Ansonia High School - Lavender Yearbook (Ansonia, CT)

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The boys un The PrunT Shop were saddened by The sudden and Traguc deaTh of Theur In sTrucTor Mr Ray Banks They conTunued The remaunung parT of The year under The supervu suon oT Mr Wulluam FuTzgerald As The year was drawung To a close There were a Tew socual evenTs croppung up One was The FooTball banqueT whuch The members oT The squad always enloy Also aT Thus ban queT The co capTauns Tor The ensuung year were elecTed Well here we go agaun The mem bers oT The Team selecTed a Tall rough and Tough hombre Trom Pune as one oT The co cap Tauns answerung To The name of John Duzzy Dean The oTher socual evenT was The Junuor Senuor recepTuon Those who wenT enuoyed Them selves ummensely and look Torward To uT each year wuTh greaT zesT JusT abouT Thus Tume The Senuors were almosT knockung on The door oT graduaTuon nughT lT was no longer a secreT To The Junuors ThaT un a week or so we would be on our Tunal lap of our hugh school career Class Day wenT as TasT as uT came and we were ouT Tor our summer vacaTuon only To re Turn nexT year as The bug cheese of The school IT you know how The musuc Tor MorTumer Snerd oT The Edgar Bergen programme goes you can umagune how we sounded as we re cuT durung The prevuous Three years To geT our unsTrucTuons once agaun Trom Mr McGee The bell rang and we assembled once more un The Mechanucal Drawung room Tor The lasT Tume on an openung day oT school Lookung The class over one could see ThaT uT had dwun dled considerably As Mr McGee spoke we were no longer green or nousy buT as Senuors should be quueT and dugnuhed Our Pruncupal sTressed The um porTance oT whaT educaTuon meanT To young people goung ouT unTo The world We were Then dusmussed On our reTurn To school however we mussed a well known and Tamuluar Tugure a man who was everybody s Truend and whc was unuver sally well luked our JanuTor PaTsy O Connell who had dued suddenly durung The summer AbouT Thus Tume we sTarTed a paper drlve To buy a movue proIecTor Tor Pune and a Tew oTher auduo vusual auds The druve proved To be a greaT success As usual The TooTball season was here agaun and oh whaTs The use you can T keep good men down' ThaT unduvusuble Toursome oT Whuzzer Webb Farmer Lepeska CapTaun Duzzy Dean and Calupso Kud AnTrum were TursT on The scene agaun You know Thus us geTTung Turesome' Lepeska Dean and Webb were guven All STaTe TuTles Tor Theur IorulluanT play mg By The way The Whuzzer broke all kunds oT records and seT new ones Tor scholasTuc TooTball The class oTTucers Tor Thus our Tunal and mosT umporTanT year were as Tollows PresudenT Raymond Adams Vuce PresudenT Charles l-loward and SecreTary Treasurer Angelo Culmo Mr McGee organuzed a STudenT COur1CIl To help hum carry ouT cerTaun duTues and acTuv uTues oT The school Raymond Adams was ap pounTed PresudenT and Ruchard Trumble Sec reTary Treasurer Agaun as un our Sophomore ear we are havung an unTramural basketball eague The TursT round has been compleTed and 4A were The vucTors The second round us now beun played buT as Thus goes To press The Tunal ou come us unknown The WebsTer Hose Co us Tryung To buy an ambulance Tor The CuTy oT Ansonua and un order To help Them purchase uT The sTudenTs oT Pune made a very generous conTrubuTuon To The Tund In SepTember we sTarTed on our Turual round as Pune sTudenTs and un no Tume aT all The year Q T us pracTucally over and now The Tun beguns TryouTs Tor The Senuor Assembly are now beung held and Adams l-loward and Culmo represenT Pune un Thus endeavor From all presenT ouTlooks uT seems as uT Thus years aT TempT should Tar ouTshune all oTher prevuous ones As Thus goes To press we are lookung forward wuTh greaT anTucupaTuon To The Publuc Speakung conTesT un whuch we shall be repre senTed by Blaze Ad ms and Buewald Then our socual lufe conTunues wuTh The Junuor Senuor recepTuon un whuch we play The parT oT The honored guesTs oT The Junuor Class and oT course The maun evenT oT The year The Senuor Prom Our Year Book The Lavender us well on uTs way To compleTuon and Adams Blaze and AnTrum handled our conTrubuTuons and assusT ance un makung IT a success un an able and eTTu cuenT manner In conclusuon we wush To Thank The Teachung sTaTT and Muss Roche Tor Theur kund under sTandung and help un makung our days aT Pune memorable ones and uT us because oT Them ThaT Pune boys have become known as Tune boys 4 JMU . V . y . J ' A ' . . . . - Turned over The well-Trod paThs which we had . 1 . ' ' .

