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Seniors Have Last Fling

The first Senior class of West Islip High School opened Senior Week
with a bang! Seniors came dressed in costumes "fit to kill". They
paraded about all day laughing and giggling. Spectators stood agape
as the seniors moved from class to class.
The sixth period finally came. Students hastened to the auditorium
to view the Senior Follies. Ronnie Frank, a vicious looking pirate
(really the Senior Class president), introduced Ed Sullivan, that is,
Martin Taft in disguise (or was it Ed Sullivan in disguise?). Anyway, the
show went on to the first act--the Girls Orchestra. The senior girls
played with Jerry Azzara at the piano and Jimmy Amato on guitar
assisting them. Arlene Gilbert led the dancing. She was later joined by
John Pinnero, Gene Southard, Jack McKelvey, Lance Ewell, Tom Kroll,
and Paul Himmelsback (sporting knobby knees).
Loretta Mullins continued the show with some exhibition tap dancing.
Witty Victor Borge (or was that Cy McCabe with a mustache?) decided
that people should pronounce punctuation marks---pfht.
Fran Leguillow, Ruth Lopez, Carmelita Schoeps, Lucy Mirabile, Carol
O'Brien, and Arlene Gilbert did an exhibition cha-cha.
Fran Leguillo did the drama skit "Sorry Wrong Number". Ruth Lopez
recited "Da Horse" or "Da Rear End" or the "Da Tail" or something. She
portrayed a little boy who was making his first stage appearance.
Joan Hughes, dressed as a sweet little girl with freckles, sang "Smile"
(W.I. second Joni James).
Ed R. Burro (Dave Kinchla) interviewed two prominent people on the
"Person to Person Show" on WIHS. Marla Branda (Fran Capparelli)
who plugged her next movie "I Was a Teenage Guinea Pig for Sputnik"
and Esther Darling Fishtail (Eleanor Emmerich), whose husband seemed
to have fallen from a canoe. Marla also sang "Be Bop, Baby".
Barbara Haggerty, Karen Carr, and Eileen Brennan sang "Since You
Went Away To School".
Tuesday, of Senior Week, was a quiet day in the high school since the
seniors left for Belmont for their class picnic. Laughing, singing, eating,
and playing baseball were some of the things they did.
Wednesday was Dress-Up Day when all the seniors wore their best
clothes, and Thursday night was the Senior Dinner Dance. The yearbook
was presented to Miss Foley at this time.
This completed the activities of one hectic Senior Week!

Commencement Set For June 22
The first annual West Islip High School
Commencement will be held on June 22, at
3:00pm in the high school auditorium. Over
ninety seniors are eligible to receive
diplomas which will be presented by Mr.
Livingston Jennings, Chairman of the West
Islip Board of Education.
The music will be supplied by the West
Islip High School Chorus and Orchestra.
They will present the "Alma Mater" and the
"Fight Song".
The Valedictorian and Salutatorian will
be honored. A senior boy and girl will be
awarded a war bond by the PTA.
Other awards will be the B'nai Brith Award
for outstanding brotherhood, the Teachers'
Association Scholarship, the Lions' Club
Scholarship, the American Legion Medal for
history, and the Bausch and Lomb for
science.

W. I.    Offers      Summer
Recreation Program Free
  The West Islip Board of Education
will again offer a program of free
summer recreation. This year though,
they will give to all interested an
additional attraction of swimming in
the new High School pool.
   The activity program will be con-
ducted at Higbie Lane School,
Paumanok School, Secatogue
School, and the West Islip High
School. It will be composed of arts
and crafts, games, athletics and
special events.
  The swimming program will be di-
vided into classes or groups to
suit the wants and desires of all
concerned.
   A program of instruction will be
held for all present fifth and sixth graders who cannot swim.
  Recreational swimming will be
held for young adults from fourth to
eleventh grades, for adults, and for
families who desire to swim together.
The family swimming will be held
on Wednesday evenings from 7:30
to 9:30 p.m.

Question: Are you an organ-
ized jellybean eater
eater (OJBE)
or an unorganized jelly-
bean eater?(UJBE)
(Definition: An OJBE eats
just one color at a time or
only one color. A UJBE eats
any color jellybeans in any
order.)
Pam Whitcomb '59 is an
OBJE. She eats red jelly-
beans.
Lorraine Kearney ' 59 is a
UJBE. She eats everything.
Mr John O'Donnell is a UJBE.
Miss Doris Near is an OJBE.
She eats all the red ones first.
Mr John Russell is a UJBE.
Fred Christopher '59 is a
UJBE.
George Siciliano '59 is a
UJBE. He eats everything
except the black ones.
Ruth Lopez '58> is an OJBE.
She eats the red ones.
Bob Kutkiewicz '59 is an
OJBE. He eats the red ones.
Todd Clist '59 is an OJBE.
He eats black jellybeans.
Jay Pulver '59is an OJBE.
He eats all the colors but
all of one color at a time.
Mr. Joseph Zeichner is a UJBE.
Richard McConnell '61 is
an OJBE. He eats the yellow
and green ones only.
Bill Craft '59 is a UJBE.
He eats them all except the
green ones.
Kathleen Moore '60 is a
UJBE.
And what does this prove?
It proves that simple things
like eating jellybeans may
tell a lot about a person, and
that there still remains a little
of the April Fools spirit.

