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

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4 .lidllt nun: M s --1----H W ln the athletsc fseld our boys were racsng toward new honors Bob Banker and Art Desssler starred for the Varssty Football team Harry Eaton and Art Desssler formed a portson of the Varssty Basketball team whsle Tom Messemer John Zsmmer Byron De Mslo and Bob Banker were outstandsng wrestlers We also had a goodly number of boys sn track golf and baseball To cheer the fellows on Sheslah Con don Ruthe Hewlett Judy Harrsson Anna Barbara Post and Joyce Curran made Varssty Cheersng whsle Jackse Adamo Bernse Chsrschella Martha Saenz and Barbara Podssadlo made Junsor Varssty To lead the Student Councsl Fred Badalaments was elected Pressdent Joe De Lucsa Vsce Pressdent and Joyce Curran Secretary Art Desssler was elect ed Captasn of Boys Leaders Club Joan Ksendle Pressdent of Gsrls Leaders Club Bernse Chsrschella Captasn of Whste Team Jackse Adamo Co Captasn of Whste Team Sheslah Condon Captasn of Green Team Ruthe Hewlett Co Captasn of Green Team and Arlene Eqgelsng Drum Masorette of Twsrlsng contest thss year Loss Wslcox achseved the Hsgh Scholarshsp prsze whsle Vsola Kspp was honored by recesvsng the Hsgh School Gsrl school award Ron nse Brookbank recesved the Amerscan lnststutsons prsze and Phyllss Nelson the French Ill prsze Fsrst place sn the Amerscan Legson oratorscal contest went to Don Sheehan wsth Rsta Walukewscz as runner up At last we had reached our Sensor year happy sn one respect yet sad sn another Soon we no long er wsll walk the halls of FHS but snstead the lonq halls of future lsfe To make thss the best Sen sor Class ever we lost no tsme sn electsng our class offscers The results when tabulated showed Joyce Curran Pressdent Joe De Lucsa Vsce Pressdent Bar bara Prettse Secretary and Joanne Schwartzman Treasurer Selected as the staff of the Dalers Skylsne our school paper were Joe De Lucsa Edstor sn chsef Bar bara Podssadlo News Edstor Ronnse Brookbank Sports Edstor Joan Emery Feature Edstor George N 53 Beserlsng Make up Edstor Bsll Kranzler Bussness Manager Fred Badalaments Csrculatson Manager Joyce Curran Exchange Edstor and Stan Ramsden Staff Photographer Marsan Honeyman Clarsce Danselsson and Paul Nagy were members of the hsghly successful Dalers Dance Orchestra In the Fall the tradstsonal Halloween parade was held In the spotlsght were Joanne Schwar tzman and Art Desssler chosen Queen and Ksng of H For weeks members of the class burned the msd nsght osl sn the audstorsum The result of these efforts was Stage Door our Sensor Play whsch wsll long be remembered for sts snspsratsonal and adult at tstude Loss Wslcox was once agasn up on top sn the Thss year she recesved Honor able Mentson sn the Westsnghouse Talent Search a natsonal prosect Eddse Wuebber scholarshsp bracket the fsrst boy cheerleader sn Cheersng squad Bernse Chsrschella was elected Cap tasn of the Cheerleaders Among the thsngs we wsll remember most are our St Patrsck s Day Dance Msss Ssmmond s Englssh classes Sensor Dress up Day the Faculty Leaders Club Basketball game Seven Lonely Days the Hon or Socsety snductson our Class Day pscnscs Stage Door the Sportsnsghts the Sensor Ball and Gra duatson Day Our last undertaksng the 1953 Hs Lsfe ss com pleted Our staff sncluded Joanne Schwartzman Ed stor sn chsef Barbara Podssadlo Asssstant Edstor Ed ward Wuebber Bussness Manager Pat Patterson Asssstant Bussness Manager and Fred Badalaments Art Edstor Forever smprsnted sn the hearts of all of us wsll be the memorses contasned here sn To the school and to the people who made st what st ss we say 'Thanks For The Memorses X 4 X 4 4 A I I D ' 1 4 , , , . . , - . I . I . 1 I I .1 . 7 ' , 1 u I 1 1 ' 1 . 1 ' . 1 I . 1 . . . , , . . I I T ' 1 ' ' 1 I I . I s . - I . I . 1 1 1 F S. b 1 I . - ' . ' ' , ' . ll 11 - - 1 1 1 1 , a I I A w . - 1 1 . J 1 . . i . , - . , ' , . - . : . I . , , , I : 1 - 1 ' ' , E I I . I . . Joanne Schwartzman placed first in the essay many years, added pep and color to the Jay Vee I . ' ' I ' . ' B I . . , I 1 . , . 1 . ' 1 ' . I . ' Il ll 1 1 ' ' -, . . - . . H 1 1 . . G I - H . i n . . I I I 1 1 , - l - . I . . . - . Q : . -. - . 7 . , . I - 1 1 ' 1 ' - ' 1 - 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' ' 1 1 , . I . . . . I 1 . I . -. . . I - . . . ' 1 . J . 1 ' n . I ' ll : 1 : -

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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

