Meriden High School - Annual Yearbook (Meriden, CT)

 - Class of 1944

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A Ber'Tram Miller- BerT , one OT M.l-l.S.'s besT sTudenTs, was Tamous Tor his curiosiTy in chemisTry. When This resulTed in.an unpleasanT experience, he explained ThaT iT was all in The inTeresT oT science. BerT's quick wiT made him The liTe OT any parTyl Barbara Miller- BObby's knowl- edge OT French keeps her Triends guessing, buT her smile clearly symbolizes her good na- Ture and quick wiT. l-Ter main inTeresT is The Army: wheTher in whole or in parT we have yeT To discover. Fess-up, Bobby l Barbara MillingTon - Bobbie appeared To be an angelic, sTudious liTTle girl, buT ThaT Twinkle in her eye gave her away. She was a cuTe liTTle f ' Trick wiTh dimples and an inTecf Tious grin. A Jack oT all Trades, she was masTer OT one. Gloria MillingTon - STreTch was The nickname OT ThaT Tall, aTTrac- Tive girl usually seen abOuT The school wiTh her pal, Vicky . She liked sporTs and was espef cially well-known Tor her quick, wiTTy comebacks. A - VVallace Miramanif-One OT Theff? TuTure Tarmers OT M.l-l.S., Wally was loaded wiTh quick-' Tongued iokes and a wiTTy reply' To every remark. ManipulaTOr OT spoTlighTs Tor dances, he was The organizer ,OT The checkroom buccaneers. Louis MisenTi-Boon and bosom companion OT lvliramfifli and parTicipanT in allied devilTry. Louis was also Tamous Tor his vagabond Type OT Ford over- loaded wiTh lvl.l-l.S. TourisTs. WiTh These Two as TuTure Tarm- ers, The naTion will- surely have an economic boom. ge f gt J i W T T ,. 1 'S K F' ' . lim .. , .. ,,.,, ,j,,,,,. ,T r fi gif lx Qui lt X W 'Pix wif? T i -,.,N.,,Y ., .wa .fi-.iiammwa lfilzr II, Q9- 4 ,-i.' .. .fre 'f x . f. 2 ' .ii ii Q T I' . Ll Q. 1 'T YQ 1 .a SX X M Kg is .g u llaib 1 5 ' J , 5,55 .. 1 Ai V Jaya: js: 1 T i if X4 , 'wx . Ji 1 an WM.. L. -4 QQ 'iv- ji Ai 9 .4 -X , . ',,. '. . 4 Mary, - under her ,rjdjherl 1sTudi'ous 'exTerior, was ., ifealll' 'iUllg'ogT'1Tu'n, as .all her wcouldl- Te's'TiTy. ljlers' con. 'f would 'seT many V ,galigrougp ,.1' To giggling. As' a nurse, awe, hope iy'ou ll keep The 'p'aTienTs '1a.s7ha'ppy, Mary! ' 'az-T.-' ' . Janie iMoran'Q,Whenever There is music, playing 'you will never Tind Jane'fisiTTingi.sTill. She has been dancing since an early age 'and can cuT a neaT rug. Besides super :TooTwork, Jane has a lik- able,,Q,personaliTygas her many Triends. ew. . 555 T' f r'f?2a:'1, ' . -' -.. MarTin Moirdarski-When asked fwhaT,he wanTed said,abouT him in The 'Annual , lVlarTin replied,- ','Don'T puT anyThing down. -fModesT MarTin plans To join The 'Air' Corps. WiTh his TalenT and emoTional sTabiliTy, he's sure -To -make agood bomber pilOT. ' 'DoroTh Morr' 4 D Y IS oTTie's , aT- gTempTs To wield a pun were appreciaTed by all. A very 50- Cidble person3Q. .DoTTie was al- WGYST ready Tor Tun. As a maT- Ter'-OT TacT, she was laughing fall The Time. 1 l igifephainie Mozdziak - STeT 1 Took school seriously and spenT rnosT QT her Time sTudying, hence The 7'5l,Q'Q,Q9lf'Vf1arkS. gl-Ter 'perseverance and 'TearnesTness 'ofipurpose will help her TO become ,a success inany Tield. Y ' i i'fBFian Murdock+Brian was a siTu- denT in The True sense OT The word l-le was The male aTTrac- Tron oT The French Club and had The repuTaTiOn OT being one OT The besT dressed 5graduaTes OT 44 - 4 . . inifl?-1 ra- ' - gi,-, . 1 L ' ' i r A H. -Xi, 3 n . 1 T 4 - fr .1 ' . , . i V Tj, l- ' 5 I ' 5. L .1ii:gQEf- gf ' ' . . 1 . ffi i+':F-77 .- - -: . ' ' ' ,. . I - T fg,!'i?6Zf.J' fl V- ,s 1 , ' il -1 f ir 55 - ff T' V ' . T j Af'Q! ig2?lQ2. 1241: ' CH :::: Q V 'fi'-43.5-i . Q . 5y.,j,Q., Vi . 1 f. - s. lu F s a-V , .- -1.2, 1.5, ,.-1 1 H nl . i - a ,es - ::: K ff , .., .L , . 1- -' .ffisffi . .als - ,i

