Meriden High School - Annual Yearbook (Meriden, CT)

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William Casey-- Bill was one of' Those happy-go-lucky Tel- lows. l-lis carefree spiriT en- abled him To geT along wiTh all his classmaTes. You may expecT To see Bill advance ra- pidly because of his iniTiaTive and good sporTsmanship. Phyllis CawThray - Phyl wiTh her ready smile Tor everyone was Tamed Tor her jokes Though she doesn'T drop her h's . Phyl is English and has already made one visiT To England and was planning anoTher Trip aTTer The war. Clara CeruTi-Clara was anoTher oT our silenT parTners. Never- Theless, she was a popular one. To Clara dancing and skaTing were Tops as sporTs. June Clark- Take a leTTer, Miss Clark. This was The one Thing June wanTed To hear aTTer graduaTion. June also enjoyed swimming and bowling, ThaT broad smile you saw coming down The hall mosT likely be- longed To June. CharloTTe Coe- Cozie was Tops as a sTudenT, Triend, and PennanT EdiTor. To enumeraTe her many acTiviTies and achieve- menTs would usurp The space we mighT use To beTTer advan- Tage by claiming her an admir- able, individualisTic, charming person. Jane Colle-Jane had a pleasing and friendly personaliTy. Her main inTeresT seemed To be chasing down To The gym To have a TeTe-a-TeTe wiTh her TavoriTe Teacher. William Comiskey-M.l-l.S. will be proud of This TuTure LaTin Teacher. Bill was one of The supporTers 'of The lvl.l-l.S. soc- cer and Tennis Teams. He was very popular wiTh his college- course schoolmaTes. Rodney Cone- Rod was a quieT likeable chap who was very popular among his Tellow sTudenTs. l-le was always in There piTching, boTh in school and ouT. James Conklin -There will always be an England. buT never an- oTher James. l-le had quiTe a sense oT hum-or which was appreciaTed by his classmaTes. DoroThy Coo er- DoTTie was popular wiTh her classmaTes be- cause oT her Tine personaliTy. She was inTeresTed in The work oT The Marine Corps. How'- ever, she hopes To join The WAACS. Roberl' Crosson- Bob was a well-known sTudenT of lv1.l-l.S., whose jokes were oTTen heard in room six. His hobby was model railroads, buT we 'in room six oTTen ThoughT ThaT in- Termission every clay was his real hobby. BesT of luck, Bob. Arline Cunneen-Arline was a vivacious young lady whose achievemenTs on The piano were known by her many Triends. Her well dressed and poised figure could be disTinguished in any crowd. T T .T

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i Gloria Brunelle-Very quiel' and shy, Gloria could always' be counled on. She was a slaunch supporrer of The Forum and Washinglon l-lisrorical Socie+y. Irene Buchko- Bu+ch was prob- ably lhe happiesi girl ai Meri- den High. Rarely was she seen wi'rhou+ a smile on her face. lrene was everyone's friend, and a good-hearled one ar 'rha'r. Barbara Ann Buenger-Work was Babs' joy and even wilh all she had lo do oufside of school she compiled a fine scho- laslic record while ailending lvl.l-l.S. ' Theodore Burdacki-- Ted , an all-around aihleie and line slu- denl, sludied 'ro be an eleciri- cian. l-le was conlemplaling enlisiing in 'rhe Navy and hoped his 'rrade would help him. Edward Burke-- Ed's favorile sporls, baskefball and hockey, were 'rhe basis oi' many an in- lermission argument We know he will do well in lhe armed forces. Carroll Caffrey-Carroll was well-liked because of his sense of humor and good naiure. No maH'er whal lhe queslion was, Carroll always had an answer ready. Esfelle Cameron--Three cheers for Red ! She has cheered for us, now we cheer for her. She made many friends in school. We all liked her bright sunny smile and her long auburn hair, buf she liked a bob. Anna Can+arini-- Ann , who be- lieved ihar silence is golden, was well-liked by everyone. ln her own way, Anna managed 'ro accomplish much. Louis Capaccio-l.ouis's main ambirion was To be an eleclri- cian. l-le was enlhusiaslic aboul lnlra-Mural Sporls allhough he did noi lake parr in lhe aclual playing. l-lis favorile hobby was 'rhe s+udy of repliles. Grover Carr-Grover was ever The rwinkle-foes of ihe dance floor. l-lowever, a word and a smile here, a joke lhere -- i'ha'r's Grover . Rira Carringfon-Rila liked 'ro sing and so she confined her acliviiies io lhe chorus while we were in school. Mary Carroll-lvlary, who had an imperrinenl smile, was ralher loquacious. She was con- slanfly worrying aboul' her homework. I

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Clare Curry-CCC, in fhis case, signifies Clare Condon Curry. To carry if a bif farfher, we mighf also add: Cool, calm, and collecfedf' Nafhalie Czarnecki-Tiny Nab- by possessed a flexible fongue for wiffy remarks. Her abilify fo accepf life as if comes and her amiable nafure will cerfainly be an assef in her life. Jerry Daly- Silence is golden. Jerry firmly believed fhis. He carried if ouf in all his classes much againsf fhe wishes of his feachers who believed Jerry had hidden falenfs. Gloria Darin-Gloria was home room Pennanf represenfafive in IO6, buf before she had fime fo gef fhere fo disfribufe Pen- nanfs fhey had all disappeared. She liked all oufdoor sporfs, especially ice-skafing. John David- Jack was well known fhroughouf fhe school. He fakes pride in calling Soufh Meriden his home. Someday he ma become fhe mayor of fhe village. Who can fell? Lucy DelFavero-This argumenf- afive and voluble redhead was prominenf in many a school acfivify. She was known for abilif fo filibusfer successfully in cfassroom issues and her ready willingness fo supporf a good idea. Eleanor DeMaria - Blessed wifh a fine sense of humor and keen wisdom El was liked by all. Besides working and sfudying she found fime fo fake parf in many school acfivifies. El was a very dependable person and a fine honor sfudenf. Dorofhy Denison- Dof hardly uffered a word while she af- fended Meriden High School. However, she had a radianf smile and a wide range of knowledge for her courses. Dorofhy Dickinson-- Dof had many friends who admired her because of her pleasanf dispo- sifion. While Dof sfood high in all her sfudies, she always found fime fo have fun. Jack DiPersio-Jack was all wrapped up in sporfs. His one greaf inferesf in I942-43 was fhe baskefball feam which he managed. He had a fine sense of humor and was popular wifh his classmafes. Curfis Disbrow- Curf was very much inferesfed in science while in school. He combined fhis knowledge wifh his hobby, phofography, and produced some remarkable picfures. Roberf Diffman- Bob had fwo hobbies, model airplanes and phofography. In his cellar could be found all fhe maferials for prinfing and developing pic- fures.