Berlin High School - Lamp Yearbook (Berlin, CT)

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EUGENE WALTER UZPURVIS BERTHA RUTH VENTRES Gene . . . speaks three languages . . . went to a list of schools . . . loads of friends . . . winning smile ... a bundle of tricks Ambition: College. Artistic rating—excellent . . . loves animals . . . horses, horses, crazy over horses. Dramatic Club 1; Music Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Sewing Club 3; Home Economics Club 2; Commercial Club 4, Program Committee 4. Ambition: Raise Horses. JOSEPH JOHN VIUEllA He joined us late but all we tan say is WOW Senior Court Judge 4. Ambition: Undecided. GRETCHEN LYNN WESSELS Muff . . . always calm, cool, and collected . . . drole humor . . . those wonderful posters. Athletic Association 2; Beocon 2; Junior Olympic Captain 2, 3; Publicity for Dances 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Home Economics Club 2, Secretary 2; Social Dancing 3; Traffic Squad 3, 4; Motif Club 4, Program Choirman 4; Lamp Staff, Art Editor 4; Cheerleader 7, 3, 4. Ambition: Undecided. GILBERT ERNEST WISHART Gib . . . which one are you? . . . this one laughs more . . . Driscoll's soda-jerker. Biology Club 2; Basketball 1, 2; Chorus 1; Freshman Dance Committee 1. Ambition: Pharmacist. WALTER EVERETT WISHART Wad . . . Gib's double . . . reads the Saturday Review? . . . he works at Driscoll's, too. Biology Club 2; Basketball 1, 2; Baseball 2; Chorus 1; Co-chairman of Sophomore Dance 2. Ambition: Pharmacist. ELEANOR ANN YALE Sophistication plus . . . picture was in Loring's window . . . here, there, and everywhere. Music Club 1, 2, 4; Dance Committee 2; Biology Club 2; Dramatic Club 2, 3, 4; Motif Club 4, President 4. 15 Ambition: Undecided.

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ROBERT CONRAD QUARELLO LOIS IRENE RAKOWSKI Cop ... a swell shorty . . . star of the basketball team . . . Mr. Manager. Honor Roll 1; Student Council 1; Chorus 1; Athletic Association 2; Biology Club 2; Visual Aids 3, Secretary 3; Basketball 1, 2, 3, A, Captain 4; Football Manager 3, 4 Ambition: College. Lo ... as neat as the proverbial pin . . . those calisthenics. Honor Roll 1, 2, 3; Beacon 3, 4; Junior Prom 3; Typing Club 4; Motif Club A, Secretary 4; Dramatic Club 1. Ambition: Teacher. ROBERT CYRIL ROCHE Con he swiml . . . green eyes . . . got a share in Ferndale? Chorus 1, 2, 4; Beacon 1; Basketball 1; Social Dancing 3. Ambition: Linotype Operator. ROBERT EARL SEABURG Won't you dance with me? . . . our orator . . . Swede . . . Ledge School drama herol Honor Roll 1, 2; Chorus 1, 2; Biology Club 3; Social Dancing 3, President 3. Ambition: Dancer. ELEANOR RUTH SIMONS Miss LeVan's right hand gal . . . love those freckles . . . makes her own clothes. Honor Roll 1, 2; Sewing Club 3; Commercial Club 4. Ambition: Secretary. CHARLENE LORETTA SMITH Charlie . . . never in a hurry . . . surprise lunches. Honor Roll 1, 2; Dramatic Club 1; Biology Club 2; Beacon 3, 4; Motif Club 4. Ambition: Elementary Teacher. GLORIA ANN THEBERGE Glo . . . dry humor . . . pug nose . . . studious expression . . . checked. shirt. Honor Roll 1; Home Economics Club 2; Biology Club 2; Knitting Club 3; Commercial Club 4. Ambition: Undecided. FRANCES ISABEL TREICHEL Fran . . . our Lily Pons . . blonde page boy . . . mother bakes. Music Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Home Economics Club 2, Treasurer 2; Social Dancing 3; Motif Club A, Food Sales Chairman 4; Dramatic Club 4. Ambition: Elementary Teacher. 14

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CLASS WILL WE, the Class of 1950, of the Berlin High School, Town of Berlin, County of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, do with unclouded intellect and clear memory, hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our Last Will and Testament in the manner and form following: To Mr. MacLaughlin, we leave hoping that his dreams of a new high school will soon come true. To Mr. MacKenzie, we leave hoping that the incoming Freshmen Class will not be as bothersome as we have been. To Mrs. McNickle, we leave our thanks for being one of the nicest persons there is. To Mr. Fabian, we leave a bottle of Ho 02 in case he wants to follow the fad of the Senior girls. To Mr. Kevorkian, we leave our pardons and a peace pipe. We leave Mr. Gibney wishing we didn't have to. To Miss Lynch, our wonderful yearbook adviser, we leave our many thanks. From Miss Thompson we take our Senior boys. To Miss Lagerstrom, we leave our thanks for being such a wonderful person. To Miss Quill, we leave hoping that she will have many pleasant years at Berlin High. To Mrs. McDermott, we leave hoping that she will some day have a well-equipped home economics room. To Mrs. Porter, we leave hoping that she will have many successful years with the Dramatic Club. To Miss Beckingham, we leave taking five cheerleaders with us. To Mr. Harris, we leave hoping that he will have a new music room in the near future. To Miss McBrien, we leave hoping that her wish that a B. H. S. girl will some day enter Albertus Magnus College be fulfilled. To Miss LeVan, we leave a thirty-hour day so that she may have time to fulfill her many duties. To Mr. Matthews, we leave hoping that he will have peace and quiet in his solid trig, class next year. WE leave: Mary Alkas' stack of textbooks to Hank Firnhaber. John Adamson's card playing in Room 8 to Calvin Lewis. Willard Avery's way with women to Ray Tomasi. Faith Baldwin's.................................................. many duties to Emil Virga. Gerry Beilman's book Ten Easy Lessons on How to Get Along With the Ladies to Ted Ziel. Marilyn Carlson's date book to Irna Wolfe. Richard Carlson's inquiring nature to John Gadzik. Arthur Conger's jalopy to Dorothy Hrubiec. Ed Cooney's musical ability to Anthony Legnani. Charlie Crowell's space on the football team to Stanley Budzinski. Lee Daigle's........................ cheerleading ability to some prospective cheerleader. Mary D'Amico's extreme quietness to Connie Johnson. Cynthia Deming's................................... record Don't Cry Joe to Rose Rector. Nancy Dyer's instructions on How to Drive Carefully to Cliff Hamilton. Bob Fiori's......................................... love of studying to Roger Rochefort. Grace Firnhaber very much changed. Vickie Godek's place on the honor roll to Laurette Dubuc. Bob Griffith's......................................................likeable ways to Bob Boy.