Guilford High School - Menunketuck Yearbook (Guilford, CT)

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Most CLASS STATISTICS Martha Davis Edward Sullivan Edward Sullivan Vida Lazarevich Best looking girl ....A ......f...f Best looking boy ..-.-- -----, Best dressed boy .. Best dressed girl .... .. ---- -Y Most popular girl Most popular boy ., Victoria Benzi Howard Spencer Frances Dudley Best girl dancer .....,, ,,..... Best boy dancer .,.... ..... Most studious girl Most studious boy Best boy athlete .....r. ...... Best girl athlete Girl most likely to succeed, Boy most likely to succeed Herbert Newton Vida Lazarevich Edward Sullivan Howard Spencer Pauline Bragdon Vida Lazarevich Bernard Leinfelder Most Class man-hater ..VY ....4A...... ? 7 7 ? 7 7 Class woman-hater ..... Y... . .. Achille Vitali Most conceited girl ,.....,r. Martha Davis Most conceited boy Donald Fletcher Best physique .......... ..,.. J oe Morasky Best figure ..,............... .,..... B ette Landon Most romantic girl Helen Parmelee Most romantic boy ................ Joe M0fllkY Class know-it-all ................ Willis Nettleton Class nit-wit ..,..... , ...,...,......... Arthur Cohen Class clowns ........................................ Donald Hull ert, Edwin Dudley Boy who has done most for class ..,,.. Tom Loomis Girl who has done most for class .... Vida Lazarevich Class lovers, Donald Fletcher, Martha Davis Quietest boy Quietest girl ,. Noisiest girl ..... Noisiest boy Most Class Most Most sarcastic girl ............ sarcastic boy chatterbox .,,.... ..,... stubborn girl stubborn boy Edwin Braun Anna Seifert Amy Fowler Joe D'Amico Pauline Bragdon Tom Loomis Bertha Stannard ....,.., Bette Landon .. .... .. ..... Tom Loomis Best complexion of girls ...... Victoria Benzi Best compexion of boys ..,,.... Edwin Dudley Most Alibi Class Class Class dependable boy ,....... Edward Sullivan dependable girl .,...... Vida Lazarevich Ike .......,......e....... angel ........ ,..... . buffer .,,.....,... pests ...................... Arthur Cohen Patsy Fonicello Tom Loomis Joseph D'Amico, Bertha Stannard Best boy singer ...........,.., Donald Hulbert Best girl singer ......... ...,.... F rances Dudley Most Most Class Class Most Most agreeable Boy ...,.,.......... J oe Moruky agreeable girl .,...... .. Lucille Cianciolo handyman ........,,.......... Arthur Cohen sheik ........ ...., A rnold Capezzone inquisitive ...,., Bertha Stannard timid ..,.. Bernard Leinfeldes Class artists ..........,.....,...............,. - ,,.. Amy Fowler, Curt Johnson, jr. Best boy sport .......................... joe Moraaky Best girl sport ....., ..,,. L ucille Cianciolo Best liked teacher Best liked faculty sport .. ........ Mr. Moran Mr. Cox Nicest hair of girls ..... ....,... Bette Landon Nicest hair of boys .... .... .... E d ward Sullivan Silliest girl ....... . .... - .......,.. ......., A my Fowler Silliest boy .......................... Donald Hulbert Best mannered girl ,........, Lucille Cianciolo Best mannered boy ....... Edward Sullivan Laziest boy in class ,,,. Curt johnson, jr. Laziest girl in class ........ Pauline Bragdon Class musicians ........ ...............,,.....,... Edwin Dudley, Herbert Newton Cutest girl in class .............. Victoria Benzi First to get First to get Nicest eyes Nicest eyes of boys .. married of girls .. Bette Landon married of boys, Wesley Morgan of girls ...,,..... Lucille Cianciolo Joe Moraeky Class scatter-brain ,..... .. .... Donald Hulbert Most dignified girl ..,.. Most dignified boy ,....... Martha Davis .. Edward Sullivan

