Woodmere High School - Patches Yearbook (Woodmere, NY)

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JOHN WEISEL Through no fault of his own. John has acquired the nickname of Weasel , John joined us in our Freshman year. and since then has made his way through high school unreservedly but not unnoticed for his drawl sayings and unexcitable nature. DOROTHY WOLFF Five-foot-two. eyes of blue Dottie is that cute little girl who is always so independent and conscientious about her work fwith the exception of Spanish Classl. Dottie is her preferred nickname. hut her friends often greet her with a Wolff-ish howl. JOHN WORTMAN Johnny's dry remarks accompanied hy his famous ex- pressionless visage have become too well-known to fool the teachers any longer. The world of sports has held most of his interest. and he focused his attention on foot- ball, in which he played particularly well. HARRIET Y ATES Here is a Senior girl well-known for popping up with the wrong remark at the wrong time. There has been many an explosion of laughter at Harriet's witty inter- polalions in all her classes. Harriet livened up the Senior play rehearsals by giving out with piano boogie-woogie. ESTHER ZIBNER Esther's throaty voice can invariably be heard uttering French phrases, which appears to he her favorite pastime. We believe she holds the record for quickly sailing through a speech in English. Spanish. or French. WARREN ZWEIGEL Wzlrreii has rushed about worrying over the financial affairs of hoth Bulletin and the International Rela- tions Club, and successfully endeavored to make the books balance. Warren's work is done quietly, but always as thoroughly and efficiently as he is able. SANFORD SCHAFLER Sandy', is the man-about-town of Woodmere. His wise cracks and funny stories during Senior Play rehearsal kept us going when everything else looked glum. He's quite the actor too and is so much at home on the stage that the other members of the cast are assured of a successful night.

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ROBERT STEINBERG Few classes or clubs have missed hearing some of Bob's favorite puns. All of Bob's time is not spent in joking though. as is shown by his being president of the Inter- national Relations Club. his second place position in the Senior Essay Contest. and his place as sixth in the class. HELENE SULZER Helene is another one of those active and scholarly mem- bers of the class of '44. Tenth in her class. red-headed Helene. has worked on Patches. gone regularly to the Wavecrest Convalescent Home. and has intermingled several sports with her numerous other activities. HOWARD SYRKIN s Tall Syrk '. as the fellows call him. was also a January graduate. He was active in the line of sports. especially in baseball. Although he was forever being kidded about his big feet. he was well liked by all his fellow class- mates as being a really swell person. ENA VOCEL Although Ena's interests have lain outside of school. and. mainly in Omega Pi Lambda. she has nevertheless been a most valuable member of our class. Her pretty face, and friendly personality have brightened many otherwise cloudy days. KATHRYN WALKER An enthusiastic math student. Kay also appreciates the wonder of Chemistry. She was a member of the Spanish Club in her Junior and Senior years and is always willing to hablar at the drop of the pin iwhich she received for excellence in her second year of the languagel. HELEN WALTER llimpled Helen with her frequent giggle has been a favorite of her classmates and rather pleasant headache to the faculty. Helen has made her way into almost every sport and club the school has to offer. Not to be out- weighed by her part in the school activities. her scholar- ship record has placed her fourth in her class. RUTH WEINDORF Little Ruth is one of our more modest and shy class- mates. The Clee Club. with which she appeared in Show- boat . seems to have been Ruth's favorite activity throughout her high school career. Although rather re- served. she has also taken part in several sports. WANDA WEINER Woodmere and the class of '44 gained Walndzl from Hempstead in '51-2. Blonde Wanda gave an enviable per- formance as the attractive usherette in our Senior play. Dramatic Club has also had her membership and has benefited by her honest efforts to help out in any way. ,. wt, Qs, cy' -Wi:-'af-ff Y . ' so K

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SENIOR PLAY On the evening of November 19, l943, at 8:30, a novel variety of melodrama was presented by the Senior Class before one of the largest, most gracious audience that has ever been assembled in the Woodmcre High School auditorium. Under the critical but patient guidance of Miss Frances Russell and with the aid of the whole class, the cast of the Senior Class, presentation, Reserve Two For Murderf, climaxed weeks of rehearsal by satisfying the large gather- ing, which rewarded the players with hearty approval of their efforts. Portrayals especially noteworthy were those of Rita Bordow lEloise lnglefritz, a troublesome problem childl, Sandy Schafler fa rather stupid dctectivel, Albert Postrel fan equally stupid police oflicerl, and Max Lidz fa proverb-spouting Chinese detectivel . Others in the cast included Walter Hcyman tthe corpsel, Renee Hendrickson, Bea Barak, Jeanne Bleistift, Ralph Joseph, Sylvia Kinberg, Helen Goldrich, Milton Davis, .lohn Kent, VVanda Weiner, and Gilbert Kinchen. Well earned credit is also due to a number of other members of the class who insured the success of the undertaking with their tireless efforts in behind the scenesi' capacities. The ne'er to be forgotten of the night: John Kent's superior rendition of the line, Uh glub glubw in his outstanding characterization of a deaf mute.