Westbury High School - Wing and Spur Yearbook (Westbury, NY)

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HISTORY CLUB The History Club was started in Westbury High School in 1949. Throughout that year, its members attended many forums with various other schools at Sewanaka High School. This year, the History Club has expanded its pro- gram. Its members took part in the American Legion Oratorical Contest and the L nited Nations National Student Contest. The group visited the United Na- tions at Lake Success. In October, they gave an assembly for the high school during “National Edu- cation Week.” In April, the History Club held a forum in which many schools on Long Island participated. The History Club is headed by Stephanie Schram, President, Olga Babiuk, Vice-president and Gloria Monteforte, Secretary. Through the help of Miss Harriette Kuhlman, the History Club is establishing itself as an import- ant club. 15

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BAND Lots of credit should be given our band for their great improvement in the past year. Besides play- ing for many assemblies, they also made the inter- missions of the Senior Play quite enjoyable. Mr. Dougherty took over the leadership of the band in December. CHORUS What the chorus lacks in number, it makes up with enthusiasm. By its participation in the en- joyable Christmas assembly, Westbury’s chorus has shown good prospects under the able direction of Miss Meduna.

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WING AND SPUR Congratulations arc in order for the industrious workers on the various committees of our Wing and Spur. Supervised by Joan Dysko, editor-in-chief, and Miss Harriette kuhlman, faculty advisor, the committees worked enthusiastically to make this Wing and Spur the best to come to Westburv. The composition of the book was due to the work of a group headed by the editors and several members of the Senior Class. Beverly Parillo, editor of the literary committee, and her assistants wrote the copy for the typing staff headed by Hose Strada. 1 he art committee with Ed Weisz as editor made the book more interesting with their drawings and in- cidentals. A great deal of credit must be given to the members of this committee, who met with Mr. Heist each week to discuss their drawings, which do not be- gin to indicate the amount of time and energy con- sumed in assembling them. John Kennedy, who headed the photography com- mittee, had the difficult job of collecting and selecting snapshots, making picture schedules and selecting pic- tures for the yearbook. Mr. Wesley Graves was the faculty advisor for this committee. The financial aspect of the book fell upon the finance committee with Ernestine Parillo as business manager and Mr. Ray Southard as supervisor. The money was raised by getting advertisements, patrons, and boosters. The advertisements don’t begin to show the amount of foot work that was necessary to acquire them. 16