Derby High School - Crimson Yearbook (Derby, CT)

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FIFTH The followrng bequests we make rn the farnt hope that the recrprents may find them useful ean Adamson s srngrng abrlrty rs w rlled to anyone wrshrng to become a srnger J rcquelrne Ambrrsco cheerfully hands down her capacrty for yawnrng to Helen Orzech To her srster Patty Nancy Aylo entrusts her sense o humor Lrllran Baldellr bestows her hrdden talent to the Rho Alpha Rho sororrty The members of the Glee Club are left the memorres of Dorothy Berger s speech makrng Rrta Bergrn bequeaths her abrlrty to sneeze to Mary O Connor Walter Bresadeckr ceremonrously departs leavrng hrs manly physrque and adaptness football to Albert DrGranvrttorro Iosephrne Brancucro hands down her love of aft to her brother Andrew Arnold Breault srlently passes down hrs quret ways to Chubby Testone Lucky Vera Scrarettr recerves three packs of bubble gum from Glorra Cacchrllo C hubby Cafaro s brother Brll stands to rnherrt hrs football abrlrty Patrrcra Caldwell bestows her blue eyes on her brother rm jacquelrne Camrlrnr leaves h r knack at norse makrng to a future angel Erleen Cybart generously recerves Rose Carotenuto s respect for D H S Vrrgrnra Carroll yrelds lots of pep for makrng that mad dash rn the mornrng to Eddre Walker jos ph Castaldr wrlls hrs stutterrng to Domrnrck Nardrnr fzrnest Coppolo s hrstory notes are bequeathed to any future hrstory student Some short underclassman rs grven the benefit of Nancy Cronrn s herght Ruth Damon s drmples are sadly passed to unror Ranno Angelrne DeCarlo yrelds her pep and norse to Vrrgrnra Ragusa Talented B111 Young rs the lucky recerver of Don Defala s musrcal abrlrty Ruth DeGennaro cedes her class typewrrter to Margaret Adantr Lourse DellaMonrca regretfully hands down hrs hrstory notes to Brll Young Mary Duggan levaes her actrng abrlrty to her brother B111 Mary Duncan leaves her abrlrty to laugh at Trmmy Walsh s jokes to Mary Durante Robert Dunn sadly departs donatrng hrs bull to Mr Bush To Rrta Dunn Wanda Dzwonkowskr generously concedes her neatness and composure Gerald Eaton s srx dull subjects are left to any half balanced junror lohn Frlchak grudrngly bestows hrs abrlrty to peer rnto the deep annals of chernrstry to a future chemrst Helen Frtol leaves her place rn the Glee Club to a musrc lover Rrta Forsyth lovrngly grves a new parr of drum strcks to Ray Coppola Georg Foy donates the cat s paramas to Sam LaForte Harry Frfrncolrnr wrlls hrs posrtron as edrtor to some lucky member of the Lookout Board C armen Gallo leaves the Derby Hrgh bchool to the relref of the faculty joseph Granpoalo relrnqurshes hrs servrce drscharge to a future army career man Sam Granpofrlo cedes hrs prng pong champronshrp to a deservrng opponent To Chester Zrembfr rs vw rlled Rrchard Grbson s pleasrng personalrty and cheerful drsposrtron Du rd Grlb rt vu rshes Lours Srll to assume hrs responsrbrlrtres as stage manager Lors Golob sadly relrnqurshes her posrtron on the Lookout Board to her srster Ann Mrchael Gruttadaurra s guard posrtron rn homeroom basketball rs left to a future Room 12 Senror Theodore Halat presents hrs ball rack to Leo Kuna Phyllrs Heffernan s darly rrdes to school are offered to any trred student Elvera Hemon proudly wrlls her Southern drawl to any Northern belle Mary Mongrllo recerves a fourteen carat manner from Ann Hunrhan Arlene Karlrns specrfles that her bl rck face from the Senror play be drvrded between Lors Schpero rnd Mfrrcra Spl rx er Paul Krng s locker rs solemnly donated to hrs brother ames 34 . .. .. , , . . . . . 7 , . . . at 5 V L . . . . 7 . . . .Q Leora Douglass seriously bequeaths her secret amours to Mimi. . . J . . , . . . . , Y . - . . V . . . . , 2 r 1 ' .

