Derby High School - Crimson Yearbook (Derby, CT)

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A new add1t1on to the teachmg staff was Mrs Frances Dargon our Junlor Engllsh teacher We entrusted our future to Joan Wakeman Pres1dent Joseph Scarpa Vlce Pres1dent Georgla McCormack Secretary and Arnold Palmucc1 Treasurer Durmg the f1rst few weeks as clubs and organ1zat1ons began to meet R1chard Culmo and Joyce C1r1llo were elected Pres1dent and Secretary of the Chorus respectlvely and Mary Ann Tagl1avento was chosen Treasurer of the Future Nurses Club Mr M1chael M1kul1cs 1n h1s flrst year as coach of football at Derby Hlgh lead the Ralders to a falrly successful season w1th a record of 3 4 1 Jumor members of the team were W1l11am Lawler R1chard Culmo Joseph Scarpa Joseph Loverm1 Joseph Moore Kenneth O Donnell Frank Bunosso Joseph Kapusta Pasquale Gul1ano Arnold Palmucc1 and Robert Gorman The cheerleaders who supported the team from the s1del1nes were Margaret Rossettl Joan Wakeman Marllyn Block and Jamce Mulholland The band and Majorettes dressed 1n new unlforms and under the d1rect1on of Mr Wlllard Starbard presented songs and forrnatlons between the halves of the football games w1th Ronald Napp1 Henry Svehlak Fred R1ng Florence Whltten Mary G1ant1s Arlene Lanz1er1 Dane Hassan Pasquale Romano Mary Anne Valmsky Georg1a McCormack Joyce C1r1llo Mary Chllds Glorla Cuomo Darlene D1mon and Carolyn Kopec contr1but1ng the1r talents to the entertamment As the year progressed the Student Councll met per1od1cally to dlscuss school bus1ness w1th Joan Wakeman Rose Mar1e Romano Eleanore Sob1n Mary Ann Tagl1avento Geogla McCormack Rosal1nd Cafasso Joseph Emma Edward Coppola and John DeFel1ce representmg the Jumor class Our basketball team w1th some f1ne playlng throughout the season by Ph1l1p Donofrlo Joseph Scarpa Joseph Moore Joseph Loverrm Arnold Palmuccl Joseph Tr1bunella and under the able coachmg of Mr Alphonse V1tello ended the campa1gn w1th a 10 9 won lost record When the month of February rolled around tryouts for the Jun1or Play were held My Cousm from Texas was very capably d1rected by Mrs Frances Dargon The cast lncluded Barbara Ryan Mar1lyn Block Paullne Genga Rose Mar1e Romano Joan Wakeman Joseph Scarpa Joseph Emma Ronald 'Nlappl Henry Svehlak Dane Hassan Anne F1tzmaur1ce and Glor1a Cuomo W1th m1d year exams just completed the class as a whole resolved to buckle down 1n the1r stud1es and unprove the1r marks over the last half of the year In March Anne Fltzmarulce Florence Whltten and Rosal1nd Cafasso entered the Fann1e Yudk1n Oratorlcal Contest and gave very 1nterest1ng speeches Wh1Ch contrlbuted to the success of the contest Ear11er 1n the year Joan Wakeman Paul1ne Genga Ronald Nappl and Joseph Scarpa helped enact the annual Columbus Day Assembly each relatlng an 1nterest1ng account of the l1fe of Columbus Late ln May lt was announced that Rosal1nd Cafasso Joan Wakeman Arnold Palmuccl Joseph Emma and Robert Gorman would represent the Junlor class of Derby Hlgh School at Laurel Glrls' State and Nutmeg Boys State at the Un1vers1ty of Connectlcut At the flnal assembly of the year Rosal1nd Cafasso recelved several awards for excellence 1n studxes Robert Gorman also recelved the Harvard Book Prlze wh1le Joseph Kapusta recelved the Edward Cotter Award for outstandmg performance 1n track Summer vacatlons held top pr1or1ty now butwe were all look1ng forward to the fall when we would re enter the halls of Derby H1gh as semors ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - .. . 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , . 1 1 1 1 1 , . as ' 11 ' ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 L 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 , . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . - 1 , l 1 1 1 1

