Meriden High School - Annual Yearbook (Meriden, CT)

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Teresa Fuda-AlThough her friends were chosen carefully, and her speech was raTher con- servaTive, Terry was well liked by everyone. Teresa developed The knack of always looking as fresh as a daisy, which made mosT of us feel raTher droopy . KaTherine Furman- Kay never changed, buT was always her same happy self. The opTimisTic Type, she raised her brave so- prano voice on The rainiesT days, singing, Oh, whaT a bee-ouTiful morning! T-ler rnosT admirable' qualiTy was her willingness To help anyone, anyTime. Joseph Garvey- l-lonesT Joe, The periurors' pride, disTin- guished himself on The wiTness sTand when, as a characTer wiT- ness in The mock Trial of Charlie l-Tollman, he was proved a liar by his own words. l-lonesT Joe Took iT wiTh a smile and gave a glib explanafion. Eleanor Gabriel- Gabby had a hidden TalenT for making peo- le laugh, as all Those who fieard her English oral Themes will TesTify. Gabson was al- ways on The go and especially loved Those Trips To The Yale Bowl. lnTeresTed in fooTball, eh, Gab ? Pafricia Galvin-iQur Irish col- leen, PaTT was impish and full of pep. Always ready wiTh a joke, she could keep a crowd in sTiTches. Who will TorgeT PaTT's brighT ideas for The Props and PainTs iniTiaTionf7 EllzabeTh GauThier - BeTTy V lived up To The expression,, 6ood Things come in small packages, because she was a wondVerful'IiT- Tle person To know. Sliexalways looked neaT as a pin which ' preTTy sharp Her cloThes re flecTecl her gay personaliTy it rThur Gibney - l-T a n d s o m e l-larry, our gifT To The ladies, senT all The fairer sex inTo The clouds. Never mind, girls, he hopes To be up There wiTh you aTTer he graduaTes if The Air Corps accepTs him. I I' A, . 0 4 I A , ul...- T Awe if 'Ss gm T 3 ri . Y 9 , , . if A '1i,.iq.'.-gl-...,.,i 0 if fbi T ni., . 1 'Q x f , me fi as . 1,1 . ,ofa , -. fn A . Ji. 'ilk' 'R ' 4 ,f 1, 's' 4.,s 'V T 'Q---' . Y vfg0 5 if s Julia Greenbacker H- Julia was gf. X, 5, , well known for her parT in ThaT 3 much repeaTed skiT, and also X G1 A because she worked in The 1 A school oTTice. We'd -all live on f-f-,TWV a farm if we could have her i healThy appearance. i KT -Ss 1 L I ii.. , E , in fi' -un... Mary Jane Grieco- lvl.J. had beauTifully kniTTed sporT socks To maTch every ensemble. lghe made 'em herself.l She looked slick, cheering for our Team aT The baskeTball games. A Tough maTh problem was a pushover for her. Flora Grillo - Allhough loving and undersTanding, Flora saw The humorous,side of everyThing, and her sincere laughTer bursT ouT aT The n'iosT unexpecTed l is ' s l- ' .7 s .. T i 1 . ' ., . f J . ' V. :viii - iz.. 5- as Q 4 1 ' momenfs. As a sTudenT, she was The besT, buf as a friend she was even beTTer. Gloria Grillo-A Tiny figure plus a ready smile plus a gay per- sonalify plus a neaT, business- like naTure all adds up To a de- scripTion of Glo , She was a firsT-raTe TypisT whose abiliTies were puT To good use for The PennanT and The Annual . David Grossman- Dave Took everyThing in his sTride, and ThaT was a loT! l-Te was equally aT home wiTh his prinTing press or ia Tough maTh problem. Dave liked To wear his hair in The i 'iii ', Veronica Lake sTyle. . i

