Gilbert School - Miracle Yearbook (Winsted, CT)

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HELEN M. SHELDRICK English Gilbert School News Future Homernakers of America MARGARET H. SPEERS DONALD WALKER Homemaking Mathematics Future Hornemakers of Basketball America ' EDITH B. SMALL CLARA L WHITE Science Secretary to the Principal Dramatic Club ELIZABETH C. SONIER Music Glee Club and Girls' Chorus HENRY TIRRELL Physical Science Hi-Y CLARA S. WING Languages

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ELIZABETH L. MUTCH Languages CHARLES F. MOORE ANN C. PARDO Machine Shop and Drafting Physical Education KATHERINE MOREHARDT English Commencement Speeches MARY E. MURPHY Homemaking Future Homemaker's of America HAMILTON PITI' History Guidance NANCY NORTHUP English ' Tri-Y Student Council HELEN N. SCHAEF ER Librarian Cheerleaders and Pep Club

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CLASS HISTORY It was September - 1951 - A warm pleasant day. Excited, happy, proud, scared. It was our first day of high school. We were now members of Gilbert. We'll always remember the feeling we experienced on that first day at Gilbert. How big the school was. Oh! So many kids -- kids we didn't know. Trying to find our way to classes was an ordeal we hadn't encountered before. The homework - it seemed like so much to us - on the first day. We thought we'd never get it done! High School opened a whole new life for us. We joined the various clubs and some of us tried out for sports. Our first year was exciting. As we look back we think of the pleasant memories that went along with each event - the dances, the Dramatic Club's play, the football, basketball, and baseball games, report cards - oh those report cards - and the never-to-be-forgotten exams. Then came june - how we longed for summer vacation. In the fall we reentered Gilbert as old pros. Re- member all those little freshmen? How we gave them wrong directions as to how to find their way about the school. The excitement and drudgery began again. This was the year we had to learn our World History. All those dates just didn't stick with us. Yes, all our teachers had a terrible time trying to pass knowledge our way. Our year quickly passed and soon it was june - loveable june - for vacation time was en- joyed by all. Some of us went off to camp, others worked during the summer, but most of us just loafed. Our junior year - we were big shots now. And the freshmen - weren't they smaller than last year? Did we shine in football, Led by Bill and Glen, our team hit a record by winning them all. One more trophy for the trophy case. Thanks fellas. This is the year we adopted our famous last words - Care, Sane, Chance, Pretty, Agile, Legal, Oh, yes, we'll never forget that wonderful performance put on by the faculty. Basketball was now in full swing - Pep Rallies held in the gym brought out many new fans. Did we have the team! Again we made history - imagine us - we finally won our way into the championship games at New Haven. Our boys worked hard to gain that recognition. Thanks to our cheerleaders -- your support helped the team tre- miendously. Remember those Driver Training classes? Mr. Beecher had to put double insurance on the car after we took over-Ah!!! We now are full-fledged? drivers . This was the year we all got our class rings. How we treasured them. Summer vacation was all too short. Our last first-day at Gilbert. Excitement buzzed in the halls - homework piled up. We were Seniors. How long we looked forward to being Seniors. Re- member how excited we were to have our pictures taken? We were so anxious to get our pictures - at last came the day -- Senior pictures were passed out. Our football team did very well this year. Boy! Were we famous. Our games were broadcasted over Station WLCR - a first for Gilbert. The faculty play proved to be a huge success. Basketball took over. The kids sure loved those games. The Prom will be long remem- bered by all. Time quickly passed. Graduation was coming closer. We realize for the first time that we'd have to leave the Golden Halls. There wouldn't be another September when we'd all get together for that first day of school. We hated to leave - but we were anxious to go looking back on our past four years of school. We'll all have many memories to keep the Golden Halls alive. We'll all miss those wonder- ful school days spent at Gilbert. Sylvia DePaoli