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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