Derby High School - Crimson Yearbook (Derby, CT)

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JEAN ALICE VILLINGER jeame Dgfby Cgnn Apr1125 1931 IRVING SCHOOL Actrvltres Lookout Board 2 Honor Student Future Plans Clerlcal Worker ALEXANDER CHARLES WAILIONIS Iunzor New York Cnty September 21 1930 ST MICHAEL s SCHOOL ACIIVIIICS Interclass Basketball 1 Band 1 7 3 4 Baseball 4 Future Plans Busxness 3 PAUL EDWIN YOCHER Om M Derby Conn November6 1931 LINCOLN! SCHOOL ELIZABETH ANN ZANOWIAK Actrvltles Ben lnterclass Basketball 1 4 Prom Com 7 mmee Derby Conn Aprll 71 1931 Future Plans Avxatlon IRVING SCHOOL Actrvrtxes Glee Club 1 Future Plans Housevs rfe 29 f' ROBERT THOMAS WOODS Bo Derby Conn March 27 1930 ST MARYS SCHOOL lnterclass Basketball 4 Band 1 Future Plans Machnmst GENEVIEVE LUCILLE ZYSKOSKI jeame jerseyC1ty N J October Z9 1930 ST -IOSEPHS SCHOOL Ansonra Actrvrtles Dramatrcs 4 Glee Club 4 Lookout Board 4 Class Book Commrttee Student Councnl 4 Operetta -4 Class Nxght Com mrttee Honor Student Future Plans Beauty Culturxst LY 1. I N k X 6 iff 1? L W -fit! ' Yi, VA 1 f ey V, ff ' rl V I 4 D Z If ' I7 2 - U . 4 3 - . 'I I n bu 1 . -, .. , . ' ' Activities: Q . X' , ' ,QUIK ' .' I 'VJ ',fL 5- 'I A A , ' 1 If ggft . .2 h rv 1 ' : ,f ,U ' I l l ,lv - l - , . : ff ' U 3 v' l V I v ' - 3 , - , I . 1 - P: 1 'I .3 5 1 -

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JW' ROSEMARY SUNDAY SPAGNOLA Rorze New York Crty May 2 1930 ASSUMPTION SCHOOL Ansonra Actrvrtres Lookout Board 1 2 3 Honor Student Future Plans Busrness College SALVATORE JOSEPH SPITERI Spztz Derby Conn june 7 1930 ST MARYS SCHOOL Actrvrtres Interclass Basketball 4 Dramatrcs Optretta 4 Future Plans Busrness College ful CLARA ANTOINETTE TESTONE Clazre Derby Conn December 10 1930 IRVING SCHOOL Actrvrtres Lookout Board 4 Class Book Commrt ICC Student Councnl 7 Honor Student Future Plans Secretary MARILYN ELAINE TUTTLE Lynn Ansoma Conn June 17 1931 LINCOLN SCHOOL Actrvrtres Lookout Board 4 Class Book Commit ree Honor Student Future Plans Secretarx 28 1 PHYLLIS VICTORIA STARSIAK Pb: Ludlow Mass March 22 1931 ST MICHAELS SCHOOL Actnvrtres Honor Student Future Plans Housewrfe DOMENICK A VALENTINO 'Tex Derby Conn May 18 1931 LINCOLN SCHOOL Actrvrtres Ban 1 2 3 4 Future Plans Undecrded 1 ' S4 - ' I I T 'J J, ' , 'l . - l W' ask 4 ' , II 'ZH ,, h , V rr ' rr l l I 1 r - , 1 ' , . U l H A A A I Q l 41 , I . 1 4 I I ' , s 2 - G' C . 3 , A fi F by 7 I I A vo t WM m r- C G 'W 1 I u V! ' 1 V A. If ' Y! I A D : , A - i

