Saint Mary’s High School Class of 1961 50 th Reunion.

Saint Mary’s High School

Class of 1961

50th Reunion

E-N-U-N-C-I-A-T-E E-N-U-N-C-I-A-T-E your words!your words!

Rt. Rev. Msgr. John K. Sharp

1892 - 1979

Born in Brooklyn, Msgr. Sharp was ordained in Baltimore in 1918. He served for 30 years at St. Mary’s and left as Pastor Emeritus in 1969. He also taught language, literature and theology in diocesan schools on Long Island. He was the author of several books, including a history of the Brooklyn Diocese and an autobiography entitled “An Old Priest Remembers.”

““What Msgr. Sharp Hath Put What Msgr. Sharp Hath Put Assunder, Let No Man Seek To Assunder, Let No Man Seek To

Rejoin”Rejoin”

Mother Paul Joseph

Brother Cletus Richard

Brothers (Clockwise from top left): Lawrence Ephrem, Ronald Bernard, Kenneth Robert, Anthony of Padua, Donald Richard, Peter Martin

(Clockwise from top left) Mrs. John McCarthy, Sr. M. Consuela, Mrs. Ford Miles, Sr. M. St. Leonard, Sr. M. Huberta, Sr. M. Marylyn

1958

US Nuclear Bomb: Eniwetok, May 22

Mao’s Great Leap

Forward: May 23

Elvis Draft Notice: Jan. 20

Roy Campanella Paralyzed in Port Washington Accident: Jan 28 Sir Edmund Hillary

Reaches South Pole: Jan. 3

Great Balls of Fire #1 Jan 10

19581958 Best SongBest Song: “: “At the Hop”At the Hop” Best Movie: “Gigi”Best Movie: “Gigi” Best Novel: “Doctor Zhivago”Best Novel: “Doctor Zhivago” Top TV : “Gunsmoke”Top TV : “Gunsmoke” World Series: YankeesWorld Series: Yankees Fashion: Silhouette DressFashion: Silhouette Dress Hot Car: Chevy ImpalaHot Car: Chevy Impala Dow Jones: 583Dow Jones: 583

19581958

Top Records:Top Records:1."At the Hop“1."At the Hop“

2."Don't I Beg of You“2."Don't I Beg of You“

3."Tequila" 3."Tequila"

4."Twilight Time" 4."Twilight Time"

5."Witch Doctor" 5."Witch Doctor"

6."All I Have to Do is Dream“6."All I Have to Do is Dream“

7."Purple People Eater" 7."Purple People Eater"

8."Hard Headed Woman" 8."Hard Headed Woman"

9."Poor Little Fool 9."Poor Little Fool 10."Volare" 10."Volare"

Top Movies:Top Movies: 1. Bridge on the River 1. Bridge on the River

KwaiKwai2. Peyton Place 2. Peyton Place 3. Sayonara3. Sayonara4. No Time for Sergeants4. No Time for Sergeants5. The Vikings5. The Vikings6. Search for Paradise6. Search for Paradise7. South Pacific7. South Pacific8. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 8. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 9. Raintree Country9. Raintree Country10. Old Yeller10. Old Yeller

Top Row: Ralph Ronzoni, Bob Reith, Gene Piana, Larry Phalen.

Bottom Row: John O’Callaghan, John Burke, Art Reffelt

Town Hall Classic!Town Hall Classic!The Chocolate Egg CreamThe Chocolate Egg Cream

Ingredients:Ingredients: 1-2 oz. Chocolate Syrup1-2 oz. Chocolate Syrup 1-2 oz. Cold Milk1-2 oz. Cold Milk 8-10 oz. Cold Seltzer 8-10 oz. Cold Seltzer

WaterWater Instructions:Instructions:

Step 1Step 1 Add 1-2 oz chocolate Add 1-2 oz chocolate

syrup, 1-2 oz cold milk in a syrup, 1-2 oz cold milk in a glass. Use a spoon to mix glass. Use a spoon to mix well.well.

Step 2Step 2 Add seltzer water in the Add seltzer water in the

glass, 1/3 way up. Slowly glass, 1/3 way up. Slowly mix well. Pour more water mix well. Pour more water in until full. Slowly Mix well.in until full. Slowly Mix well.

Voted Most LoyalVoted Most LoyalMichaela Cohan & Jim ZeitlerMichaela Cohan & Jim Zeitler

John McKee

Jim Zeitler

The Wing-Footed Five

Bob Sullivan, Murph Firth, Jill Sickles, Carol McGill

Cheaper By The Dozen!

Voted FriendliestVoted FriendliestSue Connell & Jim AndersonSue Connell & Jim Anderson

Still dancing Still dancing after all after all these years!these years!

Olga “Cookie” Mitrou & Daughter

?? For wFor which of our hich of our

classmates did classmates did being at the being at the Long Island Long Island Railroad Railroad station feel station feel “just like being “just like being at home?”at home?”