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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



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Shirley Myers-AlThough guieT in school, Shirl could always be relied on To rooT Tor Meriden High aT baskeTball games. We wonder iT Shirl will ever make uipiher rnind whaT college she wanTs To aTTendf7 Maricirie Nankervis - Marge was The Tall girl who was always bubbling over wiTh enThusiasm. l-ler ready laughTer could be counTed on To give evidence oi her whereabouTs. Marge had her serious side also, as proved byiher good marks! Frances Naples- Fran was a serious, shy girl, who, neverThe- less, had a hosT oT Triends. Al- Though she worked in a local sTore, her main inTeresT was in keeping up The morale of her broTher in The service. Mary NaTi-Mary was neiTher quieT nor TalkaTive, iusT a happy medium. She was a True Triend and could be depended upon To lead a sympaTheTic ear To any- 'one's Troubles. Her hobby was wriTing leTTers - 'nuTi said! Richard Nauman - Rich was really a good skaTe, especially on The ice aT Mirror Lake where he could Turn ouT a Tancy Tigure eigh+ wiThouT a crash landing, Perhaps The Air Corps could use hirnl John Nessing- Joe was The mosT up-To-daTe baskeTball auThoriTy in M.T-l.S. l-le esTablished his repuTaTion as The referee who Threw Karsmarski ollf The Tloor in a posT'season game wiTh The Willows. Only a greaT man cfould silence Karsmarski. . T i ' i. als ,ch , rf-,..,. A' 19? .was .l ':.7' HJQLX , 'x.- 5 'KL-3' ' , 1, s 4, ,' l , 'M i rss, , Nr. ' fre . A KN ?i7fY3i.ziii' fs ' i is ':'Qi 4a. i Y'f5i?E1 4. 65 Q., 1 lass. 'Y- f 1 X T' 7 ' mT Q ' ,. Harold Neun-Years oT service in The family grocery sTore have made Harold an auThoriTy on bookkeeping, accounTing, and 'The income Tax. l-le'll answer a quesTion on i anyThing ,excepT poeTry, and he can ,sell any- Thing. - John Neun-A raTher quieT Tel- low, John spenT mosT oT his Time and energy in The conTines of The machine deparTmenT. Upon graduaTion he hopes To con- Tinue his work as a machinisT. LeoneTTa Niemiec-Qddly enough B NeTTy's main inTeresTs were boTh in SouTh Meriden. Al- Though she was kepT busy bee Tween a defense planT'and The airporT, she sTill had Time To be The able represenTaTive ol Room lO2. arbara NorclsTrom-You were assured of a good Time whenf ever Barbara was in The crowd. She was a whiTe collar girl who was waiTing paTienTly Tor a cerTain blueeeyed- sailor To ref Turn. SrnooTh sailing ahead, Babs l 'rginia Olivier - The PersonaliTy Vi r we. Q 1 Q ,ii , . if l lx Xia Qtnv Kid. Jean's viTaliTy, sinceriTy in acTions and words, considera' Tion Tor oThers, and good na- Ture, made her one oi The mosT popular sTudenTs. l-ler slick looks were an asseT, Tool A VicToria Olschefske - Vicky was ThaT peTiTe French girl wiTh' The Tricky laugh. She could usuallly be seen abouT The school wiT- her inseparable pal, STreTch MillingTon.

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