Chapman Technical High School - Torch Yearbook (New London, CT)

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SENIORS if ,, Q fi 62144 fggkearf President . Scmto Irlcmdi Vice President Elsie Hendrickson Secretary Beverly Lewis Treasurer . Leo Rocco Page Twenty-five

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CLASS H ISTD DY SEPTEMBER 1943. Took Tech by storm . . . all four hundred strong . . . looking around for rooms . . . honor roll . . . new friends . . . books, books, books . . . struggling through Algebra and Latin . . . Mrs. Canfield our advisor . . . social activities capture our interest . . . smiling hopefully at awesome Seniors . . . new teachers . . . Class play Elmer, successful comedy . . . Francis Cortina, our class president. SEPTEMBER 1944. Here we are again . . . some of us in the armed services . . . still prominent on honor roll . . . happy that we aren't Freshmen any longer . . . lockers are still sticking . . . Pat Cannemela, our prize athlete . . . more participation in sports . . . dances . . . social activities . . . Dave Long elected president of the class . . . Ioe Machado, his chief helper . . . Elsie Hendrikson our Secretary . . . Beverly Lewis, Treasurer with no Treasury . . . Mr. Aldrich finds it no easy task to be our advisor. SEPTEMBER 1945. Upper classmen now . . . Freshmen even smaller than ever . . . but not as green . . . take a more illustrious part in school curriculum . . . lose more members to service . , . subjects getting harder . . . active interest in sports . . . football games . . . Iunior play Growing Pains directed by Miss Dahlgren-a smash hit . . . Miss McCormack and Mr, Manning our advisors . . . Santo lrlandi takes charge of our class . . . Daniel Lawrence lends a helping hand . . . Margery Davison writes up the minutes . . . Ioe Machado cares for the money. SEPTEMBER 1946. Seniors at last . . . rather hard to believe . . . directing lost Freshmen . . . setting good examples . . . Iunior Navy Day . . . high on the honor roll . . . major catastrophe-Nursery School fire . . . many veterans join our ranks... Trigonometry and Solid Geometry taking a heavy toll on our more courageous members . . . Chemistry unmentionable . . . Arsenic and Old Lace a howl- ing success . . . Mr. Toomey our advisor . . . Santo Irlandi, again takes our lead . . . Elsie Hendrickson takes over in his absence . . . Bev Lewis takes care of the necessary scribbling . . . Leo Rocco counts our millions . . . graduation pictures . . . caps and gowns . . . Commencement Dance . . graduation . . . farewells. Page Twenty-four

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lillii WILLIAM AIKINS Bill Mastermind V. . . that maroon car . . . quiet but gets around . . . tlashY ties . . . and plaid shirts. French Club 4. MARGARET ANN ALFIERI Honey Does the I.D. belong to Parkey? . . . meet me at the tea room . . . one of the quartet . . . Tell me all about it . Girl Reserves l, 4, Baton Club 2, 3, 47 Dance Com- mittee 2, 47 Italian 2, 3, 4. ANTHONY ANNIBALINI HTOHYH Everybody is his best friend . . . nice personal- ity . . . a husky tackle . . . just loves English . . . and homework. KENT BARTON BANNING HBOZOH Did ya ever see my limo- sine? . . . can't stand woman drivers . . . me and Dave . . . alibi artist. Hi-Y l, 47 Dance Com- mittee 2, 3: Class Play 3,4. GRADUATING CLASS OF FRED FELIX BARBERI Freddy Likes a iew girls . . . one now and then . . . pretty wavy hair . . . will be a band leader in the big time some day. Band l, 2, 3, 4. IOHN BASILICA Basie Class clown . . . collects insignia . . . dislikes bangs . . . music appre- ciator . . . don't you recoq- nize your own cousin? Dance Committee l, 2, 3, 4, Italian Club 2, 3, 4 ipresidentlg Tech News lg Dramatics 3, 47 Band l, 2, 3, 45 Spanish Club 4. IRVING BECKENSTEIN Becky Future artist . . . cool to' wards girls . . . interested in art education . . . Uni- versal store. Beginners Band ly Tech News 3, 47 Torch 3, 47 Art 2, 3, 4. Pl-IYLLIS JOHNSON BEERS Phil Loads of fun . . . wait on me next . . . oh my gosh! . . . Nianticite . , . likes to argue . . . blonde . . . carries the mail. Page Twenty-six