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CLASS HISTORY PINE MANUAL TRAINING scuuoou On The nughT OT June 22nd I949 TorTy Tour well Trauned and well educaTed boys we hope wull be graduaTed Trom The Pune Manual Traun ung School To go on as TuTure young men OT The world and communuTy Thus all began on a sunny mornung un Sep Tember I945 ruTTy eughT boys wauTed ouTsude OT The Gloruous Buuldung Tor The bell To sTarT Them on Theur way Tc hugher educaTuon A They wauTed Tor The bell To rung each boy eyed The oTher cauTuously To Teel hus way To ward Truend or Toe Among The bug bo s even Then were rugged Dean Lepeska We b and Drake When The bell rang we Tuled Through The hallways To The Mechanucal Drawung Room where we were greeTed by Pune s new pruncu pal Mr Joseph McGee l-le made a shorT speech and we were Then dusmussed The sec and day was long and hard and Tunally came To an end We meT our home room Teachers and our class advuser Mr Raymond Burns Soon class elecTuons were held and Donald Brunnock was elecTed PresudenT AnThony DellaVOlpe Vuce PresudenT and Muchael Cul uo SecreTary Treasurer ball season was begun Rough rugged and handsome were The cOnTrubuTuOns OT Pune To Mr Jarvus squad durung Thus our Freshman year They uncluded Snell Lepeska Dean Drake AnTrum JeTT and CerruTellu who made a very good showung durung Theur TursT season on The Team ATTer The halT year markung peruod was Ofer The resT OT The year rolled merruly along mel uT u as no Tume aT all beTOre Class Day was around MOST OT The bo s receuved awards Tor euTher cuTuzenshup Or sc olarshlp IT was only a maTTer oT days now beTore The Green Year would be over All OT The TuTTy eughT boys were enuoyung Theur vacaTuon when They read OT The Openung OT school wuThun a Tew weeks un The columns OT The local newspaper Well here we are agaun un TrOnT OT ThaT Gloruous Buuldung wauhng Tor ThaT TaTal bell To begun The Wuse Year beTTer known as The Sophomore year Lookung around we no Tuced ThaT some OT The boys had noT reTurned buT There was sTull ThaT Tough Truo OT charac Ters Lepeska Dean and Drake The bell rang and we wenT TO our meehng place Tor abouT a halT hour and Then came The welcome dus mussal sugnal Our class OTTucers Thus year were John Dean PresudenT John Lepeska Vuce PresudenT and PeTer KeTz SecreTary Treasurer Those handsome guys who wenT OuT Tor TooTball The prevuous year agaun made Theur appearance un answer To Mr Jarvus call Tor candudaTes early un The Fall They were Lepe ska Dean Webb Snell Drake JeTT MuTsakos and AnTrum All OT These boys gave greaT perTOrmances and some even showed wooden splunTers Thus year There was unTroduced The Idea OT an unTramural baskeTball league un whuch ZA were The vucTors AnOTher creduT To The Class OT 49 was To have Bob Snell pucked as a leader un cuTuzen shup For gaunung Thus honor Bob was senT To The FOrT Trumbull branch OT UConn To Take parT un The Boys STaTe AbouT Thus Tume we elecTed The shops un whuch we would mauor Tor The nexT Two years Tume had no eTTecT on The boys Thus year and un no Tume aT all Class Day was aga n wuTh us We dud nOT mund much because Thus meanT a summer vacaTuon and ThaT The nexT year we would be on our nexT To The lasT lap OT our school careers as Junuors ATTer enuoyung a Tune summer vacaTuon Sep Tember quuckly crepT around and here we were un TrOnT OT Pune agaun awauTung our Junuor year To sTarT Accordung To The usual proce dure we gaThered un The Mechanucal Drawung Room where we were addressed by Mr Mc Gee and laTer on were unTroduced To our varu ous shop unsTrucTors The nexT day we resumed our sTudues un earnesT and The boys wenT To work un The varuous shops whuch They had chosen ConTrol OT our acTuvuTues Tor Thus year was enTrusTed To our very able class oThcers Paul MuTsakos PresudenT John Dean Vuce Presu denT and John SweeT SecreTary Treasurer John Farmer Lepeska John Duzzy Dean Alan Whuzzer Webb and RoberT Calupso Kudl AnTrum assusTed Coach Jarvus on The TooTball squad showung The oTher Teams who was boss Chosen Tor The Publuc Speakung ConTesT Frank Blaze dud a Tune uob even Though he won no pruze lm ifllu-li" - - n - .I It I J . I . . . 1 Q 1 . S . - 4 - H Soon aTTer The Opening OT school, The TOOT- I ' - . - ' E .. .' . . .. .. ' ' l . l - l ' l . ' . ,. . ,, . l l . . l

