Berlin High School - Lamp Yearbook (Berlin, CT)

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the behalf of the organizers of this reunion. And now I ' d like to introduce you to a few of the celebrities our class has produced. First, Alfred Talbot, who’s just recently published a book of poetry. Alfred, would you come forward, please? What was the first poem you ever wrote? ALFRED: Hmmmmm ... I believe it was Ode to a Violet.” RONNIE: Where did you get your inspiration? ALFRED: Oh, from one of my high school teachers. (Cheers from crowd.) RONNIE: Thank you, Alfred. I believe we have another artist in this gr oup, Malcolm Pabst, who is now a celebrated painter. Malcolm, what is the first picture you painted? MALCOLM: I believe it was a picture of mangled food, entitled Fourth Lunch.” RONNIE: I guess your inspiration is obvious to all the alumni of B.H.S. Everyone remembers Norman King’s singing voice. Norm is now a popular singing star. His latest record is Rocket Roll”, accompanied by the Swinging Blanchard Sisters. N I see that Maurice Tattersall ' is in this group. This is a rare privilege, indeed. He is a renowned teacher, lecturer, editor, and publisher in London. I’m sure you’d all like to hear a word from Maurice. MAURICE: Cherrio, Old Top! ! RONNIE: Reginald Gorneault and Carol Buch are here from Paris. Carol, who recently made her debut at the Metropolitan, got her start at the Gorneault Oprea House. Carol Flematti has just returned from Italy. I would enjoy hearing Carol’s impressions of her trip, if she would oblige. CAROL: You tryin’ to flirt with me? RONNIE: Nope! That’s Edward Maguda standing with you isn’t it? EDWARD: Yes, Captain Edward Maguda. RONNIE: Captain, you say? EDWARD: Yes, H.M.S., B.V.D.” She’s heading due west, making for the nearest shore. RONNIE: I certainly hope she gets there Ed! Jean Yacinski is here rehashing the Motif Club’s Washington trip with Florence Tolomea and Doro- thy Johanns. If I . remember correctly, Jean was the president of that club, Dorothy was the treas- urer, and Florence was the secretary. There seems to be some confusion in the back of the hall. Jeff Arute our bouncer for this evening, is throwing out a hobo. Why it’s Peter King! On his shoulder he is carrying the conventional hobo stick; but tied to the end, is an exceedingly large sack. Say Pete, what’s in the sack? Let me peek in. Hello Mary Lou Cugno! Come out of that sack and join the reunion. I see that Joan Munson is here this evening. I heard that she recently won a million dollars for a recipe. I’d like to know what she is going to do do with all that money. Joan, how are you going to spend that million dollars? JOAN: I am taking cooking lessons at Janice Fer- rero’s cooking school. RONNIE: Now I’d like to ask Gary Graziano, Olym- pic swimmer, to step up here for a minute. Tell us Gary, are you competing in the trials this year? GARY: Yes, I am and because of the help of my competent coaches, Phyllis Peck and Nancy Rivers, I expect to win the title for the United States. (Loud cheering from the crowd.) I owe it all to Phyllis and Nancy. RONNIE: The next person I know you all remem- ber, Kenny Burt. He has been proclaimed the world’s greatest detective because of his daring capture of Public Enemy No. 1. Please come up here Kenny. KENNY : Thank you, one and all. Would anyone like to see my badge? (Laughter from crowd.) NARRATOR: Thank you Kenny and Ronnie, and thank you everyone for your attention. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM ! ! ! (Loud explosion) JAMES VARRICCHIONI: There has been an ex- plosion at the High School. Th-The Chemistry Lab. Ronald Rich’s work ! (Everyone rushes out) NARRATOR: Nothing ever changes! 22