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mf 'WK ww! .lzifamenf X Each and every memory That follows here we leave to thee A token of great unuty And spark of sumple gauety JACKIE ADAMO leaves hummunq Sonny Boy RICHARD ALSTER leaves for hus home across the Zum mer lune un South Farmungdale HARRIET AMMON leaves on the 3 28 bus to Levuttown FRED BADALAMENTI leaves hus success and popularuty to a worthy Junuor MARLENE BALDASSANO leaves to revuse Webster s duc tuonary ROBERT BANKER leaves hus buuld to lummy Smuth ELIZABETH BECKER leaves her shyness to Helen Bock VIRGINIA BECKER leaves her smule to a sober faced Freshman GEORGE BEIERLING leaves to become Eunsteuns pro tege JOHN BIRKENTALL leaves for the land of orchuds roses and carnatuons CHESTER BROMAN leaves lookung for that certaun wo man RONALD BROOKBANK leaves behund an actuve hugh school career GERALDINE BROSKI leaves arm un arm wuth Arlene ROBERTA BURMESTER leaves her long haur to some wug manufacturer EVELYN CALLAGHAN leaves the Latun Club wuthout a Presudent Moore JOE CARLUCCIO leaves hus pegged pants to Howue Stern VINCENT CERISANO leaves stull tellung tall tales BERNIE CHIRICHELLA leaves her sweet ways to be re membered by all SHEILAH CONDON leaves to seek her name un lughts on Broadway TOM CONROD leaves hus crew cut wuth hus brother Bob JOYCE CURRAN leaves as Farmungdales top candudate for All Amerucan Gurl CLARICE DANIELSSON leaves for Phul Sputalnys All Gurl Orchestra CHARLES DAVIS left after graduatung un three and a half years ARTIE DEISSLER leaves the Boys Leaders Club to next years Captaun JOE DE LUCIA leaves the Dalers Skylune to anyone who wants to go batty fast BYRON DE MILO leaves hus crew cut to Marco Bruno MARIETTA DENES leaves her neatness to anyone un need of ut MURIEL DE VINE leaves her abuluty to concentrate t Henry Valadez MARGARET DOYLE leaves her quuet wavs to Eunuce de Beaumont HARRY EATON leaves to outsleep Rup Van Wunkle ARLENE EGGELING leaves her twurlung leadershup to Dotty Lackert JOAN EMERY leaves to become the furst woman Presu dent of the Unuted States Y MARION FEDDERSON leaves Mrs Ketcham munus an excellent worker HELEN FISHER leaves her stature to Terry Ellus JANE FONSS leaves Mr Mahoney munus a creatuve wruter ORLAN FORSTER leaves tryung to replace nylon SHIRLEY FOX leaves her unturung efforts to be admured GEORGE GALANTE leaves quuet but ever so nuce JOE GEHLING leaves hus good naturedness to a needy underclassman NANCY GENGENBACHER leaves for Kurby and the a tar ANNA GERRY leaves as quuetly as when she came ROSETTA GIOIA leaves to add to her earrung collectuon DOROTHEA GOETZ leaves wuth everyone stull yellung Goats ROBERT GOUDREAU leaves headung back to Detrout ROBERT GRAY leaves hus happy ways to Sad Sack ANN GRECO leaves FHS munus one of uts most outstand ung leaders JUDY HARRISON leaves to help Francus deluver the mau FLO HAWKINS leaves a never to be forgotten perform ance un Stage Door ROBERT HENDEL leaves hus polka dot bow tues to Mr Corsa RUTHE HEWLETT leaves memorues of a well dressed gurl HELEN HICKS leaves to become Muss Secretary of T954 MARIAN HONEYMAN leaves to be remembered always as Farmungclales own Kate Smuth JOAN HORAN leaves her school spurut to all those un need of ut JULIAN INNISS leaves hus uovual dusposutuon to be ad mured DOROTHY JENS leaves her wullungness to work to a lazy Junuor EUNICE JENSEN leaves to become a Mrs ELLEN JOYCE leaves fresh as a dausy MARGIE KECK leaves wuth the tutle of Muss Fugure of 1953 ROBERT KEHRER leaves hus suster followung close be un ANN KERESEY leaves to meet Freddy JOAN KIENDLE leaves a uob well done as Presudent of Gurls Leaders Club VIOLA KIPP leaves an outstandung example of courage and sunceruty MURIEL KISSAM leaves un her maroon gym suut WILLIAM KNIGHT leaves hus heught to Bully Lloyd WILLIAM KRANZLER leaves sellung Skylune ads at the corner of Maun and Conklun Streets CLAUDETTE LA POINTE leaves her pretty peepers to a sleepy eyed Soph RICHARD LECROPANE leaves glad to be goung MILDRED LEITGEB leaves stull blushung AUDREY LEONARD leaves her cheery manner for some one Ise to follow JOYCE LISSENDEN leaves the Junuor Class wuth regrets that shes not stayung 4.11 of ' kg ' . - ' u . - . - I 'u. - JIMMY CARLTON - leaves his little black book to Al RICHARD HOGAN -leaves unattached. fThat manll ! . . h. di . -t 1 n l O 4 u l 54