2^nd 1971 Edition of:

Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.

"We must learn to live together as brothers or we will perish together as fools." Those were the words of Martin Luther King in Memphis, 1968. He died in Memphis that same year.

He had a dream. "A dream that one day the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners would sit down together at the tables of brotherhood. A dream that one-day this nation will rise up and meet the true meaning of its creed; ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal.’ How long will it take? Not long, because the arm of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice."

He died for that same justice. In 1956 he led a peaceful boycott against the Montgomery bus line. This was because black people were forced to sit in the back of the bus, where it was hottest and bumpiest. One day a Mrs. Rosa Parks was arrested because she refused to give up her seat to a white person; her feet hurt.

Car pools were organized, black people walked. King organized sit-ins against segregated chain stores. Blacks before this were not allowed to go to the same restroom or drink from the same water fountains as whites. King and many other brave men and women changed this. He was the leader of his people’s march to freedom.

While standing on a balcony in Memphis on April 4, 1968 he was killed by a sniper – James Earl Ray. At his funeral his words were played on a tape recorder:

And if you’re around when I have to meet my day, I don’t want a long funeral, and if you get somebody to deliver the eulogy, tell him not to talk too long. I’d like somebody to mention that day that Martin Luther King, Jr. tried to love somebody…I want you to be able to say that day that I tried to feed the hungry. I want you to be able to say that I did try to love and serve humanity."

I come now to my most important point. Nothing was done in this school to honor Dr. King. It’s true, one or two individuals did make a small effort, but on the whole I think we should be embarrassed. Is it so hard to put a flag at half-mast?

Let’s agree on one thing – Martin Luther King Day and Martin Luther King himself, should be honored and discussed in our school.

Jessica Bagg

"THE POLLUTION WAR"

Did you ever stop and think how you contribute to the problem or how you can help to fight it? Here are but a few suggestions to those that are interested in the condition of our air, water, and land. "Recycling," which in a few words means, putting an already used object back into use, is one of the many ways you can help fight pollution. "Recycling" lessens the demand for manufacturing which makes industrial consumption of gas, coal, and electricity less. Not much effort is needed to return deposit bottles and jars for recycling rather than to throw them away. Some people are too lazy to bother, but others just "don’t know better," and this is the purpose of this letter, to let them know.

Here are a few ways that YOU and your family can help. Cans are great except when they are seen littering our parks, highways, rivers, beaches, and countrysides. Tin and aluminum cans can also be "recycled," but it is very costly and troublesome. Glass Reclamation centers which can be found throughout the nation are willing and do pay two or three cents a pound for scrap glass and old bottles. Also, the Reynolds Metals Company is paying $200.00 a ton (40,000) for old cans no matter what kind of metal they are made from. Pastel paper towels, toilet paper, and tissues can be more harmful than pretty. The dyes that are in these products when flushed into open areas are harmful to small fish and animals. Colored paper plates, paper cups, and napkins may look nice, but the pollutants in their dyes do not do much good when they are washed downstream? Buying white paper items can be more helpful than you think in solving our pollution problem. Plastic is one of the worst polluters known to man because when burned it lets deadly fumes off into the air. Old-fashioned waxed paper which works just as well as plastic wrap, is less costly and does not let off any dangerous fumes when burned. Pesticides, such as DDT and chlordane are very pollutants to the air. DDT retains its toxicity for up to twenty years. Even in Antarctica where no DDT has been sprayed, penguins, seals, and sea otters’ young are often born dead or deformed because of concentrates of DDT that were found in their eggs. DDT is now being banned from use, but you could help by checking for "non-toxic" labels before using bug sprays. These are just a few suggestions in helping to stop pollution. Now that you know them, why not join the fight for a cleaner earth?

