Amity Regional High School - Embers Yearbook (Woodbridge, CT)

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DAVIS WARNER Dave Ansonia Road Always fast with the wise-cracks . . . The Punster of R R 3 y y 1956! Entered from Hillhouse. Favorite Expression: That's cute! Favorite Subject: Mathematics. Amity: Basketball. Future Plans: College. TERRILL VIDAL Terry Rimmon Road Woodbridge A typical Ivy Leaguer . . . He's wearing out the street to the barbershop. Entered from Hillhouse. Favorite Expression: Oh be-ons! Favorite Subiect: Spanish. Hillhouse: Co-captain of Hockey Team, Baseball. Amity: Treasurer of Senior Class, Hockey. Future Plans: College. Woodbridge C

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SUSAN TR EAT Sue Old Tavern Road Orange Quiet in appearance, but a demon inside . . . lt's quite a treat to know her. Entered from Hillhouse. Favorite Expression: How about that! Favorite Subject: English. Hillhouse: Sophomore Dance Committee, Junior Prom Committee, Basketball, Laurel Girls' State Alternate. Amity: A Cappella Choir, Glee Club, Spanish Club. Future Plans: College - 4-H Extension Agent. . ., 71752 it A N551'kfQf3fil1mEli:f5Tf 53352, it-1-if se. wi -nw, JUDITH URBAN Terry Summit Drive Orange Always has a fish on her line . . . A good organizer. Entered from Hillhouse. Favorite Expression: May I have a pass? Favorite Subject: Biology. Hillhouse: Glee Club, Badminton, Bowling, Tennis. Amity: Embers, French Club, Glee Club. Future Plans: Business college. KATHRYN VAUGHN Smiley Marsh Hill Road Orange What's this about the dark room? . . . When those dimples start to flash something's up! Entered from Hillhouse. Favorite Expression: Too numerous to mention. Favorite Subject: English. Hillhouse: Sentinel Business Board, Sophomore Dance Committee, Junior Prom Committee, Sports Council - Table Tennis Representative, Basketball, Volleyball. Amity: Secretary of Glee Club, Treasurer of Spanish Club. Future Plans: College - medical secretary.

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CLASS HISTORY We all looked forward to the day school at Amity would begin, at last it arrived, and feeling like aliens, we walked down the corridors of what was to truly becomeeour school. In those first days, missing our city friends, we kept dream- ing of the last three years. We remembered the year at Troup where many close bonds of friendship began among The students of Bethany, Orange, and Woodbridge. Here we learned what it was to be a high school student-the work and the fun. The next fall, the halls of Hillhouse were opened to us and we became a part of the large Hillhouse family. After those first few baffling days, when upper classmen gave us wrong directions to classes, we found our way around school. With great enthusiasm we ioined clubs and sports activities. Every three weeks we would read about the girl athletes from the country, playing ping-pong, tennis, and basketball. As for the boys, Terry Vidal and Bob Beardmore were cited for their outstanding hockey and baseball. The names of many B.O.W. students including Barbara Angier, Sarah Howell, Martha Hoyt, Jacqueline Luciani, Frances Perrotti, Patricia Serfilippi, John Brobeil, James Dinniman, and Karla Rueckert kept appearing on the honors list. At the end of March, the Sentinel Banquet was held and Barbara Angier, Mary Bishop, Sarah Howell, Jacqueline Luciani, Frances Perrotti, and Mary Snell were ac- cepted as editorial board members, while Grant Bridges, Karla Rueckert, and Kathie Vaughn were appointed to the business board. Pat Serfilippi was a member of the Gleam, while Marianne Endriss and Martha Hoyt were on the Elm Tree staff. As the end of our sophomore year came, we watched with curiosity, the antics of the graduating seniors, and after our first experience with final exams, we left for a much-needed summer vacation. At Hillhouse that fall, we welcomed into our class two new students, Berle Hufford from Colorado, and Honor Peterson from Virginia. Now our boys really went in for sports, engaging notably in hockey, base- ball, soccer, and swimming. The same names appeared on the honor roll, and quite often we saw those students who had made the Sentinel rushing to meet a deadline, while Marianne Endriss and Karla Rueckert were seen carrying posters around the halls, and Martha Hoyt scurried around snapping pictures. The Junior Prom was a wonderful climax to our years at Hillhouse. At the prize assembly we learned that work has its reward, for many students won prizes for both academic and non-academic achievements. Thus, as we recalled in our first days at Amity, the trust we had gained, the friends we had made and the knowledge we had obtained at Hillhouse, we also remembered our solemn determination in the spring of 1955, to enter Amity that fall and make history as we had at Hillhouse. Realizing the job that was before us, we quickly organized ourselves, and within a short time, the Senior class officers were elected. The yearbook staFf was chosen, the Student Council officers elected, and many responsibilities bestowed upon us. The football, hockey, basketball, and baseball teams were started and there was plenty of school spirit to cheer them on. Senior rings were ordered. The school seal, a new name for the newspaper, a name for the yearbook, and a school motto were chosen. Students from Amity participated in the Merit Scholarship Program, and review classes were started for Seniors. Senior rings arrived, and the Snow Ball, the school's first formal dance, was given by the Senior class. College applica- tions were seen everywhere, and, after our college boards, came the Senior Prom and graduation plans. Now at graduation time itself, we know that though we have accomplished much, much remains to be done. Still we may justly feel that, as our forefathers in covered wagons made a path through the wilderness for others to follow, we too have made a beginning, from which it is the privilege and duty of others to proceed. Martha Hoyt Frances Perrotti