Berlin High School - Lamp Yearbook (Berlin, CT)

Text from Pages 1 - 60 of the 1943 volume:

Presenting THE LAMP 19 4 3 Berlin High School Berlin, Conn. To the Members of the Class of 1943 GREETINGS: You have completed twelve years of formal training wherein you have become proficient in the knowledge and skills you will use in your quest for success and happiness. You have my con- gratulations and best wishes. You are about to face life at a time when its problems appear beyond solution. Your country is involved in a war so great in its magnitude as to be called an all-out” war. Many of you boys are now in the armed services, many of you girls are making weapons of war, and all of you are making adjustments required by civilian participation in warfare. Your immediate future is controlled by the gods of war. Your destiny, however, is not controlled by the problems of the present. There are always problems to be met in time of war or in time of peace. The way you face problems, not the prob- lems themselves, determines success and happiness. Although war time services will be difficult and may interfere with your plans and ambitions remember that only by meeting these situations with courage, honesty, and faith can you build for a future worthwhile life. It is my hope and trust that each member of the class of 1943, wherever he or she may be, will face life with courage and with faith in himself, his country, and in God. Sincerely, M. V. MacLauehlin. Out there in almost every part of the world today are thou- sands of boys — tall boys, short boys, brunettes, redheads, boys who lived next door to us, and boys who lived a thousand miles away from us, but nevertheless, boys who are all fighting for us. There are boys who were in high school, playing left guard on the basketball team or end on the football team, uproariously experimenting with calcium carbide in Chemistry class and im- portantly borrowing the family car for special dates.” There are boys who were in college singing the Whiffenpoof Song” or yelling the State Teacher’s college cheer; going through the dark period of being harrassed underclassmen and finally ending a victorious senior. There are boys who were starting out on their first real jobs, looking for the traditional left-handed” monkey wrench on their first day, kidding the girls in the office and spending half their pay checks before they even received them. These boys have given up everything they love — their work, their homes, their families, their best girls” and even their wives. So it is to them that we dedicate our year book with the sin- cere promise that we will work for victory and do all in our power to help those boys to finish up their unpleasant task and come home soon. Faculty MISS THEODORA BUNCE English III and IV MISS HELEN LYNCH General Business --Junior Business Training Bookkeeping I Typewriting I MISS MARGARET FLANNERY Shorthand II Typewriting II Office Practice Consumer Education Retail Selling MISS ELIZABETH McBRIEN Latin II French II Civics MISS RUTH SPANGENBERG Algebra I Algebra PI. Ge Chemis MISS OLIVE G. FATSCHER MISS ETHEL L. WRIGHT Home Economics Cafeteria Manager , JRNES Englisf Civics — Freshmen C. HOWARD GODING Physics Science III Shop- Math. q. klSS MARIE A. LeVAN English II American History French I English I English II MRS. EMIL vJU D ory M 7 , MISS MARJORIE G. WOLF Music Supervisor Vocal JfiA - KENNETH L. Vice-Principal Problems of Democracy OTKOWSKI 1 Science MfS GERTRUDE Biology «• General Science BUNCE MR. ROSARIO MESSINA Practical Arts Mech. Drawing Aeronautics Adv. Machine Practice MRS. LILLIAN McNICKLE Secretary to Mr. MacLaughlin _ Class Advisor MISS MARGARET FLANNERY In this unusual year — unlike any in the history of our school — it has given us great satisfaction to have had an advisor who has so efficiently and willingly given us her council and friendship. • We hereby express our sincere appreciation to Miss Margaret Flannery for her work as able advisor, inspiring companion, and staunch friend. Editorial Staff The yearbook, as a result of the menacing threats of our editor-in- chief, Robert Dennehy, was slowly but surely assembled. Conferences were called, but it seemed that everyone had something more important to do. Jean Raymond by various means, known only to her, succeeded in getting together the various photos. Gretchen Relyea did her best by us in supervising and adding her own inimitable phraseology to the literature. Louise Notaro has proved a most astute business manager — we couldn’t put anything over on her. Bob Orcutt upheld the honor of Berlin High in the sports sections, and last but not least, John O’Brien shouted himself hoarse — and you know how John can do it — as our publicity manager. During the last few weeks. Miss Fatscher and Miss Flannery, among others, were seen scurrying to cover at the approach of Mr. Raymond O’Toole, our publisher, usually a jolly fellow, whose smile too often turned into a grim expression of disgust at our lack of material. In spite of all our tribulations, we had fun doing it. We hope you like the results. Open Letter to Faculty Dear Faculty: The Class of 1943 can well realize how you feel about our leaving, and we too are reluc- tant at parting. We know now how hard you tried to impart to us the little knowledge we now possess. We know, every one of us, the pangs of grief that you feel as our class, that gigantic wave of intelligence, drifts out into the wide world to seek its fortunes. The lessons you taught us will be our guiding light in a world that is so callous at our innocence. Yes, you have taught us something. For instance, we will never chew gum in the pres- ence of cultured people because Miss Flannery said it isn’t proper unless you can afford to give everyone a stick. We will