Derby High School - Crimson Yearbook (Derby, CT)

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w lb onee 1g11n demonstmted as n prevxew to our un1or 1nd Senror pl1ys Soon after the reopenmg of school Mr Edw lftl C.o5s resumed h15 te1eh1ng dutxes 1fter h1y1ng eourlgeously s ryed Unele S1m rn the army Mr leo Ry 1n took oxer Lmted St1tes Hnstoryf for M155 M1e ODell who had been marrxed durrng the summer A new 1rt teaeher to repl1ee M15s W1l5on w IS hn1lly found M155 Marlwood M1eIue1s 1nd 1n 1rt el155 w lb formed 111 the Derby Hrgh Sehool In th1t el15s were 1 few of our Sophomores n1mely xequellne C 1m1l1n1 Robert Woods Carmen Cnllo Fugene Bern 1l 1nd M 1r1o Pol1 ferno Although lf w15 1 r1ther heet1e cl155 some belll t1ful art work w1s produced At Lhr15tm15 the B1rm1ngh1m N1t1on 11 B1nk sponsored 1 eontest for the members of the el 155 1nd although 1 Sophomore d1d not w1n they re1lly d1d some fine work Smee 1ll tl1e Sophomore grrls h1d sewlng th If yelr they were 1ll sportmg new OUIFICS every so often Some of the work w1s very nlee and won the 1dm1r1t1on of TWTISS M 1r1e Houlth IU 1nd the glrls mothers Thus 1nother 51gn1he1nt ye1r drew to 1 flplll elose How the t1me d1d fly' But l1ttle we e 1red for we h1d mueh to do to keep us busy durrng th15 1mport1nt ye tr l'1rst we pl xeed our future ID the h1nd5 of the followtng people Presrdent oln Kxrby Vree Presldent Dom 1n1ek lon1rdo SCLYCIIFY, R1t1 Forsyth 1nd Tre lillfll' M 1ry Pepe The hrst thrng we notleed upon our return W15 th1t the nnterxor of the sehool h 1d been punted 1ttr1et1yely 1nd 1 l1br lfy h1d been 1dded There were 1 few eh lnges 1n the rooms 1nd we once 1g11n h1d to beeome 1eeu5 tomed to thrngs Two new te lCl1C'I'S greeted us Mr M1rt1n Qhrom1k replfieed M155 K1ther1ne K 1ne IS l'C'lCl1Cl'OfFl'1gllSl1 llI He bec1me fteulty lduser of the Lrmbozzl 1nd guned the fr1end5h1p of the enttre student body M155 l:l1z1beth Dempsey took oyer the dut1e5 of Mr Sheeh1n 115 te1eher of physres 1nd chemrstry Before mueh tlme h1d el1p5ed she bee 1me one of the most popul1r te1cher5 rn the sehool We gne th If ye 1r the Freshmen .1 wonderful reeep t1on ln faet m1ny 511d th1t ll w15 the best Freshm1n Soeral ey er to t1ke plaee The entertarnment w 15 eom mend zble It w lb 1n the form of 1 rad1o bro 1de1st 1nd eyeryone who p1rt1e1p1ted d1d an excellent job There were refreshments 1nd d1ne1ng 1n the gym after the Pftlgflm XX ho ever 511d that Freshmen were bushful' Don t belneye lf Th1t nnght some of them were te1eh rng the un1or g1rl5 the l1te5t d mee steps The el155 then presented Sally Sallres Forth under the drreetron of MISS Vlflll Exeryone gaye 1 pol15hed perform 1nee The LIST rneluded j1equel1ne Ambrrseo Sldney Androphy Htrry Fr1neol1n1 Helen P1ek1r5k1 Ann Hun1h1n M1ry Duggxn ohn Prenet1 W1nd1 Dzwonkowskr R1eh1rd Stlerno 1nd Phyllls Heffern 1n Prompters were D1v1d C llbert 1nd M1r11n OKeefe P1ul P1seuuoentert11ned w 1th 1 s1xaphone solo wh1le M1eh1el C1rutt1d1ur11 D1y1d Cnlbert and Jem Ad1m son offered voe1l solos 1eeompan1ed 1t the prano by Angehne DeC1rlo Yes the play w15 re1lly 1 huge suceess We h1d 1 good se 15011 tn football w1nn1ng five out of n1ne g1mes There were qulte a few SIITS from the un1or el1s5 on the team 1nd they naturally l11d 1 gre II m1ny loyal supporters The b1sketb1ll team how ever was very d151ppo1nt1ng The operetta then approxehed to the great joy of That ye1r the Iun1or5 took the lead Vlfglllld C 1rroll 1nd o1n Krrby who had the leadrng roles, were very 1bly supported by 1 ehorus eomposed of m1ny un1or5 udg1ng from the delrghted 5m1le5 and the tumultuous ox mon of the lLlCllCIlCC, the operett1 went over ln 1 bxg w1y Mr Wrrgley 1dded 1nother sueeess to h15 1lre1dy long l15t Thus ended o11r un1or yelr whleh we 5h1ll neyer forget Our Sen1or ye1r fimlly arrned After we hid over eome the first thrxlls of be1ng bug wheels we settled down to sernous bu51ne55 Ftrst of all we eleeted the followrng cl155off1eer5 Domlnlek Lon1rdo Pres1dent ohn F1lcl11k Vlee Prestdent R1eh1rd Gxbson Seere t1ry and M 1ry Pepe Tre 15urer Another new te lCllCI' greeted us M155 liyelyn Cnrn sey w IS hrred to repllee M155 Helen Conlon wl1o h1d been m1rr1ed dur1ng the summer She soon g11ned the frlendshrp of the entlre student body espeerally her Senlor homeroom w h1eh l don t th1nk she or that p1rt1 eul1r el1s5 w1ll ever forget L1te 1n Nosember gr1ef 1nd sorrow e1st the1r sh 1dow5 oxer Derby Hrgh One of our most belox ed te1ehers Mr XX'1ll11m Dunne p1s5ed 1w1y Wnh h15 '1 ' ' 1 1 - ' 1 . 1 ' 1 1 ' ' J A . , ' 1- , f . 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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

