Meriden High School - Annual Yearbook (Meriden, CT)

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T IiI939j I11 M. H. S. A N N U A L IT! Roberi' ClemenTs- Bob was The happy, liTTle man whose TavoriTe pasTime was Talking. We honesTly believe he could ouT-Talk McNamee. Ralph ColleTT- We will always re- member Red Tor his super TooTball abiliTy. Red was also a sTar bas- kefball player during Coach Barni- kow-'s gym classes. Roberl' CollingTon - Red's super- aThleTic abiliTy was responsible Tor many exciTing inTerscholasTic baskeT- ball and soccer games. He was a snappy dancer, Too. Geraldine Cooper- Gerry , The Tall, slim girl wiTh The well-bred air was one oT our candidaTes Tor The besT- groomed girl in The class. Her dis- posiTion. as well as her cloThes was unruTTled. Marian CoH'er - Marian was one of The merchandising class's shining lighTs. The public iusT couldn'T resisT her sales Talk sol a local sTore re- warded her wiTh a iob. Q Shirley Cunneen - Shirsh is iusT a wee li++le girl, buT she cerTainly geTs around. Her dancing TeeT carried her To Tun and populariTy. Winifred Curry-We didn'T see much of Winnie , buT we knew her inTer- esTs were ouTside of school. She al- ways seemed To be in a hurry To geT some place. DoroThy Cus renie- IT you looked Tor a group oialaughing girls, The person in The cenTer was cerTainly Cussie , The girl who didn'T know The mean- ing of The word Trown . John Cwiekowski -John was knowin Tor his masTerpieces in geography. He had The class puzzled. He was also a familiar figure aT The local lv1.H.S. games where he collecTed TickeTs. Valeria Czapiga-lT was a pleasure To know Val . She was always Tull of Tun. One oT her TavoriTe sporTs was baskeTball. Val also enjoyed danc- ing. Q KaTherine Crasa- KaTy hiked many a weary mile wiTh pink slips Trom The library, buT had pep enough leTT To give The Props and PainTs her painsTaking aTTenTion. Bernice Cross- Bernie is ThaT young lady we saw working so indusTriously in Mr. HunT's oTFice every day dur- ing The six+h period. She has a head sTarT on all of us. Eileen Crosson - Eileen plans To pre- pare herself Tor associaTion wiTh her TaTher. Her aid will be a greaT asseT if she serves as TaiThTully and cheer- Tully as she did on WashingTon His- Torical reTreshmenT commiTTees. Marion Crouch - Marion was Tull oT pep and her enThusiasm shown in many school acTiviTies was deeply appreciaTed. Marion was inTeresTed in sporTs and The Props and PainTs. Guy Cunneen- Slug was known Tor his wonderTul piTching arm. Slug was also a candid camera Tan, buT The sad parT was ThaT he lacked TasT camera. Angeline D'Angelo- Angie was one of our quieT and earnesT sTudenTs. She believed in sTudying her hisTory every nighT, Thus making hisTory while we oThers made noise. Mario D'Angelo- A.A. TickeTs? lT may have been MoTch's experience aT The TurnsTile ThaT made him such a sTudenT in maThemaTics. He even puzzled The Teacher wiTh The MoTch sysTem. Frank D'Auria-Frank had a liking Tor every kind of sporT, and showed ThaT size doesn'T counT by playing wiTh The school soccer Team. BeTTe Davies-BeTTe was noT only an excellenT scholar buT was also an ouT- sTanding aThleTe, Tor she was presi- denT oT The A.A. She was every- body's Triend. Leah de Angelis- Lee always wore a cheerful smile which was symbolic oT her pleasanT personaliTy. Quiet and reserved. yeT an inTeresTing con- versaTionalisT, Leah was always good company.

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Li939j Beverly Decker - Beverly's large blue eyes widened in surprise in her Problems class. Bev was always ready To Talk, buT she had one big secreT, her middle name. Earl DeFelice - Happy-go-lucky Earl was always amusing The class wiTh his unceasing flow of quesTions. l-le knew ThaT There's only one way To learn - ask! Mary Degnan - Mary always seemed To suspecT a coming TesT-day. Since Deggie also had a car. perhaps she mixed a biT of pleasure and busi- ness. Louis DeMaria - A very progressive poulTryman - Lou Took TirsT prize in poulTry iudging aT Conn. STaTe College. Lou has a brillianT agri- culTural career ahead of him. Andrew DeSarno - Andy professed To be a greaf sleeper. Beyond This we can make no commenT, unless iT is ThaT he was a greaT swing fan. Qi Barbara DiTTman - Bob's dignified classroom manner was easily Thrown aside by a fun-loving spiriT. This indusTrious girl did wonders wiTh a pair of roller skaTes. Warre-n DiTTmer-Warren was a plane- modeler and a Tennis enThusiasT. From whaT we hear he was quiTe a good man aT The rackeT . Warren Dobrindl' - Farmer was known as The wizard of agriculfure. He could make an hen lay an egg. Perhaps Coach has Taken him un- der his wing? Ralph Dolbec -- Ralph was The quieT Type who spenT mosT of his Time bowling. l-le was one of Meriden l-ligh's besT. l-low did you do iT. Champ ? DoroThy Domen-When DOT wasn'T in The arT room, she could always be seen riding her TrusTy bike up hill and down dale. Q BeTTy Dewey-BeTTy, of The sunny dis- posifion, was The perfecT combinaTion of charm, beauTy. and brains. lma- gine receiving IOOV, in chemisTry! George Dickinson - Dicky was The r'omanTic-looking fellow who mighT be The answer To every maiden's prayer. However, he was a one-woman man. Shirley Dickinson - Shirl , simple. sweeT, and busy as a Tax collecTor, accomplished some of The mosT diTFi- culT Tasks aT Meriden l-ligh. She was The library's firsT lieuTenanT. Marie D'lnecco - Marie, we remem- ber, was one of The old sTand-bys who gave a hand backsTage vwiTh The scenery and properTies when a Props and Painfs pay was in swing. BurTon Dingwell- BurT's various ac- Tivifies included phofography, buTTon and maTch-cover collecTing, baseball, baskeTball, and making himself p-op- ular wiTh The fair sex. Q Geraldine Dominello- Gerr was a sTudious person who minded! her own business, and had liTTle To say. How- ever, we know ThaT she considered dancing an exTremely inTeresTing sub- iecT. William DooliTTle-This fellow was The ideal sporfsman. Willy always aT- TracTed much aTTenTion, especially among The girls. when he began Talk- ing abouf his super-speed moTor boaT. Adele Doron-Adele is ThaT nice look- ing girl wiTh Those preTl'y, sparkling eyes. You'lI knovw her when you see her. We all like Adele. Doris Dossin- Doris, one of The quief- esT girls in our class, had a special love for The TheaTre. She ofTen wenT To New York To see some of her fa- voriTe plays. RuTh Do le- RuThie Tucked a violin under her chin and proved ThaT music haTh greaf charms. She was always ready To lend a helping hand To a friend in need. IT! M. H. S. A N N U A L lil