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what can I do for you? Do you want to deposit some money or take some out? NARRATOR: Ha, ha, neither, I’m afraid. I just came over to ask you if you will preside at the re- union this afternoon and maybe give a welcome speech. RONNY: Oh, the reunion, I almost forgot. Let me see, that means I ' ll have to break my appointment with Miss Worbel. But then again, she’ll be go- ing too, won’t she? NARRATOR: Yes, that’s right, we’ll see you there. (Narrator leaves bank and heads toward the town hall. Jim Newman and Barbara Wrobel walk down the street toward them. Narrator stops and they meet.) NARRATOR: Well, congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Newman. Tell me why is it that you just got married. It’s been ten years since you graduated. JIMMY: Yes I know. But you see, I served eight years in the United States Navy; and I just got home about three months ago. NARRATOR: I see, well, I wish you all the luck in the world. Say, do you remember Raymond Le- Bel ? Well, he is running the Second National Store here. It’s the only food store in town, and he has built up quite a thriving business. RAYMOND: (Coming out of the store, smiling and wiping hands on his apron.) Hi, I’m almost ready to go. I just have to carry Mrs. Maier’s groceries to her car. I read about the reunion in the paper, and I think it is just ducky.” NARRATOR: Fine Ray, we’re heading there now. Do you want to come along? RAY: I’ll meet you there. (Jimmy Newman and Barbara Worbel continue toward the Town Hall. They leave the narrator. Narrator: I have a few more stops to make — see you there.) NARRATOR: I wonder which class member lives in this house? (He knocks) Hello, Miss Dyer, or is it Mrs. ? ? ? SUSAN: Hello. As you can see, I’m a housewife. Won’t you come in? NARRATOR: Love to. Lovely home you have. SUSAN: Thank you. You remember Elizabeth Erling, don’t you? (As Elizabeth comes into the room.) NARRATOR: Yes, what are you doing now, Eliza- beth? SUSAN: Drinking a cup of coffee. NARRATOR: Oh — Well, I must be going. (He leaves and walks down Main Street.) It seems that some of our class have been successful iri the field of business. (He continues looking into the stores on Main Street.) Squillacote Slowik, Classical Record Mart”; Simcik Smith Travel Agency”; Scarola Norman, High shoes for short girls.” Well here we are at the Town Hall. Let’s join the reunion which is already in prog- ress. Gathered here are members of the Class of 1957. As I look around, I see Sandra Wind. She is now a veterinarian. In fact she operated on my pet snail last year. I think you would be interested to know that Jay Ross is the Superintendent of Schools in Berlin now. Jay is at the reunion, so he can tell us what ' s going on at our Alma Mater. Jay, has anything exciting happened at the old school lately? JAY: Nah — some kids threw a little H” Bomb outside my house last night, if you can call that exciting. NARRATOR: So the town is still quiet as ever! I can see a very distinguished-looking gentleman, but I don’t remember his being in the Class of 57.” Excuse me Sir, what is your name? GENTLEMAN: Royal Lamkins. NARRATOR: My, but you seem prosperous. ROYAL: Oh, yes, I’ve had a good bit of luck — inherited the Royal Pudding Company, you know. NARRATOR: Oh, of course. Oh, by the way, Arlene Martin asked me to tell you she wouldn’t be here; she’s dancing on a television program. It’s too bad she couldn’t be here for the talent show we’re having. Lois Prudhon is starting off the show with a ghost story. Elaine Griffith will tell a few traveling salesman” jokes. Barbara Varriale, who is now a missionary in Africa, will show slides; and Betty Keating will tell us about her interesting Say, isn’t that Ronnie Zucchi speaking ? ROYAL: Yes. NARRATOR:’ Sounds interesting. Let’s listen. RONNIE: And so again, I want to welcome you on 21

