Guilford High School - Menunketuck Yearbook (Guilford, CT)

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OCTOBER . . . Our Honor Society members are Michael Chernok, Warren Jones, Joanne Kintz, Cathy Offredi, Cynthia Small and Louis Weady. We came in second place in the magazine drive which helped our treasury a great deal. Everyone is so excited because we just received our class rings, which really makes us feel like upper- classmen. Our soccer athletes are Carl Balestracci, Warren Jones, Fred Moore, Wayne Page, Stewart Putney, Warren Roberts, Thomas Rutherford, Richard Starr, and Ed Tichy. Louis Weady is the hard working man- ager. NOVEMBER . . . We just had our Junior Prom in the new addition, which provided a wonderful atmosphere for the set- ting of our theme, Soiree a Paris. Now, diary, the wonderful time has come and gone. It was a gala event. DECEMBER . . . The Junior class is well represented on both the girls' and boys' basketball teams. Varsity players on the girls' team are Carol Beauvias, Marie Bittner, Virginia Bryan, and Joanne Kintz. Our varsity boys are: Carl Balestracci, Fred Moore, Stewart Putney, Warren Roberts, and Ed Tichy. APRIL 1957 . . . Participating in the Operetta, On Stage, a great many of our class members had a wonderful time. Stars on our champion baseball team: Carl Bale- stracci, Vincent Coppola, Stewart Putney, Warren Roberts, Tom Rutherford, Dick Starr, Ed Tichy, and Louis Weady, manager. JUNE... Here we are at the end of our Junior year already. Everyone is looking forward to a wonderful Senior year. SEPTEMBER 1957 . . . Dear Diary: Here we are Seniors at last. It doesn't seem possible that our days are numbered. We have elected for Senior Class Oflicersg President, Carl Balestracci, Vice-President, Warren Jones, Secretary, Gail Hill, Treasurer, Patricia White, Student Council members, Margaret Pascale, Cynthia Small, and Thomas Rutherford. New members to our class: Nancy Emrich and Nancy Wason. The iirst event of our Senior year was the presenta- tion of our float, Central Park in the Guilford Fair, on which we received second prize. Also, the profits of our stand, Club 58, really boosted our treasury. OCTOBER . . . Men on the soccer team are: Carl Balestracci, Biff Jones, Bill MacGregor, Fred Moore, Wayne Page, Donald Papa, Stu Putney, Warren Roberts, Tom Rutherford, Dick Starr, and Edwin Tichy. NOVEMBER . . . Honor Society members are: Linda Cohen and Nancy Wason. DECEMBER . . . As in previous years the class of 58 is strongly represented on the boys' and girls' basketball teams. Marie Bittner and Joanne Kintz showed their skills as star players on the girls' squad. On the boys' varsity team Fred Moore, Stewart Putney, Warren Roberts, and Ed Tichy represented our class. The Highlight of the Christmas season was the Senior Snow Ball held on the 22nd, The holiday decorations were very festive and everyone had an enjoyable time. Goodness, diary, tears come into my eyes as I read of the wonderful experiences of our four years in Guilford High. Our long-awaited Senior year will be over before we know it, Commencement plans are now in prog- ress. Senior week, Senior Prom, Banquet, Class Night, then Graduation, these are' the things we will espe- cially remember. We have spent many happy days at G.H.S. with many pleasant memories.

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CLASS SEPTEMBER 1954 . . . Dear Diary: We have now started our long-awaited high school years. We chose Carl Balestracci as pres- ident, Frank Gill, vice-president, Wilma Hunter, secretary, Gail Hill, treasurer, and Patricia White, Student Council member. Our class advisers are Mrs. Bartman and Mr. Willcox. The Guilford Fair with its float contest gave the Class of '58 its first opportunity to qualify as high school students. The Assassination of Caesar was entered in the competition and won third prize. OCTOBER . . . The magazine drive is finally over and our class has contributed quite a bit toward making it a success for we came in third place. MARCH 1955 . . . Incidentally, diary, everyone had a wonderful time at the annual Sadie Hawkins Dance. APRIL . . . Our class was well represented in the operetta picnic. JUNE . .. We closed our Freshman year by having our class Hold That Curtain. SEPTEMBER 1955 . . . Dear Diary: Returning to G.H.S. for our Sopho- more year we elected Carl Balestracci, president, Wilma Hunter, vice-president, Gail Hill, secretary, Cynthia Small, treasurer, Merrillyn Price, Stewart Putney, and Cathy Offerdi on Student Council. New members to our class are Elaine Alling, Wayne Page, and George Ward. Our float was Guilford Fair or Bust on which We received third prize. OCTOBER . . . We have just had the magazine drive and we really showed our school spirit by coming in second place. DECEMBER . . . Our spirit continued by having a dance titled Snow Bound. Everyone had an enjoyable evening which may have been contributed due to the Christ- mas season for it was held on the 23rd. MAY 1956 . . . We held a Talent Show in which the whole school HISTORY took part. It proved to be a great success for our class. Everyone was sad at the departure of Mrs. Bartman, our class adviser. JUNE . . . We have just ordered our class rings and everyone is looking forward to receiving them in the begin- ning of our Junior year. SEPTEMBER 1956 . . . Dear Diary: Our Junior float was Winter Won- derland and we were proud to receive the Blue Rib- bon. Class Officers this year are: President, Carl Bale- stracci, Vice-President, Wayne Page, Secretary, Gail Hill, Treasurer, Patricia White, and Student Council members, Margaret Pascale, Cynthia Small, and Thomas Rutherford. We welcomed Virginia Bryan, Michael Chernok, Warren jones, and Barney Kawra to our class, and also the return of Robert Dilzer and Donald Papa. We are happy to have Mrs. Collins as our new class adviser.

