Meriden High School - Annual Yearbook (Meriden, CT)

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Alfred MoTzer- Al gave venT To his someTimes inopporTune loquaciousness by playing ThaT well-known woodwind insTrumenT, The clarineT, in The lv1.l-l.S. band. AlTred's indulgence in The arT oT phoTography sup- plied The PennanT wiTh many illusTraTions oT school acTiviTies and personaliTies. Gregory Murphy- Greg was a Tormer New Yorker -- any- one could Tell by his accenT. l-le was always alerT in class, and his knowledge oT airplanes indicaTed a TuTure as a piloT. Laura Ness- Laura's hearT was in her dancing. She was quieT in her classes. Her preTTy hair was The envy oT classmaTes. Mary Nessing-Mary was The girl whose hair always looked so neaT. She was one of our early birds . Be quiet buT keep your eyes open was her moTTo. Shirley NeTTleTon-Shirley was The girl who sporTed The beau- TiTul nails. How she kepT Them from breaking is a mysTery To us. Rings always looked be- coming on Those well-kepT hands. Gloria Niemiec-Gloria could be TrequenTly heard singing in The basemenT near her locker. She was a Tall, aTTracTive person who could noT be riled by any- Thing.. Barbara Nold- Bob was a Typical Meriden High sTudenT. Popular wiTh her Tellow sTu- denTs, Bob sTill liked To dabble wirh arT. She worked wiTh The Annual in This capaciTy. BeTTy O'Brien- BeTTy's jolly per- sonaliTy broughT her populariTy. Liz never sTudied arT in school, as a subiecT. However, she enioyecl iT as a hobby ouT- side. l-ler smile is sure To carry her Through liTe successfully. Joseph O'Brien-BeTTer known T as Red , The layboy o M.H.S. was well-likyed by all. Red was an ardenT sporTs Tan. His TavoriTe subiecT was English. Marion O'Loughlin - Marion, one of lO6's liTTle girls, was good- naTured and always ready To help. She liked ouTdoor sporTs and always had a grand Time. One OT Marion's ambiTions was To Travel. We hope ThaT she received her wish. Jean O'ReiIIy- Jeannie wiTh The lighT brown hair possessed a sTriking personaliTy and a spark- ling wiT. Her love Tor Tun made her a popular Tigure. Jean, no doubt will make her mark in The world. ChesTer Orrill- ClTeT is The big boy of room 6. Many a day was saved by his perTorm- ance as goalie on The soccer Tield. buT we musT noT TorgeT his all around pla wiTh' The Tennis and baskeTball Teams Tor Two years.

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Alice McMahon-An all-around good sporf, Alice wifh her happy disposifion loved a good fime. Affer graduafion she planned fo ioin fhe WAACS. Roberf Melmer- Bob , a blond- headed lad, was very skillful af painfing houses, garages, efc. l-le was enrolled in fhe aero- naufics course af lvl.l-l.S. Laura Melnick-Laura was fhe fall, dark girlfin room 203, who was a pal and real friend fo everyone who knew her. Al- fhough she was diligenf and ambifious in her sfudies, Laura spenf much of her fime oufside of school working. So hie Mendyka-Sophie's amia- ble smile and dimples were al- ways evidenf. Sophie offered helpful advice wifhouf sfinf. We feel fhaf Sophie has all fhe requisifes of a perfecf secre- fary. Theresa Mesife -- Though Theresa possessed a rafher quief manner in school, she was really quife a sporf and a regular girl. She was a bowling enfhusiasf and one could well undersfand fhe reason in seeing her make fhose pins hop. Walfer Mianecke-Walfer was a uief person who did lofs of linking. l-lis hobbies were bowling and playing fhe snare drums. Nafalie Mikisko - Nafalie's greaf- esf aim in school was fo be puncfual. One of lvl.l-l.S.'s besf dressed girls, she said her am- bifion was fo become an in- ferior decorafor. We hope she'll be a greaf success. Wasil Milculich-Wasil has a quief nafure. Af Trade School he was a good machinisf and we expecf he will be a big help fo fhe war efforf affer gradua- fion. ' Faifh Julia Miller- Judy is a falkafive and pleasanf person. She was inferesfed in a course in Liberal Arfs af Bucknell. Pos- sibly, she will become a secre- fary. Charles Monfagnon - Charlie was quief buf observing. He had many friends, and affer school could be seen driving home wifh a crowd of easf side boys. John Morley-John, a quief fel- low, was one of fhe few weighf liffers in fhe class of '43, Thaf pair of broad shoulders you used fo see in fhe halls of lvl.l-l.S. probably belonged fo John. Margaref Morris-- Sis could be seen rushing down fhe halls af 8:03 frying fo reach home- room and her seaf before fhe bell beaf her fo if. She w-asn'f seen much around school as she spenf her spare momenfs working in a bank.

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Richard OTis-- Dick was one of The all-around swell Tellows in M.l-l.S. His ouTsTanding Tea- Ture, his haircuT, gained him ElenTy of recogniTion. A mem- er of many exTra-curricular groups, This popular young Tel- low would be our choice as The boy mosT likely To succeed. Howard Parker- Howie was a well-known sTudenT wiTh many admirers. He' always managed To have plenTy of Tun in school. Howie was an all-around aTh- leTe, especially in baskeTball. NeTTie Pease-NeTTie's pleasanT personaliTy has won The friend- shi of all her classmaTes. WEaT would The PennanT have done wiThouT all Those ads she collecTed-and The Annual? Edward Peikoske- Ed is noTed Tor his friendly buT deTermined dis- cussions wiTh The Teachers aT The Annex. Never To be saTis- Tied wiTh a plain yes or no Tor an answer, Ed musT know how, where, why, and when. All kidding aside, Ed is very acTive in sporTs as well as his sTudies. Sybil Penfield-Blonde, blue- eyed Sybil wiTh her quieT dis- posiTion and likeable manner was popular aT M.l-l.S. Sib's hobby seems To be fishing and obviously her TavoriTe fish was TrouT. Helena Perino--Helena was The Tiny girl who consTanTly was seen TliTTing around The halls wiTh GveTTa . Her beauTiTul cloThes were The envy of her classmaTes. Aldo PerloT-Aldo was The Tel- low who puT all his ideas across in a genTlemanly manner. I-lis ambiTion as a soda clerk was haITed abrupTIy when one of The local ice cream shops closed. Beverl Perry-Beverly was cer- Tainlly a good looking young lady whose dis osiTion well maTches her lookus. AlThough she worked ouTside of school, slfre was always prepared. ' JeanneHe PeTiT-JeanneTTe was The capTain Tor many girls' sporT Teams and was enThusi- asTic abouT all sporTs. AT graduaTion Time she was work- ing in a defense TacTory. Red hoped To become a WAAC. Jenny PeTroski-Jenny was an all-round sporT and always had a ready smile Tor her Tellow sTudenTs. Always eager To Take parT in school acTiviTies, Jenny became one oT our cheer-lead- ers and an annual sTaTT mem- ber. Carmela PeTrucelli-- PeT was ThaT cool-Tempered girl of Room I. She was always look- ing Tor good qualiTies in a per- son. and made friends wher- ever she wenT. Frances Pefrucelli - PeTTy was acTive in a number of clubs. She had a charming personaliTy and a winning way. IT has been said ThaT a woman's hair is her crowning glory: we all agree ThaT This was quiTe True of Pe++y.