable Men tuon un the Scuence Congress As our Junuor year came upon us un September 'l95'l we realuzed that we had a potentually smooth functuonung hard workung group un our mudst Thus year would go a long way toward provung ut Under the durectuon of Mr Lopez we elected our class of fucers Fred Badalamentu as Presudent Ronnue Brook bank as Vuce Presudent Joanne Schwartzman as Sec retary and Tom Conrod as Treasurer Auded by these offucers and the Executuve Coun cul the Junuor Class presented a Fall dance Rags to Ruches and one of the funest Junuor Proms un FHS hustory Apple Blossom Tume on Mcuy l7 T952 The beautuful valley wuth green hulls a babbl ung brook and hundreds of apple blossoms was a perfect settung for the Queen of our Prom Joyce Curran and her attendants Pat Patterson and Anne Pourung . I . . . I I . I . . . . . . . . . . . . I I I I ' . . . . , , , ' I I 1 ' ' 1 I I I 1 . . . I , , I ' I I . I . I - I . . , . . , 205. I . . . I I . a ' . . r ' I ' ' , ' ' I 11 - I I , . I I . . I . and 'he l0CUl C'V'C 9 0UPSf 'he Canleen WGS 'NFO' Danielsson, who won the World History prizeg Phyl- ' . I . J I I . . . I I . . I . I I . . . I I , . . I I I . . I . . I ' I . . . - f ' ' f ' ' 1 ' ' I , . I . I I , 1 , - - I I . ' , : , ' ' ' - ' ' II ' 1 I . . . ,, . . . . I I I I ' ' - u - 11 I I I I I I I . I . . I I I . I I ' . I l I I I I