Woodbury High School - Sun Dial Yearbook (Woodbury, NJ)

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Afler the fwo hc-arf-breaking games wifh Audubon and Haddon Heighls, when our feam was upsef bofh fimes, we revived enough fo defeaf Glassboro. If was lhen lhaf one of The mosf specfacular plays of fhe season occurred, when Ed Robinson plowed 84 yards down fhe field for a fouchdown. Because of rain, lhe Haddonfield game was posfponed unlil November 22, when Woodbury was slighlly crushed by a slrong Haddonfield eleven, in spife of fhal oulsfand- ing play of Elwood Spoerls, when he ran 80 yards for a fouchdown. Wilh Herb Neilio scoring bolh fouchdowns, we boaf Paulsboro on our muddy field. The annual Thanksgiving Day game wifh Collingswood was really ghasfly. We fumbled endlessly all fhrough fhe game and ended wilh a sadly one-sided score, 26-IZ. Elecfed for nexl year are Frank Rizzufo and Bill Haines as co-capfains of fhe foam. Af fhe same fime, our cross counlry feam was working as hard fo win fheir meefs as fhe foofball feam was lo win lhose games. Alfhough Woodburys harriers did nof have a very successful season as a feam, Frank Harris, capfain, compiled an excellenf individual record by 'raking many firsf places, breaking records, and, his crowning glory, coming in firsf on a five-mile course fhrough lzairmounf Park while he was running for fhe Soufh Jersey Track and Field Associafion. Harris, Vv'asham, Lufz, Porfer, and Meredifh came in among lhe firsl fwenfy al fhe Soufh Jersey Cross Ceunlry Meef. The Woodbury feam came ouf wilh second place honors. Speeddemons. STAN DIN G: Bill Oldf, Manager, Bob Luh, Bob Washam, Frank Harris, Frank Meredillu, Sam Porler, Mr. Paine. KNEELING: John Q Cocciolone, Roy Mellor, Tom McAllisfer, Charles Currier, Slar. Sf

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T 1 I 1 rs.: 1 I1 'Mi' :::.v'x is fe, is gr' . A sw + fo. I Rah! Here comes fhe loam fresh oul of lhe field'hous0. 20 Woodbury High gridiron slars. STANDING: TOP ROW: Mr. Guesl, Henry Thomas, Bob Mussell, Bob Chrone, Fred Herllein, Tom Phil- lippi, John Dixie, Frank Rizzulo, Bill Haines, Herb Neilio, Bob Archi' bald, Ken Galbrailh, Mr. Williamson: SECOND ROW: Dennis Pen- ders, Charles Elison, George Pelers, Elwood Spoerl, Al Crumey, Ed Wilson, Harry Hancock, Joe Raikes, Ed Robinson, Harry McGraHan. Lee McClellan: THIRD ROW: Marlin Oppenheimer, manager, Doug Gehrig, Percy Cliflon, Lonnie Green, Mike Slaflieri, Frank Meyers, Herb Maison, Waller Darlinglon, .lack Ponlon, Harry Sfanley, Bob Becker and Dave Griscom, iunior managers: FRONT ROW: Bill Kokos, assislanl manager, Bud Sfewarf, Ike Hardy, Dick Pierce, Rayliold Williams, Ted Duer, Bob Pine, Dick Guesf, John Hansen, Earl Keeler. Woodbury High School Woodbury, New Jersey December l, I947 Dearesl Pam, Really, Pei, I leel like a chicken wilhoul' a head. I have a perpelual haggard look lhal comes from lack ol sleep and lrying lo smile lhrough clenched leelh. Now lhal lhe push is beginning lo lel up a lillle, I can 'lell you somelhing aboul our darling old school. New sludenls llhose lowly lreshmenl and lhal new look are invading lhe slaid and sleady aimosphere. lvlosi ol us are aclually going from class lo class, seldom or even never referring lo our dog- eared schedules. Uppermosl in our minds is our sporl ol sporls-loolball. The boys slarled lhe season oil wilh a hard loughl 6-O win over Wesl Chesler. The following Friday nighl wilh Neilio and Green doing greal work, Woodbury beal Claylon by a I9-O score in our firsl nighl game since l94l. Againsl' an inexperienced loe, Millville came oul on lhe shorl end ol a 33-6 score, wilh Percy Clillon, a subslilule back, galloping 58 yards for The final Touchdown.

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Wwe Q Mary Tries To score a goal. Now, leT's noT TorgeT The girls. The hoclcey Team wouldn'T appreciaTe iT aT all. IT was ably coached again This year by Miss Taylor, wiTh her assisTanTs, Eleanor Williams, manager, and CaTherine Jaggard and PaT Mulcahy, assisTanT managers, lending a helping hand. The girls were a Tun-loving group, and I Thinlc, even Though They did noT win a championship, They really loved every minuTe OT iT. BeTTy Rislcie. Noreen lVlcCarThy, Lois Craig, Louise Pierce lgoaliel, Pauline Gilliam, lvlary Ferlanie, l-lelen l-loran, Terry STarr lcapTainl, Sue O'Kelly, Gloria Bal- lisTreri, and Pauline Roemer, are seniors and will be graduaTedq buT several oT The girls are younger and will reTurn nexT year, hoping Thal' Their experience will help Them play a beTTer game. The Team had a very Tull schedule, buT Lady Luck seemed To be working againsT Them: They seemed To win all The non-league games. OT The five games won, Tour were noT in The league: The second Collingswood game was a 2-2 Tie. We're all rooTing Tor our hoclcey Team- To-come, and saying To This year's Team, lT's all righT, girls, we lcnow you did your besT, and ThaT's all you could possibly do. The Taylormaids and Gummy. STANDING: CaTherine Louise Pierce. KNEELING: Pauline Roemar, Lois Craig, Sievenson, Eleanor Williams, manager: Paulina Gilliam, Helen Horan, Gummy, Sue O'Kelly, Gloria Ballishari, Noreen McCarTl1y, Terry Sfar, Capfaing BaTTy Risiia, Judy Burnelf. Shirley Waison, CaTl1erine Jaggard, assislanf manager: