The Senior Prom 1959. Rutherford High School. Ellen, Georgene and Buddy–my classmates.By the time senior year came along there were so many tidal flows that our heads were spinning. 90% of our class was headed to college, and what to do with those high school romances?
Bud was the quarterback of our football team and he went on to West Point; my friend Frank injured his knee doing the pole vault, I played soccer and tried to score in the fall, and Ross was a goalie on the soccer team, and he didn’t know which way to spin as those line drives blew by. We lost games, but we were no losers.
All my friends were all in the marching band, and we rode the bus with the cheerleaders. These girls were doing splits on the field, and we enjoyed that motion from the stands.
Remember the song “See You in September,” but few of us fulfilled that promise.
Emotions ran high, and pop music provided those rhythms. Sam Cooke brought it! This was one of those songs:
“Ah, yes, I remember my high school days well” with very fond memories.
Good friends, good teachers, good singing, Physics (with Mr Masone who taught us how to raise the sunken Andrea Doria), sports, dances, Carl & Henry’s, class spirit, cruising Park Ave, Memorial Day parades and many more.
“Those were the days, my friends – we thought they’d never end…..”
Paul, you never cease to bring back the wonderful memories and music of our youth. RHS was the best How lucky were we. Our luck continues as our friendships endure the passages of time. ❤️
Ah yes I remember it well. Our football team wasn’t so hot that year but be did beat Tenafly. Bud threw some nice passes my way and the victory was sweet.