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June Flechlner-June, ol lhe green eyes and blond hair, was especialy celebraled as a pia- nisl and was always willing lo give her lime and lalenl lor any ol Meriden l-ligh's aclivi- lies. She supporls lhe lheory lhal classics can be lun! ane FI nn-Jane was lhe irl Y Q whose Colgale smile and ex' pressive eyes made many a male look lwice. Fler craving lor chocolale walnul sundaes was her only wealcness. klizabelh Foeclish-Belly came lrom New Hampshire, and lhough al' lirsl she appeared shy, her mischievous eyes soon igave her away. She was a vale uable addilion lo lhe Glee Club. l-ler privale lile? She liked lhe Navy and was also a good allilele, Elizabelh Foell-Belly was lhe owner ol lhal oulslanding laugh. which resounded daily lhrough lhe halls ol lvl.l-l.S. Al every game l.elly supporled lhe leam by cheering luslily. Gordon Fournier - Flash was one boy who lilred school so well lhal he liclced his lips over ioinf ing lhe Army, nolhing could be worse lo him lhan some ol his ' classes. A Flash Gordon is whal lhe Army really needs! Roberl Fournier - Known as Weed , Bob ,wouldn'l lollow his lwin inlo lhe Army, bul chose 'lhe Navy -iusl lo be dil- , lerenl. l-lard worlqinggin school, he should progress in navy blue. Weeds usually grow on land, Iaul Bob is iusl dillerenl, -V-.lhal's all. 8 7 ' x Q rf 1 xi, ,W ,V Q ll ,wr 4 IQ 3 exrgrc-B li 'fr ,H f X , .Sf 'f f ,' figs , fr. 5 f fav 'i XQN ' XA Q V X A. v,.v 4 I,.4'4 ' SQ, Lam.. 4 gr gl 1 Q' F 1 i ii L ' if sf 5 N l . 4- l e3jf:.- 'i i f , 'i , VV' 'ii' xl- J 4-. -Qu Edward Fox+ Ed's broad smile iam' ' galhered unlo him many lriends. ' l-le look his lun where he lound il, and made a lillle exlra lo help his pals. They apprecialed lhe lavor. ' Marion Frederick-Marion seemed lo lil in everywhere - perhaps her small size had somelhing lo do wilh il. She was a iailhlul member ol lhe Cheerleaders' Club, where her corny iolces were heard in nevereending slreams. Where lhere's some- lhing doing - lhere's Marion. Mariorie French- Marge's lal- enl lor wriling did nol go un- heeded by her leachers nor were her clever and humorous remarlcs ioverloolced by her classmales. Marge would have been a nalural lor lhe Pen- nanl if she hadn'l been so busy shorl-shilling al lhe Planlf' Edward Friedman- Eddie was a serious, courleous chap who would ralher ligure oul a come plicaled malh problem lhan sleep. Fle was a quiclc lhinlcer, and lilced lo analyze his lellow sludenls and leachers. He plans lo allend M.l.T. belore enlering lhe service. Carl Fries-Drallsman and col- league ol Mr. Beeson, Carl could be depended upon lo voice his opinion on any sub- iecl. l-le's a real sharpie , wilh lhose blaring lies and iazz records. Rulh Froggall-Rulh had a re- lreshing laugh in reserve lor any bil ol humor lossed her way, and her cheerlulness was never dimmed, even in prob- lems . ll's beyond us how she gol such good marlcs and worlced, loo.

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Sidney Grossman- Sid dashed OTT To work every aTTernoon and roared around Town in a local Truck while everyone roared aT his Tlashy purple iackeTg He was kepT on The go wiTh baskeiball and classes, buT always kepT plugging along. Marion Gurnik-Marion was a conservaTive conversaTionalisT who saved her words Tor sales Talks. She could be Tound dur- ing homeroom periodieveryday doing her homework. WhaT hap- pened The nighT beTore ThaT you didn'T geT around To iT, Marion? i Charles Hall - Chick , like Ham Penn, knew his way around The Y. His 9-period day aT MJ-l.S. made him almosT a permanenT in'habiTanT. His sar- donic humor and knowledge oT liTe kepT many in hysTerics. EIizabe+h HalsTein-BeTTy kepT her corner oT home room preTTy lively wiTh her endless chaTTer. Her vivacious personaliTy won many Triends during her school days and we know she will gain many more in The TuTure. Alicia Hanchuruck - Alicia was, To all ouTward appearances, very quieT, buT her dancing eyes gave away her True naTure. She was willing To do her parT in war work, as well as in school. Her cheery ways gained her many lasTing Triends. ean l-larT - Jean was ThaT Trienclly girl who had a brighT smile anda cheery hello Tor all her Triends. We .liked her willingness To cooperaTe, her un- Vassurning and sympaTheTic na- Ture, and her pleasanT manner. ix ,. T -er i . . - f 1-af x 1 d.i:.iY, 5 1, . X 3 , Q . My 'as' 1 :OK ra 'f .. A r 1 SWR ,ix 63, if '55 rss f f sc.- ' T x l A s -L ,.g ' ,T A 1 9, ,gs 'fi 3 791 v j',,,, Y ' . y i , , cg- f ,vii ' f l 'i ii K' '4, .35 4:5 Eff! fi ,,. f 5- ' ' 5 . Y i U ar K 1 ...nl al ya QQ- i li if 1 , x ' 2. J-T 'Q .Turf kt c , as ix..- fx 1 Elaine Heflin-Elaine was M.l-l.S.'s giTT..To The world oT,arT. Lane looked inTo The rosy TuTure noT only Toward a career as a pho- Toqgrapher, buT also Toward a dream man,'who is now serving wiTh Uncle Sam's Army over- seas. Marie Hennessy - Those who know Marie are aware oT her reicreshing personaliTy. She was one oT ThaT class oT sTudenTs who acTually worried abouT TesTs, buT her smile never showed iT. Marie is noTed Tor her changing inTer- esTs. Louise HerTweck-Louise Tirmly Bu believed ThaT a soTT voice' was a noble TeaTure in a woman. We agree. l-lerky , who was a good arguer, had sTrong con- vicTions on everyThing and was noT easily dissuaded. rTon Higginson- BurT , The Johnny Weismuller of lvl'.H.S., always had The inclinaTion To push Coach Nadile inTo The pool iusT To TesT The waTer. l-lis individualisTic ideas goT him inTo some Tough scrapes, buT he always Talked himselT ouT oT Them. Marilyn HirsT- lv1arilyn's pleasanT smile won her many Triends. Be- sides her school work, she was kepT busy as an enThusiasTic war worker. Her paTrioTism was also shown by her arclenT sup' porT oT, The Marines. Laverne Hobson- Laverne was a popular miss whose loving, un- dersTanding, sympaTheTic ways won her much respecT and ad- miraTion. l-ler sweeT personaliT and lovely soprano voice will long be Treasured in our memo- ries.