Derby High School - Crimson Yearbook (Derby, CT)

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E UTURE An enjoyable exenrng was before me as I settled myself rn a large, comfortable charr before the new telerrsron set I had purchased today I turned the dral to the vsell known statron W O W and dreamy musrc flooded the room as I recognrzed Don Lonardo s band Of course, I had known about Dons success rn the musrc world but I hadn t seen hrm srnce the gr rduatron festrvrtres rn June of 1948 when the members of our Senror class turned therr eyes to the future and prepared to undertake therr desrred posrtrons rn lrfe Don had changed slrghtly but I knew he had lost none of hrs frrendly pleasrng personalrty which contrrbuted much to hrs success Lours Della Monrca and Paul Pascuzzo were the star saxaphone players rn hrs orchestra and hrs srngers both former classmates of mme, vrere jean Adamson and Drno Mranr Much to my regret, the program ended shortly Several well known persons were featured next rn rnterestrng rntervrews I recognrzed Arlene Karlrns petrte figure clothed to perfectron for she was now a Hollywood stylrst Mary Duncan now a cover grrl model, was among those rntervrewed One could easrly understand how Mary had successfully attarned such a posrtron by notrcrng her brrllrant smrle Lourse Mason owner of a charn of Mason Luncheonettes extendrng across the state of Connectrcut, proved to lead an rnterestrng lrfe She was accompanred by two of her waitresses from a local luncheonette Glorra Cacchrllo and Betty Potter The Lookout at Derby Hrgh School had won a natron vr rde contest and Dolores Pettengrll faculty advrser was present to represent the magazrne Marro Polrferno an rrtrst md Salvatore Sprterr who vras nova a populrr man rn the mowres portrayrng humorous ch rracters were present Paul King hrd 1 most unusual occupatron of trapprng and sellrng the furs obtarned Ted Halet had pursued hrs career rn golfrng and wrs now a respected professronal Ann I-Iunrhan had dex eloped her hobby of photography rnto .1 successful career whrle Ioseph Cn rnpoalo had studied drlrgently to become 1 noted surgeon The program dren to 1 close bcfore I had realrzed rt and another one rn vrhrch the audrence partrcrpated, rnstantly captured my attentron especrally srnce I had attended school vr rth thc master of ceremonres Rrchard Salerno Rrch was lookrng well and hrs face was glow rng for he had recognrzed some of the partrcrpants as hrs former classmates john Preneta, vacatronrng from hrs dutres as a busrness executrve, had escorted to the program Mary Duggrn who had undertaken nursrng as a career Harry Francrhrnr now manager of the Rose land Bakery, Lors Crolob who held a secretarral posr tron Paul Yocher a carpenter, and Clara Testone a well known Powers model, were rn attendance Also present were jacquelrne Ambrrsco, owner of a repu table cleaners and lrbrarran Phyllrs Heffernan Trme passes all too qurckly and so the program drew to a close A nevrs broadcrst wrth Kevrn Mooney as the com mentator, brought me up to date on the latest happen rngs Senator Robert Woods had been confined to hrs home wrth rheumatrsm but was recoverrng raprdly hrs doctor, john Frlchak had reported to the Senator s secretary Patrrcra Caldwell, today Robert Dunn had agarn taken frrst prrze rn a yearly prrze bull con test Several Amerrcans had taken first prrze rn the Olymprcs thrs yerr Mrss jean McEnerrrey physrcal instructor vtho travelcd wrth the contestants to forergn countrres was well ple rscd wrth therr showrng Dorothy , . Y - ' '. . , , .. ., 4 . 4 . , . . . , . . . r , r r ' c 7 L1 . 4 . , ' . , ' - y 1 7 , , - 3 1 4 . , ,. . ' r K - 7 , , - . , , , 1 .1 1. 1. , I V 1 V - 1 I 4 'f ' 11 . ' 1 1 . r r .,

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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