never say ain’t and John O’Brien will learn to control his emotions and not hum in libraries. Miss Bunce taught us to love horses and frog legs and how not to shiver when we cut snakes to pieces. Miss Fowler left us with such an appreciation of Shakespeare that when dis- couraged and downhearted with life, we will quote his lovely passage: It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” The Problems of Democracy have been made knowns to us by Mr. MacKenzie and we must admit our uneasiness in his class during he dis- cussion of juvenile delinquency. Miss LeVan and her Traffic Squad pointed out the lack of good manners shown by eating in the corridors, so we have now developed the distressing habit of sneaking food from our pockets to our mouths, which may prove profitable throughout life as a means of not sharing with others. Miss Barnes did well in discouraging the throwing of paper airplanes in class, but, oh, how we loved to watch them glide gracefully across the room. Most of the boys still hope to fly for Uncle Sam some day. We know Miss Lynch liked us particularly well. In fact, she always insisted upon our returning to class after school hours because our company was so entertaining. We hope that Miss Drust realizes all we learned in her French classes. Well, regardless of how much we can remem- ber, one phrase will remain in our vocabulary for a long time. Miss Drust insisted on saying Traissez-vous, imbeciles” to us. Then we learned much about character and personality from Miss Fatscher. She said we were now seniors and should act that way. Miss Wright taught the girls how to cook and the boys how to be hungry, and after a few samples of the girls’ cooking the boys would unanimously lose their appetites. Miss Theodora Bunce arrived late at our school, but she soon became one of our best friends. However, as far as grammar is concerned, adverbs, pronouns, and adjectives still remain a hollow nauseating memory. Orchids, however, to Mr. Goding. He definitely did leave us with a bit of first hand knowl- edge of science. After his bellowing for weeks, we now acknowledge that one should never leave a penny in a circuit box as a fuse because the government warns seriously against hoarding money. It leads to inflation. Miss Spangenberg taught us mathematics. She must realize now that Einstein had nothing on us. Our theories were usually so absurd that even we could not explain them. Mr. Messina never challenged or should we say tempted our integrity because he always locked up all valuables during our presence in his classes. Whenever we got highly excited, we crammed into the music room for some vocals with Miss Wolf. We acknowledge, however, that we were terrible singers, shutting all doors so that the student body would not get riotous over our music. Mrs. McNickle just loved our hanging around the office, but just couldn’t make out passes fast enough to get us back to our rooms. Mr. MacLaughlin, we know, must realize the loss to Berlin High School at our leaving. We can comfort him only by assuring him that there are not many more like us to come. Miss McBrien gave us our most useful lesson in discipline. We developed a definite skill in passing notes and whispering ultra-quietly in her classes. All in all, we had a lot of fun, and we hope you won’t be too hard on us in judging our intellectual ability. Remember, we have now all become teachers and are about to teach a cer- tain few men the meaning of democracy and how not to aggravate Uncle Sam. Most of all, dear faculty, we are go ing to defend your very right to teach others in the free and inspiring manner you taught us. Sincerely yours, CLASS OF 1943 CLASS OFFICERS President ROBERT H. ORCUTT “Bob” “All In Favor Say Aye.” Honor Roll, 1, 2; Camera Club, 2; Student Council, 2; Vice President, 3; Dramatic Club, 2, 3, 4; Bea- con, 2, 3, 4; Oratorical Contest, 2; Intramural Foot- ball, 3; Literary Club, 3; Junior Prom Committee; Traffic Squad, 3, 4; Class President, 3, 4; Lamp Committee; League of Nations Contest. Ambition: Naval Air Corps. Vice President ROBERT DENNEHY “Bob” “That ' s How Spell I-R-E-L-A-N-D.” Track, 1; Honor Roll, 1, 4; Student Council, 2; Varsity Football, 2; Beacon Staff, 2, 3, 4; Intra- mural Football, 3; Junior Prom Committee, 3; Literary Club; Treasurer, 3; Traffic Squad, 3; Cap- tain, 4; Dramatic Club; President, 3, 4; Senior Ball Committee, 4; Police Commissioner, 4; Class Vice President, 4; Editor in Chief of Yearbook, 4. Ambition: Professor of History. Treasurer LOUISE J. NOTARO “Lulu” “Faithful Forever.” Honor Roll 1, 2, 3, 4; Treasurer of Class, 4; Motif Club; President, 4; Dramatic Club, 3, 4; Vice- President, 4; Palette Club, 1; Secretary, 3; Music Club, 1, 2; High School Chorus, 1, 2; Home Eco- nomics Club, 2; Yearbook Committee, 4; “Punkin” Party Committee, 4; Traffic Squad; Secretary, 4; Senior Ball Committee, 4j D. A. R. Award. Secretary GRETCHEN RELYEA “Gretel” “Green Eyes.” Geology Club, 1; Dramatic Club, 2, 3, 4; Literary Club, 3; Camera Club, 1; Motif Club, 4; Beacon Staff, 1, 2, 3, 4; Lamp Editor, 4; Class Secretary, 2, 3, 4; Stardust Dance, 2; Junior Prom Committee, 3; Food Commissioner, City of Problems, 4. Ambition: Journalism. 1 ROGER ALLING Beek” Time On My Hands. Camera Club, 1; Intramural Basketball, 2; Police Commis- sioner, 4. Ambition: Army or Navy. GILDA ALBERTI Jill” Lady Be Good.” Home Economics Club, 1; Hon- or Roll, 1, 2, 3; Girls’ Sports, 1, 2, 3, 4; Star Dust Dance Committee, 2. Ambition: Travel Around the World. ALLAN AUSTIN Al” Hey, Pop, I Don’t Wanna Go To Work.” Music Club, 1; Intramural Bas- ketball, 1, 2; Intramural Base- ball, 1, 2; Camera Club, 2; Palette Club, 2. Ambition: Marines. LILLIAN BIGHINATTI Lil” Little Posie. Home Economics Club, 1, 3; Motif Club, 4. Ambition: Housewife. ALYCE CAMERON Snooty Little Cutie.” Class Vice President, 1; Camera Club Secretary, 1; Honor Roll, 1. 