The Junior Student Council Sock Hop,
held on Friday evening, May 16, drew a
crowd of 270 casually clad seventh
through ninth graders, sporting socks of
every size, shape and decor imaginable.
To acknow- ledge the efforts of those
wearing these displays of students' im-
agination, a contest was held to single
out the most originally decorated pair.
Pat Davis of seventh grade walked off
with the prize for her clever interpre-
tation of two little rag dolls sewn on her
socks. She received three records. To
highlight the evening once again, a
lindy contest, won by Sherry Guidice
and John DiMao of eighth grade, was
held. Jane Gordon claimed the door
prize with her lucky ticket, number 175.
Coke, potato chips, and pop records
helped create the [;casual atmosphere
amidst which danced the bobby soxers.
This insured the success of the Sock
Hop, which was the last dance this
year, sponsored by the Junior Student
Council.

The Staff Predicts Senior Occupations

Jimmy Amato--Halloween

mask manufacturer.

Jerry Azzara--Tea-tester

in coffee factory.

Phil Bonamo--engineer.

Eileen Brennan--Esther

William's replacement.

Donald Butts--Madison

Avenue ad man.

Fran Capparelli--T.V.

broadcaster for the

San Francisco Giants.

Al Carioscia--cameraman

for ABC.

Karen Carr--fortune teller.

Marie Carrano--acrobat.

Rose Marie Carrana--out-

door education instructor.

Jean Chmela--cowboy

Richard Chianese--airplane

pilot.

John Cody--high school

principal.

Lenny Costanza--TV card

boy.

Mike Cox--traffic cop

Val Cuillo--Long Island

RR conductor.

Tom Coker--count-off man

at Cape Canaveral.

Maureen Clausey--insurance

saleswoman.

Barbara Cotumaccio--pro-

fessional skin diver.

Ray da Silva--cashier in

First National Bank.

Alan Ewell--pro basket-

ball player.

Lance Elwell--male model

Eleanor Emmerick--nurse

Roy Everett--sports car racer.

Lenny Fields--news com-

mentator.

Bob Foley--professional

weight lifter.

Ronny Frank--door-to-door

salesman.

Mike Friedman--window washer

on the ninety-eighth floor of

the Empire State Building.

Maureen Gaines--pea-picker.

Adrienne Ghigna--goof-off editor

of the New York Times.

Arlene Gilbert--librarian.

Bob Graziano--horror movie

hero.

Edith Gregory--house

mother at a sorority

house.

Barbara Haggerty--

physics teacher.

Betty Hamma--auto

mechanic.

Lenore Herzog--hair

stylist.

Paul Himmelsbach--star

of the Jelly-Beaner

Show.

John Horn--polo star

Meta Hummel--witch-

doctor or a song writer.

Joan Hughes--mink golf

tee maker.

Andrea Hutton--telephone

operator.

Louie Impellizeri--orin-

thologist.

Mary Ann Jerabek--disc

jockey.

Carol Kelly--policewoman.

Mary Ann Kostelansky--

biologist.

Tom Kroll--chief janitor of

the United Nations

Building.

Fran Leguillow--speech

therapist.

Ruth Lopez--driver ed

instructor.

Eleanor Lux--a drill in-

structor.

Cy McCabe--pizza pie

tycoon.

John McCoy--bodyguard.

Jack McKelvey--coffin

maker.

Mickey McNamee--pedia-

trician.

Pete Maher--Wall Street

stock broker.

Don Marquet--still in high

school.

Pete Merganthaler--sani-

tation engineer of New

York City.

Lucy Mirabile--social

worker.

John Mone--manager of

Slenderella Salon.

Loretta Mullins--private

secretary.

John Muscarello--

musician.

Brent Myott--bat boy for the

Yankees.

Fran Novak--geologist.

Carole O'Brien--interior

decorator.

Tom Oliveri--owner of pizza

pie plantation.

Carol Pellicio--choreographer.

Marilyn Pellicio--psychologist.

Joe Perrone--first space

ship pilot.

John Pinnero--chairman of

the Senate Crime

Committee.

John Podlesny--private eye

Norman Potts--eye special-

ist.

Skip Price--equestrian

speculator.

Dennis Quinn--electrician.

Astrid Risvik--delegate to

the UN from Brooklyn.

Rudy Romano--ambassa-

dor.

Frank Sabatino--midget

car racer.

Steve Salzman--president

of the CIO.

Chuck Sargent--successor

to Elvis Presley.

Bill Schemerhorn--lollipop

king.

Charles Schneider--florist.

Carmelita Schoeps--Arthur

Murray dance instructor.

Helen Seegert--dress

designer.

Marjorie Silvia--dental

assistant.

Jimmy Smith--wild animal

trainer.

Gene Southard--the crystal

ball is just too cloudy right

now.

Connie Spaargaren--gym

instructor.

Tom Sullivan--fireman.

Marty Taft--chemist.

Ginger Taylor--ballet

dancer

Frank Wallace--Good

Humor ice cream man.

Ed Wassel--Professor of

Tom Foolery at Vassar.

Barbara Wells--pianist

Mike Withowski--man in

Schick electric shaver ad.