Middletown High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Middletown, CT)

Text from Pages 1 - 104 of the 1954 volume:

CAULDRON PUBLISHED BY 1354 SENIOR CLASS MIDDLETOWN HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLETOWN, CONNECICUT DEDICATION MR. CARLETON L. WALKER We, the Class of 1954, dedicate this Cauldron” to Mr. Carleton L. Walker, in recognition of his faith- ful and conscientious service as adviser of our year- book. 2 FOREWORD Through the pages of this book are represented the unfor- gettable achievements and memories of our four years at Mid- dletown High School. Not only can we profit by the further knowledge that we have gained, but we can also recall the pleasant memories. We have learned the true value of educa- tion as well as that of sportsmanship, and to many of us has come the realization of our ambitions. Since we began our high school careers, we have developed both in body and in mind. With a greater understanding of ourselves and of others, we are better prepared to face the future, with the hope that it will be as happy and successful as our years at Middletown High School. 3 in JWemortam WALTER MESICK In Memory of Our Beloved Fellow Classmate and Friend WALTER MESICK The Class of 1954 OLD FAMILIAR PLACES Harold E. Healy John R. Dunn Mildred Atwell Assislant Principal, Guidance Director, Driver Typing, Bookkeeping, Algebra, Math Education Machine Practice, Math A F A C U L T Y A. Merton Bozoian Geometry, Trigonometry. Algebra Ida F. Chadwick Homemaking Helen K. D’Apice Math A, Sales, Typing, Stenography 1 9 5 4 John F. DeNunzio Agnes G. Drennan Agnes K. Fahey Industrial Arts English Stenography, Transcription. Typing, Office Practice, Placement Lois A. Fanska English Waino R. Fillback Physical Education Santo Fragilio Music Theory, Instrumental Music 7 F A C Margaret E. Flynn Mrs. Jean M. Gagon John J. Gale Business Law, General Physical Education US. History, Economics Business, Bookkeeping u L T Y Mrs. Winifred E. Hummell Adrian A. Johnson Carl V. Johnson Secretary US. History, Modern Physics, Biology, General History Science 1 9 5 4 8 Margaret M. Kinniery Sidney W. Leggett Mrs. Alma M. Masley French, German, Biology General Math, Typing, Latin General Business Philip F. Masley Agriculture Agnes I. Matteson James G. Murphy Homemaking Chemistry, General Science Eleanor J. Riordan Marjories J. Simons John E. Sweeney World History. Latin Secretary Art Algebra, General Science, English Spanish, Italian, World Social Studies History Carleton L. Walker Arline G. Walter H. Dorothy Wigmore Margery G. Woodington English Secretary English, Latin English 1954 MR. JAMES G. MURPHY MISS ELEANOR J. RIORDAN MRS. ALMA M. MASLEY SENIOR CLASS ADVISERS 10 MR. JOHN J. GALE Roger Nielsen President Betty Tringali Secretary CLASS OFFICERS 1954 Jack McKnight Vice-President William Byrd Treasurer 11 CAULDRON Third Row: Marino, DiMauro, Gondek, Agnew, Atkins, McCormack, Aubin, Nelson, Ryan, Shea, Schondorf. Second Row: Gallo, DiClemente, Appellof, Tringali, Larson, Blake, Ciaburri, Amato, CoFrancesco, Doolan, DiMauro, Schaefer. First Row: Pattavina, Lewan- dowski, Bonvino, Merenda, Spaeth, Riumerman, Smith, Dawson, Landau, Miceli. JANE SPAETH Editor-in-Chief JOYCE SMITH Literary Editor Adrienne Ackerman, Lorraine Airo, Betty Atkins, Doris Bonvino, Barbara Ciaburri, Louise CoFrancesco, Dorothy DeMauro, Barbara Jean DiMauro, Ann Marie DiClemente, Joan Gallo, Joan Franklin, Pauline Gon- dek, Pat Gritsel, Jean Hargreaves, George Holmes, Joyce Johnson, Fran Lewandowski, Connie Marino, Sheila McAllister, Anne McCormack, Kay McCor- mack, Fran Merenda, Lucille Piruccio, Flo Rame, Joan Schaefer, Georgene