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Page 8 MEHRICK LIFE Thursday, October 8, 1955 MEPHAM MEMOS by Bob Burger - FR - 8-6598 This fall Mepham High School welcomed eleven new members to the faculty. Janet M. Canavan - sophomore English, Michael G. De Ruvo - sophomore English, Miriam C. Franco-Spanish 1 and French 1, David George - driver education, Francine L. Haspel - biology, Harold Horgari - sopho more citizenship education, Mary E. Loughlin - sophomor^ c itizen ship’ education and English, Wil liam B. T. Mock - special English, Thomas F. Mulligan - sophomore citizenship education, Kenneth A. Rutley - elem entary and inter m ediate algebra, and Charles Anthony Ryan - chemistry and biology. The school band selected Arthur Pritchard as their captain for this yOi«r. We wish Arthur good luck, land know he will do a good job. Patti Shields is the new drum m ajorette. The senior twirlers are: -Carol Ann Buquet, Joan Duda, Lois Davidson, Judy Hirsch and Sue Sirota. The junior twirlers in clude: Hazel Kiefer, Anita K o r-. shak, Margie Schcckman, Alice Thommason and Nancy Weiner. The Skull and Bones Dramatic Society had election of officers recently. The officers are: presi dent - Linda E. Mandel, vice- president - Elaine Johnston, sec retary-treasurer - Ellen Tucker, publicity manager - Michael Swagwl, and program chairman • Carol Lee. The Tripod Club also wishes to announce its' newly elected offi cers. They are president - Miriam Helm, vice-president - Richard Laskin, secretaries - Judy Ecuyer and Robert Wenz. In my last column, I said that I would give you the total General Organization Sales at Mepham. Well„, I am happy to report that they have more than reached their g o a l...O n e thousand sixty seven tickets were sold out of fourteen hundred students. Chi-Lambda-Phi. a Mepham sorority held a tea September 23, at the home of Joan Edelman. In- stallaticm services will take place at Judy Rubin's home. Now for some sport news -- Our football team , on Saturday - October 8, hopes to have its first victory of the season over Baldwin High. The team looks forward to a good attendance, so - LET’S ALL TURN \OUT” AND ROOT THEM TN\. Your reporter will be there and will write a detailed descrip tion of the game which will ap pear in the next issue. Junior High^s Spy Richard WeisRknff * Tryouts for the varsity cheer- i leading squad have been coin- 1 pleted with the original 124 can- I didaies reduced to 34. Fifreen- I teachers made the final selection using the point system. The team { is Carol Wilner, ninth grader; Barbara Cohen, Elizabeth Geller, , Sandra Grebinar: Nancy Levine; : Joan Speer; Carol Scheckman and Sandra Vause. i It was a damp, raw Saturday , ? morning, October 1, with few y spectators on hand when the Mer- } rick Avenue Junior high team took ' to the scrimmage field against j Hempstead. Neither team made a touchdown. j The officiaT season begins Sat- ' urday when the team meets Wan- ; tagh field. Game tim e is 10 ’ o'clock in the morning. Eat a big { breakfast and come on out to sup port the tea m ! The Guidance department con- ‘ ducted its first session Monday with ! an explanation of its purposes. •' Discussions of the 'program were held in each homeroom following the session. No m atter what interests a junior high student may have, he will ^ find it in one of the clubs planned thisyear. The followinghave been suggested; Junior Classic League, English club, International Rela tions club. Philology club; Pen- : Palclub, Dramatics club, a school newspaper, Current Events club. Student Government association, Reading club, Library ,club, a branch of the New York State His torical Association: Mathematics club, French club, Aft club, Photography-club, Scieece club, Nature club, Arts and Crafts club. C h e fs club, Cooking c lub. Sew ing Club, Model club, Woodcraft club, Leather craft. Machinists club, Buainess club. Bridge club. Boat club. Tennis club, and a Junior Red Cross. Students who ride bicycles to school are warned to..lock them. PTA Makes Changes In Program Schedule Mrs. Leo Friedland and Mrs. D. Cartier, chairmen of the parent education com m ittee of the Mer rick Avenue Parent-Teacher asso ciation, have announced a sched ule of meetings between parents and teachers. Parents of grade two will meet at 3:15 in Room 6 on Monday, parents of grade four will m eet Tuesday at 3:45 in the cafeteria and parents of grade four will meet in room 35 at 3:45 next Thursday. SaruMt Motors, Juc. SALES • SERVICE - PARTS - A u l k o r h J FORD C^arA a n d ^ r u c L i NEW — USED o Front End Aiigned • Balonced - Straightened 0 Axles & Fram e s Stral^hteneu P a i t e n g e r C a rt and Truckt o Collision Complete «*d Body Shop FReeport 9-2801 •,280 W. S u n rit# Highway (et b «7 t 1« w at «.) 'Freeport^ N. Y. 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