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

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TRIDENT During the school year 1954-55 the AMITY CHATTER was organized under the supervision of Miss Rita lvarson. ln Sep- tember of l955, when the Senior wing was first occupied and Amity became a Junior- Senior high school, the AMITY CHATTER became the TRIDENT. The TRIDENT is pub- lished every three weeks and attempts to keep the students informed on school and town affairs. This has been a very success- ful year under Editor-in-Chief Donald Dixon and his staff which is composed of Assist- ant Editor, Jacqueline Champagne, News Editor, Paul Kosha, Make-up Editor, Stephen Knup, and Business Manager, Elizabeth Eaton.

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EMBERS ln the fall of 1956, a yearbook staff was chosen by nomination of the Senior Council and selection by a group of Senior teachers. With Mr. Robert Holm- berg as the Editorial Board, Mr. Fred- erick Fay as Art Board Adviser, and Mrs. Marie Zilli as Business Board Adviser, the beginning of what was to be a first edi- tion of the Embers was started. Before the name Embers had been chosen through competition the staff was at work, receiving estimates of photog- raphers and printers. With selection of both of these, work really began. The rnain difficulty was in being the first staff, with no tradition or former ideas to follow. lt was the staff's responsibility to decide the theme and character of the book and to organize the members of the sophomore, iunior and senior classes who had ioined the yearbook staff. Next came the iob of correcting copy, doing layout and organizing individually writ- ten ideas into a book. Finally in the spring of 1956 this first edition was put on sale.

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, ,Ki fi? me AMITY SPOTLIGHT For Amity's aspiring writers the AMITY SPOTLIGHT was organized in 1954. ln its first year there was lust one edition. This year, with a twenty member staff under the supervision of Mr. Edward Culi, there were two editions, one in mid-winter and one in May. Margaret Langeler has been the Editor- in-Chief. Her assistants have been Barbara M. Smith, John Bell, and Doris Benner.