Post on 29-Mar-2015
Welcome Classmatesand Special Guests
to the…
Class of 196250th
Reunion
October 27, 2012
Freehold Regional High School
“We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or
spare us.” - Marcel Proust
FRHS Class of 196250th Reunion
Special Guests
FRHS - 1962
Walter ZuberAssistant Principal
FRHS - 1962
Ronald UdyPhysical Education
Department
FRHS – 1962
Dorothy McCueEnglish
Department
IntroducingFRHS
Class of 1962 Senior Class Officers
Class of 1962
PresidentDonald Ollwerther
Class of 1962
Vice PresidentPatricia Howard
In Memory
Class of 1962
SecretaryJudy Warner
Class of 1962
SecretaryJulie Nowiczewski
Class of 1962
TreasurerBarbara Woodward
Class of 1962
TreasurerSusan Lewis
Class of 1962
TreasurerVivian Kamin
Class of 1962
AdvisorDorothy McCue
Class of 1962
AdvisorHugh Hoover
In Memory
Hey! Do you remember…
In 1962, the cost of a gallon of gasoline was…
28 cents.
The cost of a dozen eggs was…
32 cents.
The average cost of a new car was…
$2,600.00.
The minimum hourly wage was…
$1.25.
The average office visit with a doctor cost…
$5.00
A ticket to a movie, with popcorn, cost…
70 cents.
The average price of a new house was…
$12,500
The average cost of a 1-bedroom apartment was…
$110 per month
Tuition at Harvard…
$1,520 per year
A. Imported Belgium Paisley Tapestry Fabric Woven Button Front Jacket
$8.49 Matching Grip Handled Pouch Bag
$5.99 Matching French Purse
$3.50
B.Imported Belgium Cut Velvet Fabric
Woven Open Front Jacket $15.99
Matching Pouch Bag $8.99
Includes :Big Screen 23 inch Television VHF and UHF Channels Stereo Hi-Fi AM / FM Radio 2 x 10 inch and 2 x 4 inch speakers Cabinet is Danish Style Walnut Measures 58 X 30 x 19 inches Weight 169 Lbs
$419.95
(Roof antenna not included.)
Record Player$38.95
Wall Clock$9.44
Clock Radio$24.50
Pipe Set$4.99
The cost of a 1962 FRHS yearbook was $15.00.
The value of high school diploma…
priceless.
Current Eventsfor
1962
Cuban Missile Crisis: (August through November, 1962) USSR to build missile bases in Cuba; Kennedy
orders Cuban blockade, lifts blockade after Russia backs down.
Lt. Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. is first American to orbit Earth—three times in 4 hours and 55 minutes on February 20, 1962.
Vietnam in 1962...the conflict would continue for 13 more years.
April 7, 1962- A fire burned from #7 to #23 East Main Street in Freehold. There was complete destruction of all the buildings in between. The fire consumed nine stores, the apartments and offices over top the stores as well as the lobby and much of the seating area of the Strand movie theater.
The First Wal-Mart discount store is opened by Sam Walton in Bentonville ,
Arkansas on May 9, 1962.
Marilyn Monroe is found dead on August 5, 1962 after an apparent overdose of sleeping pills.
She was 36 years old.
Beatles turned down by Decca Records after audition on January 1, 1962.
Bruce Springsteen turns 13 on September 23, 1962.
On July 10th, 1962 NASA launched the Telstar 1 satellite, following a team effort by AT&T, Bell Labs and the British and French post offices. Two days later, the first transatlantic TV signal went from Maine to Brittany. A new age of communication was born. President Kennedy forgot his troubles for a moment to grin at viewers in France, who replied with a performance by Yves Montand. Telstar 1 gave up its spherical ghost after just a few months and 400 transmissions, but by then, the message had been delivered and changed the future forever.
James Meredith being escorted to class at the University of Mississippi on October 2, 1962. Meredith was the first black student admitted to the University.
Dr. Martin Luther King prepares to give a speech in Chicago on March 30, 1962 calling for more federal support of the civil rights movement.
On October 2, 1962, Johnny Carson hosted his first Tonight Show for NBC Television. The show aired at 11:15 PM. He was introduced by Groucho Marx. His guests included Rudy Vallee, Joan Crawford, Tony Bennett and Mel Brooks. Carson’s final appearance took place on May 22, 1992 after 30 years and a total of 4, 531 episodes.
In a quieter moment, President Kennedy and daughter, Caroline, enjoy their time together while sailing off Hyannis Port,
Massachusetts in 1962.
Disclaimer: While not all the following pictures are from 1962,they are vintage Freehold.
Freehold Regional
High School
Main Street
The American Hotel
St. Rose of Lima SchoolSt. Peter’s
Rug Mill
Marquardt’s Texaco
Raymond S. Hendrickson, Florist
Freehold Point Esso Service Center
Ed Soden Dealership
Freehold Raceway
Cameron Roberson Company, Inc.
Main Street
Freehold “Night-life”
Freehold Raceway
Lake Topenemus
West Main Street
The Diner
Main Street
Van’s Restaurant
Old Monmouth Candies
The Train Station
“Around Town”
Post OfficeFreehold Dairy Elks Lodge
Merritt R. Lamson, Inc. Freeman Funeral Home
After-thoughtTimes like this are special. Memory builders. When something extraordinary happens to a person, the kind of things remembered forever after don’t have to be life-changing events like a graduation or, marriage or, birth of a child. It’s more often the small things. The sheer joy of summer sunlight on a fragrant flower. The giggle of a toddler. Seeing and talking with an old friend. The brush of a lover's fingertips. And the person marks the moment with a flashing insight by thinking... “This is special. I should remember this”. Sandra Hill, Tall, Dark, and Cajun
Reunion Committee 2012George Beck Scotty Carswell Fran Congro TrojanCheryl Fracalossy Tracy Julie Helms Gawron Ruth Kerwin KluinJack Kurtz Susan Lewis Spencer Donald E. OllwertherThomas Rocco Tom Simms John ThompsonJudith Warner Myers Marilyn Zimmerman Rocco
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