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E AST W AND TESTAMENT OF T CLASS We fhe members of fhe Class of I949 of fhe Ansonsa Hugh chool sn fhe csfy of Ansonsa Counfy of New Haven Sfafe of Connecfscuf fhe Unsfed Sfafes of Amersca supposedly menfally and physscally flf and capable of maksng fhese momenfous decsssons do hereby proclasm fhss fo be our lasf wsll and fesfamenf FIRSTLY To Mr John G Prendergasf our regrel' al' hss ressgnafson as prsncspal susf as we were abouf fo become Sensors buf wsfh our besf wsshes for every success sn hss new possfson wsfh +he Sfafe Welfare Deparfmnf SECONDLY To Mr John J F Ruddy our hearfsesf con grafulafsons on hss refurn fo fhe Ansonsa school sysfem and a welcome fo our Hsgh School as our new prsncspal wsfh fhe hope fhaf he wsll ensoy many happy and successful years sn hss new possfson THIRDLY Our grafeful apprecsafson fo Mr J Frank Ryan for hss frsendly snferesl' sn our Year Book and fhe endless hours he has spenl' sn helpsng make sf fhe success sl' ss FOURTHLY To Msss Agnes Ray our consfanf feelsng of a personal frsendshsp for wsfh her sf ss a sunny smsle a warm Hello and lsflle deeds of ksndness fhaf seem fo say a frsend FIFTHLY To our Faculfy we leave a deep sense of regref for fhe dsffsculfy fhey wsll meef sn fsllsng fhe vosd leff by fhe deparfure of so dsgnsfsed so learned and so relsable a group of Sensors however holdsng ouf fo fhem fhe fasnf hope fhaf fhe sncomsng Sensors of I95O may sn some small way affempf fo fake over our places sn a becomsng manner SIXTHLY To fhe sndsvsdual members of fhe Faculfy who have proved sfaunch frsends and valuable advssers fo us dursng fhe pasf fhree years we leave fhe followsng sfems I To Mr Charles Arfhur a soffly up holsfered chasr for fhe cafefersa fo make hss long sessson ssfer dursng comforfable 2 To Mr and orderly may browse among hss beloved books wsfhouf fear of snferrupfson 3 To Msss Margaref Conklsn a years gen erous supply of arf mafersals of all ksnds so fhaf she may sndulge sn her hobby fo her hearfs corsfenf of pressdsng over fhe cash reg fhe 'rhree recesses a lsffle more J Howard Clark a well behaved ssxfh persod sfudy hall so fhaf he 4 To Msss Josephsne Crsbbsns sn order 'ro O I 9 help lsghfen her burdens a classsfsed lssf wsfh full defasls of all posssble empoyers seeksng skslled offsce help 5 To Msss Efhel Erscson a group of Sensors sn Englssh capable of acfsng fhesr age wsfh ouf consfanf need of dsscsplsnarsan acfson and fhreafs 6 To Mr John Glenn congrafulafsons and besf wsshes for every success sn hss new poss fson as dsrecfor of physscal educafson for fhe oys 7 'lo Msss Loreffa Hennessey our frank and open admsrafson af her courage sn drsvsng from New Haven sn all ksnds of bad weafher 8 To Mr Phslsp Hslbssh our besf wsshes fhaf fhe new Busck wsll lsve up fo fhaf repufa hon as esfablsshed for sf sn fhe ads 9 To Msss Josephsne Kennedy a prsvafe felephone operafor fo assssf her sn her dasly fask of checksng on absenfees and sksppees IO To Msss Mary Lane a class sn Englssh who wsll read fhe books asssgned fhem from her personally compsled Book Lssf II To Mrs Frances Brods Lombards man years of happy marrsed lsfe and a gsff of a 'she lafesf household applsances fo help lser manage her fwo lobs sn a more effscsenl' I2 To Mr George Manley congrafulafsons on fhe arrsval of a new lsffle chemssf I3 To Mr Henry Marforano a lsfney ls cense for fhe fransporfafson +o school of all fhe pupsls sn hss nesghborhood I4 To Msss Lousse Marvsn a gsrls gym class who wsll play accordsng fo recognszed gsrls rules and nof by fhe Knock Em Down Ksll Em All rules whsch fhey seem fo have formulafed for fhemselves I5 To Msss Eleanor McNamara fo vary fhe monofony a new fype of fsmsng devsce new sazz records and 'rhe lafesf model ma chsnes fo record fhem I6 To Msss Mary Monahan a permanenf fypsng sfaff capable of keepsng fhe records sfrasghf and an adequafe supply of change always on hand sn fhe Booksfore I7 To Mr Phslsp Newhall a pasr of roller skafes fo help shorfen fhe long dssfance from hss house on Howard Avenue fo fhe hsgh school I8 To Msss Kafharsne Psckeff an annual vacafson from Thanksgsvsng on so she may escape fhe rsgors of our New England wsnfers I9 To Mrs Frseda Turschmann Rackham a she wonf msss fhe rural beaufses of her nafsve Sfafford Sprsngs 20 To Mr J Frank Ryan a dssconfsnusng of hss classes sn Lafsn and fhe refurn of hss be loved fsve classes sn U S Hssfory counfry esfafe sn fhe suburbs of Ansonsa so Ida Ts-s L sLL HE F 94 , .. , , JN . '. . . ' ss . I g . if I . fashion. I