Waldie. DORIS BONVINO Photography Editor Janet Appellof, Barbara Jean DiMauro, Karen Hahn, Stanley Dunn. PEGGY RUIMERMAN Business Manager Gloria Agnew, Janet Appellof, Marie Amato, Judith Bidwell, Rose DiMauro, Anne Doolan, Pat Gritsel, Barbara Landau, Jayne Larson, Phyllis Malone, Connie Marino, Carolyn Miceli, Betty Nelson, Joan Schaefer, Janice Ryan, Betty Tringali, Georgene Waldie. FRANCES MERENDA Head Typist Lorraine Airo, Janet Appellof, Marilyn Behm, Judy Bidwell, Doris Bonvino, Joan Franklin, Pat Gritsel, Barbara Landau, Fran Lewandowski, Phyllis Malone, Lucille Piruccio, Flo Rame, Phyllis Sundell. JEAN SCHONDORF BARBARA BELLAVIA Art Editors Carol Dawson, Priscilla Hannon, Fran Lewandowski, Fran Merenda, Barbara Jean DiMauro. 12 SENIORS ADRIENNE ACKERMAN Adrienne” 174 Lincoln Street The cautious seldom err” Driver Training 3; Tiger Tales 4; Cauldron. Ambition: College GLORIA AGNEW Glo” Cromwell Brains and beauty, what a combination” F.H.A. 1, 3; Badminton 4; Radio Programs 1,3; Cauldon; Dance Committees 3, 4; Sports Club 4; Teacher’s Secretary 3, 4; National Honor Society 3, 4; G.S.L. Room Representa- tive 3. Ambition: Nurse LORRAINE AIRO Lea” 25 Park Place Quiet and neat, friendly and sweet” Cauldron; Bowling Club 3, 4; Teacher’s Secretary 3, 4; Bad- minton 1, 2, 3, 4; Dance Com- mittees 1, 2, 3, 4; Driver’s Training 3; Volleyball 1; Ten- nis 1, 2, 4; Sport Club 4; Bas- ketball 1, 2; G.A.A. Repre- sentative 4. Ambition: Secretary MARIE AMATO Merk” 580 High Street Away with books, we’re here for fun” Basketball 1, 2; Bowling 2; Italian Club 1, 2; Tiger Tales 2; F.H.A. 4; Cauldron; Girls’ Sports Club 4; Tumbling 1, 2. Ambition: Interior decorator RAYMOND ANDERSON Andy” 42 Grove Road Cromwell It is meat and drink for me to be a clown” Dance Committees 2, 3, 4; Bas- ketball 1; Supreme Court 1; Mayor-for-a-Day Program 3, 4; Fire Squad 2. Ambition: U. S. Coast Guard Academy JANET APPELLOF Jan” 14 Frazier Avenue ''Happy am I from care set free; Why aren’t they all contented like me?” Tiger Tales 1, 2, 3, 4; Play- makers 1, 2; Cauldron; Basket- ball 2; Volleyball 2; Student Government 1; Dance Com- mittees 1, 2, 3, 4; Spanish Club 3; Radio Programs 1, 2, 3, 4; Girls Sport Club 4; Assemblies 4; Rifle 1. Ambition: Teacher and success HOWARD ARMSTRONG Buddy” Birch Road, Moodus ''Manners make the man” Crosscountry 1; Basketball 1; Driver Training 2. Ambition: Army ELIZABETH ATKINS Betty” 540 High Street ''She is pretty to walk with, and witty to talk with, and pleasant, too, to think on” Basketball 2, 4; Badminton 2, 3; Baton Corps 3; Tumbling Club 2, 3; F.H.A. 2, 3, State Historian 4; Art Club 3; Sports Club 4; Dance Committee 4; Cauldron. Ambition: Hairdresser 14 HELEN AUBIN Hellsinkie” 23 South Street, Cromwell 'The only true love is love at first sight; second sight dispells it” Bowling 1, 2, 4; Radio 1, 3, 4; F. H.A. 1,2, 3,4; Basketball 2; G. S.L. 3, 4; Student Govern- ment 2, 3; Teacher’s Secretary 3, 4; Driver Training 3; Caul- dron; Sports Club 4. Ambition: Hairdresser LILLA BASILE Lee” 165 Lincoln Street Silence is never regretted” F.H.A. 3; Bowling 1. Ambition: Business MARILYN BEHM Mo” 9 Warren Street If work interferes with pleas- ure, the heck with work” Tiger Tales 2, 4; Teacher’s- Secretary 3, 4; Dance Commit- tees 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3; Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4; Radio Programs 3, 4. Ambition: Secretary BARBARA BELLAVIA Barb” Pasco Hill Road Cromwell Sweet, simple, and demure,i Cauldron; Dance Committees 2, 4; Radio Program 1; Teach- er's Secretary 3, 4. Ambition: Secretary ALBERT BEMENT Al” 228 William Street Silence is one of the virtues