Answer: Helen McLean Lived There!

Voted Best School SpiritVoted Best School SpiritPatricia Murphy & John BurkePatricia Murphy & John Burke

Left to Right: ?, Roger Sullivan, Dave Wilson, Left to Right: ?, Roger Sullivan, Dave Wilson, John McKee, Gerry EndresJohn McKee, Gerry Endres

Alaska – 49th State

Admitted: Jan. 3,

1959

Castro Becomes Premier

January 7, 1959

1st 7 Mercury Astronauts

Selected Apr. 9, 1959

1959 St. Lawrence Seaway

Opens: Jun. 26, 1959

Eisenhower & Khrushchev

1st Visit to US: Sep. 26, 1959

19591959 Best Movie: “Ben-Hur”Best Movie: “Ben-Hur” Best Novel: “Exodus”Best Novel: “Exodus” Top TV : “Gunsmoke” (again!)Top TV : “Gunsmoke” (again!) World Series: LA DodgersWorld Series: LA Dodgers Fashion: Shirt-waist DressFashion: Shirt-waist Dress (Not So) Hot Car: The Edsel(Not So) Hot Car: The Edsel Dow Jones: 679Dow Jones: 679 Best SongBest Song: : “Smoke Gets In Your “Smoke Gets In Your

Eyes”Eyes”

50th Anniversary: Les Paul Standard

19591959

Top Records:Top Records: 11."Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" ."Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"

2."Stagger Lee" 2."Stagger Lee" 3."Venus" 3."Venus" 4."Come Softly to Me" 4."Come Softly to Me" 5."The Happy Organ"5."The Happy Organ"6."Kanas City" 6."Kanas City" 7."The Battle of New Orleans"7."The Battle of New Orleans"8."Lonely Boy“8."Lonely Boy“

9."A Big Hunk O' Love“9."A Big Hunk O' Love“

10."The Three Bells"10."The Three Bells"

Top Movies:Top Movies: 1. Auntie Mame 1. Auntie Mame

2. Shaggy Dog2. Shaggy Dog3. Some Like It Hot 3. Some Like It Hot 4. Imitation of Life 4. Imitation of Life 5. The Nun's Story5. The Nun's Story6. Anatomy of a Murder6. Anatomy of a Murder7. North by Northwest 7. North by Northwest 8. Rio Bravo 8. Rio Bravo 9. Sleeping Beauty 9. Sleeping Beauty 10. Some Came Running 10. Some Came Running

“Finished Basement Party” - 1959

Top Row: Mickey Wands, Dave Ross (hidden), Tom Mead, Dave Wilson, Steve Walthall, Paul Schoenberger, Larry Tory, Eddie White, Rich Burke, Gene Kelly. Middle Row: Unknown, Rowie Barsa, Grace Kelly, Mary Fox, Kathy Doran, Jill Sickles, Maura McCarthy, Sippy McGuire. Bottom Row: Denise Quinn, Cookie Mitrou, Carol

McGill, Germaine Reusch

Voted Most DiligentVoted Most DiligentJane Phelan & Tom McKennaJane Phelan & Tom McKenna

Need Moore Be Said?Need Moore Be Said?

Omnia Omnia gallia gallia divisa divisa est in est in ties ties trestres

Voted Best ArtistVoted Best ArtistBarbara Murphy & James SchofieldBarbara Murphy & James Schofield

The Team!The Team!

1st Sit-In Woolworths

Feb. 1, 1960

Gary Powers’U-2 Downed

May1, 1960

Corvair 1st Rear Engine US Car

Unsafe, but cool, at any speed!

Hawaii – 50 th State

Admitted: July 1,

1960

1960

19601960 Best SongBest Song: “: “El Paso”El Paso” Best Movie: “The Apartment”Best Movie: “The Apartment” Best Novel: “Advise & Best Novel: “Advise &

Consent”Consent” Top TV Top TV (Last Time)(Last Time) : “Gunsmoke” : “Gunsmoke” World Series: PittsburghWorld Series: Pittsburgh Fashion: “Full Over Full” LookFashion: “Full Over Full” Look Hot Car: The CorvairHot Car: The Corvair Dow Jones: 616Dow Jones: 616

19601960

Top Records:Top Records: 1."El Paso“ 2."Running Bear“2."Running Bear“ 3."Teen Angel“3."Teen Angel“ 4.Theme from "A Summer Place“4.Theme from "A Summer Place“ 5."Stuck on You“5."Stuck on You“ 6."Cathy's Clown“6."Cathy's Clown“ 7."Everybody's Somebody's 7."Everybody's Somebody's

Fool“Fool“ 8."Alley-Oop“8."Alley-Oop“ 9."I'm Sorry“9."I'm Sorry“ 10."Teenie Polka Dot Bikini"10."Teenie Polka Dot Bikini"

