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DONALD WALTER POLANSKI Don Hard-Hitting Red-Coat . . . mild-mannered except on the ball field . . . Listen Wells . . . nice dresser. Student Council, Vice-President 3, 4; Traffic Squad 3; Key Club Treasurer 3, President 4; Mu- sic Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 3; Fly-Tying 1, 2; Biology 2; Dance Committees; Football 2, 3, 4. Ambition: Forestry. FRANCES PAULINE PRINCE Fran” Lindey . . . Ronnie . . . Always a joke! . . . Cheer- leader . . . Motif Club Presi- dent . . . peppy. Class Vice- President 2; Class Secretary 1; Traffic Squad 3, 4; Motif Pres- ident 4; Beacon 2, 3; Lamp Staff 4; Music Club 1, 2, 3; Archery 2; Social Dancing 1; Magazine Drive 1, 2; Dance Committees 1, 2, 3, 4; Cheer- leading 2, 3, Captain 4. Am- bition: Trap a husband. PATRICIA ALICE RADDA Pat Nice dresser . . . that long hair . . . Bob . . . Did you see Kudz? . . . she likes a boy in the Army. Motif Club 4; F.H.A. 3; Librarian Club 1, Treasurer 2; Beacon 1, Assis- tant Sports Editor 2; Lamp Staff 4; Music Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Golf Club 3; Bowling Club 1; Social Dancing 1; Banking 2, 3, 4; Dance Committees 1, 2, 3, 4. Ambition: Secretary and Marriage. KENNETH JOSEPH RECTOR Ken” Helps the boys with their dates . . . never angry . . . small but lively as a squirrel . . . a friendly guy who knows a lot. Ambition: Army. EDWARD ANTHONY RAMPONI Ed” Got a pencil? . . . never without a morning paper . . . the small package of dynamite on the football team . . . Sports minded ... his girl friends come from the west corridor. Freshmen Chef’s Club 1; Art Club 2; Dance Committees 1; Model Airplane Club 2; Foot- ball 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Intramurals 3, 4. Ambition: Take life easy. MARGARET MARY RIO Peg Lindey” . . . Ken . . . She ' ll make a good nurse . . . Bea- con ' s Backbone . . . Land O’ Goshen . . . Can she swim? Honor Roll 1, 2, 3, 4; Honor Society 3, Vice-President 4; Class President 1; Student Council 1, Secretary 2, 4; Traffic Squad 3, 4; Motif Club 4; Beacon 1, 2, News Editor 3, Editor 4; Lamp Staff Assistant Editor 4; Music Club Secre- tary 1, 2, 3, 4; Cheerleading 2, 3, 4; Biology 2; Business Club 2; Dance Committees 1, 2, 3, 4; Golf 3; Social Dancing 1; Swim Club 2, 3, 4; Girls’ Sports 1, 2, 3, 4; Leaders Corps President 4. Ambition: Nurse. NORMAN CHARLES RIVERS Pinky Knife” . . . that Gary Cooper lanky stride . . . never stops running in soccer games . . . ready to laugh at anything . . . liked by all. Music Club 4; Freshmen Chef ' s Club 2. Ambition: Make a lot of money. 14 ERLEEN MARJORIE RUSSELL Erl” Lindey” . . . Nellbell with the ding-dong! . . . Basketball star . . . Burt . . . Ya, let ' s go”. Motif Club Vice-Presi- dent 4; Librarians Club 3; Lamp Staff 4; Band 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 2; Social Dancing 2; Biology 2; Nail, File and Hammer Club 2; Dance Com- mittees 1, 2, 3; Archery 2; Golf 2, 3, 4; Bowling 3; Bad- minton 3; Girls ' Sports 1, 2, 4; Leaders Corps 4. Ambi- tion: Teacher.
