Meriden High School - Annual Yearbook (Meriden, CT)

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r THE ANNUAL - I943 -1 wa?- l ggi, 01 M. H. S. l Foreword if We are now waging +he grealesl war of our his- lory. ln keeping, Jrhen, wilh Jrhe spirir of Jrhe rimes, 'rhe lheme of our Annual is Service. - The service of sludenls is shown by designs placed approprialely Jrhroughoul +he book. We have allempred To depicl all or mos+ of The lhings our sludenrs can do and are doing lo furlrher lhe cause of liberly and ius- rice. The slaicl, as represenlalives of The Class of '43, has Jrried ro include in Jrhis Annual every aclivily of lvl.H.S. in order Jrhal ir may meer wirh your approval. We hope lhal in lhe years ro follow, Jrhis Annual may bring back pleasanlr memories of your years al Meriden High School.

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T John Adamik-John. a quieT buT popular member of our class, was well-known as a musician. T-le was The pianisT wiTh a local dance orchesTra. John was also a follower of all Red and Blue aThleTic evenTs. l. T l Raymond Adduci--Raymond is an inTelligenT sTudenT wiTh greaT abilify as an elecfrician. l-le is following his Trade by working nighTs aT one of The defense planTs. Ray's inTeresT in maTh and science will help him a greaT deal. Charles Aichler- MJ-l.S. can well be proud of The boy in T-l.R. l II3 who was helping The war efforT as an air-raid spoTTer, besides holding his posiTion as paper boy on a Sunday rouTe. We all remember him as The i quieT member of The Washing- Ton l-lisTorical SocieTy. D MilTon Alfredson- Milky , as he was known To all of his friends, worked ouTside of school aT a local prinTing com- pany. Andrew Allis-Andrew was The very essence of gaieTy and sponTaneiTy. gl-lis populariTy wiTh sTudenTs and faculTy can be aTTribuTed To his good na- Ture and generosify. One of Andy's chief inTeresTs was in The agriculTural field. BeaTrice Amann- Bea was a quieT, -unassuming, wing-fooTed speed skaTer whose finesse on The ice won 'her numerous Tro- phies. Being a person of Tew words. Bea rarely discussed her noTable successes. .--Q' n Frank AugusTyn-Frank finished MJ-l.S. wiTh The pleasanT mem- ory of Two years on The foof- ball Team and Three years on The honor roll. l-le enTered The service upon graduaTion, follow- ing in The fooTsTeps of his Two older broThers. STanley Bakai- Baher , as he is known To his friends. was a good sporT. l-lis ouTlo-ok was The happy-go-lucky Type. The only Thing he Took seriously was The Selecfive Service ACT, and who didn'T? Barbara Baldwin- Bob was a friend in need, always willing To help oThers. She was an ideal sTudenT, quieT and con- scienTious. Her fav-o'riTe pas- Time was phofography. KenneTh Balkow-KenneTh was a quieT fellow who was popular among his classmaTes. l-lis hobby was phoTography. If drafTed for The Army, he would like To do phoTographic work wiTh The Signal Corps. Irene Banaszewski-Irene was an example of a perfecT all-around sTudenT. She was The winner of The American Legion speak- ing conTesT aT M.l-l.S. and placed second in The sTaTe finals. Roberi' BarnharT- Bob was an all-around good sTudenT who was a greaT admirer of Alexis Smifh, movie queen, whose pic- Ture was delighTfully hung on his locker door.