Meriden High School - Annual Yearbook (Meriden, CT)

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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.

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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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.- r .x i ' - ElizabeTh Hogan- Your.eyes5have' V f Mary Ann. larusso-Mary Ann Told me so. One oT The come- , , T T ce'rTainly proved ThaT old .sal - . . ,fs . , - Y ly misses of The sTenographuc ,A H 3. . Q 451 l ing ThaT good Things come in course, 'BeTTy was always Tull is , Q A f ' small epackages. YeT, small ,as ol: pep .and enThusnasm. S e ex- -' T she was, her smile included celled in sporTs, as shown by , l . everyone. ThaT indusTrious TraiT The Tresh ouTdoor look on her , , jin her ,characTer should help her TGCS- l ' gpyin success aT'whaTever she a e'mpTs. ' Charles Hollman-ExperT drum- mer, and hyypoTriTical believer in -A 4 oeTr, C arie had uiTe a T T W lrene Jankowski- Minn , The - Hair Tlor The girls. This Crip-and 5, T Q 'W energeTic Type, liked iTo Touri Coming H6909 KVUPGH- bGSlCl9S ,i 3 ' The counTryside on her bike. l99'nQ 5 Pflpular .member of gl. 1, Besides This .pasTime, she en- lVl'l'l-S-' l3l5Yed WITT1 la well- i ioyed music, reading, and'swim- known orchesTra and sTill Tound 2, g V X ming- HOW tmugh Spare H,-ne Time To help ouT aT his dad's Tr' TX' did yan have, Min ? service sTaTion. X - 1 George Hollman-No one in . Q i' lvl.l-l.S. enioys resTing in The ,gg , T CaTherine Jones- Jonsie was arms oT Morpheus more Than --T rm The possessor oT one oT 'The George. .No wonder, besides ,mfg - V cheeriesT grins in The school, and working, he enjoys many exTra- A' my she was noT aTraid To use iT. curricular acTiviTies including ' As a prospecTive Teacher, 'This TooTball. baskeTball, and mash- ,T ,',, T' ' lovable lirrle ray oT sunshine will ing! , K surely be on The beam. - ' it X' BeTTyf Huber - Even WebsTei' ,ff M A wofuld have Trouble describing ' N . A I . 1 ' - ' - - 1 -. . nn J - ma r s B'eTTy,I whose brisTling wiT, explos ig Q Q!! T was uqslefl inAm b5+ H:2U'n:We fm! sive aughTer, and conTagIous 41 y my . Y 9' U 9 U - hul'nor made her The mosT pop- f-is ',4, Q '4 is ' maY have walked around W'll ulalr girl aT Tvl.l-l.S. She was The si' 5 2 .,,. A , her hea-d in The clouds,-' she - Superlayive of me C1655 of '44 , , -' D is l.A,,., l could sTill Top any -OT The lokes and has 5 personamy HIM will 7. 2 y , her TaTher cracked in chem1sTry. carry her Through liTe on Top all if :A , ' The way. X X X 1 y , l 1 l l , . l ' l l is l Paul Karsmarski - l-ligh school allas HunT- Dal , wiTh her T ,, T - ' hearT-beaT 'Dunnie was unsur- relady smile, was Tamed Tor her ' E ,F 'Q 3 2 passed aT TooTball, baskeTbal.l, iokes in Chemggfry, She did a fl 'V' gflglrl A hu ' y and broken-down oraTory. His . greaT iob giving our Team en- 3 in 12 ' i sunny naTure wenT well wiTh The ThusiasTic supporT. l-ler enviable Al ' - ' V curl in his hair. We really need isdcial liTe sTill leTT her Time To . j,Tg,g ,i,.. , : ynrjyl g A a go-od lawyer. like Dunnie, To keep on The l-lonor Roll. - ll. improve The relaTionship bee sie, Tween cerTain sTudenTs. . , N l T A Il T Leona KaTz Ever Thin ou o Mmlwln Hupfer-f HMSVH had GU V f ' li ,Ido well was The ghilosgpyhy Tl'iaTi V uhassuming. quieT manner..TDuT Ty R Q, , . le T -,,T, F-gusiderd ILeona-Towards,no+ew.arQ ll? was alW5Y5 feadl' iamckwllllng f , T ,f H by 1Thy , accomplishmenTs. Q'-She1,,puAT T' To'cooperaTe. IT you-.asked him.. iv, ' R Ei.,,?iQ,,,,beri.'whpIe heawf and'gClljl'ii-11-b bjoys, he could Tel-.you5The?2b,esTF2: yw g- T' r. gf ' A If QQ V',' f'QQeve,ry' Task she performed. lfler 1 ldlace U TQWUQ iq 'l9PlTf1ff:XQ9sE4r.QlQ iis. ' 4, ia's T ii5TTf.iifEfQf9a+lVeir- COmF4QSiTiOnSf fared .fA.. T i'r-K e. - .ss ,,.. s 4 A' 7 ?- i 1 ,441 fr H ' '.-T, rsff-