Nancy Letcher 8B

My Side of Cigarette Ads

Would you really walk a mile for a Camel? Would you really put a hole in your shoe for a plant? Face it, if you’d do anything for a butt, you’re not playing with a full deck. This leads up to the trash I am going to tell you about the cigarette ads being cancelled. Ha! Ha! With no way to brainwash the smokers of the U.S. over the boob tube, the butt companies will have to put the whammy on the people in another way. Let’s hope it is a long process. Boy, it will be heaven with none of those sick Winston ads with the censored punch lines! But, after all, I think everybody will miss the Camel ads with the guy who wants the cigarettes that "Percy" smoked in the "Wild Rider," or the guy who wants the double barrel filter pack of smokes. Now my attention will be on the Doral ads with the dancing pack of weeds. Can you imagine being on a plane when a guy offers you a cigarette from a pack that dances! That’s going too far. If that happened to me, I’d hurry to the nearest 5 & 10 for a bag of marbles because that guy doesn’t seem to have all his. In short, I think the only ones who aren’t going to benefit from the ads being taken off are the cigarette companies.

Tom Merck

Boots In School? Yes!

The majority of the students in the upper grades feel that they should be allowed to wear suitable boots during school. Several teachers have also expressed this opinion by wearing boots themselves. We can’t understand why reasonably clean boots aren’t permitted. It appears that only a very few teachers object to them, while many see nothing wrong with wearing them. Yes, as long as they don not emit an unpleasant odor.

I think boots are good looking and should be worn. A few people should not have a say in what a lot of people wear. If you wear midis or pants, they look really good. They’re usually part of an outfit.

Paula Gregory and Judy Evans

Dear Upset Fans!!!!

Due to improper organization and bad leadership, our great article will be missing in this paper. Our leaders, J.B. & Kim L. lost it and it was too late to rewrite it. Maybe fans, we will have a double issue f it next time. Sorry. If you get a mad group gathered up, maybe Bob Lizza and I can take over the paper. Wouldn’t you like that fans? After all you had the opportunity to vote for Student Council, why not for newspaper. All of a sudden we had two bad!! leaders. Goodbye Sad Fans.

Bob Lizza and Jim Walsh

SPORTS

We last left our super(?) BB squad prior to their game vs. the faculty. Mr. Van Orden’s back seemed alright as he made his entrance to the court and took some of his famous "Jock-shots." Mr. Molzan led all scoring with 21 points with Mr. Van Orden running a not-so-close second with 14.

Leading the eighth graders were Jim Walsh, 11, and Mitch Bogdanffy, 10. As usual, the students came out on top with a total of 63 to the faculty’s 60. Maybe next year, or the next, or the next… The faculty challenged the team to another game on January 29, but it was mysteriously cancelled.

Upper Saddle River came to Ho-Ho-Kus on a not so good day. Not so good because we lost 65-26. Mitch (the Kid) Bogdanffy scored 10 points while Dan McGovern, the team scorer, scored all the points!

For some reason, which I don’t recall, I was absent from the HHK – Oakland game. We lost by 7, 51-44. Gregg Tomberlin had 13 points and Mitch racked up 9.

Fudd Kelley finally scored his 10 points as the Warriors trampled over Wyckoff 47-30. Rick Kelly led the scoring with 13 points, Fudd, with his 10, and Mitch collected 9. It was the first win of the regular season and everyone was happy.

On Old Tappan’s return engagement, we proved that there was a thing called self-improvement. We pounced on the Raiders of Old Tap, scoring 34 to their mere 23. We had a full two game streak going. Gregg Tomberlin collected 9 points, with Rick Kelley and Mitch Bogdanffy at 7 apiece.

Woodcliff Lakes shattered our streak by clobbering us 47-13. R. Kelley and Mitch B. led the Indian attack by scoring a total of 3 points apiece.

Rivervale choose a nice day to visit us because we were missing quite a few players. 49-31 was the final. John (Fudd) Kelley led HHK point getting with 10. Randy (Mouse) Speirbad, 6; Dave Jones and Rick Kelley each had 4.

Closter also chose a beautiful day to visit the Warriors. The first game on Tuesday was cancelled and rescheduled for Thursday. The postponement did help. On Thursday of "epidemic week" There were 228 kids absent from school, quite a few were on the team. Bur this didn’t stop the Warriors. They played minus Rick (Willis) Kelley, our leading rebounder. Jim Walsh was also sidelined but only for the first half with a knee injury. We only lost by one 29-30. Wait till next time, Closter.