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PROPlIEC'Y It was the year 1960. I was seated in a fast south bound plane, glancing at a discarded newspaper. The picture on the front page looked familiar. Why of course! It was Bernie Leinfelder, Bernie, our miniature Edison back at school, had finally done as we all had predicted. Perusing the article further, I learned that by accident, Bob Bremmer, his assistant, had upset a glass of milk into Bernie's bomb solution and turned the trick. Another headline which caught my eye praised Howard Spencer for his geopolitical post war plan. Who would have though that Bucky, our star basketball player, could someday be solving the problems of the world. Bucky's new theory had been accepted in preference to those plans presented by Winston Churchill and Clarence Streit!! As I read further on I found there were still other classmates who had become nationally famous and had made the head- lines. Willis Nettleton, who had worked up from a milkman to the extra- ordinary position of President of the League of Nations, had a conference with Vida Lazarevich, who was now at the head of the Woman Suffrage, concerning her point of view upon the position of women in industry. It seems that all our classmates had attained fame for there was a striking advertisement of the A. T. A. and Co.,which had now become a top-rate wo- man's clothing store. Amy Fowler, the first A , did the designingg Iola Tichy, the T of the company, was the business manager, and the last A was Anna Seifert, the head model. I felt sure that if I turned to the sport page I'd read about some classmate, for we had had several fervent sports enthusiasts. Well! Well! In Rumpus With Red Loomis , Red had attained his goal. His column contained his usual sports enthusiasm. And there in his column was Polly Bragdon's name- and Achille Vitali's. Polly, now the head coach at a popular girls' college, had led her basketball team to victory. Achille made a statement concerning the com- ing championship bout with Pat Russo. His trainer, Donald Lemley, said he was in tip-top condition. There was a man sitting in a front seat who kept looking back at me. He did look familiar. Finally he came back and spoke to me. It was Eddy Sul- livan. He told me that Donald Fletcher was the director of the Guilford Trust Company with Eddy Braun as his assistant. Ed Sullivan himself has a very successful string of drug stores. After our delightful conversation, I went back to my newspaper. In the Radio-Theater section I saw that the Imperial was featuring Herbie Newton and his Swing Band over the week-end holidays. There was a picture of his vocalist, Franny Flurge, the latest find in the musical world. I guess it goes with- out saying that we knew her as our old friend Fran Dudley. In the write-up of the band, I saw that Pat Fonicello was the fellow who produced the haunting melodies from that silver guitar. And guess what the attraction for the next week was? Vicki Benzi, the swell little gal who was our majorette and now was the rage of Hollywood, was coming for a personal benefit performance. And by the way, the current hilarious comedy, Topsy-Turvey , was headed in the art department by Arnold Capezzone. Now to the society page! Helen Parmelee was the editor and had writ- ten a very interesting column on our Child Prodigy , Edwin Dudley. Eddy, who had first graduated from college with flying colors, was now doing research work for his new book, Why The Bee Stings . Incidentally, his assistant was Donald Hulbert. Ducky also, in his spare time, acted as master of ceremonies, and sang in a popular night club. In the book review section, the National Book Club had awarded a five thousand dollar prize to Joe D'Amico who had written a thriller on the heroic adventures of Frank-bring 'em-back-alive Watrous. fContim4ed on page 191 17

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CLASS WILL I Continued 2 I, Wesley Morgan, do will and bequeath my driving abilities to John Santamaria. I, Willis Nettleton, do will and bequeath my remaining teeth to future G. H. S. football teams. I, Herbert Newton, do will and bequeath my excess weight to Lila Rusconi. I, I-Ielen Parmelee, do will and bequeath my romantic nature to Geraldine Cox. I, Patsy Russo, do will and bequeath my pipe to Herman Baskin. I, Anna Seifert, do will and bequeath my agreeability to William Ricker. I, Howard Spencer, do will and bequeath the basketball captaincy to Robert Jacobsen. I, Bertha Stannard, do will and bequeath my position as class chatterbox to Robert Quinland. I, Edward Sullivan, do will and bequeath my dignified manner to Mary Beattie. I, Iola Tichy, do will and bequeath my slimness to Charlotte Chapman. I, Achille Vitali, do will and bequeath my ability to keep away from wo- men to Tommy Sullivan. We, the Class of '43, do will and bequeath our ability to get the Yearbook one in a hurry to future Senior classes. Witnessed in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-three by: VICTCRIA BENZI WILLIS NETTLETON fContinuedj Breathing a deep sigh, I folded the paper, and, lo and behold, another familiar name caught my eye. Curtiss Johnson, jr. was the sole editor of the paper. Finally reaching my destination, I stepped from the plane and almost col- lided with the occupants of the cockpit, they were Joe Moraskv, pilot, and Wes Morgan, co-pilot. Walking toward the information center, I noticed two air hostesses in deep conversation. As I approached them, one screamed and came running up to me. It was Martha Davisg the other was Bette Landon. Both were dressed in trim blue uniforms. Suddenly I felt as though I were falling. The next thing I knew was that I had awakened from a dream! Instead of the year 1960, it is only the year 1943, and I am happily looking forward to my graduation, as are all of my classmates whom I had met in my dream of tomorrow. Could this be a prophecy????? LUCILLE CIANCIOLO g BERTHA STANNARD fC '1 . CLASS msrony a school book with each grade contributing talent and money. ln planning for graduation, the class voted to have navy blue caps and gowns. The Class of 43 has enjoyed its final year in G. H. S. despite the clouds of war. in Worgihg our class history, but, we, the Class of 43 , now take our part 19