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JEAN FRANCES McHALE Jeannie Dick . . . Bronze bomb . . . attraction at Avon . . . supplies noise for any party. Motif Club 4; Librarian ' s Club 2; Beacon 1, 2, 3; Lamp Staff 4; Music Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Modern Dance 3; Social Dancing 2; F.H.A. 2; Dance Committees 1, 2, 3; Swim Club 2, 3; Ten- nis 3; Archery 2; Golf Club 3; Girls ' Sports 1, 2, 3, 4. Am- bition: Secretary. DOROTHY LILLIAN MERRITT Dot tie Late arrival but good addi- tion . . . interest in Canada . . . Pat . . . Quiet? Motif Club 4; Music Club 3, 4. Ambition: Royal Canadian Air Force. PATRICIA ANN MUNSON Pat What would 4-H do without her? . . . she ' s a smart girl . . . quiet . . . makes her own clothes!! Motif Club 4; Glee Club 3; Music Club 1, 2, 3, 4. Ambition: Nurse. DAVID KEITH NORRIE Dave Our latest addition to the class of ' 55 . . . knows the good jokes . . . never without an armful of books . . . Did you see Dennis? Meriden High School 1, 2, 3; Dramatic Club 4; Lamp Staff 4. Am- bition: Teaching. GARY STUART NELSON Stroker Chef Boy-Ar-Dee . . . Ellie . . . remember the trunk of the Plymouth? . . . won the battle of the history class. Key Club 4; Lamp Staff, Literary Editor 4; Music Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Freshman Chef ' s Club 1; Dance Committees 3: Football 3; Driving Commission, Chair- man 4. Ambition: State Po- lice, Truck Driver, or Televi- sion. JOHN ERNEST O ' CONNELL Josh Just plain Jugger . . . how about a race? . . . Jan . . . the dashing lover with the red hair . . . sweet Rosie O ' Grady was never like this. Music Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Freshman Chef ' s Club 1; Magazine Drive 3. Ambition: Marriage and Money. WALTER JOSEPH PAJOR String The Spanish wit . . . has he stopped growing? . . . great for pulling passes from the heavens ... a great imitator of Liberace . . . Mr. Fog. Traffic Squad 3, 4; Fly-tying Club 1; Freshman Chef’s Club 1; Football 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4. Ambition: College. ROBERT WILLIAM PARZYCH Robbie One of Ferndale’s finest . . . likes to talk about cars . . . Gary, let ' s skip . . . favorite school lunch, East Berlin Meat Loaf . Art Club 2; Fly- Tying Club 1, 2; Camera Club 2; Photography Club 2; Biology Club 2; Dance Com- mittees 3, 4; Radio Club 2. Ambition: Armed Forces. 13
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ROGER ERIC SCHINDERWOLF Dukie The reason why barbers starve . . . wheels the ’49 Merc. ... he raced along Patterson Way, until that un- lucky day. Freshmen Chef ' s Club 2; Photography Club 2. Ambition: Army. JOAN NANCY TERRY Terry Lindey . . . Beautiful brown eyes . . . class wolf . . . most changed? . . . Roland. Lamp Staff 4; Motif Club 4; Music Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Cheer- leader 2; Social Dancing 2; F.H.A. 2; Biology Club 2; Business Club 2; Nail, File and Hammer Club 2; Banking 3; Dance Committees 1, 2, 3; Girls ' Sports 1, 2, 3; Swim Club 2, 3; Golf Club 3; Ar- chery 2. Ambition : Matri- mony. PETER ROBERT SCHOECH Pete Where did Randy go? . . . The Fisherman” . . . caught his first whale at the age of three . . .is he ever unhappy? Key Club 4; Lamp Staff 4; Art Club 2; Fly-Tying Club 1, 2; Photography Club 2; Biolo- gy 2, 3. Ambition: Engineer. JOAN CAROL THEBERGE Joan Quiet . . . ' oh, those boys! . . . what a temper . . . likes nylon blouses. Motif Club 4; Bowling 2, 3. Ambition: Secretary. DORIS ANN SEIPEL Dore What ' s on her mind? . . . tall and s hy ... me and my shadow . . . Oh, the Navy! Nail, File and Hammer Club 1; Band 1, 2; Orchestra 1; Tennis 2; Archery 2; Girls’ Sports 1, 2, 3. Ambition: Nurse. PATRICIA ANN STAWSKI Pat Where ' s Mouse? . . . Stawsk” . . . Florida ' s a nice place” . . . helpful . . . oh, gee! . . . Dave. Lamp Staff 4; Motif Club 4; Libra- rian ' s Club 1, 2; Beacon 1; Music Club 1, 2, 3; Glee Club 2; Business Club 1; Biology 2; F.H.A. 2; Social Dancing 1; Archery 2; Tennis Club 2; Basketball 1; Dance Commit- tees 1, 2, 3, 4. Ambition: Secretary. DIANE MARY SQUILLACOTE Di Quietest girl in class . . . likes Bingo . . . why are you blushing? . . . dresses nicely. Motif Club 4; Music Club 1, 2. Ambition: Travel. DENNIS EVON SMITH Dennie” The girl’s chauffeur . . . keeps the butch haircut fad going . . . quiet but unassum- ing. Beacon 2; Lamp Staff 4; Music Club 1; Social Dancing 1; Freshmen Chef’s Club 1; Biology 2, 3; Banking 1, 2; Dance Committees 3, 4; Chef ' s Club 2. Ambition: Pharma- cist.
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