2, 5; Dramatic Club, 2, 3, 4; Girls Sports, 3; Bookworm Club, 3; Junior Prom Commit- tee, 3; Star Dust Dance, 2; Motif Club, 4; Park Commis- sioner, 4; Budget Committee Chairman, 4. Ambition: Librarian. KATHLEEN COONEY Kat” That Soldier of Mine.’ Home Economics Club, 1; Hon- or Roll, 1, 2; Girls’ Sports, 1. 2, 3, 4; Dramatic Club, 3, 4; Star Dust Dance Committee, 2; Motif Club, 4. Ambition: Join the WAACS. FLORENCE BRUSICK Flo” All Dressed Up Spic and Spanish. Music Club, 1; Palette Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Dramatic Club, 2; Bea- con Staff, 3, 4. Ambition: Spealc Spanish. THOMAS BUXTON Buck” For Me and My Gal.” Music Club 1, 2; Palette Club, 1, 2, 3; Junior Prom, 3. Ambition: Welder. ' MARJORIE COONEY Marge” It’s a Wonderful W orld. Snowball Dance Committee, 1; Star Dust Dance Committee, 2; Girls’ Sports, 1, 2, 3, 4. Ambition: Sail around the world. IRENE CORR Reney” Wonder When My Baby ' s Coming Home. Music Club, 1; Honor Roll, 1, 2; Palette Club, 1, 2, 3; Secre- tary, 1; Dramatic Club, 1, 2, 3. 4; Home Economics Club, 2, 3; Junior Prom Committee; Stu- dent Council, 3; Health Com- mission, 3; Senior Ball Com- mittee, 4; Senior Planning Com- mittee, 4; Senior Play Commit- tee, 4; Motif Club, 4; Freshman Reception Chairman, 4. Ambition: Censored. ELIZABETH DEAN Music Club, 1; Typing Club, 1, 2; Honor Roll, 1, 2, 3; Dra- matic Club, 3, 4; Motif Club, 4. Ambition: Teacher. FRANCIS DEMfNG Fran” Drummin’ Man. High School Chorus, 1, 2; High School Band and Orchestra, 1, 2, 3, 4. Ambition: Photographer. PHYLLIS DOOLITTLE Felix” Blue Skies. Palette Club, 1, 2; Home Eco- nomics Club, 2; Motif Club, 4. Ambition: Nurse. JOSEPH EDELSON Joe Whatcha Know, Joe. Camera Club, 1, 2; Geology Club, 1, 3; Dramatic Club, 3; Intramural Football, 3; Traffic Squad, 4. Ambition: College OLGA DELLA BERNARDA All The Things You Are.” Trade-Cooperative Course. Ambition: Hairdresser. MERWIN EDELSON Fat Stuff” Mr. Five By Five. Orchestra, 1, 2, 3; Printing Club, 2; Honor Roll 2; Drama- tic Club, 3; Senior Will Com- mittee, 4. Ambition: College. r J J NANCY FRANCE Baldy” Nursey. Music Club, 1; Home Eco- nomics Club, 1, 2; Motif Club, 4; Class Play Committee, 4. Ambition: Nurse. EVELYN GARLONE Evey” Smiles.” At Bulkley High School, Hart- ford: Stamp Club; Tour Hart- ford Club; Girls ' League; Stu- dent Activity. At Berlin: Motif Club, 4; Dra- matic Club, 4; Beacon, 4. Ambition: Secretary. GRETHE FRISK Kickie” M a, He’s Making Eyes At Me. Palette Club, 1; Girls’ Sports, 1; Motif Club, 4; Senior Ball Committee, 4. Ambition: Join a French Cana- dian Family. IRENE GACEK Rinka” All This and Heaven Too.” Home Economics Club, 1, 2, 3; Honor Roll, 2, 3, 4; Dramatic Club, 3, 4; Beacon Staff, 3, 4; Motif Club, 4. Ambition: Accountant. MARGARET HACKETT Marge” I’m Nobody’s Baby.” Honor Roll 1, 2. Ambition: Stenographer. t i BARBARA HALL Barb On the Sunny Side of the Street.” Honor Roll, 1, 2, 3; Music Club, I, 2, 4; Motif Club, 4. Ambition: Merchandising — Edgewood Park Junior College. DANIEL GARLONE Danny” Oh, Danny Boy.” At Bulkley High School, Hart- ford: Boys ' League; Archery Club; Tour Hartford Club; Stu- dent Activity. Ambition: Engineer. V i I I ■cs, IRENE HAMAN Cutie” L L- It - | Angel in Disguise.” Music Club, 1, 2; Palette Club, ► v 2; Honor Roll, 2; Motif Club, 4. Ambition: Cowgirl and own her own ranch. 0 v -t KATHERINE HOPPE Snow Shoes” Did Your Mother Come From Ireland? Palette Club, 1; Girls’ Sports, 1; Home Economics Club, 1; Mu- sic Club, 1, 2, 3; President, 4; Dramatic Club, 1, 4. Ambition: Nurse. JAMES HOLIGAN Jim” When Irish Eyes Are Smiling. Geology Club, 1; Dramatic Club, 2; Music Club, 3; Intra- mural Basketball, 1, 3; Intra- mural Football, 3; Budget Com- mittee, 4; Traffic Squad, 4; Hon- or Roll, 4; Assistant Building Commissioner, 4. Ambition: Pilot — Marine Air Corps. ELAINE JOHNSON It’s Funny To Everybody But Me.’’ Music Club, 1; Palette Club, 1, 2, 3; Dramatic Club, 1, 2, 3; Motif Club, 4. Ambition: Stenographer. ROBERT JOHNSON Honorable” Pack Up Your Troubles. Camera Club, 1; Intramural Basketball, 2; Police Commis- sion, 4. Ambition: Navy. ANNE HORBAL Blondie” The Breeze And I. Home Economics Club, 1; Girls’ Sports, 1; Motif Club, 4; Assis- tant Food Commissioner, 4. Ambition: Dressmaker. NORMAN HUTCHINSON Hutch” Too Busy. Beacon Staff, 1; Dramatic Club, 1; Honor Roll, 1, 2; Intramural Basketball, 2, 3; Music Club, 2 , 3 ‘ _ Ambition: President of the ' ■ United States. EVELYN KORNICHUK Judy” You’d Be Surprised. Palette Club, 1; Girls’ Sports, 2, 3; Motif Club, 4. Ambition: Housewife. EDWI1 EDWINA KRIWACKI Ginger” I Had My Way. Girls’ Sports, 1; Home Econom- ics Club, 1, 2, 3; Palette Club, 1, 2, 3; Treasurer, 1; President, 4; Honor Holl, I, 2, 3, 4; Dra- matic Club, 2, 3; Treasurer, 4; Beacon Staff; Publishing Edi- tor, 3, 4; Motif Club; Secre- tary, 4. Ambition: Shorthand Reporter. GRACE LEWIS Pic” Whistling In The Dark.” Music Club; Palette Club, 2, 3, 4; Dramatic Club, 2, 3, 4; Bea- con Staff, 3, 4. Ambition: Join the WAVES. DONALD MUNSON Don” Old. MacDonald Had a Farm.” Music Club, 1, 2; Honor Roll, 2, 3, 4; Traffic Squad, 4. Ambition: Dairy Farmer. DOROTHY LOWELL Dot” We Three. Girls’ Sports, 1; Camera Club, 1; Geology Club, 1; Home Eco- nomics Club, 1; Palette Club 2, 3, 4; Literary Club, 3; Drama- tic Club, 3, 4; Beacon Staff, 4; Archery Club, 4; Motif Club, 4. Ambition: To become an M.D. LENA MARINO Lee” Everything Happens To Me.” Honor Roll, 1; Girls’ Sports, 1, 2, 3, 4; Motif Club, 4. Ambition: Private Secretary. ANTHONY MASSELLE A.J.” You ' re The One Rose.” Palette Club, 1; Varsity Basket- ball, 1, 2, 3; Dramatic Club, 1, 2, 4; Sound Technician, 4; In- tramural Football, 