Meriden High School - Annual Yearbook (Meriden, CT)

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Lorraine KeaTing- KeaTer al- ways had a good word Tor everyone and consequenTly made Triends very easily. She was one who TaiThTully followed The baske+baII squad. Phyllis Kenny - Phyl , happiesT when surrounded by a group oT her many Triends, was a sTickler Tor iokes. Phyl was consTanTly skeTching and The resulTs oT her work are really .someThing To wriTe home abouT. John Kibner-John, known To mosT of his friends as Jack , was acTive on The swimming Team in his sophomore year. During The soccer season of his senior year he played on The Team and won his HM . David Kiernan- Dave was a mild and pleasan+ Tellow who was well liked. NOT a greaT aTh- leTe buT a lover of baskeTball and TooTball, he did preTTy well on The gym floor. Marvin Kirschman- Marv was well liked by all his associaTes because OT his pleasing person- aliTy and his aThleTic abiliTies. He was capTain of our soccer Team and was inTeresTecl in all oTher sporTs. His hobby was raising chickens and iT proved verys proTiTable. Elaine Klenk-Elaine was a Triendly girl and popular wiTh everybody in The commercial class. A whiz aT The Type- wriTer, Elaine was secreTary To one of our sTaTe senaTors. WhaT parTy did you Tavor, Elaine? Lois KnighT-Because of work ouTside of school, Lois had liTTle Time Tor exTra-curricular acTivi- Ties. We all- remember ThaT Triendly smile and paT on The back. Paul Koeller-Paul was good na- Tured, indusTrious, and popular wiTh his many friends. He was a good sTudenT and liked sporTs. parTicularly baseball and baskeTball. Joseph Konski- Joe was an all-around aThleTe. He liked To play golf and hockey. His Trips To New Haven To see pro- fessional games were many. His hobby was sTamp collecTing and he had a wide varieTy of sTamps Trom all over The world. Mary KouTsopoulos-Mary pos- sessed a charming personaliTy and presenTed a preTTy pic- Ture in her pigTalis and bangs. Business Law was an easy course Tor her. ElizabeTh Kubek- BeTTy was one of our quieTer sTudenTs. Her greaTesT inTeresT was being prepared Tor The day, buT ouT- side of school she was an ar- denT bowling Tan. Ann Lagocki-Ready To lend a hand was Ann. We all liked her neaT appearance and Tine hair-do.

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Sh Mildred Hansen - A n o + h e r s'rrikel This is heard con- s'ran+ly when Milly displayed her skill in bowling. She was always lull of lun and ready io share a joke. William Harris- Bill had a fine sense of humor which he used al lhe slighlesl provocalion. He played baskelloall for M.H.S. during his lasl lwo years here. He was a greai admirer ol lhe opposile sex, buf his social life did noi' keep him from working for good grades. Waller Ha+ch- Wall spenl' his spare hours working al a war job. ln school Waller spenl his Jrime on his school work. We know he will be a success. Paul Hayes- Paul is a very good sludenl' and is easy +0 gel along wilh. Being inieresled in his work, he made lhe Honor Roll al every marking period. Paul has noi only a brillianl record al' lhe Annex, bul' is also recognized for his exceplional work in lhe drailing deparl- menl in lhe Trade School. Edward Hedberg-Ed is siudy- ing prinling al lhe Trade School. He expecls lo be called inlo ihe service as soon as he graduaies. One of his ouislanding characlerislics is his quielness. May you ad- vance rapidly in The service, Ed! irley Hess- Shirl's long golden hair was 'rhe envy oi all girls. Her amloilion was lo become a dancer. Knowing Shirl , she should never lack ailraclive pariners. Rhoda Hurwilz-Rhoda was a fine combinalion of a good sec- reiary, excellenl dancer. and en- ioyable companion. Everyone iked Rhoda and was her friend. As Business-Manager of lhis Annual she did a fine fob. Jean Johnson - Jean's l I v e l y spiril made her very popular among her fellow sludenls. Her arlislic flair for fashion and her good marks made her a promising candidaie for lvlounl' Holyoke. Jean was our idea of a lypical high school girl. Roy Johnson-Roy, Swede io his friends, was an air-minded young man and served ai l'he Spolrlers Observalion Posl. Al- ihough he had a reily lull schedule he always ilound iime lor ice-skaiing al lvlirror Lake. William Jones- Bill had a greal inleresl for airplanes and hoped he may ily one for Uncle Sam. Emilia Jurelc-Her nickname, lvlicia, hinled al her size bul noi al her concenlraled energy. She had a line sense of humor and a lypical laugh by which she could be immedialely rec- ognized. Eslher Kalz-- Essie can well loe proud oi her alhlelic prowess ai lvl.H.S., as her inleresl was along lhe line of sporis.

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i A Ellioff LaMon+agne--Ellioff's habif i . of always geffing his fwo cenfs' Q worfh cerfainly wroughf havoc I in several -of his classrooms. , His effervescenf spirif and , smarf quips won many friends i af M.l-LS. Donald Lamofhe- Don was a quief sfudenf, buf popular. Affer school hours he could be seen riding around in a Ford fruck. Louise Lam hier- Wee-wee was a goodinafured, wiffy girl whose presence of mind and quickness of wif were always appreciafed. Helen Landry-Helen was a happy-go-lucky girl. Alfhough quief among unfamiliar persons, she's companionable and falka- five among friends. You could always find her af her favorife swimming hole or skafing place. Yolande Lanoue-Yolande was one of fhose individuals who seldom was sad or gloomy. Possessed wifh a cheerful dispo- sifion, she could always appre- Ciafe a good ioke, and seemed fo have fun doing almosf any- fhing. . Lucille Lapuc - Though Lu seemed fo mosf of her friends a quief girl, she, neverfheless, had a grand, sense of humor and l-oved a good laugh. Lu was quife a movie fan. Theresa LaRosa-Theresa was never af a loss for words and was always read when volun- feers were needled fo recife. If you've wondered fo whom fhaf close harmony lfrom fhe lower hall locker rooml belongs, ask Theresa. John Lauder- Jack was fhe lad responsible for sfarfing a carrof eafing fad during infer- mission in room lll. He was inferesfed in a variefy of sporfs, baseball being his favorife. oberf Le-ary- Tex was a builder of model airplanes, and also proved fhaf he was an arfisf. Tex was a very quief and conscienfious sfudenf. Mildred Levine- Milly was one of fhose girls who, because of a love for humor, found a friend in everyone she mef. She was never foo busy fo help a fellow classmafe. Eclifh Leviff-Eclifh was one of our more quief girls. However, fhose who knew her more infi- mafely remarked fhaf she was quife an elocufionisf. She was nofed for her falenfs on fhe piano, foo. Harvey Limon- Harv is fhe shorf fellow who was invariably seen eifher in Mr. Churchill's room or in fhe corridors carry- ing a case of empfy boffles from room 8. His willingness fo help ofhers made him a mosf dependable sfudenf.