of the wise” Ambition: College and success PATRICIA BEMENT Pattie” 228 William Street The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do” Ambition: Office work JEANNE BENNETT Blondie” 47 Warwick Street A friendly face—a ready smile” Tiger Tales 1, 2; Baton Corps 2; Teacher’s Secretary 3, 4. Ambition: Model JUDITH BIDWELL Judy” 32 Fairview Avenue Pretty and gay, she s always that way” Teacher’s Secretary 4; Driver Training 3; Basketball 1, 2; Sport Club 4; Cauldron; Tiger Tales 2, 3, 4. Ambition: Private secretary 15 JOANNE BLAKE Bloke” 2 Stowe Avenue Not too serious, not too gay” Rifle 1, 2, 3, 4; Bowling 3, 4; Assembly Programs 1, 2, 3, 4; Radio Programs 1, 2, 3, 4; Sport Club 4; Little Choir 2, 3, 4. Ambition: Business world DORIS BONVINO Deb” 98 William Street Always happy, always gay, Always smiling, that’s her way” G.A.A. Representative 1; Bowl- ing 1, 3, 4; Tumbling 1, 2; F.H.A. 1; Italian Club 1; Bas- ketball 1,2; Cheerleading 3, 4; Badminton 1, 2, 3, 4; Radio Programs 1,2; Dance Commit- tees 1, 2, 3, 4; Mayor-for-a-Day Programs 2, 3, 4; Tennis 1, 2, 4; Tiger Tales 3; Teacher’s Sec- retary 3, 4; Art Club 4; Slate Committee 4; Cauldron; G.S.L. Class Representative 2. Ambition: Teacher JOHN BURNS Jack” 2 Carroll Place Cromwell Not that I hate study less, but that I love fun more” Baseball 1; Dance Committees 2. Ambition: Business RONALD BYLAND Ron” 54 Broad Street I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes” Swimming 2, 3, 4; Dance Com- mittees 1, 2, 3, 4; Spanish Club 4; Art Club 4. Ambition: U. S. Navy WILLIAM BYRD Bee” 18 Sumner Street A quiet tongue shows a wise head” Baseball 1; Class Treasurer 4. Ambition: Barber ANNE BYSTREK Annie” Higby Road Always friendly, always gay, is this lassie’s merry way” Tumbling 1, 2; Dance Com- mittees 2; Basketball 2; Volley- ball 3. Ambition: Waves MARYAN CAFFREY Fin” 589 Main Street Cromwell Quiet but true, this lass carries through” F.H.A. 1,2, 3, 4; Bowling 1,2. Ambition: Undecided WILLIAM CAHILL Red” 483 High Street Unthinking, idle, wild, and young, I laugh’d, and danc’d and talk’d and sung” Baseball 2, 3, 4. Ambition: College 16 BARBARA CARLSON Red” 23 Wall Street Cromwell An angel—well, perhaps” F.H.A. 1; Student Government 1; Mayor-for-a-Day Program 1, 3; Dance Committees 1,2, 3,4; Teacher’s Secretary 4; All State 4; Little Choir 2, 4. Ambition: Housewife CLIFFORD CARLSON Cliff” 151 Vine Street Thus to turn serious matters into sport” Tennis 1; Baseball 2, 3, 4; Bas- ketball 1, 2, 3; Dance Commit- tees 2; Radio Programs 1, 2, 3. Ambition: College N . f V _ k J GUY CARTA Guy” Ballfall Road Men of few words are the best” Cross Country 1, 2, 3, 4; Bas- ketball 1, 2; Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Quartet 2; Radio Programs 1, 2, 3, 4; Student Government 1. Ambition: College SHAUN CASHMAN Shaunie” 19 Clinton Avenue Never do today what you can leave until tomorrow” Swimming 1; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Police Force 3; Basketball 3, 4; Class Treasurer 3; Dance Committees 2, 3, 4. Ambition: College ROBERT CHASSER Chas” 9 South Street Cromwell Quiet and sincere” Radio Program - Mayor - for - a Day 3; Art Club 4; Dance Committees 2, 3. Ambition: Radio JOSEPH CHESTER Joe” 74 Hubbard Street If friends be credit, he has much gain” Football 2, 3, 4; Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Rifle 1; Radio Programs 2, 3; Mayor-for-a-Day Program 1, 2, 3, 4. Ambition: College BARBARA CIABURRI Barb” 451 High Street Mischief dances in her; she's a devil in disguise” Italian Club 1, 2; Bowling Club 2; Tumbling Club 2; Badmin- ton Club 2, 3, 4; Police Force 3; Tiger Tales 3; Basketball 1; F.H.A. Club 3, 