Top Movies:Top Movies: 1. Ben-Hur

2. Psycho 3. Operation Petticoat 4. Suddenly, Last Summer 5. On the Beach 6. Solomon and Sheba 7. The Apartment 8. From the Terrace 9. Don't Eat the Daisies 10. Ocean 11

Cotillion Ball at the Old Garden City Hotel

Rich Burke, Linda Badini

Voted Most Likely To SucceedVoted Most Likely To Succeed Adele Giachetti & Bill GraceAdele Giachetti & Bill Grace

Left to Right: Peter Bonafide, Steve Coughlin, Gerry O’Malley, John Dooley, Jim Cullen

Father & Son Activities Father & Son Activities NightNight

Dave Wilson,

Don Pilling & Dads

Father & Son Activities Father & Son Activities NightNight

Rich Burke & DadRich Burke & Dad

It must have been It must have been an attendance an attendance award!award!

Clockwise from left: Tom McKenna, John Johnstone, ?, Evris Coutroubis, John Leary, Brother Ronald, John Burke, Ray Stroh, Frank Occhiogrosso, Peter Lawrence.

Scholarship Club

Voted BrightestVoted BrightestJudy Schutt & Ray StrohJudy Schutt & Ray Stroh

Honk If You Attended A Game!Honk If You Attended A Game!

Girls ChoirGirls Choir

Voted Best ThespianVoted Best ThespianMelanie Varol & Don PillingMelanie Varol & Don Pilling

Invasion of Cuba Fails April 25, 1961

1961Alan Shepard May 5,

1961

1st American in Space

Entire US Figure Skating Team Killed in Crash: Feb 15,

1961

Construction of Berlin Wall Begins: Aug. 13, 1961

Freedom Riders Head South: May 4, 1961

19611961 Best SongBest Song: “: “Moon River”Moon River” Best Movie: “West Side Story”Best Movie: “West Side Story” Best Novel: “Agony & Ecstasy”Best Novel: “Agony & Ecstasy” Top TV : “Wagon Train”Top TV : “Wagon Train” World Series: YankeesWorld Series: Yankees Fashion: “The Snob Dress”Fashion: “The Snob Dress” Hot Car: The VW BugHot Car: The VW Bug Dow Jones: 725Dow Jones: 725

January 27, 1961

“Ask not what your country can do for

you, ask what you can do for your country.”

19611961

Top Records:Top Records: 1.”Wonderland by Night“1.”Wonderland by Night“ 2. "Will You Love Me 2. "Will You Love Me

Tomorrow" Tomorrow" 3. "Calcutta" 3. "Calcutta" 4. "Pony Time“4. "Pony Time“ 5. "Surrender" 5. "Surrender" 6. "Blue Moon" 6. "Blue Moon" 7. "Runaway" 7. "Runaway" 8. "Mother-in-Law" 8. "Mother-in-Law" 9. "Travelin' Man" 9. "Travelin' Man" 10. "Running Scared" 10. "Running Scared"

Top Movies:Top Movies: 1. The Guns of Navarone 1. The Guns of Navarone

2. Absent-Minded Professor 2. Absent-Minded Professor 3. The Parent Trap 3. The Parent Trap 4. Swiss Family Robinson 4. Swiss Family Robinson 5. Exodus 5. Exodus 6. The World of Suzie Wong 6. The World of Suzie Wong 7. Alamo 7. Alamo 8. Gone With the Wind 8. Gone With the Wind 9. 101 Dalmatians 9. 101 Dalmatians 10. Splendor in the Grass 10. Splendor in the Grass

1961 Yearbook Dedication1961 Yearbook Dedication

Dr. Thomas A. Dooley III

1927 - 1961

Voted Best WriterVoted Best WriterEileen Stanley & John LearyEileen Stanley & John Leary

Left to Right: John Piccano, Tad Blissner, Bill Robinson, Ralph Ronzoni, John O’Callaghan

Voted NeatestVoted NeatestMaureen Hunt & Eddie WhiteMaureen Hunt & Eddie White

Voted Best DancerVoted Best DancerCookie Mitrou & Gene KelleyCookie Mitrou & Gene Kelley

Voted Most AmbitiousVoted Most AmbitiousJudy Herbert & Evris CoutroubisJudy Herbert & Evris Coutroubis

Senior PromSenior Prom

Miles of wire, acres Miles of wire, acres of plastic wrap, of plastic wrap, and an indulgent and an indulgent faculty, transform faculty, transform the boys’ gym into the boys’ gym into a cave adorned a cave adorned with Stalactites!with Stalactites!

Ever wonder what inspired the “Enchantment Under The Ever wonder what inspired the “Enchantment Under The Sea” Prom Theme in Back To The Future?Sea” Prom Theme in Back To The Future?

