Meriden High School - Annual Yearbook (Meriden, CT)

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Lorraine KosTlca-Lorraine is a Typical Ml-l.S. sTudenT who al- ways greeTs acquainTances wiTh a cheery smile and a pleasanT l-li . l-ler appearance was al- ways one oT neaTness and she can be described as being iusi swell ! JeanneTTe Kowalski - JeanneTTe was a business-minded girl who could be seen in The halls, her arms Tull oT books. l-lowever, she had a sunny smile Tor every- one and was never Too busy To give her asisTance wherever iT was needed. ' Joseph Kowalski- Crow lcnew The inside business oi a sTore. l-le hopes To be a Diesel engi- neer, and iudging by his m6Fl4S. This will be easy Tor him, Mary Koziol-Mary was semie guieT in class, buT a popular 'miss ouTside school. She always had a ready smile lprovided The iolqe was good T-ler ambiTion was To become a model in New Yorlc. She cerTainly had ,The qualiTicaTions! William Kumnick- Bill was well ldnown aT M.l-LS. Tor his unfail- ing Triendliness. l-le is one oT 1 our besf aThleTes, his chieT pas- sions being soccer and baslceT- ball, lncidenTally, Bill claims To have The besT legs on The soccer Team! Beryl Kupfer-Beryl, always a help in relieving The monoTony oT a dull class, dealT wiTh her many worries, especially in chem- isTry, in a gay nonchalanT way. We loved To lisTen' To 'Be'ryl's humorous accounTs oT liTe and iTs various problems. ' l fi . l if Q I 'PX Y'- J' 1 T -i-. A Wi i if..- -Q B ik . X. ST 6- 14 gif. 7 36 .. 'hi . ,, ff? lt 1 sg 3 .- 'Wh WEE' we if ll? 4 fills 1 If Y' 3 -1 .1 Alfreda Kuras- AlTreda was Tha Tall, aTTracTive blonde, who al ways' seemed To Take every Thing in her sTride and leT noT T ing ruTTle her ever calm and ser- ene spiriTs. l-ler guieT unassum 'ing manner appealed To.all oT US. Phyllis Kurcon- Phyl had a re- marlcable abiliTy Tor gabbing, which helped To relieve The mo- noTony, and made her welcome lamong The sTudenTsl. She spenT mosT OT her sTudy periods convincing Miss Dicl4erman she had reTerence work To do. Jean LaBissoniere - Vivacious and smiling, Jean was always ready To help everyone. She was a whiz in hisTory and English, and her Triendly spiriT made her popular wiTh everyone. By The way, you'd have a Tough iob Trying To ouT-Tallc her. Dennis Lamb-The problem child oT Room 7, Dennis spenT so much Time wiTh Mr. l-lunT ThaT he TelT like applying Tor an assisTanT principalship. Dennis did noT enjoy his early morn- ing appoinTmenTs in iVl.l-LS., much preierring a game oT TooTball To a siesTa in The oTTice. E VincenT LamberTi- Vinnie was one OT Those quieT, well-man- nered Tellows, whose abiliTies were varied. AlThough he ex-1 celled in all his subiecTs. his ,TavoriTe by Tar was chemisTry. Good luck To a TuTure Nobel Prize winner! Barbara Lambson - Quiet blonde, bluejeyed Bob ' was all ouT Tor Vicory. She worked 'and , A i U'tfsl'feered. up The service boys ' iii-fgwiVTh many leTTers. Her clever ' 'abiliTy in handicraTTs showed a promising TalenT Tor The TuTure. 3 1, f. 'fi.L,i-.j