4; Art Club 4; Teacher’s Secretary 4; Dance Committees 2, 3; Sport Club 4; Volleyball 1. Ambition: Secretary BENJAMIN CITRON Benj” 131 High Street I am not arguing with you— I am telling you” Swimming 2, 3, 4; Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Cross Country 3; Basket- ball 1; Plays 1, 2; Nutmeg Boys’ State 3; Tiger Tales 3, 4; Dance Committees 2. Ambition: Undecided 17 LOUISE COFRANCESCO Weeze” 1 Stow Avenue Mischief and Louise go hand in hand” Italian Club 1,2; Bowling Club 1; Tumbling Club 1; Basket- ball 1, 2; Tiger Tales 3; Volley- ball 2; Police Force 3; Cheer- leading 4; Dance Committees 2, 3, 4; Sport Club 4; Teacher's Secretary 4. Ambition: Secretary PETER CONDIT Pete” Nooks Hill Road Cromwell ”1 remember a mass of things, out of which nothing distinctly” Ambition: Farmer ROBERT COOKE Bob” 104 West Street Sigh no more, girls; sigh no more” Photography Club 4; Audio- Visual Club 4; Swimming 4. Ambition: Engineer CAROL DAWSON Carol” 50 Jackson Street Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep” Tumbling 2, 3, 4; Baton Corps 3,4; Dance Committees I, 2, 3, 4; Art Club 4; G.A.A. Room Representative 3; Cauldron; Bowling 3; Driver Training 3. Ambition: Secretary DOROTHY De MAURO Dodo 658 High Street Women are not measured by inches” Cauldron; Dance Committees 1, 2, 3, 4; Italian Club 3, 4; Driver Training 3; Assemblies 1, 2, 3; G.S.L. Room Repre- sentative 1, 4; G.A.A. Room Representative 2. Ambition: Nurse JOSEPH DnPROTO Joe” 23 Hubbard Street Many of us spend half our wishing for things we could have if we didn’t spend half our time wishing” Art Club 4. Ambition: Artist ANN MARIE DiCLEMENTE Ann” 165 Pearl Street Gentle is her way; Quiet is her manner” Rifle 1; Tiger Tales 4; Cauld- ron; Driver Training 2; Dance Committees 2, 3, 4. Ambition: College BARBARA Di MAURO Begi” 23 South Street Cromwell I was a Girl Scout ’til I started Boy Scouting” Student Government 1; G.S.L. Representative 1; Mayor-for-a Day Program 1, 3; Dance Com- mittees 1, 3,4; Radio Programs 1, 3, 4; Get-Out-The-Vote Campaign 3; Police Force 3; Basketball 3, 4; Tumbling 3; Bowling 4; Teacher’s Secretary 4. Ambition: Social Work JACK Di MAURO Jack” 41 Green Street All great men are dead, and I'm not feeling well” Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Secre- tary 3; Dance Committees 3, 4; Assembly 3; Italian Club 2, 3. Ambition: College ROSE Di MAURO Rose” 51 Warwick Street With sweetness fresh as a rose” Bowling 1; Tumbling 1, 2; Italian Club 1; G.S.L. Repre- sentative 1, 2, 3; Student Government 1, 2; Radio Pro- grams 1, 2, 3; Cheerleader 2, 3, 4; Mayor-for-a-Day 3; Sport Club 4; Teacher’s Secretary 4; F.H.A. 4; Cauldron; Assemb- lies 1, 2, 3, 4. Ambition: Beautician THOMAS Di MAURO Curly” 211 South Main Street Don't hurry me, III get there” Cross Country 2; Basketball 1, 2; Baseball 1; Tennis 1, 2; Sex- tette 1; Little Choir 4; Italian Club 1, 2; House of Repre- sentatives 1, 2; Fire Squad 2, 3; Dance Committees 1, 2. Ambition: College WILLIAM DINEEN Bill” 165 Grand Street Like a book he's bound to please” Basketball 2; Dance Commit- tees 2; French Club 3. Ambition: College CHARLES DITTMAN Charlie” 713 Main Street Cromwell 1 like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it all day” Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Cross Country 2, 4; Dance Commit- tees 3, 4; Class President 3; Mayor-for-a-Day Program 3; Fire Department 3; Track 3, 4. Ambition: Engineering RICHARD DONAHUE Dick” 14 Prospect Hill Road Cromwell Sing away sorrow, sing away care” Ensemble 1, 2, 3, 4; Quartette 1, 2, 3, 4; French Club 3; Camera Club 4. Ambition: Good musician ANN DOOLAN Ann” Stack Street It’s