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CLASS WILL We, the class of 1957 being of sound mind and purpose, do hereby make, publish, and confirm this to be our last will and testament. We leave Mr. MacKenzie with his kilt and bagpipes. We leave Mr. D ' Angelo finally relieved of his teaching duties. We leave Mr. Long respecting him for his faith in us. To Mr. Landry we leave a new crop of senior delinquents with whom to deal. To Miss LeVan we leave all the Juniors for future guidance. We leave Mrs. Corr as ladies and gentlemen taught by the golden rule. We leave Mr. O’Dwyer still calculating his guidance tests. To Mr. Bates we leave a formula for placing a square peg in a round hole. We leave Mr. Charland playing You Ain’t Nothing But A Hound Dog.” We leave Miss Dayos still undecided on who should have authority in the home. We leave Mrs. Deming taking her accomplished Parade of Youth reporter with us. To Mr. DiMauro we leave a pair of ballet slippers to continue his dancing career. We leave Mr. Dondes taking his favorite debaters with us. We leave Mr. Downer taking Judy with us. We leave Mr. Dubovsky and Mr. Rappanotti wishing we knew them better. To Miss Earn we leave the Christmas kits still stacked in her room. We leave Mrs. Emery assuring her there will be no more banana peels in the hall. We leave Mr. Fabian with knowedge of gas house five.” We leave Mrs. Giannotta saying Quiet! Remember this is the library.” To Mr. Gibney we leave a 58” Cadillac for Driver’s Education. To Mr. Goodrow we leave an Imperial crown for his up-and-coming monarchy. We leave Mr. Harris taking the best part of the chorus with us. To Mr. Hubert we leave a new Kaywoodie. We leave Mrs. Johnson still remembering her as a substitute. We leave Mr. Kevorkian still flashing his big dimples. To Miss LaRocque we leave new French records que sont magnifique.” To Miss McBrien we leave our memories of the Junior Prom. To Mr. Merlino we leave a fluorescent color wheel. To Mrs. Murphy we leave the memories of our Tom Thumb weddings. We leave Mr. Nuccio all the girls of Berlin High. We leave Miss O’Connor the memories of our Washington trip. We leave Mrs. Porter a twenty seven inch television set. We leave Miss Rakowski saying a;sldkfjgh.” We leave Mr. Rittner, wishing he was still with us. We leave Mrs. Schmitt with a new name. To Mr. Speiler we leave a recipe for burned biscuits. We leave Mr. Sandrocha, taking our quiet study halls with us. We leave Miss Thompson false eyelashes to match her chignon. We leave Mr. Ursone, taking his first and favorite Occ. Info class with us. To Mr. Vater we leave a cool and solid beat. We leave Mrs. Vogel with many thanks for her advice on our yearbook. We leave Mrs. Zuk with the memories of our seventh grade class. To Mrs. Beach we leave a new set of safe-cracking tools . . . Better luck next time! We leave Mrs. Dietrich a new appointment book for future guidance conferences. We leave Carol Fields still roaming the halls of Berlin High. To Miss Gustafson we leave a robot for her switchboard. We leave Mrs. McNickle a silver coffee tray with a year’s supply of sugar. Raymond Aldrich leaves his electric shaver to Montrose Waldron. Marie Andros leaves her shy personality to Nancy Hall. Jeffrey Arute leaves his four stars to Wesley Root. Mary Bandarutis leaves an appointment at DiMugno’s Barber Shop. Claire Begin leaves her jet black locks to Jane Walsh. Dorothy Blanchard leaves her artistic ability to Richard Tolomea. Frances Blanchard leaves her typing ability to Jacqueline Gates. Melanie Borgo leaves her vivacious gate to Judy Stack. Judy Bolles leaves blushing in Shades of Lavender.” Dona Brunette leaves taking Ronnie and his convertible with her. Carol Buch leaves her height to Lois Kozalka. Kenneth Burt leaves his glasses to Linda Peck. Douglas Chase leaves his cat pants” to Donald Lawyer. Francis Cichowski leaves his scientific ways to Ralph Chant. Mary Lou Cugno leaves her flirtatious ways to Keith Schinderwolf. 23