We next traveled to Upper Saddle River where we found they were undefeated. A schedule in their hallway stated they would beat us 100-0. We disproved this and lost 74-34. (We didn’t want to break their undefeated streak.) Dave (Fonzo) Jones leads the weak warrior attack with 6 points.

When Wyckoff came to town, we proved too good for them again. We won! 48-30. Fudd Kelley scored a Warrior season high, putting through 16. Rick Kelley (no relation) scored a grand total of 10.

In a fantastic game against Woodcliff Lake, the Warriors lost by 3. 25-28. Neither team ran away with the game. It was really tense in the last few seconds but our HHK superstars couldn’t pull it through. Gregg (The Flick) Tomerlin had 7 points while Jim (Jaime) Walsh and Rick (Big Frenchy) Kelley had 5.

The Warrior offense worked like a well-oiled machine, and the defense played like a brick wall. In Mahwah’s first (and only) game vs. the Warriors, our shooters racked up 51 points compared to Mahwah’s mere 13. James Walsh and Gregg Tomberlin both collected 11 points and Fudd Kelley scored 10.

Oakland again outplayed us in their return match at Ho-Ho-Kus Square Garden. We were down by three at the half but lost by 13, 35-48. Mitch (Spongy) Bogdanffy put up 8 points. Jim (SIR) Walsh and Rick Kelley both had 6.

Bob Lizza and Jim Walsh

BOBBY ORR

Most valuable player, the acknowledged star of the Stanley Cup playoffs, the league’s top-ranking defenseman and the league’s top scorer.

Last year he scored 120 points on 33 goals and 87 assists, the most goals ever scored by a defenseman; the most assists ever scored by anyone. This year he will probably fall short of the record. The other teams are bearing down on him, showing him, clutching and grabbing; yet he is still one of the top scorers.

Orr’s style makes him the perfect player to lure fans to expansion hockey games. Bobby has all the tricky moves, the fakes and blocks that excite the experts. He does things that no other hockey player can do and a lot of people just take it for granted. Bur he does the things that excite the newcomers: the rink-long rushes, the hard body checks, and the whistling slap shot. Orr is always on the ice, helping to kill penalties.

Bobby Orr has gotten every type of trophy there is for hockey. The great presence of Orr should guarantee the Bruins a championship team as long as Bobby retains the thirst for fight. Many of his goals are scored by fast breakaways and long ruch manuvers. Bobby is the most talked about player in hockey and definitely one of a kind.

Mitch Bogdanffy

The Girls’ Basketball Team

The girls’ basketball team has had two successful games thus far against Oakland and Woodcliff Lake. We surprised ourselves by winning over Oakland, a thrilling 32 to 18 victory. Brenna Barringer scored nearly two-thirds of the points. A total of 21. Marielle Hemschot had 6 points, Dot Neville with 3 and Barbara Jones had 2.

In our game against the ninth graders, we led 12 to 2 at he half. In the third quarter, they couldn’t miss a shot, no matter how far out they were. Then in the fourth quarter, they slowed down and the score was 22 to 22, but again they got hot and the final score was 28 to 24; a disappointing loss. Brenna again was the leading scorer with 10 points. Dot Neville with 6, and Marielle Hemschot nd Barbara Jones each pitched in 3 points.

Woodcliff Lake team was tough. We put in every bit of effort until the very end. One of their best players was injured in a collision, which of course had no effect on the exciting game which kept her lead in scoring with 12 points, Barbara with 5, Marielle with 3, and Dot with 2.

Something New?

The girls on the team feel that they would like to challenge the men faculty. They think they would present formidable competition with many difficult practices and two successful games. Anyone who reads this article and feels the same about it as we do, please help us persuade the faculty. After all, what is Women’s Lib about!

Barbara Jones and Linda Ludwig

Gossip

7^th A seventh grade girl is hooked on the 7^th and 8^th grade boys.

8^th First the seventh, W.A., A.W, and C.D. Now for the eighth, G.T., R.L., J.W., R.S.,

      and M.B.! It certainly looks like R.R. can’t make up her mind!