3; Freshman Dance Committee; Sophom ore Star Dust” Committee; Junior Prom Committee; Senior Pun- kin” Party Committee; Intra- mural Basketball, 4; Varsity Football, 4; City Clerk of City Problems, 4; Building Commis- sioner, 4; Senior Ball Commit- tee, 4. Ambition: Politician. JEAN NIELSEN Bug” Serenade to Sweden.” Dramatic Club, 3, 4; Motif Club, 4; Freshmen Reception Committee, 4; Senior Ball Com- mittee, 4; Park Commissioner, 4. Ambition: To be able to crack gum. LOIS NORTON Stormy” Give Me My Boots and Saddle.” Palette Club, 1; Vice President, 2; President, 3, 4. Ambition: Nurse. JOHN O’BRIEN Buck” Little Man You’ve Had a Busy Day. Bookworm Club, 3; Junior Prom Committee; Dramatic Club, 3, 4; Beacon, 4; Senior Budget Committee; Senior Events Committee; Public Wel- fare Commissioner. Ambition: Engineer. STEVE PASKIEWICZ Steve” l Haven’t Time To Be a Millionaire.’’ Camera Club, 1; Music Club, 1; Intramural Basketball, 1, 2; In- tramural Baseball, 1, 2; Art Club, 2. Ambition: Aviator. RAYMOND PATTERSON Mj sic, Mjiestnfo Pie fee.” Geology Club, l lorchestra, 1, 2; Camera Club,IM, 2; Music Club, 1, 2; lonor Roll, 2; Bea- con Staff, 2; Archery Club, 4; Traffic Squad, 4. Ambition: Musician. DORIS PAVANO Dee” I’ve Got Gobs of Love for the Navy.’’ Palette Club, 1; Music Club, 1, 2; Freshman Reception Com- mittee, 4; Senior Planning Com- mittee, 4. Ambition: To be ambitious. RUTH PEER Ruthie” The Army Air Corps. Home Economics Club, 1, 2; Honor Roll, 2, 3; Motif Club, 4. Ambition: Nurse. ELSIE PENTORE El” The Answer is Love. Camera Club, 1; Home Econom- ics, 2, 3, 4; Dramatic Club, 3. 4; Beacon Staff, 3, 4; Motif Club, 4. Ambition: Secretary. JOHN PIPKIN Bus-boy” Saddest Man in Town. Intramural Basketball 1, 2, 3; Camera Club, 1. Ambition: Machinist. EUNICE POWERS Eunie” , My Devotion. Home Economics Club, 1; Cam- era Club, 1; Basketball, 1; Bea- con, 1, 2; Honor Roll, 1, 2, 3, 4; Star Dust Dance, 2; Palette Club, 2; Junior Prom Commit- tee; Senior Ball Committee; Welfare Commission, 4. Ambition: Work in merchan- dising field. JEAN RAYMOND John” Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair. Camera Club, 1; Orchestra, 1, 2; Music Club, 1, 2; Honor Roll, 1, 2, 3, 4; Star Dust Dance Com- mittee, 2; Dramatic Club, 2, 3, 4; Beacon, 2, 3, 4; Bookworm Club, 3; Harvest Dance Com- mittee, 3; Motif Club, 4; Pro- gram Director; Yearbook Com- mittee, 4; Mayor of City of Problems, 4; Health Commis- sioner, 4; Punkin” Party Com- mittee, 4. Ambition: Advertising. PHYLLIS REEVE Phil” Convalescing with Katie.” High School Orchestra, 3, 4; Palette Club, 2, 3, 4; Secretary, 1; Dramatic Club, 4; Music Club, 2, 3, 4. Ambition: Nurse. HAROLD REYNOLDS Earl” Every Day is Ladies’ Day With Me.” Sidney High Band and Orchjfs ' - tra, Sidney, New York. Holyoke High Band and Or- chestra, Holyoke, Mass. ALFRED ROY Roy” On the Beam. Intramural Football, 3; Track, 3, 4; Honor Roll, 3, 4; Basket- ball, 4. Ambition: Aviator. Ambition: Mechanic. ELEANOR SARAVALLI Red” Oh, Dear. ' What Can the Matter Be.” Ambition: Secretary. GLORIA SILLUZIO Glory” What’s Your Story, Mornin’ Glory?” Palette Club, 3, 4; Dramatic Club, 3, 4; Motif Club, 4; Book- worm Club, 4. Ambition: Dancing Teacher. RALPH SIMEONE Fifi” Don’t Let It Get You Down.” Football, 1, 2, 3; Baseball, 1, 2, 3; Intramural Basketball, 1, 2, 3. Ambition: ANN RUSCZYK Babe” Stop, It’s Wonderful! Palette Club, 1. Ambition: Teacher of Physical Education. GEORGE SKENE Red” Who Cares. Intramural Tennis, 1; Varsity Tennis, 2, 3, 4; Intramural Bas- ketball, 2, 3, 4. Ambition: Army. II IRENE SLIMSKEY Slim” Miss You.” Dramatic Club, 4; Motif Club, 4. Ambition: Nurse. Ray” Curley Top.” Geology Club, 2; Archery Club, 4; Dramatic Club, 4; Beacon Reporter, 4; Traffic Squad, 4; Sea Scouts, 4. Ambition: Mechanical Engineer. � • V ROBERT SWANSON Pip” Solitude.” Camera Club, 1; Intramural Basketball, 2. Ambition: Aviator. Palette Club, 3; Literary Club, 3; Student Director, 4; Book League Club Chairman, 4; Mo- tif Club Treasurer, 4; Senior Ball Committee, 4; Freshman Reception Committee, 4; Plan- ning Committee, 4; Punkin” Party Committee, 4. Ambition: Private Secretary. NORMA ULKUS Norm” All The Things You Are.” Class Secretary, 1; Class Treas- urer, 2, 3; Music Club, 2; Stu- dent Council, 3; Honor Roll, 1, 2, 3, 4; Dramatic Club, 4; Motif Club, 4; Chairman of Christmas Card Sale, 4. Ambition: C. P. A. LOIS WHITE Lo” Between You and Me.” Music Club, 1; Dramatic Club, 2; Motif Club, 4; Honor Roll, 1, 4. Ambition: Stenographer. EDWARD WROBLEWSKI i. Eddy” ’tpilbmdyj Knows the Trouble C ‘ Tve Seen.” Camera Club, 1; Palette Club, 1; Intramural Basketball, 1; Music Club, 1, 2; Beacon Staff, 3. Ambition: Navy. PAUL ZIGMONT Contractor” Good Night, Ladies. Camera Club, 1; Honor Roil, 1, 2, 4; Palette Club, 1. Ambition: Successful business man. Prophecy It is 1963, in the merry month of May; the scene is Berlin, and what a Berlin it is! It’s now the proud owner of a newspaper, a radio station, two theaters, various drug stores and confectioneries, and many other general improvements. I, as editor-in-chief of the daily paper, the Gazette, am certainly proud of the way Berlin has grown and thrived. New buildings have sprung up. Brother Daniel Garlone’s funeral home, which owes much of its success to the touching epitaphs of Miss Jean Raymond, is located on Main Street. Next, are the main offices of the oil tycoon, Ralph Simeone, who supplies the state of Connecticut with oil to keep it warm all winter. In his absence on business trips, it is his able secretary, Irene Gacek, who carries on. Our radio station is run by Edward Wroblewski with Alyce Cameron singing all the commercials (probably her best known work is her stirring rendition of the Kornichuk Krispy-Kernel Candy Company song), and Alfred Roy doing the