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Retro RFH Presidential Spirit of ’76

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Spirit of ’76 captured by the RFH Class of ’76
Photos/RFH Yearbook

It’s Presidents’ Day, officially Washington’s Birthday. So, it seemed only appropriate to continue in that theme with retro RFH photos — class presidents, their teams and even the top administrator.

Why not? If the day fits … And, lest we forget that back in the 1970s, there was a bicentennial for the U.S.A. going on. And there was much making of the year in the theme of RFH festivities and the yearbook.

The RFH Class of ’76, in fact, reprised its own ode to our first president, George Washington, with a mock crossing of, shall we say, McCarter Pond?

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Obituaries

In Memoriam: Rumson-Raised RFH ’96 Grad, Son, Husband, Father, John Sievers Ekdahl, 47

“John quietly and bravely fought his way through cancer treatment to the very end … May his memory bring comfort to those who knew him and continue to inspire all who were touched by his life.” ~ family of John Ekdahl

Rumson-raised Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) graduate, son, husband, father, John Sievers Ekdahl, passed away on Feb. 11 at his home in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. He was 47.

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Retro RFH Senior Lounge Groovin’

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RFH seniors of 1974 lounge in the Senior Commons
Photo/RFH Yearbook

The year was 1974 and the top hits were The Way We Were and Seasons in the Sun. Ironic …

And back in that year, the seniors at RFH had plenty of joy and fun and some seasons out of the sun. That was OK, though, because they had they had the Senior Commons for those chilly, wintry dank days. It was just the way they were — literally sinking into the groove, known as the groovy floor, in the lounge.

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Local Life

Retro RFH Foul Weather Junior ‘Lounging’

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Juniors of the RFH Class of '79 lounge in the Junior Lounge Photo/George Day
Juniors of the RFH Class of ’79 lounge in the Junior Lounge
Photo/George Day

A little cheer in a reprise all about simple fun to be had in foul weather lounging and an antic or a few at RFH …

Some moments are meant for just lounging … like this persistent foul, frigid weather. Yes, lounging, even if those snippets of indoor time at RFH are inside a far less cozy, yet exclusive, special high school nook like the junior, as opposed to upper crust senior, lounge.

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Local Life

Retro RFH Ski Clubbing Coolness

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RFH Ski Club of 1974-75
Photo/RFH Yearbook

Yes, we are in the throes of winter and its big chill and freeze-out. After lots of snow and ice, the sun has come out this week and made the cold sting just a little softer. 

With that heap of white stuff turning into slippery slopes of solid ice, minds might be transported in time to RFH days when there was a small group of enthusiasts that loved the snow and took to the slick slopes regularly — the now defunct RFH Ski Club.

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Retro Fair Haven Snow Day Creation

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Photo/Picture of Register photo clip by Dave Kingdon

A reprise from February of 2017 in honor of the next snowfall due today … 

With the onslaught of icy snow lately and the freeze over, there’s been a lot of chatter about snow days and how to get creatively constructive with the white stuff.

Well, in the 1970s, a few R-FH area kids took their creativity farther than most would be allowed to these days. And that chatter could have well been the chattering of teeth in the freezing weather — more like in the comfort of some kids’ self-built ice hut, or igloo. Woohoo!

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Local Life

Retro RFH Snow Day Drive

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Snowy weather at RFH in the late 1970s
Photo/George Day

A reprise in honor of the first major R-FH area snowfall of the New Year and nostalgia for the days of waiting for the snow day whistle to blow and goofing off. Yes, before the morning phone call and electronic communications, there was only the fire horn to listen for on what all kids wished would be a snow day. Then came the snow day misadventures …

It may or may not have been a snapshot of the infamous Blizzard of ’78, but there was not an SUV in sight, that’s for sure. Yes, those slick sedans slipped and slid their way right to school. Or not. There was a lot more fearlessness of the white stuff. That was the RFH golden rule of the era.

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