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TEPAT Hrve you ever gazed deeply rnto your class ring' If you have you may hrvt notrced somcthrng more than just a gold shrp on a mrroon b rckground Perhaps your eyes penetrated the surface md abserved some thrng finer and more superb bet ruse rn that rrng are kept never to be destroyed trt rsrrrcd and prrtcless memories of the four yerrs of your lrfe On September 6 1944 a group of ftscrn rted young sters entered the portals of that wonderful educrtronal rnstutrtron the Derby Hrgh School We were grven a cordial welcome by Mr Heffernan who spoke to us of the prrvrleges and corresponding dutres of bcrng Derby Hrgh School students It was the first year of Mr Heffernans positron as prrncrpal and of Dr O Hara s positron as superintendent making us the first graduat rng class to complete four years under their very able yurrsdrctron One month was sufficient to remove some of our cautron but we were strll green enough to thrnk that cated The results of the electron held were as follows Presrdent joan Kirby Vrce Presrdent Elaine Colonese Secretary Henry Osak and Treasurer jacquelrne Ambrrsco Soon the unrors and Senrors presented the Fresh man Socral whrch rn that year was grven for both Freshman and Sophomores Thus we became full fledged members of the Derby Hrgh School We entered rnto the picture completely now and even began to cheer for the football team It had a farrly successful season and we were very proud to be able to say that rt was our team As Freshman we were especrally interested because one of our class mates Chubby Cafaro had made the team Our enthusrasm contrnued all through the basket ball season and rrghtly so because the team had the good fortune to enter the class B state tournament at Payne Whrtney Gymnasium Yale Unrversrty We fought our way through beautifully untrl the crushmg blow defeat by Branford rn the finals Never was the heart of every Derby follower so full of despair We shall always remember that team as our team and proudly so for rt had the qualrtres of a real team On Aprrl 7 lst the entire world was saddened by the de rth of Presrdent Franklm D Roosevelt Even as Freshmen we fully realized the srgnrhcance of hrs untrmely death There was a srlent prayer rn every heart that God would gurde us safely through the war even wrthout hrs great leadership He wrll always be remembered by all of us and we shall be proud to say that he wrs our presrdent As rf to offset the effects of this tragedy Presrdent Harry Truman our new and capable leader announced the vrctory of the allied forces rn Europe on May 8th Every peace lovrng human berng was overwhelmed with rejorcrng and thanks In une the Glee Club presented Blow Me Down an operetta rn which several Freshmen took part Mr Wrrgley found much talent rn our class We were rather downcast at the thought of losing the Senrors who had guided us through our first year We were so zealous however thrnkrng about the our Freshman year which had certainly been a brrllrant year rn the history of Derby Hrgh came to a raprd and vrvrd close At the termrnatron of our summer holiday we returned to the Derby Hrgh School this trme not drffi dent Freshmen rn a precarious srtuatron but rntellrgent experienced Sophomores' We elected for the second trme oan Krrbv as Presrdent wrth Pete Segenchuk as Vrce Presrdent acquelrne Ambrrsco as Secretary and Henry Osak rs Treasurer In football we were rather unfortunate at first By the end of the season however the team was rn full strrde We contrnued our enthusrastrc support espe cially because one of our classmates oan Kirby became a cheerleader Our cheerrng was not rn vain for though we lost to Ansonra 7 0 we routed Shelton 26 7 ln basketball vue were very unfortunate but looked ahead to the next year We attended the unror and Senior plays grvrng our enthusrastrc support wrth an eye to the future for rt would soon be our turn to occupy the stage In Aprrl another operettrr was staged The Belle of Bagdad an event of mayor importance The talent of our class , . I . ' I . ' y' ' ' . .. . - , , r r ' ' ' - ' Y 2 ' ' . . . . 1 2 Y U A 4 , . . . . t 1 . - - i . I ' X . K . x , , V il A . . ' I I ' 1 ' '. r , , ' 1 ' A Y- ' 5 I ' c .I I 4 x . . . 7 . . U 7. y a D . ' , 5 ' , , , 1 , F I , , J g .. ,., I I I ' . 7 Q - , ' ' A I , I I , , ' ' we needed executives to make our lives more eompli. future, that we did not mourn their loss for long. Thus . g 2 , . C . . . . , . L . . , . Z U A , 1 2 S ' . , J I , - . , . . . ' I is , i , i , i 1 7 . , I ' ' l . ,I , ' s . I i , a J, S ' 1 . y K L K I a l . , ' H a U . . , n I y - . , , . , I , l i - n I F , 9 l 1 ' - 9 - ' v ' ' , 9 ' V I ' . , . . I J , , . 4 , . I , . I ' I . y 1 I Y s H gn , I I ' I . . I 30