Category Archives: Local Life

A look, in photos, of latest area events, local everyday people and places.

Local Life

Retro RFH Baseball Batting 1,000

Image Leave a comment
Playing ball in the 1970s at RFH Photo/George Day
Playing ball in the 1970s at RFH
Photo/George Day

Spring is in the air — sort of — and it’s just about batter up time at RFH.

So, on the cusp of spring, our Retro Pic of the (George) Day also commemorates the coming of the baseball season — the warm-up, the game and all.

Here’s a shot from the 1970s of some RFHers playing ball. The batter up? Recognize him? How about those teammates on the sideline?

Remember these uniforms?

Thanks, again, to George Day for this and so many other great photos!

Local Life

Retro RFH NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade March

Image
RFH Marching Band and Twirlers in NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade circa 1984
Photo/Kitty Beeman

A reprise from March 14 of last year, just because … it’s a classic scene that must be revisited …

In the Rumson St. Patrick’s Day Parade’s aftermath, we’re looking back at the luck of the Irish and not-so-Irish at RFH and another parade — the big one. We are remembering a time when the RFH Marching Band, Twirlers and Drill Team not only marched in area St. Patrick’s Day parades, but made it to the big one in New York City. Call it an Irish step dance of sorts — the marching and entertaining sorts.

Continue reading Retro RFH NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade March →
Local Life

Retro RFH St. Patrick’s Day Parading

Image
RFH Band marches in St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Belmar in 1993
Photo/Kathy Robbins

The Rumson St. Patrick’s Day Parade is set to step off on Sunday, barring rain. And we’re thinking that there’s nothing quite like celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, Irish or not, with a couple of bulldogs leading your alma mater’s marching band. That’s how RFH did it back in 1993.

Continue reading Retro RFH St. Patrick’s Day Parading →
Local Life

Retro RFH Rainy Day Clowns in a Clown Car

Image
RFH cheerleader guys and a VW bug circa 1977
Photo/George Day

Sometimes you just find yourself up a puddle without a paddle. And sometimes the way around it, or through it, is by spilling out of a VW bug like a bunch of RFH clowns in a clown car.

Continue reading Retro RFH Rainy Day Clowns in a Clown Car →