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Retro RFH Halloween: Some Bunnies & Ghouls

RFH Halloween of 1977 with a gaggle of girls Photo/George Day
RFH Halloween of 1977 with a gaggle of girls
Photo/George Day

Reprise … Just because it’s that time of the year and it’s a classic shot … 

Some bunny got dressed for RFH Halloween 1977 — or a few bunnies and other assorted suspicious characters, that is.

The Halloween spirit was in the air, that’s for sure. And this senior gaggle of girls embodied it. From controversial, yet timely and popular, Playboy bunny costumes, to Raggedy Ann, a ghost, a cat, a gypsy and whatever else, they were parading and pleased with their choices.

Then they benched themselves for a little haunting respite and pose. But, surely, knowing this crew, there was some mischievous haunting to come. They weren’t done.

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Retro RFHers’ Hunt for a Hippie Good Time

They were on the hunt for a great time filled with tradition. That was the crew of ’78 on this very day, Oct. 22, 47 years ago, on that infamous Hippie Hill on the Haskell Estate in Middletown, where The Hunt was held annually back in the day. Remember? We do.

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Scene Around: An RFH Senior and a Heroic Locals’ Summer Save

Ocean rescuers Roberto, Cameron Rice and Isabella … Photo/Long Branch Ocean Rescue via Rice

What started out as a simple locals’ summer Sunday swim turned, with a deceptive tempestuous tide, into an ocean rescue at the skilled hands of off-duty Long Branch Ocean Rescue and Jersey Shore YMCA lifeguard Cameron Rice, a Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) senior and Fair Havenite.

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Retro RFH Band Marching Times

RFH Marching Band circa 1970s Photo/RFH Yearbook
RFH Marching Band circa 1970s
Photo/RFH Yearbook

Reprise in honor of the RFH Marching Band’s recent big win in the Tournament of Bands competition …

It’s that time of the year. It’s football season. And that means it’s also time for the RFH Marching Band to play the field, too.

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Retro RFH Class of ’78 First Reunion Girls

The year was 1988. It was a decade past graduation, yet, The Hustle was still happening. So was Saturday Night Fever. And three besties had the fever getting set to dance to the tune of the RFH Class of ’78’s first reunion — the 10th in 1988.

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