Meriden High School - Annual Yearbook (Meriden, CT)

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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

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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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X Frederick Mandeville - Famous son OT a Tamous TaTher, l-lunky knocked 'em down and picked 'em up regularly in TooTball and baskeTball. l-lis slick hair and romanTic appearance palpiTaTeCl many Tair lvl.l-l.S. hearTs. Nellie Marchik- Nellie was never separaTed Trom her besT girl Triend, Honey , or her chewing gum. She likes bowling buT Trom all appearances her Tavor- iTe pasTime is giggling. WaTch ouT! I-Ter laughTer is conTagious. DoroThy MarTin- Dimples is a cuTe liTTle Number--please. Unlike The purple marTins lfor non-naTuralisTs, They're birdsl DoTTie was The quieT Type. l-ler moTTo was: The earl bird caTches The worm. AlTlfiough DoT was shy, she liked guesTs . Edward McCarThy- Mac The WiT provoked some conTro- versy, buT all approved hearTily The success oT his Timely cracks. lT's hard To believe ThaT such a person could acTually be sTudi- ous, buT he was! Leonard McClinTock - Lennie's loud Ties and brighT eye Tor The girls accompanied his knowl- edge OT dispensing niTTy banana spliTs. l-lis skill aT handicraTTs augured well Tor a TuTure com- mercial arTisT. T-le was craTT aT sending a ball down The bowling alley, Too. Roberi' McLaughlin - Red , The SlooTer enjoyed liTe Thorough- ly despiTe The demands on him Tor experT help 'in physics and geomeTry and experT advice on , snaTching naps in class. -' 'F-. -ig? . X ' i 'Al : 1 . f, S q fi yi Q i I :yi Kg if ii gs sixzzsiir .frm ...T X A- ,. 0 ,X I K I 1 A' A' -I 'I -T , ' 15 QT' . . , , ' 1 Gene McLean-.Gene was one OT Thosezhappy, well liked, and well behaved boys who hardly ever Threw erasers when The Teacher leTT The room! I-le was The mainsTay oT The soccer Team and was in The band. Conscienl Tious Gene could usually be heard asking, Do you Think we'll have a TesT Today? H Lois Melmer- Lois was ThaT liTTle girl wiTh The longhblack hair. big, brown eyes and well-known laugh. You are sure To have seen her Tlying Through The halls, Tollowed by The eyes oT her male admirens. oTher one oT Those people who was allergic To silence as many Teachers Tound ouT when They were blessed wiTh boi-h May and Olga in one class. MeTel , ' Olga MeTelsky-- Iv1e+eI was an- 4 i A , an up-and-coming acTress, led 'quiTe a social liTe! ' 1 el l fr 5? Nancy MeTrelis-Nancy was The 8 , ,Si 'I 5 MoTher halT oT The MeTrelis-Lange ' ' V 'I ,LX duo. AlThough Nan was quieT, 2 -rv' This did noT deTracT Tronn her 1 , ' pleasing personaliTy. lncidens T ' Tally, mosT oT Those neaT cloThes R If X she wore, she made herselT. -1 1 Taj T. i ,,,g. V ' E Paul Michalczyk- Smigs was a A-A - Q V i mild, pleasanT Tellow w-ho was ' well-liked. l-le loved wresTling, and made a preTTy good show- ing on The gym Tloor. .X , V X-gh I 5 ' if l '62 , hiv' viz., TTER T its ' V QZTQQ.-. WsalTer Mierzejewski - As Dr. . STern's able assisTanT,' W'alT .MN-,5,,k,new his caTs and dogs, and maybe even cows and horses. l-le TuncTioned ably in The band Mand4.kepT a keen eye 'on The bva.s,keTba.ll Team. 'ins . 'x'3,' . fa' a'F5 x,I , . N Q. ,,'i