better to be a mischief than an inconvenience” Cauldron; Teacher's Secretary 4; Bowling Club 2; Sport Club 4; Dance Committees 2, 3, 4; Tumbling 2, 3; Basketball 2; F.H.A. 3, 4. Ambition: Secretary RICHARD DOOLEY Dick” 42 High Street Dick makes the bleachers rock with cheers, And in his team dispelles all all fears” Senate 2; Student Council 3; Police Force 3; Mayor-for-a- Day 1, 2, 3, 4; Football 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Dance Committees 1, 2, 3, 4. Ambition: College 19 JOHN D’ORIO '’Johnny 2 Kings Avenue Those who know him best praise him most” Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Assem- blies 3; Italian Club 3, 4; Fire Squad 4. Ambition: Teacher STANLEY DUNN Stan” 124 Washington Street Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing” French Club 3; Photography Club 4. Ambition: Engineer PHILIP FERRAGUTO Phil 198 South Main Street Happy go lucky, that's his way, Always smiling, always gay” Tennis 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3; Police Force 3. Ambition: Business college GERALD FRANKLIN Jerry” Franklin Road Cromwell As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean” Photography Club 3, 4. Ambition: Photographer JOAN FRANKLIN Frankie” Shadow Lane Cromwell Patience is the chiefest fruit of study” Rifle 1, 2, 3; Basketball 1,2, 3, 4; Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4; Bad- minton 1, 2, 3, 4; Dance Com- mittees 1, 2, 3, 4; Tiger Tales 3; Student Government 3; Girls’ State 3; National Honor Society 3, 4; Teacher’s Secre- tary 3, 4; Cauldron. Ambition: College JOAN GALLO Shorty” 56 Center Street Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves” Basketball 2; National Honor Society 3, 4; Tiger Tales 4; Cauldron; Radio Broadcasts; French Club 3; Volleyball 3; Driving 4. Ambition: College BLAIR GLEISBERG Blair 81 Vine Street Still water runs deep” Ambition: Salesman GERALD GOLDBERG Jerry” 45 Meech Road The reward of a thing well done is to have it done” Photography Club 3, 4; Tennis 1, 2, 3; Football 2, 3; Swim- ming 2, 3; Mayor-for-a-Day Radio Programs 1, 2, 3. Ambition: Research scientist in extraterrestrial travel 20 PAULINE GONDEK Pigi 2 Fountain Avenue No quiet, nor loud, nor short, nor tall But a pleasant mingling of them all” Bowling 1; Badminton 1, 2, 3; Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4; Radio Programs 1, 3, 4; Dance Com- mittees 2, 3, 4; G.S.L. Repre- sentative 2; Driver Training 3; Tennis 4; Parade of Youth Cor- respondent 4; Tiger Tales 4; Cauldron; Sport Club 4; Bas- ketball 2, 3, 4. Ambition: College PATRICIA GRITSEL Pattie” 3 Kings Avenue One laugh is worth a thousand groans” G.S.L. Representative 1; Bas- ketball 2, 3, 4; Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4; Badminton 2, 3, 4; Tennis 2, 4; Photography 3; Teacher’s Secretary 3, 4; Cauldron; Tiger Tales 4; Radio Programs 3; Sextette 1; Sport Club 4; Dance Committees 2, 3. Ambition: Secretary ARNOLD GROSS Fin” 154 South Main Street Never trouble trouble 'till trouble troubles you” Swimming 1, 2; Tennis 1, 2; Tiger Tales 1, 2; Driver Train- ing 2; Dance Committees 2, 3; Photography Club 2; Mayor- for-a-Day Program 2, 3, 4; Football 3. Ambition: College KAREN HAHN Hahnengockel” 263 Court Street Made up of wisdom and fun” Teacher's Secretary 2; French Club 1; Junior Art Club 1; Volleyball 1; Tennis 1; Senior Slate Committee. Ambition: Airline hostess KATHERINE HAMLIN Katie Nooks Hill Road Cromwell Good humored, frank, and free” Assemblies; Spanish Club 3, 4; Basketball 1, 4; Sport Club 4; F.H.A. Ambition: Nurse PRISCILLA HANNON Priscilla 35 Catherine Street Music waves eternal wands” Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 