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Frances Kelly -i Jea'i'i .ri .Tas 'she H prefers To be known, isias -fair a colleen as ever enTered dear old M.H.S. She likes'To'ldowl and YskaTe as does anyiiiihigh school imiss. buT unlike rnosT modern' girls, she 'does blush'-ni occasionally. . 1 elen Kidder--l-lelen, Mr. Chur- chill's cynic, was The- gal To be Tound whenever. There 'was an argumenT - or a liTTle gos- sip. AlThough Tull OT Tun, l-lelen had her serious momenTs when' she wroTe very good poeTry. ' Bernard Kielbasinski - On The honor roll in his junior year, and playing ouTside baskeTball, The 'smiling wonder oT Room 7 gave' everybody i a consTanT reassur- ance oT his sTeadiness and smil- ing Triendliness. . Mary Kiely- Ky was Tamous Tor her remarks in a cerTain English class. Mary didn'T argue, oT course: she iusT sTood up Tor The sTudenTs' righTs. Ky had her own opinion on everyThing and made a Tine de- baTer. Francis Kiernan-AnoTher war planT maTerial handler, Bud knew his separaTors very well. fl-le knew beTTer whaT To do abouT Tardiness, especially wiTh eighT consecuTive appearances before l-l.C.l-l. aT 7:45. Oh, well, iusT blame iT on The warl Joseph Klenk-Easy-going and jovial by naTure, Joe Took everyThing in his sTride, making plans Tor TuTure work in draTT- ing: and considering The Navy, ,when his Time arrived. loo bad, Joe , governmenT 'draTTing musT be more imporTanT Than yours. g-.M 1 5 g , F xv? L- sg ,Q ' ' ' A T,QrI'1SX - -4 S: , '- N 'Wi' 5. -. ,neg I . - A- ' s as s . T AJ ffwfx I ,,, .4 V ,xi ,lo . Q-I-X 'R .im M6 3 Pg ' .rfb x .ff A an - N i . .eil a, XS f Xl., k 'F ' a T N' . is 4 ' ' 1 5- .' ix . ': ,. z2l'gg.3f 3 ,T . I -1-5 -FSI-ljfi ' af. . . X x iii? ii. .5'f-ffgev' . T, T' 'fi M ITS? A il ii iilmsk Hkfii. f'iiiIfi-wff'eQ-wt- , , ' 'ii ij 'jyafsi , W.: gr.. ' i re- i ' 2 ' , T if 'fr T ' Ei-T. ? G 5 .E A .sl 4 K . E ' -sf r N do 2 ,LI .VA .r A p . Q If I...-.Xe i 'TJ' . Q i X 1 T. 'V -4 E ' 1 ' 1 J I , K' u G.- .' is 5 ', if? , Q TW-Q , ' 1. A . -ak f . 'L' '37 T 1- . L'V : , 1 ' 4 ' -. , . 1 31 if T as 4 r Ui u X Y 'fd -irq l f H it A, . I , 1 .- . ., .,:, 1, . fa rt. . 'ws x 4 me E Y - G ix s-- Ni! svlififis 2, ' .f ? Zgggyiii 1 , I T 1 . T , T - i i Edward Knell+ Swede's perpeT- ual smile and sharp wiT. enliv- -, ened all-his classes. Ed usually T rose above- any Task and could always be 'Found presenTing The A brighTer side of liTe's daily drearyiproblems. ' T Eleanor Kopacz-Take consider- able Talk, considerable laugh- Ter, considerable gab, and con- siderable giggle,ipuT Them in a V human body, and you haveiThe essence oT Eleanor Kopacz. Because ol: This,- El was wel- come everywhere. Edwin Kopp - Besides winning The war aT a war planT, Ed had 5 way. wiTh The local -ladies. Ap- parenTly guieT, he more Than managed his side oT piquan+ conversaTional duels, and could always be counTed on Tor a good laugh. 7 Florence KoryTko-'fl-lave you read any good books laTel-y? was a guesTion oTTen asked b Korky , who loved To readi She was always willing To lend a helping hand To anyone and was especially helpful in The oTlice. STephen Korzenko-A TirsT class sTudenT in The cooperaTive Trade course, STeve is well on his way To becoming a TirsT class carpenTer. Calling Them as he saw Them in The capaciTy oT a sporTs oTlicial was anoTher diffi- culT iob ThaT he handled well.. Edward Kosinski-MainsTay oT a local TacTor, Eddie was an experT aT clocking ouT on The doT oT 8.00 P. M. l-le knew a loT oT The answers in school, someTimes Too many. OuTside he was a iovial fellow, buT in school iT was sTricTly business. T l

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BeTTy Lange-BeTTy composed half oT The Lange-MeTrelis duo, and like Nancy, she wanTed To be a nurse. Busy Though she was, BeTTy always Tound Time To sew and wriTe leTTers To a cerTain someone in The Air Corps, Lucille Lavigne-Lucille was The dark-haired French miss Trom 202. AlThough she was Tamous Tor her giggles, she managed To sTiTle Them long enough To prove herselT an able acTress. Remem- ber Miss Shea? Oh, KaTyl Mary Liber- Mary was' a T pical high school girl who could be seen Talking in The halls wiTh a smile ready Tor everyone. T-ler ambiTion is To become a kin- dergarTen Teacher. She'll be The ideal OT many a liTTle girl and lbigl boy. ' Raymond Lindgren - Ray was a newcomer To M.l-l.S., coming Trom VermonT in The middle OT The year. AlThough he was noT here long, he was accepTed as a good Tellow, and seemed To Think quiTe a biT oT our school. AlberT LiroT- Judge Fudge al- ways wielded his red-handled screw driver gavel wiTh perTecT imparTialiTy in The Trial oT Charlie T-lollman. ArdenT sporTs Tan, TooTball manager and player,, Fudge always had a cheery word Tor dull class- room momenTs. EIizabe+h Luca-BeTTy was Tiny, aTTracTive, and Triendly. She will always be remembered as The girl who had every curl in place. Tor her hair was her crowning glory. She hoped To ioin The CadeT Nurse Corps upon grad- uaTion. 46, 'Q' Nq,4 , :Sr , if if fig., K A tml: LA' -ff' -GX 'ws 'E O . Q 'fx - A T i ,c , Q' if isssai 1 QQ GK km. Lucille Long-Lucille was one OT The Tinie-sT members oT The M.l'T.S.l band. l-Ter dream was To become a TarmereTTe, and she worked Toward ThaT goal by raising chickens. The greaT long- ing in her hearT, Though, was To go back To Ohio. We won- der why. Teresa Lukman- Terry is usual- ly bubbling over wiTh energy and ambiTion even Though she divided her aTTenTion Three ways - school, war work, and iiTTer- bugging. When you are Teele ing low, she is always ready To brighTen your liTe wilh encour- aging complimenTs. 5 Jeanne Lyman-Jeanne was al- ways busily occupied wiTh arT and we all agreed ThaT The re- sulTs were well worTh her eTTorTsl She was well liked, and her help in The musical acTiviTies oT The school was much apprecialed. Jeanne Lynch-Good looks plus! made Jeanne well known around M.l-l.S. The TempTaTion oT The soda TounTain aT her TaTher's drug sTore will noT ruin her chances OT becoming a model! Lorraine Lyons- IT Lorraine knew a good joke, she iusT couldn'T keep iT To herselT. She was besr known Tor her abiliTy To geT in- To someThing she sho'uldn'T, and her classroom comedy kepT us all laughing. William Maieski - Big and bland quieT and smiling, Bill kne all The answers in baseball, main hobby, alThough he cou lisTen aTTenTively To Talk on ar sporT. School subiecTs are n . sporTsl