Greenwich High School - Compass Yearbook (Greenwich, CT)

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dqllzdflq of 7fze 01644 of Last Monday I found myself in a small cate, sitting opposite two strangers, one garbed in a bulky raincoat, the other bundled inside a woolly sweater, most ot which was hidden by an equally woolly beard. The taller, removing a dripping rain hat, leaned I understand you were the historian for the June class of '43 ? he asked. I nodded. The other man reached inside his sweater Perhaps you remember this issue. He pointed to a picture on page one. It's the model community the government built recently. Instead of breaking it up, as was planned originally, And, interrupted the taller, the entire population is to con- sist of just one graduating class. In this way the familiarity and brotherhood of former school companions can be utilized, and We, broke in the short one, want to know it your class at the whole business. V V Q forward. and brought out a current newspaper. n y: I I . H M they re going to settle it permanently. if Q 5 sy.. t',i better results obtained all around. A ,.,,Q would do. How many were in it ? ,ff-...f ' f 'J ., . A gag? 205, ' I stammered, dumbfounded i ROY BONAPARTE President Incredible, returned me coated one, 'tis the exact accom- modation of the community. But come, what sort of a class was it ? Bob McPart1and, Prank Daur, and, 'for the last two years, Roy Bonaparte were the class presidents-the vice presidents, also in order, Were' Ann Cunningham, Pete Mitchell, Paul Keegan, and Jeep Salvatore, I said in one breath. Fine, returned the bright shirted one, and the secretaries and treasurers ? Jimmy Muir and John Carmichael, Donald Creamer and Steve Purcell, Steve Purcell and Dave Schroeder, and, for the senior year, Steve Purcell and Bill Caryl. The G. O. class representatives for the four years were Frank Daur, Ruth Doran, Bill Caryl, and Willard Sent. The stubby man looked up. Did you have any intellects? We'1l need them. Oh yes, I hastened. Elizabeth Frazier, Virginia Fanning, Helen Heikkila, Janet Hull, Corinne Morrell, Josephine Murgiano, Ange- lina Russo, Janet Tooley, Rolf Pjelde, George Davis, and James Fin- STEPHEN PURCELL Secretary ney were elected to the National Honor Society in their third year. Not many, remarked the bright shirt. Well, some more made it in their fourth year, I offered, and WILLARD SENI-' G. O. Representative gave him these names: Jane Banta, Tilda Bologna, Evelyn Comeau, Joy Hacker, Margaret Hnotter, Elizabeth Larrabee, Phebe Meringolo, Joan Roberts, Lillian Robinson, Jean Wilhelm, Lehbon Brandt, John Brennan, Hodge Brush, Charles Butter, and Vincent Perna. The model community will have a theatre- began one. , Of course. Our class abounded with dramatic ability, I inter- rupted. The Dramatic Association, of which Joan ,Bradley and Michael Isbell were president and vice president, produced six great plays with talent from our class. 'If I Were King,' in which Eleanor Hale and Cliff Wilmot had parts, 'What A Life,' with 'Joan Bradley, 'The 13th Chair,' with Eleanor Hale appearing again, 'June Mad,' with Joan Bradley, Jane Banta, and' Cliff Wilmot, 'High Tor,' with Eleanor Hale and Michal Isbell featured, and Janet Tooley, 'The Man Who Came To Dinner,' with Joan Bradley in an important role. Those dramas were great entertainment, I hear, remarked the

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une, 1943 stubby man, stroking his beard. And what of the Operettas ? Three, I answered. First, 'Little Women,' with Lillian Robin- son fstudent director of the opera clubl, Josephine Barone, Janet Tooley, Margaret Knotter, Tilda Bologna, and Charles Butter. Second, 'The Waltz Dream,' with Lillian Robinson, Virginia Ash, Josephine Barone. Third, 'The Mocking Bird,' with Lillian Robin- son, Janet Hall, lclub secretaryl, Betty Hawkins, Joan Bradley, Jose- phine Murgiano, Ruth Nelson, Gloria Skue, and Dan Jankovich. The club had some wonderful voices, mused the taller of the two. On the subject of music, I suggested, there was also a group fx who, through faithful adherence to the Band and Orchestra, en- A-i ,, riched the quality of the school. Charles Butter, Wiles Dauphine, ' .,, W ' V Frank Fuscaldo, Sam Pasquerelli, Angelo Pucci, Joseph Policastro, 7 t. , and Douglas Stevens are some. Also Tilda Bologna, Betty Chard, Mar- ' Eg,-Qtf 1 .L ff, garet Hnotter, Winifred Yelsosky, George Davis, .and Patsy Bova. .V N, K... . We've heard what a job they did, both remarked. Tell us ' iit' f though, would there be material for the model newspaper? V, V X5g?f9x? fit, Throughout the class ran a literary vein, I recalled. 'The lg'Av,:Eg,3,b?T'W ,iiw,,,:, EUGENE SALVATORE Vice-President WILLIAM CARYL Treasurer They were a team, confessed the two together. But say- have you anything to say about the class as a whole? I thought a minute. Mr, Shattuck, and later, Mr. Bella were our Green Witch, our superior school magazine, had Rolf Fjelde, editor, Jean Wilhelm, associate editor, and many more from the '43 class on its staff, including Michal Isbell, Gloria Hannigan, Janet Tooley, Claire Kelly, Elizabeth Frazier, Robert apJones, George Davis, and James Finney. When the 'G.H.S. News' appeared in our fourth year, several seniors were on its staff, two of them running a column. Many students ofthe class, I added, distinguished themselves individually. Elizabeth Frazier rose to head the debating club. Rolf Fjelde, president of the German Club, received, in his third year, the Harvard Book Prize for being the most outstanding junior. That's only two, there were others--some in the field of sports. That's right, remarked the stubby one. This community will have a football team-. But I cut them short. What a bunch of scrappers Coach Conlin, and later, Coach Wilson turned out. Why, there was Pete Mitchell, John Cooney, Hodge Brush, Albert Carroll, Bob Kepple, Paul Palmer, Vincent Perna, Jeep Salvatore, and- principals. The '43 class went through a lot with their inspiration. And you may want to remember the war. It burst on us as seniors, and we had to step lively to set the school an example by purchasing bonds and shouldering the Victory Corps. However, I spoke, that is all by the board now, gentlemen. The 'class' will never more exist. Only its spirit haunts the old school, for the individual members are scattered far beyond its shadow. But say, ,I said, collecting myself, will you bringsthem together for your model town ? They arose together, one tucking his beard in his sweater, the other tumbling with his cap. Well, spoke the taller, we hardly expected your class was that good. Why, we'd have to rebuild the town completely to do it justicel Consider yourself lucky to have belonged to it, the class of '43l They left, disappearing into the rain. GEORGE DAVIS, Historian. LAWRENCE NARDI G. O. Representative