Killingly High School - Killonian Yearbook (Danielson, CT)

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tl- if The L dger of the Class of 43 Freshman Year One hundred and Fifty members of the class of 43 met rn the audrtorrum on Sep tember 10 1939 for therr first class meet ing The officers elected for the year were president Frank Harrington vrcc pres1dent Elizabeth Davis treasurer Da vid Dowe and secretarv Rita Phoenix Teddy Natorskr and Ann Morrlson xxere chosen as K A A Councll members The class dues were set at the amazing sum of fifty cents a Vear for each member In April 1940 the class of 43 sponsored 1tS first informal dance rn the gym from 3 15 5 30 Many attended and all had an enjoyable trme Many Freshmen part1c1pated rn the Grlbert and Sullivan operetta H M S Prnafore which was held rn the school audrtorrum February 16 1940 Ted Maynard honored the class bx win nmg first prrze rn the Annual Speaking Contest Sophomore Year W1th plenty of enthusiasm the class of 43 held the first meeting of therr Sopho more year on September 11 1940 The offrcers elected to carry out the plans for the year were presrdent Frank Harrrnd ton vrce presrdent Eustatra Sarantopou los secretary Rrta Phoenrx and treas urer Bernard Racine Richard Boulars was chosen K A A Councrl member and Barbara Vett was elected historian for the remarnrng three years The class of 43 now with the more drgnrfied trtle of Sophomores sponsored the annual Sophomore Party rn the gxm The sixteenth annual Speakrng Con test was held rn the audrtorrum of Krl lrngly High School on March 21 1941 The class of 43 was represented by Ev elxn Hunter and Paul LaBossrere The latter recerxed the first pr rze of S10 for hrs selectron Lrncolns Last Solrloquy bx Henrx Thomas Ted Max nard prize xxrnncr of 1940 and Paul LaBoss1L1L pr rzt xxrnncr f 1941 accompanied bx Miss Chartrer took part rn the Nexx England Speaking Con test held rn Marne Thrs set a ncxx pre Page 20 cedent at Krllrnglx and xxe hope that sim rlar occasions xxrll follovx The Sophmore members of the band were Verko Japprnen Gerald Page Da vid Dovxe Robert Bru e Esther P erce Dor1s Harrmgton Leonard Page and Stanley Chandler The class of 43 vxas also well repre sented rn the orchestra rn 1941 by Dax rd Doxxe Esther Pierce Doris Harrington Robert Bruce Stanlex Chandler Ber nard Racrne and Elizabeth Davis Many Sophomores part1c1pated rn the Cym Exhrbrtron which was held rn the gvrn on Aprrl 4 1941 Junior Year Sadly reduced rn numbers the class of 43 held 1ts openrng meetrnd rn Room 4 on September 18 1941 The same slate of officers as rn 1940 was elected presr dent Frank Harrrngton vrce presrdent Eustatra Sarantopoulos secretary Rrta Phoenrx treasurer Bernard Racrne Ann Morrrson and Russell Cogan were elected to the K A A Councll The clas of 43 was represented rn the annual festival one act plays held at Con nectrcut College for Women rn New Lon don March 7 1942 by Fred Maynard and Irene Touchette The play presented vw s Op O Me Thumb which was grven lat er as one of the three Jurnor plays On March 27 1942 the Junror class was represented rn the Prize Speakrrg Con test by Daniel Wood Lucrlle Wakefield and Charles Beretsos The latter recerved second prrze for hrs electron An Amer rcan Citizen bx Frank H Crawford On April 17 1942 the Junrors pre sented three one act plaxs rn the audi torrurn each wrth a drflerent theme The Valiant was the most dramatrc of the three The cast rncluded Paul LaBos srere Frank Harrington Ned Howell Jox cc Roberts Leonard Page and Arthur Vlacombcr The xx hrmsrcal plax xxas Op O Me Thumb The cast xxas as fol loxxs Exclxn Huntcr Eu tatra Saranto poulos Esther Prercc Irene Touchette Barbara Vett and Ted Max nard The Wedding a comedx concluded the exe nrnv Making up the cast xx ere Robert 1 3 . 