Meriden High School - Annual Yearbook (Meriden, CT)

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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.

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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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Mary Ann Piccolo-Mary Ann was a very serene person. She said only whaf was necessar , buf, neverfheless, she was wen- liked. Richard Pinkevich- Pinky was offen seen walking around fhe corridors wifh his camera look- ing for maferial for fhe Annual. He was head of fhe Sea Ser- vice divison of 'rhe Vicfory Corps, and Vice-Presidenf of fhe Washingfon l-lisforical So- ciefy. Alfhough quief, he was well known and well-liked around M.l-l.S. Janef Pinks-Her obedience fo law, her respecf for ofhers, her masfery of self, her ioy in ser- vice - fhese qualifies have made Janef one of 'rhe mosf cherished members of lvl.l-l.S. Anfhonyg Piuonia-NA cheerful smile and a very neaf appear- ance were fwo of Tony's assefs fhaf made him well-liked by his fellow classmafes. l-le was always willing fo' cooper- afe and his friends will always remember him as Tony, a swell QUY- Mary Powers- Mary, who moved here from Wallingford, was pe- fife and charming. Everyone admires her good nafure and sense. ln her spare hours she was a willing and able helper af fhe hospifal. To be a nurse was 'her desfinafion. ancy Powers- Nan was rominenl' in any group wifh her winning personalify and her abilify fo wield a pun. l-ler main ambifion was fo sing on key! l-ler work as Club Edifor of fhe Annual was well done. I Roberf Powers- Bob came fo us during his iunior year from Lewis High School in Soufhing- fon. l-le was a greaf one for sporfs, especially baseball. Look for Bob in fhe fufure in fhe field of refail selling as he likes fhis Type of work. Blanche Premo-Blanche, wifh her cheery smile which she al- wa s flashed af everyone, was a hne girl af lvl.l-l.S. Though dancing was her favorife, she had a yen for sporfs of all kinds. Jacqueline Prifchard - Jackie who possessed a grand disposi- fion and a fine sense of humor, made a name forlherself wifh her wiffy remarks. Jackie , as one of our cheerleaders, did a greal' job in giving our feam enfhusiasfic and rousing cheers. Elizabefh Quinn- Beffe was good-nafured and full of pep from dawn fo dusk, and her sparkling manner has gained for her heaps of friends. She was forever busy and flying from one place fo anofher, a facf which was especially ap- propriafe because of her infer- esf in fhe Air Corps. ' Roberf Raigue- Bob was one of fhe quiefesf fellows in fhe class. A diligenf worker, fhere were few words fhaf his feach- ers said fhaf could nof be found in one of his liffle nofef books. Walfer Raiewski- Walf was one of fhe quiel boys of room six. Alfhough he was a sfudi- ous looking fellow, he was a swing fan and played fhe drums very well.