news commentating. A great step forward has been the formation of a cooperative by a group of local businessmen with Allen Austin running a chain of grocery stores, Donald Munson and Raymond Stange growing the produce, and Robert Johnson taking care of the trucking part of it. Our fire department has grown into one of the best in the state with George Skene and Norman Hutchinson as co-fire chiefs. Fred Buxton is now the owner of a tremendous used car concern (and they say he started business with only a Model A Ford, too! ) Our new high school, a gift from the generous Barbara Hall, has just been completed, due to the efforts of those two contractors, Paul Zigmont and Steve Paskiewicz. Edwin Kriwacki has been appointed Dean of Girls, Lois White, head of the Home Economics Depart- ment, and Eleanor Saravalli, head of the Commercial Department. Naturally, John Pipkin has charge of the bus transportation for the students. The school’s first assembly will have as its guest speaker Miss Irene Haman, the great culinary expert, who will speak on the subject of different methods of preparing pigs’ knuckles. Lillian Bighinatti and Kathleen Cooney are now the proud owners of a smart dress shop, and the delicate craftsmanship of the dresses is due to the head seamstress, Ann Horbal. James Holigan and his men’s clothing store are responsible for the newest fad in men’s suits — casual corduroys, mauve or twilight teal. Although the town has no general hospital, there are many Berlin girls, Irene Slimsky, Ruth Peer, Katherine Hoppe, and Nancy France — who hold impor- tant nursing positions in hospitals all over the country. Many former Berlinites are now famous authors. The best known are R. Patrick Dennehy, whose book Free Thinking for the Irish” has caused so many controversies, Dorothy Lowell, whose The Insane and How I Act” has helped many people, and Phyllis Doolittle, who is now resting from the strenuous task of compiling a new encyclopedia. And many Berlinites are famous in other fields, too; Miss Eunice Powers, the Clare Boothe Luce of Berlin, whose latest phrase — AW-Balony has won her fame in Washington; Doris Pavano, whose unfailing devotion to the Navy has caused her picture to be put on the wrapper of every package of Joe Edelson’s Salt Water Taffy; Gloria Silluzio, who acts as tutor to all prospective Ballet Russe members, and Elaine Johnson, whose wonderful char- acter acting in The Grass Is Green” has won her renown. Every Saturday night the residents of Berlin enjoy a stage show at the theater which is owned and operated by Robert Swanson with Margaret Hackett as ticket taker. The master of ceremonies is jovial John O’Brien. This Saturday’s special attraction is Ray Patterson and there will be a special moving picture featuring Lois Norton as Gene Autry’s leading lady in a thrilling western. After the theatre performance is over many people go on to Roger Ailing’s night club where Olga Della Bernardo is hat check girl. Ann Ruscyzk is the novelty dancer and Harold Reynolds and his featured pianist, Phyllis Reeve, entertain the patrons. Every day, along Berlin’s Main Street one may see many of the most notable townspeople — Boss” Masselle, who has several sewage contracts to give” to the lowest bidder, and his secretary, Rose Tarro, walking beside him taking notes; Louise Notaro, noted clubwoman, active in all local affairs, going into Lena Mari- no’s beauty shop; and Irene Corr hunting for news for the society page of the Gazette. One can also see the mayor, Robert Orcutt, who has a brilliant political career ahead of him; Merwin Edelson standing on a street corner, selling his high- quality throat soothing syrup, and Reverend Elizabeth Dean making a few calls on her parishioners. Early in the morning one can see nurse Elsie Pentore taking the children to Norma Ulkus’ Day Nursery where they are taught elocution by Gilda Alberti and singing lessons by Grace. Lewis. Berlinites are nationally famous, too, with pictures of Evelyn Garlone, the smiles” girl, appearing on billboards all over the country; and many posters announcing Francis Deming’s coming concert in which he does some marveous solo work with the Boston Symphony. And there goes a telegraph boy with a message which chief telegraph operator Florence Brusich just received from Marjorie Cooney telling of her arrival in New York from her long awaited trip around the world. Yes, Berlin has changed, but its inhabitants are still the same light-hearted fellows who all graduated from school back in 1943. GRETCHEN RELYEA Gilde Alberti wills her quiet voice” to Jane Kieffer. Roger Ailing leaves his sky-scraper view to Judson Meigs. Allan Austin bequeaths his love of peace and quiet to Charles Orcutt. Lillian Bighinatti leaves her natural curls to Margaret Pipkin. Florence Brusick bequeaths her position as waitress at New Britain Hospital to Lillian Lewis. Thomas Buxton leaves his love of chariots to Pete Relyea. Alyce Cameron gives her nickname Peanuts” to Margaret Mayer. Kathleen Cooney wills her love of potato chips to Ruth Reed. Marjorie Cooney leaves her love of dancing exploits to Barbara Payanis. Irene Corr leaves her artistic ability to Daniel Pulito. Elizabeth Dean leaves her job as librarian to Jean Plude. Francis Deming, our drummer boy, leaves all his talents to Frank Tardette. Robert Dennehy leaves unsurpassed record for being late to James Roche. Phyllis Doolittle wills her unique ability in Physics to John Heinzmann. Joseph Edelson bestows his love of Murry Heights upon George Weeks. Nancy France leaves her flippancy to Harriet Kemmerer. Grethe Frisk leaves her lovely dimples to Casmir Nalewajik. Irene Gacek bequeaths her booth at the drug store to Dorothy Gazdik. Daniel Garlone gives his twinkling eyes to John Savage. Evelyn Garlone wills her