4, ix cvtfg N942 si V ,JJ v ' ' v ' - 3 , Y . . v. Y , . . . V . - - - , , ' - ' V ' f' . v v -1 ' ' ' . . . - 1 . . I . 3 ' 1 . . s I s I - . - y I - v - v . . . . 1 . - V 7 .7 ' r r v , , . . . . 1 , 1 ' . ' , . . . . - , , 1 . A . ' ' . 1 a ' ' 4. , . . . y 1 - . H . . . . . - y . , . v, Q . 1 J - 1 . 1 . . - s . A Y ' , S , . . - v - - 1 Q Q 9 I . . ,q - . ct . , D , - - - t.: 1 is - - v 1 ' ' V 1 1 ' ' , . Q 1 . . . , 1 ' ' 3 7 o ' ' A ' sh D q 4 ' v . . . ,Q . . . Q- 7 7 7 5 ' ' V Q Y ' - . 1 s . ' ' ' ' Bu . - v ' . . . vw . , , , . ' . . , - - - ' - 7 . I Q . .4 1 q ' ll k 1 Q . ' , .' . f s A s - - Q nf ' l ' ' ' ' . . . ' , 1 . . x - , v ' -' 1 v , . H' S P ' -. ' , y ut y - 1 1 x ' ' - . y . . .'. ,- ,' 4, . Q vs: v , v -, -. S ' L . - , . .J A., .H ,- ,' ,, 0 C' h. ,. ' .wsu . Q ' ' ' 1 1 v 1 '- , B , , . b . , ' v - , .' - ' yn - -Q 1 - ' ' ' . , . , 1 . - ' D. C ' , v - - .J . -

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Most popular box Frank Ha1 rlngton Best lookxng boy Stanlex Chandler Be t natured boy Bernard RHCIDQ Best dressed boy Robert Tlllxnvhast Best boy athlete Frank Harungton Best all around boy Bernard Raclne Best boy dancer Leonard Page Most studlous boy B1rger Hurme Sw eetest boy Robert Lexxls Sho test box Raymond LaFaxe Woman hater Remo W1rta Class shexk Ned Hoxx ell Best boy actor Paul LaBos 1ere Best boy orator Frederxck May nard W1tt1GSt boy Gerald Page 'Vlost smcere boy Maur1ce Terxvlllegel Most ambltlous boy Blrger Hurme Most clever box B1rger Hurme Most serlous boy Remo Wlrta NO1S1CSt boy Hoxxard Knox Quletest bov Re1no W1rta Boy most hkely to succeed Frank Har rlngton Class baby Marlon JHYVIS Class pess1m1st Gerald Page Class chatterbox Evelyn Hunter One who has done rnost for the class rrank Harrlngton Page 2:1 Most popular g1rl Jovce Roberts Best lookmg g1rl Jox ce Roberts Best natured g1rl Esther Plerce Best dressed g1rl Rlta Vashon Best g1rl athlete Bertha Sroka Best all around g1rl Ann Morrxson Best g1rl dancer Lou1se Melanson Most studxous g1rl Eustatxa Sarantopou os Sweetest g1rl Theresa Mart1n Shortest g1rl Evelyn Hunter lVIan hater Marjorle Hurlbutt Class vamp Barbara House Best g1rl actress Dorothy PO1tT3S Best g1rl orator Lucllle Wakefield W1ttl6St g1rl Ann Morrlson Most smcere g1rl Joyce Roberts Vlost amb1t1ous g1rl Eustat1a Saranto poulos Most clex er g1rl Marxon Mllone Most serlous g1rl Marv Bradley NO1S16St g1rl Gertrude Cournoyel Quletest g1rl Mary Bradley G1rl most hkely to succeed Eustatla Sarantopoulos Class cut up Russell Cogan Most mu 1cal Bernard Raclne Class couple Jeannette Hubert and Jos eph bZ31kOW1CZ Lo O 5 4.- s '. ' , ' , 4 bv, vu I I :hx I 1 4 A 1 1. . 1 . . 7 . -' ' U ' l Y 5 5 Yin! ' I I- K 1. ' 1 ' , . , ' y m S- . 1 V . y - 7 , q . Neatest b03'- V91kk0 JHPPIUQU Neatest girl, Irene Touchette ' ' 7. 4 . . 4 . 1 ' y l l ' ' , , - - . y A l . . . Y . ' - V . I I . - ' ' I . y V . I I 7 ' Y . ' ' . C I - . 1 , ' s' . ' . ' cn , - 1- . . ,, 1 .

