Meriden High School - Annual Yearbook (Meriden, CT)

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THE ANNUAL Mary Burgess - ShorTy. This lively liTTle wiT will long be remembered Tor The ueer Tone oT her giggle and The husie and busTle she creafed around The lockers, especially aT noon Time. Leigh Burkhardi' - Leigh was long, lean, and lanky. His Tamous solilo- quies were almosT his undoing, much To our amusemenT. Vic Boriello and he were inseparable. John Cahill - When are you going To grow up? How John haTed ThaT quesTion. He was raTher small in sTa- Ture, buT This didn'T hinder his speed on The baskeTball courT. Joseph Cahill - Joe conserved his energy during The day by dozing oTT in some of his classes, and so saved his pep Tor aThleTics and dancing. EsTella Campion - STelle was raTher quieT around school, buT she is quiTe a successful baTon swinger in a cer- Tain drum corps in The ciTy. For This she has won many honors. Keep iT up, STelle l DoroThy CanTerbury - CanTer was always ready Tor a good Time when- ever The opporTuniTy arose. She ex- celled in her sTudies, and proved very popular wiTh everyone. Roberl' CarabeTTa - Bob did greaT work on The PennanT, alTh-ough he received liTTle crediT Tor iT. IT was even money when he saw us ThaT he would ask, Where's Roger? MargareT Cargo - AlThough Peggy was exTremely shy and reTiring, we cerTainly did enioy her company. Her Triends considered her a good sporT and a True pal. George Carofino - Cari-oTs was one of our Three-leTTer men whose base- ball oraTions were a TeaTure of The hygiene class. His dancing was an ouTgrowTh of his TooTball abiliTy. MarTin Case - FaTher Casey was The wire-haired oraTor who was always a science book or Two ahead oT The class. FaTher was our choice Tor class cook. 4 as , A MarieTTa Cashen - ReTTa would walk a mile Tor a mirror: noT ThaT she was vain and conceiTed, buT she always liked To please, especially The boys. ErnesT Chabof - When iT was a ques- Tion oT science, ChaboT knew all The answers. l-ie was always experimenT- ing aT The risk oT his own neck - and his neighbor's. Marion Cha'H'ield -- Silence is The perTecT herald oT joy. Marion made ess noise Than Mr. Joe Doran's sixTh period sTudy class, buT she was a dandy person in spiTe of her shyness. Sfacia Cherniak - Cherry parTici- paTed in The various social acTiviTies abouT The school, and was always willing To conTribuTe her parT Towards improving our PennanT . Marcel ChrisTian - Beam Head is sure To become an ace sporTs wriTer. He spenT mosT oT his sTudy periods circulaTing noTes on The laTesT Speedboy games. Wayne Church - The LiTTle Villager. IT was quiTe a debaTe wheTher Church copied Brook's homework, or wheTher Brooks copied Church's. All we know is +haT T ey saT TogeTher in sTudy halls. MaTilda Ciasulli - Tilly was a de- pendable, diligenT oTTice worker, who was alwa s willing To help ouT in The main oflilce whenever her services were needed. Carolin CignaTTa - We wonder whaT Kerry's big aTTracTion was aT The WaTerbury roller skaTing rink. Where she lingered, laughTer also lingered. Keep smiling, Kerry . AlberT Cirillo - Al was one oT our mosT bashful boys unTil he worked Tor a day in The shoe deparTmenT oT Penney's sTore wiTh The resT of his merchandising class. EdiTh Cohen - There was never a dull momenT when EdiTh was near. She cerTainly could Talk aT greaTer lengTh abouT noThing Than anyone we ever knew. 'Wm M H S I9

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1- or 'P' Fr' J' M H S. 3 l. Paul Bichunsky -- lssy was one of The Toremosl' business men oT The class, who sTill Tound Time To lend The Annual a hand. Believe iT or noT, he commuTed in a Packard. Helen Bieseck- NoThing boThers me. Helen is one oT Those rare persons who puTs Tun before anyThing else. and leTs The resT oT life Take care oT iTselT. BurTon Birdsey - BurT was a quieT Tellow, always dependable - unTil iT came To buying a PennanT . BuT we won'T hold ThaT againsT him. Edward Black - V-8 Black was one oT The boys who had a TasT car. Eddie, The boss , was also our buTcher boy, whose hafred Tor cop- pers is sure To make a million Tor him. Marjorie Black - Marge possessed genuine school spiriT - a rare Thing These days. She TaiThTully Tollowed our school aThleTics and parTicipaTed in many sTudenT acTiviTies. Roberl' BooTh - The Pigeon Raiser. Many of Bob's spare momenTs were spenT wiTh his pigeons, buT he sTill had Time To do a liTTle fishing on The side. Irene Borkowski- Birkie did noT con- TribuTe much To The classroom din, buT she always made her presence known when iT came Time To answ-er quesTions. VicTor Borriello - Vic was an enThu- siasTic member oT The swimming Team. He swam The TorTy and The hundred yards wiTh The greaTesT oT ease Tor dear old alma maTer. RoberT Brandenberger - Why Teach- ers geT gray. Mickey was a Three-ring circus all rolled up inTo one. Will we ever TorgeT his pre- maTure FourTh oT July celebraTion during assembly? Arlhur Brandl - Bing had an inborn insTincT Tor mean curves on The base- ball diamond. He was a worThy asseT To his Team, boTh as a piTcher and a baTTer. THE ANNUAL Edwin Brayfield - Eddie was an ouT- door bo, The Daniel Boone ly e. Much my his spare Time was wiled away beside a cool, shady, TrouT sTream. Lois Brechlin - Brecky Thoroughly enioyed eaTing up The miles wiTh The hiking club. And did she look proud when she goT ThaT M ? Howard BriTney - Bang and anoTher rabbiT Tell dead. This iolly good Tellow had a keen inTeresT in all ouT- side acTiviTies, especially hunTing. MilTon Brizzie - The Mayor of Tracy Tound no real problems in his prob- lem's class. Briz' 'also excelled in sporTs, gaining quiTe a repuTaTion on The baseball diamond. ArThur Brookes - ArT's Trumpel' was appreciaTed in The band. buT we can'T say much Tor his hog calls which chilled our spine in The early morning hours. Warren Brooks - We didn'T see much oT Brooks abouT school. and when we did, he seemed To be deliberalring a weighTy problem. DespiTe his quieT- ness, he was seldom alone when rid- ing. BeTTy Brown - EgypT cerTainly is a wonderful counTry. as BeTTy can Tes- TiTy. She worked indusTriously wiTh her sTudies. and was a good sporT aT all The games. Mary Bucci - Mary always had a pleas- anT smile Tor everyone. She cerTainly did excel in home economics. BeT she'll make somebody a perTecT wiTe. Richard Buckley - How is The air up There? Buck was ThaT Tall. lanky Tellow who worked as bell-hop in one oT Meriden's hoTels. Mary Buczinski - Blondie goT her nickname Trom The excepTionally lighf color of her hair. She always dis- played keen inTeresT whenever a sci- enTiTic discussion was in progress.

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