East Hampton High School - Oracle Yearbook (East Hampton, CT)

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In MGHIOTIUUI FIRST LIEUTENANT MILTON NICHOLS JR ln the late afternoon of October twenty nrnth our entrre communrty was deeply sad dened when rt heard the message whrch reached the home of Frrst Selectman and Mrs Mrlton lNrchols concernrng the untrmely death of therr only chrld who was krlled In herorc actron on the battlefrelds of Korea earlrer that month The next mornrng flags were at half mast In East Hampton It was then and rs now utterly rmpossrble to express any words whrch can sensrbly grve our heartfelt and srncere condolences to hrs beloy ed and bereaved parents As a boy Mrlton attended the local elementary school and graduated from the erghth grade IH June 194-3 The followrng fall he entered our hrgh school and grad uated rn June 194-7 Durrng hrs hrgh school days he made an outstandrng record worthy of notrng In thrs trrbute lNIck as hrs frrends knew hrm w as an all around and exceptronal athlete especrally In soccer basketball and baseball for four years He was captarn of the basketball team rn hrs Junror year A true athlete IH eye-ry respect courtesy honesty courage krndness and farr play were always exemplrfred by hrm on freld and court These qualrfrcatrons were carrred out to a hrgh degree In ey ery sport rn whrch he partrcrpated Hrs teammates always looked up to hrm for leadershrp because lVlrlts courage and gentlemanly qualrtres were domrnant These qualrtres carrred oy er to hrs classes and school actryrtres ln the Iunror year he was vrce presrdent of hrs class and In the Senror year the entrre school named hrm as therr Presrdent of the Student Assocratron Thrs posrtron rs the hrghest honor that the students at E H H S can bestow upon therr fellow schoolmates Hrs qualrtres of leadershrp IU thrs posrtron proved to be an Insprratron to all of us Many worthwhrle actrvrtres were accomplrshed durrng hrs term of offrce In hrs personal lrfe Nrck has hosts of frrends To know hrm was to love hrm Hrs eyer present smrle a krnd word or a frrendly greetrng were Instrnctrve parts of hrs personalrty The 1941 Oracle class yearbook wrote thrs quotatron about hrm The wrse man could ask no more of fate than to be srmple modest manly true How apt the quotatron has proved to be 'Vlrlton entered the Unryersrty of Conn School of Busrness Admrnrstratron In the fall of 194-7 and recerved hrs degree In June 1901 He contlnued to make an outstand Ing record there rn hrs classes rn sports-especrally soccer and as a member of the Reserve Offrcers Trarnrng Corps recervrng hrs commrssron of Second Lt He entered further servrce In the Armed Forces after graduatrng from the Unrversrty He arrrved In Korea early IH September of thrs year Thrs was the actrve and successful career of 'Vlrlton E Nrchols durrng hrs twenty three years upon thrs earth Hrs gentlemanly qualrtres of courage vrrtue krndness goodness srncerrty and leadershrp remarn here wrth us as an eternal Insprratron to youth The halls of East Hampton Hrgh School are more hallowed for havrng had hrm wrth us and we are honored to number hIm among our most rllustrrous alumnr Students of East Hampton Hrgh School now and In the years to come we offer you Lreutenant Mrlton E lNrchols as your model of Amerrcan manhood' QA tribute by Prmczpal Andrew Ferrzgno . v I , , r ' v 9 v v 7 ' ' I as 7- as - - v - Y . . e a I' - v . . Y y Y ' . 7 e 9 9 V v s v ' . v . l . . . 7 Y . . . . - v . . . , Q . . Y . .. .. -. J . . . . . . . . v v V . - c. I A . . . H . ,, . V . V . . ' . . Y . V . . . . . ' - - sa as - - f sa - 1 7 s - as 1 9 1 1 - . . Y . Y . . . . . A 'a e 1 v , . . 1 u Q.. - . 1' , 7 9 9 v , , . 1

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SOCCER First row, left to right: Dave Smith, Pete Rogers. Ken Kidd, Paul Peszynski, Eugene Nichols. Second row: Dan Pessonni, Ted Rudd, Don Johnson, Ken Lutton, Lucius Caffyn, Bill Roberts. Bill Hoerman, Milt Schuler, Dave Miner. Elmer Valli, lim Currie. Third row: Roy Wolstenholme and Dick Tattersall To this rugged group of indiuduals we bestow special honor, for lt was they who for the first time in the history of East Hampton High School led the school to the soccer tournament The secret of thelr success was high morale and good team work Although losing to Moodus in the first game of the tournament they still maintained an excellent record of four wins and only one defeat and six ties Above Co Captain Pete Rogers and Ken Kidd X M Rzght Tom Dowler about to drive the ball away from the danger zone saving the team again ,,,--gh.. -'-os, rf' '- vs- V -ar fit if 4-C -5' ,uf gg? sam'-v: ' 'T' W W4 ,IP JYL' . s .K 1 , . 2 1. 4 lf ' 4.-. , f - L' Nw A Q f , -1 - . , ' 4 S . J , V A Q ...W ,. . a:f z.,'i' - - M .p N... e- -it 5 , 73, Av J, I 'M ,. -..-.. V K - ssL44,,., V H 4 ,M - As,fpw...u.4-nn M . ' ' ' 5 ' , . My-sx'v f ' . , , H 1 5 .,,,,, ,, ., , H43 'W ,vymxf , 1 Vg-:jf 'J f'f',.., ,,,,. ' ws - . - H. . fe' 1? .ab ' Q-. F' 5,5 .,,r,. ' .'5-Z-.L ' ' ,w . 1 1- -, F - fl g.. ' 5 57 fu 7' ..' , ,