3; Assemblies 2, 3; Volleyball 3; Sport Club 4; Driving 4; Spanish Club 3, 4; Cauldron; Tennis 2. Ambition: Medical technician JEAN HARGREAVES Fluff” 83 Crescent Street r,Love is worth more than intelligence” G.A.A. Officer 2; Band Council 1, 4; Class Officer 1; Cauldron; Dance Committees 1, 3, 4; Driver Training 3; Basketball 2; Volleyball 3; National Honor Society 4. Ambition: Nursing JOSEPH HARTIGAN Zeke 146 Grand Street And bears his blushing honors thick upon him” National Honor Society 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Tiger Tales 3, 4; Student Government 3; Mayor-for-a-Day 2, 3, 4; Class President 2; Dance Commit- tees 2, 3; Assemblies 2, 3; Boys’ State 3. Ambition: College 21 GEORGE HOLMES George” 43 Brainerd Avenue Praise the Lord and pass another s pith all” Tiger Tales 1, 2; Radio 1, 2, 3; Audio Visual Aid Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Little Choir 1, 3, 4; Dra- matics 2, 3, 4; Playmakers 2, 3, 4. Ambition: Banking WILLIAM HUBBARD Bill” 34 Timber Hill Road Cromwell Life is too short to be serious” Student Government 1, 2, 3; Dramatics 2, 3; Audio Visual Aids 1,2, 3,4. Ambition: Electrical Engineer GILBERT JOHNSON Gil” 19 Pleasant Street Cromwell Give me liberty and plenty of it” Ambition: College JOYCE JOHNSON Joyce” 11 Timber Hill Road Talking comes by nature, silence by wisdom” Rifle 2, 3; Basketball 2; Volley- ball 2, 3; Badminton 2; Na- tional Honor Society 3, 4; Sport Club 4; Steering Com- mittee 3; Cauldron. Ambition: Laboratory technic- ian DOLORES KARPINSKI Dee” 79 College Street There’s no trusting in appearances” Tiger Tales 2; Dance Commit- tees 3, 4; Art Club 4; Sport Club 4; F.H.A. 1, 2, 4; Teach- er’s Secretary 4. Ambition: Nurse PATRICIA KELLY Pat” 18 Stow Avenue She is as good as she is fair” Art Club 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Tumbling 4. Ambition: Nursing THOMAS KELLY Tom” Willow Brook Road Cromwell Farming is not really a business; it is an occupation” F.F.A. 3, 4. Ambition: Agricultural work JAMES KOCH Jimmy” 475 High Street They may record the mischiefs he hath done” Football 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Radio Programs 3; As- sembles 3. Ambition: College 22 MARY KOWALCZYK Mary Ann” 18 Sumner Street Silence is more musical than any song” Dance Committee 3; Teacher’s Secretary 4. Ambition: Secretary BENJAMIN LENDA Ben” 1 Wall Street, Cromwell I love to meditate—on anything but books” House of Representatives 1; Radio Programs 1, 4. Ambition: Engineer BARBARA LANDAU Bobbi” 59 Broad Street Come and trip it as ye go on the light fantastic toe” Playmakers 1; Baton Corps 1, 2, 3; Dance Committee 1, 2, 3, 4; All School Play 3; Operetta 3, 4; Tiger Tales 3, 4; Caul- dron; Radio Programs 3; Tumbling 2; Teacher’s Secre- tary 4; Bowling 3, 4. Ambition: College MARGO LESSOR Margo” 629 Main Street Smile with an intent to do mischief” Dance Committees 3; Sport Club 4. Ambition: Bookkeeper • JANE LARSON Jayne” 6 Court Place It’s love. It’s love that makes the world go round” F.H.A. 1, 2; Student Govern- ment 1, 2; Dance Committees 1,2; Mayor-for-a-Day Program 2, 3; Tiger Tales 4. Ambition: Nurse FRANCES LEWANDOWSKI Fran 40 Ferry Street Never a worry; never a care, She’ll smile for you most anywhere” Tumbling 1,2, 3, 4; Basketball 3, 4; Art Club 4; Dance Com- mittees 1, 2, 3, 4; G.S.L. Room Representative 3, 4; F.H.A. 1, 3; Radio Programs 1, 2, 3, 4; Baton Corps 3; Cheerleader 4; Cauldron; Teacher’s Secretary 4; Sport Club 4; Volleyball 4. Ambition: Nurse JOHN LAUDANO Jack” Washington Road Cromwell He will make good” Playmakers 1; Mayor-for-a-Day 3; Radio Programs 1, 2; Senior Frolic Committee 