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I, Wayne Page, do hereby w I, Elaine Alling, do hereby will and bequeath my long hair to Margaret Sohlberg who hasn't the patience to let hers grow. I, Carl Balestracci, do hereby will and bequeath my mother's spaghetti recipe to the G.H.S. cooks. I, Carol Beauvais, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to have my boyfriend stay home to Judy Lehman whose is overseas. I, Marie Bittner, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to play basketball to anyone who wants it. I, Robert Boguski, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to CLASS WILL I, William MacGregor, do hereby will and bequeath my ability of swapping engines to Jack, Kenny or Bruce. I, Fred Moore, do hereby wil l and bequeath my older brother's problems to my younger brother Tom. I, Lynn O'Brien, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to eat a lot and stay slim to anyone who is on a diet. I, Cathy Offredi, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to be the only girl trombone player brave enough. in the band to any girl who is ill and bequeath my ability to go have a good job at the Friendly First to Dave Bartlett who wants lf. I, Valerie Bradstreet, do hereby will and bequeath all my problems to anyone who wants to try to solve them. I, Irene Breault, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to be able to understand and solve everybody's problems but my own to any future Dorothy Dix of G.H.S. I, George Brown, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to learn French to anyone who needs it. g I, Edgar Carris, do hereby will and bequeath my future mil- lions to anyone who thinks I can earn that much. I, Michael Chernok, do hereby will and bequeath my poetical talents to whoever wishes to be Poet Laureate of Smoke Signals. I, Linda Cohen, do hereby will and bequeath the green apple to anyone who can't jam enough people in his car. I, Vincent Coppola, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to have manageable hair to anyone who previously has had a little trouble. I, Eileen Cronan, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to take shorthand to all future stenographers of G.H.S. I, Robert Dilzer, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to wash dishes to anyone who wants it. I, Nancy Emrich, do hereby will and bequeath my skiis to any- one who can find snow in Guilford. I, Elizabeth Evarts, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to stay slender to any person who is expanding too fast. I, Richard Floyd, do hereby will and bequeath my Ford to any- body who wants to have troubles. .I, Joan Franco, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to be able to have too many problems to solve and as many to be solved to anyone who wants to solve them. I, Joseph Gardner, hereby will and bequeath my ability to eat five peanutbutter and jelly sandwiches to anybody that's not hungry. I, Gail Hill, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to keep out of step during a parade to Leah Craven who seems to be doing well on her own. I, Phyllis Hooghkirk, do hereby will and bequeath my paint- splattered art room shirt to some future artist. I, Wilma Hunter, do hereby will and bequeath my best wishes to Kenny Sullivan. I, George Jeschor, do hereby will and bequeath all my extra weight to Leonard Frohlich who needs it. I, Warren Jones, do hereby get into everything to someone I, Barney Kawra, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to with time on his hands. will and bequeath my ability to pack bags to any junior working at the Friendly First. I, Joanne Kintz, do hereby will and bequeath to Ginny Betts, my ability to have many wonderful unexpected summer escapades. I, George Kober, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to play hookey to anyone who can use it. I, Beverly Lafhn, do hereby will and bequeath my ability of going steady with one boy for two years to anyone who would like to try it. I, William Leete, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to dechrome my car to Ronnie Peterson, who has made a mess of his also. I, Paul MacGregor, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to talk my way out of things to anyone who dares to try and get away witvt. steady with a nurse to anyone who wants to try. I, Donald Papa, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to turn off the radiators and to pull down the shades in Miss Maher's seventh period study hall to Dennis Erb who has all the qualifications for performing such arduous tasks. I, Patricia Parkerton, do hereby will and bequeath my major- ette uniform to anyone it fits. I, Margaret Pascale, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to dance every dance at socials to Kenny Sullivan who sat quite a few out. I, Judy Perkins, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to skip school without getting caught to Judy Kleinkauf who does pretty good on her own. I, Merrillyn Price, do hereby will and bequeath my clean white bucks to anyone who wants to be different. I, Stewart Putney, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to drive a taxi during my senior year to anyone who wants a good car. I, Steve Raymond, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to go steady for two years to Dave Bartlett who can't do it for one week. I, Mary Reddick, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get along with the teachers at G.H.S. to anyone who is having trouble. I, Warren Roberts, do hereby will and bequeath my two-toned car to anyone who likes flashy colors. I, Thomas Rutherford, do hereby will and bequeath the money that Stewart Putney owes me to anyone who thinks he can get it. I, Cynthia Small, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to confuse the Band to the next Head Majorette. I, Sheila Sohlberg, do hereby will and bequeath my locker to anyone who can open it. I, Richard Starr, do hereby will and bequeath my size 12 feet to Dave Bartlett, to go with his big ears. I, Arthur Stevens, do hereby will and bequeath my car to any- one who wants to go to Florida. I, Joyce Suker, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to bor- row clothes from Cynthia Russell to anyone who wears the same size. I, Doris Tichy, do hereby will and bequeath being the young- est of a family of 12 to anyone who dislikes being an only child. I, Edward Tichy, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to go out with Barbara for a year and a half to Donald Papa, who could use this ability. I, David Vitali, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to aggravate teachers without even trying to anyone who likes get- ting kicked out of classes. I, Emily Walston, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to grow long hair to any girl who has a lot of patience. I, George Ward, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to pass English to anyone with a good imagination. I, Nancy Wason, do hereby will and bequeath to my brother my arguments for the dear old South. I, Lee Waterman, do hereby will and bequeath my freckles to anyone who wants them. I, Louis Weady, do hereby will and bequeath my books to anyone who can carry them. I, Patricia White, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to worry about everything to anyone who is carefree.