Meriden High School - Annual Yearbook (Meriden, CT)

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lil M. H. S. A N N U A L lil fisssj Lena Bergen-Lena was one of our young arTisTs who enioyed making posTers Tor some oT our school or- ganizaTions. She also squeezed in Time Tor The soccer, dodgeball, and baskeTball Teams. Charles Bilger-Charlie could be Talk- aTive and humorous aT one Time, and quieT and serious aT anoTher. Well, VarieTy is The spice oT liTe. Phyllis Bishop- Phyl's sense oT humor oTTen broughT ouT her well-known dimples. She was always There wiTh a wiTT answer and could Take iT as welll as hand iT ouT. RuTh BogaTz- RuTh was The girl whose voice you heard and whose lovely TeaTures you admired in The high school musicals. We wish her TalenT had been discovered sooner. Marjorie Boland - Marge was a quieT, reserved girl who showed a marked reTerence Tor iuniors. She kepT vwelljin The background, buT was a Triendly sorT. George Brown - The PennanT , The DebaTing Team, and The Annual -- George Took Them all in his sTride. We hope he will be equally success- Tul aTTer graduaTion. RoberT Brown - Bob was one oT Those camera Tiends wiTh Teachers as h his TavoriTe game . l-lisTory ran a close second, and was equally pro- TiTable. Eh, RoberT? Lydia Brownhill -- Lyd was an ouT- sTanding member oT The debaTing squad. She was a hard and willing worker, and her eTTorTs made her a member oT The NaTional l-lonor So- cieTy. Eva Burda- She loved The game be- yond The prize . Ver aThleTic, Eva's good naTure and kove of sporT proved her To be an able goalie on our hockey Team. Rose Burdacki- Rosie had a quieT. calm manner which was only roused To greaT enThusiasm when nursing was menTioned. We kn-ow ThaT her TuTure paTienTs will appreciaTe her eTTorTs. Q Wilbur Bolling- Will was quiTe well known in our illusTrious hisTorical so- cieTy. ln addiTion, he engaged in inTra-mural baskeTball, and yeT was one oT The school's sTudious sTudenTs. David BorchardT-Dave was one oT our Tall quieT sTudenTs who never said much in class, excepT when spoken To. l-lis paper-boy liTe kepT Dave raTher busy. Florence Brehm - Flo possessed a kindly naTure which harmonized wiTh her willingness To lend a helping hand. Flo showed a keen inTeresT in phoTography. , EsTher BriTne -EsTher is one oT our mosT pro1?icienT TypisTs and has earned TirsT place in many a posTer conTesT. Well, we can'T have Too many good TypisTsl Jane Brookes - Janie was iusT an- oTher iiTTerbug aT hearT. This cheer- Tul li++le earTul was parTicularly par- Tial To drumming: we oTTen wondered why. if Arlene BurkhardT- Arlene was The Type oT girl who was seen buT noT heard. l-lowever, in her own circle she was very TalkaTive. Wal+er BuTcka- BuTch Tell inTo sTyle wiTh The shorT clip. Maybe 'iT was To save Time aTTer his early morning milk peddling. BuTch's love Tor problems was mosT unusual. Louise Cahill - l-ler good looks, and her grand sense OT humor have made Louise a popular sTudenT. She is our idea oT The Typical high school sTu- denT. Mary Calhoun - ThaT puzzling look in Mary's eyes was no indicaTion ThaT she did noT know The correcT an- swers. This was oTTen proved, much To The surprise oT her Teachers. John Callahan-Jack was Meriden l-ligh's All-American end, who hailed Trom Room 9. Jack being a regular lad played baseball, and baskeTball, and swiam well.

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I:l939J Marie Capaccio - Marie was one ol our shy and modesl girls. Bul who says we have loo many ol lhem. Frederick Carlson - Fred always managed lo sneak inlo home-room before lhe lale bell. He surprised lhe class once by coming live min- ules early. Fred made up losl sleep in sludy. Gerald Carroll- Gerry was a man ol many moods, and il was his mood for learning lhal won our admiralion. Daniel Caruso - Spil-Ball Danny could ping a bulb in sludy every lime. Ol course, he had lhe lamous Caruso lalenl which missed Mr. Parisi's allenlion. O Solo Mio was his specially Tony Casarella-Tiny Tony was, in his lillle wiay, inleresled in all sporls. Baseball was his lavorile game and shorlslop his lavorile posilion. Anne Celnarski-Vivacious and ener- gelic was Anne. She bursl inlo her lamous laugh al any suggeslion ol humor and soon had us all giggling, loo. Pierre Chagnon -- Pierre never had much lo say bul he lhoughl a lol. l-le was wiell-mannered and well- known. Those who know say he was quile an arlisl. Rosalie Cherniack - Rosalie's genuine love lor good books made her one ol lhe Library Club's mosl ardenl members. We recognized Rosalie by her jolly giggle. Livia Chiovoloni - Lee was bolh scholar and alhlele, and equall elli- cienl in eilher capacily. She is bound lo lead her companions in nursing school a slill race. Helen Chrislianson-Helen is anolher ol M. l-l.S.'s gilled aclresses. She also bangs oul a mean sonala on lhe keyboard. Whenever lhings seemed darkesl, we always heard l-lelen's lamiliar giggle. Claire Casey-Claire was as silenl as a Iillle mouse in school, lor she al- ways kepl her nose lo lhe grind- slone. She was small in slalure. bul big in hearl. John Cashman - Johnny was our Carmelcrisp man . Haven'l you missed his delicious pops? Well, summer is praclically here. and Johnny won'l lel us down. Alberl Cavano- Al brighlened up many dull class rooms wilh his willy remarks. Where did you gel lhem all, AI? Lel us in on ill Anlhony Cerasale - Tony was a happ -go-lucky lad who could usu- ally lind lhe humorous side ol any silualion. His lavorile occupalion was making a Model T behave. Dolores Cerasale - Dol will be missed by mosl ol us. Her brighl, cheery smile and winning personalily have made her one ol lhe besl lem- pered girls in our class. QQ Leon Chrislowski-Leon was a lhree leller man . l-le pla ed baskelball, baseball. and loolloall. l-lis sporls abilil and lriendly manner made people like him. Virginia Cielakiewicz- Ginie is a girl whom we all expecl l-o go lar in lhe business world. The office lhoughl so, loo, because she was en- lrusled wilh lhose lamous send lo me slips. Frank Civale-Frank was noled lor his drawing, and he was lruly lhe arlislic lype. His pel ambilion was lo be alone. Yolanda Civale-Yolanda was a reg- ular 'Female William Tell. She won many medals lor her abilily as a marksman. We had her marked as Miss Kavanaugh's righl-hand woman. Roberl Clark- Joe was lhe popular presidenl ol lhe Chemislry Club. This Soulh Meriden boy won lhe lriendship ol all his classmales - male or lemale. F11 M. H. S. A N N U A L li