4. Ambition: To do something I can be proud of NORMAN LINDBERG Swede” 30 Lincoln Road Cromwell He has fine appreciation of the musical” All State 3, 4. Ambition: Musician 23 JOSEPH MAGNANO Joe” 12 McDonough Place Tall, dark, and handsome” Swimming 1, 2, 3, 4; Fire De- partment 3; Art Club 4. Ambition: Money PHYLLIS MALONE ''Phyl” 438 Long Lane When she comes in, then mischief's begun House of Representatives 2; Teacher’s Secretary 4; Caul- dron; Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4; Dance Committees 1, 2, 3, 4. Ambition: Secretary CORRADO MALTESE 'Budge” 127 Liberty Street A poor excuse is better than none Football Manager 4; Dance Committee 3; Italian Club 2, 3; Fire Department 3. Ambition: College CONSTANCE MARINO Connie” 562 Main Street Cromwell Dark-haired, dark-eyed, her aspect always blithe” Bowling 1, 2; Italian Club 1; Basketball 1, 2, 3; Volleyball 1, 3; Tumbling 1; Badminton 2; Dance Committees 2, 3; Tiger Tales 3; Sport Club 4; Cauldron; Teacher's Secretary 4; Driver Training 3; F.H.A. 4; Baton Corps 2; Assemblies 2. Ambition: Medical secretary MICHAEL MASELLI Mike” Ranney Street Cromwell 1 ought to have my own way in everything; And what’s more, I will Playmakers; Audio Visual Aids. Ambition: Air Force SHEILA MCALLISTER Sheila” Washington Road Cromwell Not too serious; not too gay; she's just right in every way” Tennis 2; Playmakers 2, 3, 4; Mayor-for-a-Day Program 3; Driver Training 3; Basketball 3, 4; Tiger Tales 4; Bowling 3, 4; Volleyball 3, 4; Spanish Club 3, 4; Sport Club 4; Caul- dron; Teacher’s Secretary 4. Ambition: College ANNE MCCORMACK Mike” 140 Main Street Wherever there is mischief, there is Anne” Tumbling 2; Tiger Tales 3, 4; Baton Corps 1, 2, 3, 4; Caul- dron; Driver Training 3; Teacher’s Secretary 4; G.A.A. Room Representative 2. Ambition: Model KATHLEEN McCORMACK Kay” 34 Spring Street Always witty, always gay, you’ll hear her laughter every day” Tiger Tales 4; Cauldron; Bas- ketball 4; Sport Club 4; Dance Committees 3; Driver Training 3. Ambition: Private secretary 24 CAROL MCDOWELL Dimples” 57 West Street She is still a laughing lassie— free from all haughty airs” G.A.A. Representative 1; F.H.A. 1; Dance Committees 3; Radio Programs 2, 3. Ambition: Bookkeeper george Mcknight Jack 40 Grove Road Cromwell It’s not my fault the girls like me” Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Dance Committees 1, 2, 3, 4; Mayor-for-a-Day Program 1, 2, 3; Police Force 2, 3; Fire Squad 3; Class Officer 3, 4. Ambition: College WILLIAM MCMAHON Mac” 170 Liberty Street Better a bad excuse than none at all” Basketball 2; Dance Commit- tees 2, 3; Driver Training 3; French Club 3. Ambition: Automotive engineer FRANCES MERENDA Fran” 175 Prospect Street To know her well is to like her better” Basketball 1, 2; Bowling 3, 4; Tumbling 1; F.H.A. 1; Italian Club 1; Teacher’s Secretary 3, 4; G.S.L. Representative 2, 3; Tiger Tales 1, 2; Cauldron; Dance Committees 1, 2, 3, 4; Tennis 1, 2, 3. Ambition: Secretary CAROLYN MICELI Carolyn • 160 Broad Street She can resist anything but temptation” Basketball 1, 2, 4; G.S.L. Rep- resentative 1, 4; Photography Club 3; Dance Committees 2, 3, 4; Cauldron; Teacher’s Sec- retary 4. Ambition: Business Secretary WILLIAM MIERZEJEWSKI Mule” 68 Hubbard Street A fresh, a free, a friendly man. The ladies call him sweet” Football 2, 3, 4. Ambition: Undecided JOSEPH MILARDO Joe” 228 Pearl Street The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business” Fire Squad 3; Dance Commit- tee 3; Italian Club 2, 3; Foot- ball 4; Police Force 3. Ambition: Undecided MARIE MILARDO Shorty 139 Lincoln Street Small but mighty” Dance Committees 1, 2, 3, 4; Tiger Tales 