alluring smile to Paul Carson. Harold Reynolds leaves his vigorous gum chewing habits to Ralph Nappi. Margaret Hackett wills her roller skates to Marion Giannotta. Barbara Hall bestows her fluency of speech upon Marian Munson. To sister Adele, Irene Hamon leaves her chummy ways”. James Holigan leaves his 10-easy lessons on How to Get Along With the Ladies” to John DiMugno. Katherine Hoppe contributes that knack for Latin to Charles Mayer. Anne Horbal bequeaths her love for Mechanical Drawing to Gloria Krause. Norman Hutchinson contributes a desperate case of sleeping sickness to Joseph Leone. Elaine Johnson bestows her honesty upon Hilding Carlson. Robertjohnson leaves his silent ecstacy to Richard Mangone. Evelyn Kornichuk leaves her address book of army boys to Marian Zigmont. Edwina Kriwacki wills her red hair to William Clark. Grace Lewis leaves her ability to whistle the Pennsylvania Polka to Lorraine Rakowski. Dorothy Lowell leaves her sixth period piano practicing to some budding artist such as Helen Hanford. Lena Marino bequeaths her Oh, you know what I mean” expression to Helen Maguda. Edward Wroblewski wills his lil’ white apron to Richard Anderson. Paul Zigmont bestows his mustache on the Dramatic Club. Merwin Edleson bequeaths his build to Romona Austin. Anthony Masselle wills his notorious arguments to Patsy Sisti. Donald Munson bequeaths his love of the soil upon LeRoy Griggs. Lois Norton leaves her boots ’n’ saddle to Miss Bunce. Louise Notaro wills her indispensibility to the office to Norma Mazzali. John O’Brien leaves his endless campaigns to Sam Raymond. Robert Orcutt bequeaths his love of parliamentary procedure to Malcolm Pickett. Steve Paskawicz leaves his physic to Jean Werdelin. Eleanor Saravalli wills her Helpless Theory” to Patricia O’Brien. To Jean Boardman, George Skene leaves his reckless ways. Gloria Silluzio leaves her love for doing experiments in Chemistry to Mer- win Giannotta. Irene Slimsky wills her daily letters” to the Army to Irene Indelak. Raymond Stange leaves his professor-like air to Harry Pentore. Robert Swanson bequeaths his freckles to another Swede, Shirley Johnson. Rose Tarro bestows to Geraldine Boisvert her fondness for dating school hours. Norma Ulkus leaves her love to answer questions in Problems of Democracy to Ethel Young. Lois White leaves her heart to Tommy Haddock. Raymond Patterson leaves love for a good old shindig to Arthur Plude. Doris Pavano bestows her boisterousness on Betty MacDyer. Ruth Peer wills her adoration of Algebra to Lorraine De More. Elsie Pentore gives her love of Hawaii to Dorothy Lezzani. John Pipkin leaves his turtle-neck sweater to Jack Puppel. Eunice Powers bequeaths her sophisticated airs” to Edith Skinner. Olga Della Bernardo leaves her rosy cheeks to Richard Kallgren. Jean Raymond wills her cheery smile to Betty Griggs. Phyllis Reeves gives her blushing to Gloria Barrett. Gretchen Relyea leaves her efficiency to keep minutes at class meetings to Phyllis Johnson. Alfred Roy leaves his beautiful wavy hair to Michael Rictor. Ann Ruszcyk leaves her wolfing ability to Doris Carnali. Ralph Simione leaves his love for the weaker sex to Robert Benson. remember . . . kids, do you remember the year when we each bore that honored” name, Freshman”? It was just three steps short of heaven, with only a couple of cares . . . ’member when they first gave us the little cards with room numbers . . . we followed the arrows but never did find the rooms . . . then there was the traffic squad, whom we looked upon as the gestapo after they had kindly rescued us from being trampled into unconsciousness by the on- coming traffic on a one-way stairway . . . remember Freshman initiation, when for one week of torture the girls had their fathers’ garters on with oddly-matched socks, skirts above their knees in little-girl fashion, and their lovely locks tied in back . . . the boys showed off their shapely legs, with trousers rolled up, adding to their beauty with lipstick and little bows in their hair . . . then at the Senior-Freshman reception all the local talent from our class entertained the Seniors with lovely little trios and duets . . . those Seniors were so nice to us . . . always inviting our members to come visit their court, and then we’d come out with an assignment to scrub the Senior Walk ... it seems we weren’t supposed to walk there . . . but we soon went off on our own, with our marvelous snow-ball dance . . . the decorations were solid — one sad write papier-mache ball hanging in the middle of the ceiling . . . and the Junior Prom that year had a good representation from our class — those grass skirts waiting on table were Freshman girls . . . then, of course there were classes . . . we received a superb education that year, but maybe it wasn’t exactly what they wanted us to learn . . . but it was fun, being Freshmen, remember . . .? Class of 1944 Class of 1944 y ! 1 Class of 1945 Class of 1945 Class of 1946 Class of 1946 O k ACTIVITIES DRAMATIC CLUB Proud of its past record as the leading club of the School. The Dramatic Club this year strove to uphold the fine traditions es- tablished by its one-time director and adviser, Mr. E. Reed Hardy, who is now serving as a Lieuten- ant in the armed forces. Miss Fowler taught us some of the fundamentals of the modern the- ater. The club is one of the most successful in the school and leaves with each of its graduat- ing members a feeling of worth- while accomplishments. President — Robert Dennehy Vice-President — Louise Nataro Treasurer — Phyllis Johnson Secretary — Edwind Kriwacki BEACON CLUB The club came through thi year with two successful issue: of the Beacon, our high schoo paper. Its staff strove to conserve as much paper as possible anc thus limited its issues. Man) members of the