Griswold High School - Sentinel Yearbook (Griswold, CT)

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LEO AHOLA CoMM12RcrAL Lee . . . our future senator from the Sovereign State of Connecticut . . . a fellow who will climb upon any available soap box and offer a thorough course in The Glorious History of Tammany Hall . . . combines those corny jokes with one of the most logical of minds Activities B seball l 2 3 4 Football 2 3 4 Intramuralsl 2 3 4 G Note Staff 3 4 Sentinel Staff Ambition To swim Beach Pond in less than one hour Noted For His Confederate money FREDERICK ALLEN COMMFRCIAL 1 one Senior boy who wouldnt be seen walking to school ardent stock car enthusiast another of his chief interests is the Dodgers always willing to help argumentative but always arms to please and yields to most requests hard worker enjoys doing anyone a good turn Activities Intramurals 2 5 Ambition Undertaker Noted For His tall tales NANCY ARNOTT COMMERCIAL Nan swing your partner-do se do an theres Nan dancing on a prnk cloud easy going lass seen at every square dance blonde hair blue eyes sweet personality what more can you have? Activities Intramurals 1 G A A 2 3 4 Ambition To lead a happy go lucky life Noted For Always being seen with Gladys ERNEST BENJAMIN COLLLGE PRN Ben G a whrz at working with hgures quick wrt likes to express his opinion and does it well you cant help but notice that crazy crew cut quizzical glance slow relaxing smile has so far escaped all feminine clutches Ambition To become a millionaire Noted For His magnrloquent personality I0 U

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CLASS OFFICERS Preridenz ............ ........................ J OHN Rrcxsrrs Vice President ....... ........ P AUL LECLAIRE Secrelary .......... ...................... R UTH NAGLE T reaturer ..... ........ R ONALD Gwmzoowsxr CLASS lllS'l'0RY It was in the middle of the 20th century that into the midst of Griswold High School came the financial tycoons of '5-4. At the first class rumpus , we elected two Wallstreet Brokers, jerry Moskowitz, president, and Walter Mackin, treasurer, and two proletarians, Ruth Nagle, vice president, and Lorry Gaudette, sec- retary. That same year we made an astounding showing by placing second in the annual magazine campaign. Despite the fact that we were underclassmen, we thus proved to the upperclassmen that we knew quite a bit about the business world. Our Freshman year had come and gone, and our Sophomore year was now upon us. Prosperity continued even though Walter Mackin persisted in embezzling our funds by being re-elected treasurer. Also re-elected were jerry Moskowitz and Lorry Gaudette who remained in their respective offices. At this very critical period, we sent in Honest UD John Ricketts as vice president to spy on this incompetent trio. Curly Davis inspired us on to even greater heights as we swept the money right from under the noses of the Senior class and came out on top of the magazine campaign. In this year, the N.F.A.'s loss was our gain in the acquisition of the Ellal twins, Pat and Peg. Our Sophomore year was now in the pages of past history, and we were about to embark on the golden era of prosperity. We realized it was time for a change and elected as president, Paul LeClaire, who ran under the slogan- A Convertible in Every Garage. The other conspira- tors in this regime were Ronnie Gwiazdowski, vice president, Lorry Gaudette, secretary for the third con- secutive year, and john Ricketts, treasurer. We received a new member to our class, Robert Crane, who overshot Mars in his new model space ship, and landed at Griswold in this year. Our biggest social undertaking, the junior Prom, was started with a splurge of enthusiasm. The two highlights of this jovial affair were the fact that it was the first Prom ever to be a financial success, thanks to the capable leadership of Charlotte Martin, and the intoxicating pun'ch, which was spiked with ice cubes, by Marty and Red. CI-Iic-Hiclb Then for a few months a lull set in, but just until our next very controversial issue-the class rings-was taken up. The radical spirit of the class came to the front, and they made it a very difficult issue to decide. Instead of being the customary squares, we changed to ovals-rings, that is. It was decided that in the spring of this year Margie Gorman, Mary Ann Rys, and Paul LeClaire were to attend Girls' and Boys' State respectively at the Univer- sity of Connecticut. It was during this time that we learned the class of 1954 was better off materially than the rest of the world. june came, and it was busting out all over, as was our treasury, and so ended our very profitable junior year. Again we showed our radical instincts by upheaving the governing regime and electing john Ricketts, pres- ident for this all-important Senior year. His contem- poraries in the job of governing our class were Paul LeClaire as veepg Ruth Nagle, secretary, and Ronnie Gwiazdowski, treasurer. Living off the profits of our previous year, we decided immediately upon the abolishmenr of senior dues, as we all thought they were an unnecessary evil. We arose to the height of our potentialities by again winning the magazine campaign, which was the largest ever at Griswold, with a grand total of 33,500 Realizing the wrong-doing that he had inflicted upon his classmates by embezzling the class funds, Walter Mackin sold the phenomenal sum of 3124, the largest output by any Senior, to clear his conscience. Homeroom 52, itself, produced 20075 of the school's total. This was the first year ever that an Analytic Geom- etry course was offered, Csomebody goofedj, proving that we were not to be excelled in any field by any pre- vious class. Griswold's major contribution to the literary world, the G-Note, became the brain child of Ruth Nagle, who was assisted in this task by Carol Mesick and a cast of thousands. Tom Feeney, finding that the girls are much prettier here, than in Massachusetts, decided to settle down at Griswold. The subject foremost in everyone's mind this year was the yearbook. The staff was chosen by Mr. Lojko and the faculty. They appointed Carol Mesick, Editor- in-Chief, with Ruth Nagle and Paul LeClair as her assistants. Under their leadership work was begun im- mediately, and everyone concerned worked strenuously to present the best yearbook ever to the class. We are now leaving the portals of Griswold with a little regret in our hearts, but much wiser than when we entered.

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WARREN BENNETT GENERAL Honk gets around In that hugh powered red Studebaker class chauffeur sport clothes hrs specral faxorrtes can surpass any grrl In the productron of those blushes one of our out standrn athletes on the basketball court and base ball dramond Actrvrtres Intramuralsl Baseball 2 3 4 Basket ball l 2 4 jumor Prom Commrttee Basketball Co Captann 4 Track 4 Ambrtron To date Marrlyn Monroe Noted For Seldom berng seen wrth books DONALD BLANCHETTE TRADE SCHOOL Donny nrce guy cheery greetrng for every one who comes Into the A 8: P mam Interests are Joyce and sports ardent rooter for G HS teams bound to be a success whether r be In the machrmst held or the U S Marme Corps Actrvrtres Footballl 2 Trackl 2 Ambrtron Machrnrst Noted For Hrs love of sports GLADYS BOWLES COMMERCIAL Gladys frrends have learned to value her sm cere smrle and warm personalrty hasn t a worry In the vsorld even one of our New Eng land hurrncanes couldnt ruffle that happy go lucky drsposxtron Harvey s best grrl Ambrtron To lead a happy l1fe Noted For That slow ea.sy manner PHILIP COHEN CIVIL SOCIAL zzy lookout' the lunch bell just rang and hell be here any second can be found tn the mndst of any argument dealmg wrth cars sports or everythrng In general one of the wrtty mem bets of the class frrendly sociable rtght ntce guy Actrvmes Basketball Manager 2 Intramurals 3 Track 2 Football 2 4 Ambrtton To be able to do somethmg wrthout berng caught Noted For Hrs terrrhc speed In the lunch lme I1 'rv . 1 ,.: - ..g L . 3 I i . 2 ,Q ,- v ' v - . . : , . I ' , , , ' ' ...a' 2 4 1,2, 5 4 ,.