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of our freshman year we ant1c1pated the exc1tement and good t1mes of our sophomore year W1th summer vacat1on a thmg of the past we now looked forward to our second year of rehearsals Thlngs started rolhng 1mmed1ately Th1s year we were to mlss the SEFVICSS of two teachers who had been W1th Derby Hlgh School for many years namely M1ss Baker and Mr Wr1gley both of whom composed our Alma Mater F1ll1ng these vacancles were Mr Starbard d1rect1ng the Muslc Department and Mr D Ambruoso puttlng h1s talents to use IH the Enghsh Department The f1rst off1c1al act was the electlon of class off1cers Those chosen were Robert Gorman Pres1dent Joan Wakeman Vlce Pres1dent Norma Pastorella Secretary and Georgla McCormack Treasurer Joan Wakeman Georgla McCormack Rosallnd Cafasso Robert Gorman and Margaret Rossettl were fortunate to be chosen as representatwes to the Student Counc1l Paul Dav1s a former John Hopklns Grammar School student became a member of our class Along wlth fall came the exc1tement of the football season Those who put forth the1r best efforts for the glory of the team were Frank Bunosso Rlchard Culmo Pasquale Gul1ano Joseph Kapusta W1ll1am Lawler Peter Massa Joseph Moore Kenneth O Donnell and Arnold Palmuccl The presses were kept rolhng Wlth the ass1stance of Tedd1 Dlugoleck1 Mary Lou KIFOUHC Joyce C1r1llo and Georg1a McCormack who contr1 buted thelr talents to the Pow Wow wh1ch was 1ssued 1n October under the d1rect1on of Rosalmd Cafasso and Mary Ann Tagllavento co ed1tors Maklng llterary contr1but1ons to the Lookout were Paullne Genga Rosallnd Cafasso Rose Marle Romano and Teddl Dlugoleck1 The basketball season got under way 1n December w1th Phxllp Donofrlo Joseph Scarpa and Joseph Loverm1 representmg us on the vars1ty squad and Robert Gorman Joseph Moore and Arnold Palmucc1 scorlng polnts for the J V team Cheerlng our players on were Mar1lyn Block Denlse Dorslo Jamce Mulholland Mary M1ddendorf Peggy Rossett1 and Joan Wakeman our newly appomted J V cheerleaders In March Rosahnd Cafasso represented the sophomore class ln the annual Fanme Yudkln orator1cal contest and d1d an outstandmg plece of work Coon Hollow Park was the scene of hard play1ng as R1chard Culmo Paul Dav1s Ph1l1p Donofr1o Joseph Emma Pasquale Guhano Joseph Loverm1 Peter Massa and Robert Gorman pract1ced many hours to help our baseball team on the road to vlctory The blggest soc1al event of the year our Sophomore Dance was held 1n May It was a tremendous success and was enjoyed by all who attended Joseph Moore our class s1nger rece1ved a well rnerlted honor when he was chosen to partlclpate 1n the All State Chorus ln Hartford the ensumg school year Lake Quassapaug was the scene of our f1nal gatherlng as the class enjoyed 1ts annual p1cn1c Thls event rang down the curta1n on our second year of rehearsals. As usual rehearsals began 1n early September Upperclassmen at last' We had now reached the th1rd plateau of our hlgh school career Our class numbered elghty three as we began our Junlor stud1es Our home room teachers namely INIISS Shugrue NIISS Dempsey and Mr Palmucc1 were ready w1ll1ng and able to help us ln our coursts for the comlng year 1 J 1 - 1 . . . , . . , . - 1 1 1 ' 1 I I I ' I 1 1 . 1 I 2 I I I , . 1 1 - I 1 1 1 - J J - ' V I 1 1 ' I I 1 A 1 .v 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I I I - . , . v I. . V . 1 T1 1 1 ' .. . I . Y 1 1 M -