staff participate in war work after school ant thus made publishing the Beacor quite a feat. MOTIF CLUB The year of 1942-43 meant cur- tailment of many of the activities of the Motif Club such as trips and parties. They did, however, produce a successful fashion show assembly for the high school girls as well as to organize bowling trips and other com- munity activities. Thirty-six girls participated in the club under the leadership of Louise Notaro as president; Gre chen Relyea as Vice-President; Edwina Kriwacki as Secretary; and Rose Tarro as Treasurer. Miss Olive Fatscher is the club’s advisor. ORCHESTRA The orchestra though still a part of the Music Club, has branched out on its own. It has done its part to Keep America singing” through music assemblies and programs. The crowding event of the year was the highly successful concert in May, given under the direction of Miss Marjorie Wolf. Officers are: President — Alfreda Nocera Vice-President — Phyllis Reeve Secretary — Gertrude Hanford Faculty Adv isor — Miss Marjorie Wolf TRAFFIC SQUAD This year the Traffic Squad en- joyed its most successful year in coping with the student traffic situation. With the splendid co- operation of the student body the squad found enforcing its laws a simple matter. The squad ex- tends its sincere thanks and ap- preciation to Miss Marie LeVan who worked tirelessly with us in bringing about safe and or- derly corridors. PALETTE CLUB Sketching trips, hikes and teas were part of the Palette Club program this year, along with still life composition, water color drawings and the silhouettes which so mystified the faculty and students. The Palette Club believes that appreciating the beaut} of our world is an important part of the art of living at any time and is more important than ever to- day. The Art Advisor is Miss Marie A. Le Van. Officers are: President — Edwina Kriwacki Vice-President — Phyllis Reeve Secretary — Phyllis Johnson The other commissioners are: Mayor — Jean Raymond Welfare — John O’Brien Health — Gretchen Relyea Parks — Alyce Cameron Police — Robert Dennehy Buildings — Anthony Masselle The officers of the club are: President — Katherine Hoppe Secretary — Irene Indelak Director — Marjorie G. Wolf cSt vp ' v- - ' v� v • SENIOR COMMISSION Under the direction of Mr. Kenneth L. Mackenzie, the Senior Commissions worked on various school problems. Such as: clean- liness of school grounds and cafeteria, orderly corridors. Jean Raymond received the largest poll at election, became Mayor of the city of Problems. THE GLEE CLUB It is in the Glee Club that the tradition of fine singing in Berlin High School is demonstrated. Music assemblies and pro- grams are witness to the fact that music is a language understood and enjoyed by all. The highlight of the Glee Club ' s musical sea- son was the annual Spring Concert presented in May. Football After a lay-off of one year Berlin High again fielded a varsity football team. The team was inexperienced and lacked reserves. Both of these factors greatly handicapped the team throughout the season. Upon issuing the first call for candidates a goodly number responded. How- ever, during the period of physical examinations and conditioning several boys dropped out. During this period the team received a severe setback when it lost its triple- threat back — Buddy McKeon. McKeon was slated to do most of the passing — a weapon of offensive lacking throughout the year. One bright spot as far as future teams are concerned was the presence of just one Senior on the roster — Anthony Masselle. Masselle quarterbacked the team and did a good job. The Class of ’44 contributed Capt. Donald Klotz, Angelo Leone, John Korni- chuk, Dick Kallgren, LeRoy Griggs, and Merwin Giannotta. These boys were main cogs of the team and played a good brand of ball. With six Juniors as a nucleus next year’s team should be improved. To aid and abet the returning Juniors the following Sophomores are expected to produce some winning football — Robert Benson, Roland Rochefort, Peter Bar- caro, Henry Brochetti, Jack Puppel, and Walter Donfried. One other Sophomore, — Sam Mitchell — played this year until an injury forced him out. With two years of play remaining to the above boys big things are expected of them. The Freshman class was represented by two of its members — Leo Kornichuk and Paul Carson. Kornichuk was one of the outstanding defensive players of the team. It is unfortunate more Freshmen did not come out for the team to form an experienced nucleus for future teams. It is up to the boys to keep themselves eligible to enable them to play foot- . ball another fall and in playing, prepare themselves for the ' big game’ which many will undoubtedly be called upon to enter.” Opening at Plainville, we met a too experienced team for our inexperienced group and suffered the season’s worst defeat: 40-0. Journeying to Canton, we next met our second defeat, but played a much better game as the experience of one game helped tremendously. Tbe score was 20 - 0 . We next played our first home game against a big, experienced, well-reserved team from Southington. Doing all their scoring in the first half they licked us 20-0. It was a benefit game for Sam Mitchell, who was injured in our opening game, and was played before a good-sized crowd. Our next and last home game was against the school from Litchfield, which went to the visitors by a score of 6-0. The weakness of our pass defense again proved disastrous. A pass led directly to the only score of the game. The last game of the year was played against Farmington, Conn. This proved to be our best game, as it should, since we had 4 games under our belts. Farm- ington scored in the first period and converted. After a sustained drive, Capt. Klotz passed to Masselle who took the ball