Branford High School - Milestone Yearbook (Branford, CT)

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fri' sl J Do- Ni' w--.. DEDICA T10 We the Class of 1956 dedicate this, our edition of the Mzleftone, to two men who we feel because of their unselflsh and unceasing eHorts in our behalf deserve a special place in the review of our high school lives To Mr joe Trepasso, who is without a doubt the His experienced guidance and warm personality have instilled in us those principles of fair play good sportsmanship integrity justice and brotherhood bv which he so continually lives To attempt to count the many times that he has given his time energy and cooperation in our behalf would be as impossible to do as to recall how many times we have wanted to give him our heartfelt thanks Therefore we would like to reiterate once more a simple phrase which all Branford has voiced and will continue to voice to such a great and unforgettable person Thanks for everything joe Trepasso To Coach Dom Cote, whose constant faith in our abilities not only on the playing neld but also in the classroom has given us renewed confidence in ourselves Never before has any one person in so short a time endeared himself so completely to any group of people as Mr Cote has to our class cere personality has made him a true friend and a respected teacher Not only has he taught us what we have been required to learn but also what we have desired to know He has instilled in us an unconquerable spirit a spirit to win regardless of how formidable our obstacles may seem to be It is with this spirit in our minds and in our hearts that we shall strive towards our ultimate goals We are deeply mdebted to you, Mr Cote for your assistance to us not only in the past but also in help ing us to face an uncertain future with faith and assurance , as X - X I 5 x N 1 . 3 , K , . . best friend we teenagers of Branford have ever had. His inimitable, seemingly carefree, but truly sin- s a 1 , ' 9 .

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Wil Prerzdent J Meuage We have now reached the blggest turnlng pomt nn our lrves Soon we w1ll go out mto the world each on hrs own path each towards hrs own goal As we begun thrs new chapter rn our lrves we shall often have occaslon to remember our hrgh school days When we meet the complex problems that ltfe wtll present to us then me shall truly appreclate our comparatnvely unburdened school ltves Only too soon wxll the reallzatron that these were the most wonderful days of our lrves become apparent to us We all have made warm frrendshnps many of whtch wxll rematn wlth us throughout our ltves But vue now must enter a new phase of lrfe The labors of our school lrves wtll now begtn to bear frurt The advlce and ard so patnstakmgly grven us by our parents and teachers wxll greatly help us as we are confronted w1th lmportant decrsrons However tt IS now squarely on our shoulders We shall no longer l1ve our former sheltered llves but we shall set out tnto the world on our own No matter what our arms and goals rf we can enyoy strtvmg for them and take prtde m our accomplnshments w shall be happy and our lnves shall have purpose BARRY ROYDEN Edztorf M erfage It has been our stncere endeavor rn edrtrng thrs book to make rt more than just a factual account of a group of people and the educa tronal system by whrch they have benefited Thts Mzleftone IS the culmtnatton of four years of a way of llfe a way of l1fe that one cannot truly apprecnate unless he or she has been fortunate enough to have personally been 1 part of nt Captured wrthm tts covers for all posterity to share are the emo txons desires and ldlosyncrasres of those mdxvtduals who l1ved thus way of ltfe together as members of the class of 1956 here at Branford Hxgh Reflectmg from 1ts pages are the warm the sad and the happy occasrons that have made these last four years so memorable to us all And yet we have gone back much further nn order to gnve a more sng nrficant meamng to these recent years for wtthout a doubt they have been our most rmportant Durmg thrs perxod we have made the transr tron from carefree boys and grrls to mature young men and women each of us has chosen has way mto the future a future that we can face optlmlstlcally confident that the tramlng whlch has been at our dtsposal here will serve as an nnvaluable asset provldmg we have had the foresrght to realize the Importance of thxs trarnmg and to take ad vantage of rts benefits In a short ttme the Class of 1956 w1ll cease to exrst save m rndrvrdual memory and rn thls Mzlertone However the sprrtt of our class can lrve rndeflnrtely rf each one of us makes nt hrs personal and earnest resolutnon that no matter what we may contemplate undertakmg before we make that final decrslon we ask ourselves this In domg thls wrll I conttnue to be a credtt to my famrlv to my frtends to my school to my commumty to my country and most lmportant to myself? If we can answer yes to each of these questrons then and then only wrll the sprrxt of the Class of 1956 lrve on WALT SYLVESTER CAROL DOOLEY 4

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