8^th Have you heard about M.B. and P.O.? Well, they’ve been seen at several parties!

8^th Unknown to R.S., a certain D.M. has been seeing N.L. Boy!!! Will he be surprised.

8^th J.D. still likes R.S.

     M.W. still likes S.R.

     S.B. likes S.F.

     C.C. likes M.B.

     B.A. likes F.A. but F.A. likes R.L.

     C.R. likes M.R. but M.R. likes B.L.

     L.P. loves F.K. (and vice versa)

     D.H. likes C.R. but C.R. likes M.R.

"MUSIC"

Jefferson Airplane now has a "Piper cub." Grace Slick had a girl a few weeks ago. The kid, named "god" (small "g"), is fathered by Paul Kantner, the group rhythm guitarist. The Airplanes latest LP, "The Worst of Jefferson Airplane" is fair.

In my opinion the LP "Jesus Christ Sup;erstar" is the best album to come out in 1970 and wll probably be the best of ’71. The music is sensational and the message really gets you. No regular group does this, but a band of studio musicians who really can play.

Elton John recently played "Fillmore East" and was a smash. He has two albums out. "Elton John" and "Sagebrush" both receive a high rating from me.

Bob Lizza

Guess Who?!

8^th This person is a girl, 13 years old – born in October. She’s in the eighth grade (8b), is in advanced math and takes French. The mystery person is approzimately 5’2", has brown hair and brown eyes, and is very cute. P.S. she supposedly likes Mitch B. (Who doesn’t?)

7^th This person is a boy, 13 years old, in the seventh grade-7P. He’s about 4’7", brown hair and brown eyes, is in Mrs. Scott’s math class, takes French, is adorable (!) P.S. He has something to do with the student council.

6^th This person is a girl, 12 1/2 years old, in the sixth grade- 6dm. She’s approximately 4’8", brown hair and brown eyes, and has a girl cousin in the eighth grade. P.S. She was in the Christmas concert in an act involving her teacher.

Please send names of other kids, with full descriptions, to Mr. Cassells’s, room 7.

Kathy Inglima

Wanted: One student to stand up and cheer for Ho-ho-Kus at basketball games.

Wanted: One student to eat what they make in boy’s cooking.

Wanted: Some boys for girls.

Wanted: One red book that hasn’t been turned to page 363.

Needed: One smoking lounge. Call Mr. Van Orden.

For sale: School, only used on weekdays. Must sell – moving. Call after 3 P.M. Ask for Fred.

Wanted: 128 people to fit in Mr. Cassells’s Volkswagen.

Reward: $500.00 for the person who drew the Indian for the last cover. DEAD OR ALIVE.

Tom Merck

Famous Cliches

Mr. Cassals: "Now I’m not plugging the New York Times, BUT…"

Mrs. Mercier: "Do you know what a red dot means?"

Mr. Perry: "Take a red book, sweetheart, page 363 …"

Mr. Van Orden: "O.K., honey, cut the gab."

Mrs. Scardino; "I think I’m extremely fair."

Mr. Maloney: "Wrooonggggg!"

Mr. Molzan: "Did you hear the one about…"

Mrs. Krause: "And practice your nasal sounds too."

Mr. Gruber: "O.K., men, get to work."

Mr. Simos: "You heard me, 50 pushups."

Mr. Zimmerman: "Due to the fact that I want to save me life, no comment.

Teachers note: All in fun, right, Ha Ha Ha Ha

Bob Gould

Circle 21 names of school staff.

L U T Z O B C U V O M O M Z A
B U Z I O C C V A N O R D E N
P E U M E R C I E R L Q B V C
B E Z M A L O N E Y Z B D G H
F R R E L O C B B U A I V Z A
J K L R O B E R S O N C O O V
Q P Z M Y W X E I K U K E T Z
S C H A W X C X M P R E Y G G
C O X N Z A Y B O C X L U V W
H X Y V L C A S S E L L S X A
U A B L R U B E R M N C O O V
Y O A X L S C A R D I N O X A
L W C R O S S E L I N O T U V
E K R A U S E V X W A X T V O
R Q I Z A E L L U D W I G B G

Linda Ludwig

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