on the 20 yard line and scampered to a touchdown. We failed to convert. On the opening kickoff of the second half, Farmington took the kick on the 18 yard line and ran unmolested for a score. Again they converted, and the game ended without further scoring, although Berlin threatened several times. COACH GODING. - tJT-tmk iM rf| r n i ' — r pt- F® S ' jec? fli ss Intramural Basketball In lieu of a regular Berlin High varsity basketball team this year an intramural program was attempted. Due to the bus situa- tion and many boys working after school the turn-out was not too great. When the competition ended the team representing the class of ’44 was in first place. Composed of four of last year’s regu- lars” — Ralph Simeone, Ralph Nappi, Harry Pentore, and Buddy McKeon — plus Ed McCormick and John Kornichuk. This team had too much experience and talent for the other teams. The Freshman team with Robert Pulito, Alfred Tee, Patsy Sisti, Norman Roy and Richard and William Brown came in sec- ond. Substituting drive, pep, and stamina for experience and talent, this team made excellent showings. They carried the win- ners into an overtime game on one occasion, and lost another close one to the Juniors for their only two defeats. Height was the outstanding feature of the third place Sopho- more team. Again, inexperience was the big handicap, but the team played creditably. John Cooney, Peter Baccaro, William Hoppe, William Mirante, George Klotz, Fred and George Weeks made up the personnel of the team of ’46. Last place goes to the Seniors. This team was forced to for- feit all of its games. Alfred Roy and John Pipkin were the only representatives of the top class in school to put in an appearance. One purpose of the intramural program was to develop new players for future varsity teams. The results were very pleasing. Several of the players on the Sophomore and Freshman teams showed promise for the future. STANDING Won Lost Pet. Juniors 3 0 1.000 Freshmen 2 1 .666 Sophomores 1 2 .333 Seniors 0 3 .000 Archery, the youngest sport in Berlin High, has completed a very successful first year. The season has been one of organization and intensive practice with about fifteen archers hitting the gold regularly. Scores mounted and competition became keen as the Tournament drew near. Since the organization belongs to the National Archery As sociation, two teams were entered in the Na- tional Archery Tournament in May, and held their own nobly. Now that Archery is definitely established as a sport in our school, we look for- ward to the day when one of our teams will win the National Championship President Raymond Stange Vice-President Richard Anderson Secretary Lorraine DeMore Treasurer Betty May Dyer Program Chairman Roderick Beach Faculty Advisor Miss Marie LeVan Victory Corps This year’s Seniors are graduating not only with a knowledge of Latin and History and Math, but also a bit of Pre-Flight Science, and Air-Raid Warden and Advanced Machinery. The Victory Corps included every pupil in the school, each with his choice of two subjects plus physical ed. In the springtime, every Friday would find Kensington dotted with little squads and platoons of Berlin High students playing soldier, accomanied by Mr. Goding, Mr. MacKenzie, Miss Bunce, or Miss Fatscher. Walking down a hallway, one might come upon half a class on the floor, the other half try- ing to revive their classmates by artificial respiration, Miss Wright, or Miss Flannery counting time. A Junior Motor Corps class with Miss Fatscher, Miss LeVan, or Miss Lynch could be found peering into the intricate mechanisms of an automobile or pulling the strings of a depth perception device. In Blue Hills there were classes in Advanced Machinery, and Model plane building, taught by Mr. Messina, who also had a class of Senior girls taking Mechanical Drawing. The members of the science and math classes could be seen around in a daze of numbers and formulas, kindness of Mr. Coding, Miss Bunce, and Miss Spangenberg. Our future Air-Raid wardens were carefully trained by Miss Drust, Miss Lynch, and Miss Fowler, who was well replaced by Miss Theo Bunce. We think that having Victory Corps Day and war courses are a wonderful invention, and hope that after the war they might be permanent. Along with the Victory Corps came our War Bond Drives, one run by the Juniors in January, and the other by the Senior Wel- fare Commission in April and May. The students were very enthu- siastic, and reached the goals long before their closing dates. Also, across the hall near the Senior door, is hung our Service Flag. It has a star with the number of our boys and girls in the Service, who have graduated since 1936, or who have left Berlin High this year to serve their country. There is also another star, a gold one, for tho se who have died in action. The money for this flag was donated by each member of the school. We are proud to leave behind us a record of such cooperation and challenge the class of ’44 to do as fine a job. Patrons Clifford L. Carlson Mr. and Mrs. Horace H. Raymond Madeline DeLowery Mr. and Mrs. Henry Deming Raymond Engineering Laboratory Mr. and Mrs. M. V. McLaughlin Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Gacek Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Gacek Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth MacKenzie Mr. and Mrs. Gujtave Hamon Mr. and Mrs. Edward Graziano Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ferraro Mr. and Mrs. G. Burton Wells Mr. Walter F. Johnson Mrs. Norman W. Warren Harold E. Peterson Elsie Peplau Mr. and Mrs. Lyman E. Hall Mr. John W. Graham 3n jWemortam This space is dedicated to the memory of Rita Prior, our classmate, who died November 23, 1942. ■ ■ r Sign H ere, Please jsK vWj Qys J xacA- ULa X Jh If Wlmmm m£Wm