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Berger had excelled tn frgure skatrng and Rrta Bergrn rn skt jumptng Louts Kudejs recent novel I Love tn Vam had been sold to Hollywood and was bemg produced under the dtrectton of Mttchell Kopec The spurned lover of the story was enacted by Walter Btesadeckt another star dtscovery credtted to talent scout Alex Watlronts It was dtsclosed today that the brtllrant sctentrst joan Krrby ts expertmentmg wrth a new drug for combattng the dreaded dtsease of German measles A ptano recttal was grven by the well ltked trro james Mongtllo Marran OKeefe and Angelme De Carlo playtng the classtcal musrc of the famous com poser Donald DeFala I was deltghted to hear that Wtlltam Shakespeares Romeo and julret was to be enacted wrth Genevreve Zyskoskx as jultet and Domrntck Valenttno as Romeo ean was taken tll wtth larengttxs however and her understudy Vrrgtnta Carroll took her place I ltved every minute of the play untrl the tragtc endtng when I realtzed I had apprecrated tts worth more because of the excellent ltterary background I had obtatned whtle attendrng Derby Hrgh School Vtrgmra was presented wrth a beauttful bouquet of red roses from Sam Gran poalo s Flower Shop A round table dtscussron conststmg of persons of varrous occupattons held my attentton for the entrre length of the program Included rn the large group were Davtd Gtlbert a chrcken farmer Ruth Damon our ltttle grrl from Vermont now a prrvate nurse Vmcent Mtngrone owner of a jewelry store and Mary Pepe who had made excellent use of her frtendly nature rn choosmg her occupatron and was now per sonnel manager for Malley s tn New York But those vseren t the only ones Also present at thxs gathertng were Rose Carotenuto a pharmactst Betty Zanowtak a housewtfe Phyllrs Krng a teacher Allen MacLeese a tree expert oe Castaldr who had employed hrs tall-tattve manner mto a worthwhtle career as a persuastve lawyer and Ernest Coppolo a butldtng contractor All had entered mto thetr destred careers and thetr ambtuon had carrred many of them far beyond therr expected gaols Sports announcer Vmcent Lazzaro hrghlrghted the outcome of recent sportmg events and rntervtewed the Rookie of the Year Rtchard Gtbson a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers wtth hrs same old contagtous grtn Also tntervtewed were Carman Gallo coach of a champton basketball team and Eugene Cafaro a physt cal education mstructor who was constantly tn demand The boys proudly confessed they had started therr sport rng careers at Derby Htgh School It was there that they had found the tncenttve for their work Comedtenne Lrlltan Baldellt who now had her own program entertatned me for another half hour Ltllran whether on the televtston or movte screen was the rave of all from the smallest chtld to the oldest mvaltd Appeartng regularly on her program was Gordon McLachlan the Scotttsh lad who entranced all wrth hrs personal vocal mterpretattons of old and new melo dtes Acttng as the Mad Russtan much to the pleasure of the audtence was Pete Segenchuk A graceful ballet was performed by Helen Ptekarskl who was atttred tn a severe but sweet costume destgned by Rtta Forsyth Her stunntng haur stylrng was attrrbuted to Gloru Lucarellt md her flawless make up was the work of Mtchael Gruttaduarta expert make up artxst Her sparkltng Jewelry rn a matchtng four ptece rhtnestone set was sold to her by Ann Materas now asststant mana get of Mtngrone s jewelry store A commerctal adx ertrstng the products of Ntcholas Marcucto Farms remrnded me of the occupatrons of 1 1 7 3 . . . . . .. tt A .V ., . - . . . , I1 , y 1 . , H . . . . , 1 . y s 1 1 , . . . - 1 1 1. - Y- - - . . . , , - , , . . , . . . . r ' ' 1 1 ' 7 ' . . , . a - ' . . . , - H - H . . . - J 1 1 ' x 1 y ' 1 ' v - v . - f .. - .- . . , - , , t . 4 , 4 . V . . . , , , 4 t 1 . . . . . 2 , - v v 1 ' x x a ' - Y - - , - , . . Y . . . f v - v ' ' Q s