Rich Burke, Mary O’Callaghan

Voted Most PopularVoted Most PopularMurph Firth & Dave WilsonMurph Firth & Dave Wilson

Top Row: Mike Clancy, Jim Zeitler, Gene Schlette, Tom Costarino, Dave Ross, Bill Doyle

Middle Row: John McKee, Bill Grace, Pete Hickey

Bottom Row: Dave Wilson, Gerry Endres, Ken Martin

Voted Most DistinguishedVoted Most DistinguishedJuliann Lepore & Pete LawrenceJuliann Lepore & Pete Lawrence

Pan American Study GroupPan American Study Group

Pat Bardak, ? , Mary Arendt, Catherine Geary, Nancy Stanton

Penn Relay TeamPenn Relay TeamFranklin Field, University of Pennsylvania, Franklin Field, University of Pennsylvania,

PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia

John Love, John McKee, Coach Zeitler, Joe O’Rielly (C 62) , Jim Zeitler

Voted Best AthleteVoted Best AthleteGail Hotarek & Pete HickeyGail Hotarek & Pete Hickey

Voted WittiestVoted WittiestMaura McCarthy & Bob O’SullivanMaura McCarthy & Bob O’Sullivan

Ring CeremonyRing Ceremony

Voted Best SingersVoted Best SingersAnn Kavanagh & The Trinidad Trio*Ann Kavanagh & The Trinidad Trio*

* John Burke, Ken Martin, John Picciano

Gaels In ActionGaels In Action

Voted Best MusicianVoted Best MusicianPat O’Brien & Jay HelfrickPat O’Brien & Jay Helfrick

Girls ClubsGirls ClubsForensics, Science, ArtForensics, Science, Art

Voted Best PoetVoted Best PoetMary Ann Gardner & Pete MeadeMary Ann Gardner & Pete Meade

Spring PlaySpring Play

Boys’ ActivitiesBoys’ Activities

Trinidad Trio: John Picciano, Ken Martin, John Burke

Ray Stroh On The Air

Voted Best LookingVoted Best LookingJoan Grimm & Kevin CostelloJoan Grimm & Kevin Costello

Girls’ Student CouncilGirls’ Student Council

Girls’ IntramuralsGirls’ Intramurals

Voted Most ResponsibleVoted Most ResponsibleJoss Coyle & Richard BurkeJoss Coyle & Richard Burke

Girls’ Student GovernmentGirls’ Student Government

Boys’ Student CouncilBoys’ Student Council

Left to Right Top Row – Bob Sullivan, John Burke, Bill Doyle, Bill Grace; Bottom Row – Don Pilling, Frank Occhiogrosso, Dave Wilson, Peter Lawrence

Girls’ ActivitiesGirls’ Activities

Seniors Entertain Freshmen Riding Club

“ “I’ve had my I’ve had my eye on you eye on you people and, people and, you know, you you know, you don’t look all don’t look all that bad for that bad for 68!”68!”

4040thth Reunion – The Whole Class Reunion – The Whole Class

4040thth Reunion – The Girls Reunion – The Girls

4040thth Reunion “The Boys” Reunion “The Boys”

4040thth “Harry Hepcat” Otruba’s “Harry Hepcat” Otruba’sMercury: Staring Role in “A Beautiful Mind”Mercury: Staring Role in “A Beautiful Mind”

4040thth ReunionReunion

Mary Love Thralls, Rich Burke, Dave Wilson, Sippy McGuire, Patricia O’Neill (center)

4040thth Reunion Dinner Dance Reunion Dinner Dance

40th Reunion

Sunday Brunch

Tom Troy, Mary Fox, Peter Meade, Eileen Murphy, Marianne Pascale (center)

4040thth Reunion – Sunday Brunch Reunion – Sunday Brunch

4040thth Reunion – Sunday Brunch Reunion – Sunday Brunch

Peter BonafidePeter Bonafide John BurkeJohn Burke William DoyleWilliam Doyle David HamiltonDavid Hamilton Gene KelleyGene Kelley Peter LawrencePeter Lawrence Brian McGuireBrian McGuire Donald PillingDonald Pilling Robert ReithRobert Reith David RossDavid Ross Edwin SmithEdwin Smith Lawrence ToryLawrence Tory Thomas TroyThomas Troy

Leslie BanksLeslie Banks Patricia BardakPatricia Bardak Marilyn BishopMarilyn Bishop Ann BonnanoAnn Bonnano Michaela CohanMichaela Cohan Margaret FirthMargaret Firth Valerie HandValerie Hand Denise HealyDenise Healy Mary Ann Mary Ann

MazianMazian Denise QuinnDenise Quinn Joann RuppertJoann Ruppert Barbara Barbara

WoottonWootton"To live in hearts we leave

behind is not to die."

IN MEMORIUM