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The show must go on and so must rehearsals At last we had reached the peak of our hlgh school career our fourth and most lmportant year Mr Heffernan gave us our welcomlng speech telllng us of our lmportance 1n hlgh school th1s year and of the example we were to set for the under classmen Then classes were ass1gned and we departed ready to come back the next day to begln work Thls was to be a year of many new happenlngs at Derby H1gh The g1rls flnally got thelr long awalted gym teacher Mlss Barrett who was young enough to keep up w1th them mall thelr act1v1t1es Another new teacher was Mr Mas replaclng Mr Llpka who had accepted a teachmg pos1t1on ln Turkey A 1958 Hudson was donated by Stahls for the newly establlshed Dr1vers Educatlon Program under the superv1s1on of Mr Martone htred to teach thls subject Because of the ever growlng freshman classes we were pr1v1leged to have another Home Economlcs teacher M1ss Molslck to asslst Mrs Botsford 1n th1s f1eld Mr Natale who f1lled the vacancy created when Mr Starbard reslgned became our new band dlrector Along w1th the new members of the teachlng staff Joan Fasclano Jolned our class transferrlng from Ansonla H1gh School Our flrst off1c1al bus1ness of the year was to elect class offlcers Joseph Emma became our Presldent Joan Wakeman V1ce Presldent Georgla McCormack Secretary and Arnold Palmucc1 Treasurer Shortly afterward the Student Counc1l elected the1r off1cers they were Joan Wakeman Presldent Robert Gorman V109 Presldent and Rosalmd Cafasso Secretary Treasurer Marllyn Block Margaret Rossett1 Mary Ann Tagl1avento Joseph Emma Rose Marle Romano Arnold Palmuccl and Georg1a McCormack represented our class on the Student Counc1l The band also elected offlcers forthe year Ronald Nappl became PTGS1 dent Dane Hassan VICE Presldent and Georgla McCormack Secretary Treasurer Other members of the band were Henry Svehlak Fred Rlng Pasquale Romano Mary G1ant1s Arlene Lanzlerl and Florence Whltten The Cheerleaders who had been worklng hard all summer kept the Pep Club up to par by teachmg them the new cheers and songs for the comlng football season The offlcers of the Pep Club were Joan Wakeman Presldent Margaret Rossett1 Secretary Mary Lou Klrouac Treasurer and Maureen K1ley Senlor Reporter Those cheerleaders who w1ll hand down thelr umforms at the end of the year are Joan Wakeman Margaret ROSSett1 Marllyn Block Jo Ann Tamlnsky and Demse Dorslo Some lucky Junlor g1rls w1l1 be the rec1p1ents of majorette unlforms handed down by Georgla McCormack Joyce C1r1llo Carolyn Kopec Glor1a Cuomo Mary Ch1lds and Darlene Dlmon Football season then took hold of everyone and the rah' rah' rahs' were heardthroughout the season Our class was well represented wlth Pasquale Gullano and Frank Bunosso as Co Captams other members of the team were Joseph Moore Joseph Loverrnl Joseph Scarpa R1chard Culrno Edward Coppola Joseph Emma Robert Gorman Arnold Palmuccl Joseph Kapusta and Kenneth O Donnell These boys had a very good season commg through w1th a three way t1e for the Housatonlc League Champlonshlp However the most outstandlng v1ctory was the 20 to 6 w1n over Shelton on Thanksg1v1ng Day Th1s v1ctory the f1rst over our arch rlval 1n twelve years not only gave us the beaut1ful Blumenthal Trophy but put our class down 1n the h1story of Derby H1gh School These boys along w1th the1r coaches Mr M1kU11CS Mr Palmuccl Mr Vltello and Mr Martone can certalnly be proud of a Job well done Joseph Loverml won Thanksglvmg Day Game Most Valuable Player Award' donated by the Mutual Loan Company of Derby The Pow Wow under the gu1dance of our semor co ed1tors Rosalmd Cafasso and Mary Ann Tagllavento and thelr very eff1c1ent staff was 1ssued on November 27th and was well recelved by all Once aga1n the curta1ns opened on the Derby H1gh stage to reveal the Very able cast of actors and actresses 1n the never to be forgotten senlor 1 . ' 1 . - 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 . , . . . . ' 1 ' 1 1 1 . . . , . , . 1 1 . . q , . . ' 1 1 1 1 1 , . 1 1 1 - 1 ' 1 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 -- 1 1 - 1 1 ' . 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 ' A 1 1 1 - 1 ' 1 1 1 1 , . 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , . - 1 - 1 ' 1 1 . . , . , . , . . H . . . 1 - , - , 1