Thanks to Judy Schneider and Howie Phillips, your
class historian has been given carte blanche to write
what ever his little heart desires. Here it comes.
OUR YEAR BOOK
Due to printing costs and political interference certain
categories were omitted from the '57 year book. They
are as follows:
LUCKIEST MALE STUDENT: Jimmy Petrecca. He dated
Diane Smith.
MOST DEVIOUS: A tie ! Mike Ziccardi and George Kolinsky.
Note: Who would have figured George as a future IRS agent ?
MOST LASCIVIOUS GRIN: Louie Russo.
MOST MISCHIEVIOUS: Baby-faced Jim McFadyen. If something
was awry Jimmy was usually in close proximity.
BEST MEDIATOR BETWEEN CLIQUES: Obviously, Grace Rosso.
She deftly navigated between the crew cuts and suedes. Just
why we referred to the crew cuts as "Gee Boys" will never be
known.
GREATEST TALKER and MOST DISCOMBOBULATED TALKER:
Judy Schneider and Jolene Boyer. You figure out who was what.
GREATEST ATHLETIC SURPRISE: Michael Mortensen. After
high school Mike grew to over six feet and 230 lbs and played
semi-pro football. The foregoing, of course, is an abject lie by
your writer.
MOST SERENE: Poor Madelyn Senna. She was the only
girl in Jenny Harris's algebra class which was also comprised
of half the nut cakes of our class.
THE ELITISTS: All people from Radburn. It was a wonder that
they even spoke with us Warren Pointers.
MOST SWEETEST GIRL: Once again we have a tie. Adrianna
Camp and Barbara Miller. Pleasant to all, even the nut-cakes.
MISS MAIDEN FORM OF THE CLASS OF '57: We all know
who that was, don't we !
CLASS POLITICAL SCIENTIST: Well one could put Ralph Pine
as the winner but Stuart Samuels is the better choice. Stu
drove most of us nuts when he went into his political discussions.
Now he is a documentary film producer in Canada. Just why he
won't make a movie out of my novel is pure selfishness. (grin)
MOST EASY GOING: Has to be Mike Summers. Mike had a
good word about everyone. Perhaps, Coach Bennett was the
exception.
SHORTEST CREW CUT: Fred Shortman. In the turbulent
sixties Fred grew his hair to shoulder-length. If you believe
the foregoing then you are as discombobulated as Jolene.
OUR COWBOY: Fred Scheps, replete with Gene Autry
hat. Fred, ironically, was deathly afraid of horses. Oops,
another untruth. Just can't help myself.
That concludes the Class of 1957 yearbook omissions.
Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. And now for
a bit of trivia.
FAIR LAWN TRIVIA
WARREN POINT: A Mr. Warren, a farmer in the late 1800's
owned land from the Passaic to Saddle Rivers. Just think,
had he not sold out his descendents would have owned
a strip of Route 4, Shaw's Drug Store, Hway Theatre, Bowling
Alley and McDonalds. Where was his Merrill Lynch account
rep ?
EARLIEST SETTLERS: The Leni-Lenape resided in FL about
12,000 years ago. Like the Sioux in South Dakota, white folks
screwed them as well.
DUNKER HOOK: Translates to "Dark Corner" in Dutch.
COLUMBIA TERRACE: Content deleted. Nobody cares.
DODGE BALL IN GYM: An interesting game when
30 classmates stood around a circle trying to pound
the hell out an unfortunate one who stood in the middle.
Howie Phillips loved this game especially when Fred
Scheps let one fly that broke Howie's finger.
And now since I've bored you to tears, this concludes
FLHS Memories Part 2.
Very graciously submitted,
Bob Grubb
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