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death part of Derby HIgh seemed to dIe also He was 1 truly wonderful person No words can express our feelIngs for hIm and no amount of tIme can wrpe out our memory of hIm MIss MarIan Crontn was hIred ro teach EnglIsh I In hrs place Soon throughout the halls of our great InsrItutIon were numerous whrspers among the SCHIOIS SenIor play tryouts were comrng At once everyone began to demonstrate hIs abIlIty In the art of actrng FInally a cast was chosen For several weeks everyone worked drlrgently to make lf a finrshed productIon Unnl dress rehearsal thIngs looked rather bleak but under the skrllful supervrslon of MIss Baker we gave a superb performance It was a cast of stars Jeanne McEnerney and Peppers Preneta portrayed the lovIng If some tImes drflicult parents of DavId Grlbert and Genevreve Zyskoskr RIchard Salerno Harry Francolxnr and Mary Duggan surpassed theIr bfllllanf performances of the unIor play VInnIe Mrngrone and Phyllrs Krng were newcomers but that dId not drscredrt them In the least Arlene Karlms stole the show wIth her black face and Southern accent Helen Prekarskr gave another grand show as the tomboy In the play Gordon McLachlan our Import from Scotland pulled actIng out of hIs bag of trIcks and drd a magnIfIcent job oan Krrby and Sammy SPIICII were perfect for theIr parts Therr roles were rather small but theIr ad Ilbblng helped them out consxderably All In all If was a wonderful P aY We were rather successful In football thIs year Although we dldD t beat A050013 or Shelton we gave them qurte a scare We count them as moral vIctorIes In basketball we drd very poorly however We had three speakers representrng our class In the oratorrcal contest thIs year Angeltne DeCarlo joan Klfby and john Preneta although they dId not WID gave excellent speeches One of our teachers Mrss Trghe was struck on the head by a fallmg ladder whrle Chrrstmas decoratrons were beIng removed from the streets She was In the Grrflin I-Iosprtal for a tIme and then removed to her home We were all extremely glad to see her back and well agaIn when she returned on March lsr The D A R award for good cItIzenshIp was grven to oan Klfby thIs year Each gIrl hopes for thIs award as lf really IS an honor and somethIng of whrch to be proud Next came our Semor Assembly We dtdn t do too wtll at the fIrst attempt but when we drd gne It If was a huge success Many agreed ll was the best We had somethrng new thrs year Each class had a separate socIal Instead of the usual Freshman SocIal The SenIor Soctal wIll never be forgotten We shall always remember that event because lf concerned our class alone What dId you thmk of the junror Town Meetmg of the AIr9 Derby was Indeed honored to be chosen as the school from whIch If would be broadcast The quesnon of Inflanon was drscussed There were speakers from Derby Ansonra Shelton and Seymour joan KIrby represented Derby It was broadcast over statron WELI on March 7th There were questIons from the floor and everyone felt the Importance of the OCCZSIOH The operetta thIs year was Doctor Drlnkwater It was almost entrrely a Senror show ean Krrby Jeanne Mclinerney VIrgInIa Carroll Rtta Bergnn Marran OKeefe Harry FrancolInI DomInIck Lonardo Robert McLachlan Salvatore SpIterI DIno MIHUI Carmen Gallo all had leadIng roles The performance was a most colorful and tuneful one and made a hIt Wllh everyone Instead of havxng Class Nrght we had a Senror Ban quet It was agreed that thrs was a real Improvement as everyone had a wonderful trme Immedrately followmg came the long awaIted Sen Ior Prom The gym was attractIvely bedecked and could scarcely be recogmzed The gala affaIr wIll never be forgotten In the mrnds of the Senrors of 48 Graduatron was all that we expected The clImax of four IndustrIous frurtful years was splendrdly ter mInated and the speeches were laudable As the year drew to a close everyone notrced beneath the masks of smrles and grIns whIch every Senlor wore many srgns of melancholy and despaIr We had cer taInly had a glonous nme together durrng the last four years whrch we shall always cherIsh and remember Farewell Derby HIgh' JEAN ADAMSON PATRICIA CALDWELL JOAN KIRBY MARIO POLIFERNO , ' . t a 4. c . I V h I . . Y . . ' 1 x - . , V. Y . I , . I t t . . . t . , . a . , . . . . . . , U , . ' v v ' v ' I 1 - v 1 s a ' I. .I . . . . 1 ' - a 1 . , , . . . . . ,, . ., -I - .. - - I- - - - . . J . - , , . 9 ' 1 a ' 1 - - .I N . . . . . a 1 a V . . . . . ' a s v ' 1 1 - 1 1 , . J . .. H . . . - . . . . , - - 1. - - If . . 9 - , . , . Y . - I - . . . . s - . X . . . ' ' ' ' V . 1 ' . 7 . v ' a . s 1 y , ' 1 s v A ' s - , I 1 . s , . ' 1 , . v