Maple
Avenue School / Weequahic Section Trivia Contest, 60th Reunion
4 points for each
fully correct answer. Partial credit for
some answers. TOTAL POINTS:
1. What was the full
name of the individual for whom Weequahic High School’s athletic field was
named after and what was the person’s profession?
2. In Weequahic
Park, there were two organized sports that occurred regularly? One involved one species and the other
involved two species. What were they?
3. Name 3 Weequahic
section bakeries?
4. What was the
first name of the Good Humor Man who parked his truck on Maple Avenue after
school and drove through our neighborhood on summer evenings?
5. Who was the
crossing guard at the corner of Maple Avenue and Lyons Avenue?
6. Who was the
elderly crossing guard policeman on the corner of Maple Avenue and Goldsmith
Avenue?
7. Who drove the
wagon that transported kids who lived farthest from the school? What color was the vehicle?
8. What family
delicatessen had stores on Bergen Street and Chancellor Avenue?
9. A small black truck
would wend its way through our neighborhood emitting a loud clanging
noise. What service did this truck
offer?
10. What does
Weequahic mean in the Leni Lenape language?
11. Maple classroom
descriptions: How were the upper windows
opened and closed? What kind of doors
did the rear cloakroom have? Did the
room have a telephone?
12. What did each
class have to do before leaving the room for assembly or a fire drill?
13. There was a plaque
installed on the Maple Avenue School brick wall near the corner of Maple and
Pomona Avenues. Who did it commemorate?
14. Name the four
teachers who, in their own classrooms, taught art, music, home economics
and shop?
15. The first art
teacher from question 14 and students created a wonderful mural that dominated
the back wall of the auditorium stage for a period of time. What historic event did it commemorate?
16. What did Tony the
Janitor push around on his big broom?
17. Who managed the
school office during all the years we were there?
18. What supermarket
on Chancellor Avenue burned to the ground in the early 1960’s?
19. Each spring, what
did we sell? What was the reward for the
class selling the most?
20. Starting from the
Beth Israel Hospital and walking along Maple Avenue, name all nine streets, in
order, to the Hillside border.
21. How many exits
were there at Maple Avenue School? Where
were they located?
22. What major medical
event had the entire neighborhood flock to the school on 3 Sundays in spring, 1964?
23. How much did
Hatoff’s charge for a hamburger and a small soda?
24. What was the cost
per slice at Amato’s and what was it at the Indian Pizzeria?
25. What were the
first names of these teachers: Ms.
Cummins, Mrs. Kesselman, Mrs. Merkin, Mr. Kahn, Mr. Zucker?
ANSWERS
Maple
Avenue School / Weequahic Section Trivia Contest, 60th Reunion
4 points for each
fully correct answer. Partial credit for
some answers.
1. What
was the full name of the individual for whom Weequahic High School’s athletic
field was named after and what was the person’s profession?
·
Judge
William M. Untermann
[Background: Born Nov. 26, 1880, Died Feb. 8, 1944. Lived at 25 Chancellor Avenue. Untermann Field dedicated on Sunday,
June 4, 1950, a boulder and plaque commemorating it. Weequahic’s library also was named for him as
was the library at Rutgers University Hillel in New Brunswick. His wife Esther also was a judge, one of the
first sitting female judges in the US.]
2. In
Weequahic Park, there were two organized sports that occurred regularly? One involved one species and the other
involved two species. What were they?
·
Golf,
harness racing or horse racing.
[Background: President
Ulysses Grant watched horse racing there in 1872.]
3. Name
3 Weequahic section bakeries?
·
Silver’s,
Bergen Bake Shop, Garden Bakery, Kiel’s, Watson’s Bagels
4. What
was the first name of the Good Humor Man who parked his truck on Maple Avenue
after school and drove through our neighborhood on summer evenings?
·
Elmer
[This is disputed … some say Lester … there could have been two men.]
5. Who
was the crossing guard at the corner of Maple Avenue and Lyons Avenue?
·
Lee
Geiser
6. Who
was the elderly crossing guard policeman on the corner of Maple Avenue and Goldsmith
Avenue?
·
Oscar
Kiernan
7. Who
drove the wagon that transported kids who lived farthest from the school? What color was the vehicle?
·
Mr.
Albert Bradberry (Mr. B.)
·
Green
8. What
family delicatessen had stores on Bergen Street and Chancellor Avenue?
· Tabachnick’s
9. A
small black truck would wend its way through our neighborhood emitting a loud
clanging noise. What service did this
truck offer?
·
Knife
Sharpening
10. What
does Weequahic mean in the Leni Lenape language?
·
Head
of the cove
11. Maple
classroom descriptions: How were the
upper windows opened and closed? What
kind of doors did the rear cloakroom have?
Did the room have a telephone?
·
Long
poles used on windows
·
Sliding
doors
·
Yes
12. What
did each class have to do before leaving the room for assembly or a fire drill?
·
Line
up in size place
13. There
was a plaque installed on the Maple Avenue School brick wall near the corner of
Maple and Pomona Avenues. Who did it
commemorate?
·
Mary
Mapes Dodge, author of Hans Brinker: or, The Silver Skates
[Background: One
teacher, maybe Mrs. Singer, had a class project to clean its tarnished surface
with terrible results.]
14. Name
the four teachers who, in their own classrooms, taught art, music, home
economics and shop?
·
Art
(2 options): Mrs. Tso or Joseph Cammarata
·
Music: Frieda
Schwartz
·
Home
Economics: Mrs. Steinberg
·
Shop: Albert
Bradberry (Mr. B)
15. The
first art teacher from question 14 and students created a wonderful mural that
dominated the back wall of the auditorium stage for a period of time. What historic event did it commemorate?
·
Civil
War Centennial (Mrs. Tso)
16. What
did Tony the Janitor push around on his big broom?
·
The
“green dust”
[Background: Today,
online, you can buy Uline Green Sweep with a 50 pound box selling for $20. The “green dust” was made of water, sand and
sawdust and most memorably, smelled like vomit.
17. Who
managed the school office during all the years we were there?
·
Martha
Wasserman, who lived to be 104 years old.
18. What
supermarket on Chancellor Avenue burned to the ground in the early 1960’s?
·
Pic
‘n Pay
19. Each
spring, what did we sell? What was the
reward for the class selling the most?
·
Flower
Seed Packets
·
Ice
Cream
20. Starting
from the Beth Israel Hospital and walking along Maple Avenue, name all nine
streets, in order, to the Hillside border.
·
Lyons
Avenue, Weequahic Avenue, Pomona Avenue, Goldsmith Avenue, Vassar Avenue,
Chancellor Avenue, Hansbury Avenue, Keer Avenue, Grumman Avenue
21. How
many exits were there at Maple Avenue School?
Where were they located?
·
Six
[one each on Maple Avenue and Goldsmith Avenue, two on Pomona Avenue, two in
the playground]
22. What
major medical event had the entire neighborhood flock to the school on 3
Sundays in spring, 1964?
·
Sabin
oral vaccine distribution
23. How
much did Hatoff’s charge for a hamburger and a small soda?
·
$
.35 for the burger and $ .7 for the soda
24. What
was the cost per slice at Amato’s and what was it at the Indian Pizzeria?
·
$
.15 at Amato’s and $ .20 at Indian Pizzeria [Indian at one time charged $ .15.]
25. What
were the first names of these teachers:
Ms. Cummins, Mrs. Kesselman, Mrs. Merkin, Mr. Kahn, Mr. Zucker?
·
Mae
Cummins, Rose Kesselman, Beatrice Merkin, Harold “Gus” Kahn, Milton Zucker
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