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THE PRESENT We the Class of nineteen hundred and forty eight of Derby High School in the clty of Derby county of New Haven and state of Connecticut being of sound and disposing mind and memory have called together the student body and faculty to make known our final wishes and to donate what few gifts we have to bestow m these the last moments of our high school days FIRST We leave to our parent our fondest appreciation for their gentle understanding of our numerous problems SECOND To the Board of Education we leave a plan for a field house at Coon Hollow Park THIRD To the faculty who have done so much to prepare us for this final moment we bequeath the memories of our four glorlous years spent within the domains of their classrooms ln particular we would like to leave to Dr James O Hara a new battery for his car Mr Daniel Heffernan four memorable years under his excellent guidance Miss Louisa Baker another successful Senior play Mr Franklin Benoit a standing order in the Derby Grille for blueberry ple Miss Norma Botti more business for the Lookout Charles Byrne a streamline sled to coast down St Mary s h1ll on the way to school Lawrence Bush 1 large female enrollment Martin Chrom1k a church full of students on his wedding day Frank Clancy a sound proof gym Edward Coss an alarm clock Miss Theresa D Alessio a class of students who not only speak French but tbmk it Miss Elizabeth Dempsey the formula for the atomic bomb Miss Evelyn Garnsey another homeroom with a Boots and Peppers to liven it up Miss Frances Gibbs a champion bovs ling team Miss Marie Houlihan the latest Paris fashions Miss Josephine Howard eyeglasses in pastel shades Mxss Hattie Lmeburg a supply of paper plates Miss Anna McGeough a mate for her noiseless ty pewriter Mr Harry Nevllle black spectacles and 1 ruler Miss Alice Ring an electric typewriter Mr Leo Ryan a Davis and Blanchard combination Miss Anne Txghe a remedy for colds Miss Angelina Vxtali a special waste paper basket for her gum collections Mr Thomas Wrigley a set of new spark plugs for his car Fot RTH We bequeath The Freshman our fondest hopes of securing taller classmates The Sophomores the respons1b1l1t1es and prix ileges that come with the honor of being upperclassmen The Juniors a more successful athletic season The Class of 48 the hope for the realization of their ambitions 33 3 I - I ' 7 . ' 7 7 S . . . . 7 - i - - ff if . Mr. ' . ' ' . Mr. . . Mr. ' ' ' ' . Mr, - ' . Mr. . Miss Marian Cronin a steady job. ' L Y . . . ' . . I I L Q . T . . . 1 I Y U . 1 . ' V ' 4 .

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Mrmr Malafronte rs the lucky recerver of Phyllrs King s interest rn musrc joan Kirby s bangs are pledged to Bobby Nolan O 1 hrm they ll look good Mrtchell Kopec sheds a srlent tear and leaves hrs jokes to Eddie Kuna Lours Kudej gladly concedes hrs bookkeeping marks to hrs brother Frank Vrncent Lazzaro bequeaths hrs tall storres to any student who rs foolish enough to believe them Butch Ranno rs the proud receiver of Don Lonardo s trumpet and playing abrlrty Mary Durante rs grven the right corner of the mirror rn the grrls room by Gloria Lucarellr Alan MacLeese wrlls hrs calm arr of rndrfference to a strong and srlent unror Nicholas Marcucro donates hrs lrrrousrne to john DrPaulo Louise Mason s harr fussrng habrts are left to Mrmr Anne Materas bids a sad farewell to her cute proboscrs and hands rt to Anne Ryan Jeanne McEnerney relrnqurshes two cups of coffee and a shower to some future nrght owl Gordon McLachlan s school memorres good and bad are grven to some brave follower Carmen Perri rs offered Drno Mranr s accordran together wrth a book of rnstructrons Butch Mrkos leaves Frank Skrba hrs stature of five feet four inches Mr Benort may benefit by a grft of Vrncent Mrngrone s jokes james Mongrllo s broken test tubes are presented to Jimmy Abate without charge Kevrn Mooney wrlls hrs all of a sudden stature to joseph Daddro who certarnly could use rt Marran O Keefe s red and whrte saddles are solemnly handed to jennre Moccra Dorothy Palazzr s ambrtron rs left to any eager beaver Paul Pascuazo donates hrs sax playrng talent to some future band member Mary Pepe cheerfully turns her make up slrps over to Pam Marcucro Florence Perez wrlls her shrewdness and cleverness to Robert Warlronrs Boots Prekarskr after due consrderatron retarns her grft of gab for future use Instead she parts wrth her gum leavrng rt to some unror Marro Polrferno calmly hands down hrs brutal temper to Freddy Palmrerr An abrlrty to laugh rs wrlled by Betty Potter to her brother jimmy Peppers Preneta bequeaths hrs rrresrstrble combrnatron of flashy socks tres and sweaters to Deedre Drrrenzo Glorra Romano tearfully leaves all cute ushers to rnx Phrlomena Sabetta yields her shy retrrrng nature to Polly Polrferno Angelrna Salemme bequeaths a strong affection for Mr Ryan to her brother The combrnatron to the office safe rs left to an enterprising young Freshman by Rrchard Salerno Pete Segenchuk donates an ambitious nature to some lazy Freshman Rosemary Spagnola s fast chatter rs grven to anyone clever enough to grasp rt Miss Garnsey rs wrlled a peaceful Senror homeroom rn the future by Salvatore Sprterr Phyllrs Starsrak leaves her delightful sense of humor covered by a quret manner to a junror admrrer Clara Testone presents Mr Coss wrth sleeprn g tablets Mfrrrlyn Tuttle s smrle rs grven without reservatrons to Mr Ryan Domrnrck Valentrno sadly takes leave of thrs rnstrtutron of hrgher learnrng leavrng hrs memorres to Ed Walker ean Vrllrnger s long eyelashes are donated to a junior grrl wrth beautrful eyes Alex Warlronrs leaves hrs bobbre prns to anyone who can gyp the barber four long years Robert Woods passes on hrs great studyrng abrlrty wrth due ceremony to Lours Matter From Paul Yocher Earl Grey recerves the schools camera equrpment Betty Zanowrak s chatterrng rs sincerely granted to her cousrn oan Jean Zyskoskr laughrngly relrnqurshes her joyous memorres of book drscussrons at good old D C C to Mr Benort Watnerrer Lors Gorors HELEN PIEKARSKI JOHN PRENHA GENEVIEVE Zyskoskr 35 3 7 ' Some hopeful drum majorette will benefrt by receiving Dolores Pettengill's glittery baton. , J ' - 3 7 , . , 7 s