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T1ll1Dgh3St Bernard Rac1ne Ann lVIorr son Russell Cogan Marlon JWTVIS VV1l ham Tsakonas and Elalne Wood These plays were all under the able d1rect1on of MISS Florence Belknap The class of 43 presented a mo t suc' cessful Prom on May 10 1942 featurmg mus1c by Jxmmy Warburton and h1s orch estra The gy mnas um was h1ghl1ghteo by pastel streamers centered around a May Pole reachmg to the ce1l1ng Fur n1sh1ng a cllmax to ths annual sprlng eyent was the crownmg of the Prom Queen Marguerlte Ma1lloux The Junlors were represented m the band 1n 1942 by Robert Bruce Ve kko Jappmen and Stanley Chandler The Junlor members of the orchestra were Ve1kko Jappmen Esther P1erce Robert Bruce Stanley Chandler and Bernard Rac1ne For the first tlme 1n the hlstory of K1ll1ngly Hlgh School the students real the dlrectlon of Robert Bruce an organ 1zat1on called The KlllOH13Ha was formed Its members 1ncluded Rlta Nash Loulse Spauld1ng Wallace Peabody Paul Gxguere Herbert Oatley Nelson Spauld 1n0 Myrtle Stone and the Junlor mem bers Robert Bruce Ve kko .Iappmen Bernard Rac1ne Frank Harr1ngton and Lucxlle Wakefield The three Junlor cheer leaders chosen were Dorothy P0ltTHS Ann MOFTISOH and MBTIOH JBTVIS Semor Year On October 1 1942 the Sen1ors held the1r I-lrst class meet1ng n Room 14 The o f1cers of the prev1ous year were aga1n chosen presldent Frank Harr1ngton v1ce presldent Eu tat1a Sarantopoulos secretary Rlta Phoenlx and treasurer Bernard Rac1ne For the second year 1n success1on the class of 43 won the K A A banner ln the annual dr1ve In the begmnlng of the Sen1or year Mr Sears who had taught most of the Page 27 Sen1ors when they were ln the elghth grade Jolned the Navy A gxft from the Sen1ors was presented Mr Sears by Frank Harr1ngton presldent On December 11 1942 the class of 43 held 1tS first soc1al affalr of the year the Sen1or Informal Because Chr1stmas was the theme of the dance Chrlstmas trees were placed throughout the gym T ward the end of the evenmg art1Hc1al snow fell from concealed contalners on the celllng The danc1ng to Jlmmy Whlt man s orchestra was enjoyed by all The Sen1or Class held 1ts annual Sen lor Play November 20 1942 It was a comedy 1n three acts A COHH6Ct1CUt Yankee 1n K1ng Arthurs Court The cast 1ncluded Ted Maynard Barbara Brunell Hllda Anderson Bernard R c1ne Anne Strunk Paul LaBoss1ere Robert T1ll1nghast Dorothy Poltras Bar bara Vett Ned Howell Ann Morr1son and Joyce Roberts The play was a great Because of gas ratlomng the patr1ot1c Sen1ors dec1ded to have the1r Sen1or Hop mformal whlch was held February 1943 The Valentlne theme was carrled out wlth whlte curtalns red hearts sllhou ettes and CUp1dS The Colleglans from the Unlverslty of Connectxcut furmshed the mus1c for danc1ng Durmg the four years of troubles and tr1bulat1ons of hlgh school the Sen1ors were well represented ID all sports Some of the outstandmg athletes of the class of 43 are Frank Harrmgton Gerald Page Russell Cogan Leonard Page Charles Beretsos and W1ll1am Tsakonas Four members of the Sen1or class are already among the armed forces Ronald LaBoss1ere Paul LaBoss1ere Allan Ryysyla1nen and Russell Cogan The class of 43 salutes them Now at the partxng of the ways on graduatlon we are resolved to follow our several paths wlth the thought of our motto as our gulde He Who Toxls Shall Conquer n L u . C D u I - , I l v. I v , ' I - . 7 ' 5 - .. v v U . . I , ' . y' , l ' ' 1 , 0- v 1 - V- - - . . . . . . - I . , . . . . ,., . 9 - ' . 7 - Y gt . .5 . . ' - - a an ' , . , ' , a- ' ' Y Y 7 I . . 1 I I - . . . A F l 7 I ized their wish for a swing band. Under success. Q - . y . . ' - sl - - A xv . . . . , I . ' . , , , , 7 Y 9 ' - 1 7 ' ' ' ' Cl ' 77 ov ' - Z 1 I ' . . . . . , . 4 , . D V . . A . ' Y 7 . I , . H . . l . I . l Q 7 1 . , . . I if . A . . , 1 3 , I I . . S . . l l D . , . Y . . . , L V . I 56 ' 77