1, 3, 4; Playmakers 2; Tumbling 1,2,3, 4; Student Government 2; Police Force 3; F.H.A. 1; Cheerleading 3, 4; Teacher’s Secretary 3, 4; Bas- ketball 1, 2, 3; Volleyball 2, 3; Cauldron; G.A.A. Room Rep- resentative 2; Radio 1, 2, 3,4; Assemblies 1, 2, 3, 4; G.S.L. Room Representative 2, G.S.L. Class Representative, and Di- rector of Socials 4. Ambition: Private secretary 25 ELIZABETH NELSON ’Bet” 360 Main Street Cromwell ’Tis only noble to be good” Rifle 1, 2, 3, 4; Driver Train- ing 3; Bowling 4; Sport Club 4. Ambition: X-Ray technician ROGER NIELSEN Rog” 4 Court Street Cromwell Worth makes the man” Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Police Force 2, 3; Fire Squad 2, 3; Mayor- for-a-Day 3; Dance Commit- tees 3, 4; Radio Programs 3, 4; Class President 4. Ambition: College EMANUEL PATTAVINA ''Manny” 9 Green Place Why should the devil have all the fun?” Rifle 1; Italian Club 1; Swim- ming 1; Track 1; Dance Com- mittees 3, 4; Art Club 4. Ambition: Carpenter JOAN PATTAVINA Joan” 1 Green Place There was never a saint with red hair” Basketball 1, 2, 3; Bowling 1, 2; Baton 4; Tumbling 1, 2; Volleyball 4. Ambition: Office work. RICHARD PELLEGRINE Ed” Nook Hill Road Cromwell If I had my life to live over, I'd live over a delicatessen” House of Representatives 1; Mayor-for-a-Day Program 1, 2, 3, 4; Fire Squad 1, 4; Baseball 1, 2; Basketball 1; Field Main- tenance Crew 4. Ambition: Teacher LUCILLE PIRRUCCIO Poach” 3 Wall Street Cromwell I'll laugh until I die” Italian Club 1, 2; Bowling Club 4; Tiger Tales 2; Cauld- ron; Teacher’s Secretary 3; F.H.A. 1; Dance Committees 1, 2, 3, 4; Police Force 3; Sports Club 4. Ambition: Secretary GORDON PRICKETT Don” 19 Oakwood Manor Cromwell A little nonsense now and then is relished by the best of men” Ambition: Undecided FLORENCE RAME Flo” 19 Loveland Street A package of chatter and a bundle of cheerfulness” Sextette 1; Supreme Court 1; Tiger Tales 1, 2, 3; G.A.A. Representative 1, 3; Class Secretary 2; Play makers 2; F.H.A 3; House of Representa- tives 2; Student Council 3; Cauldron; French Club 3; Teacher’s Secretary 4; Slate Committee 4; Sport Club 4; Mayor-for-a-Day 1, 2, 3, 4; Bowling Club 4; Dance Com- mittees 1, 2, 3, 4; I adio Pro- grams 1, 2, 3, 4; Assembly Committee 4. Ambition: Buyer 26 EMANUEL RANDAZZO Nell” 9 Court Place Mischief, thou art afoot” Basketball 1, 2; Dance Com- mittees 1, 2; Art Club 4. Ambition: Business ANGELO RANNO Bill” 86 Mill Street Happy go lucky—careless and free Nothing there is that bothers me” Rifle 1. Ambition: Business GERTRUDE RASMUSSEN Gertie” 7 Oak Street A dark-haired maiden with friendly ways” Basketball 1,2, 3, 4; Tumbling 1, 2, 3, 4; Dance Committees 1, 2, 3, 4; Spanish Club 3, 4. Ambition: Navy PETER RATCLIFFE Pete” Prospect Place Cromwell A little work, a lot of play” Cross Country 2, 3; Dance Committees 3, 4; Assembly 2. Ambition: College AUGUST REIL Augie” '14 Nordland Avenue Cromwell His speed makes night kindle” Rifle 1; Radio Broadcasts; Au- dio Visual Aids; Dance Com- mittees. Ambition: Automobile mechanic JOSEPH ROMANO Romeo” 57 Oak Street Music is the prince of pleasure” Basketball 2, 3; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Cross Country 3; Italian Club 3; Dance Committees 1, 2, 3, 4; Radio Programs 1, 2; Assemblies 1, 2. Ambition: Music MARGARET RUIMERMAN Peg” 60 Nathan Hale Road A friendly nature, a smile sincere” Spanish Club 3, 4; Tiger Tales 3, 4; Cauldron; Radio Pro- grams 2, 3, 4; Dance Commit- tees 1, 2, 3, 4. Ambition: Nurse JANICE RYAN Jan” 70 Lawn Avenue Silence is sweet, and so is she” Cauldron; Tiger Tales 4; Dra- matics 1, 2; Basketball 1, 2; Badminton 2, 3; Radio Pro- gram 3; School Play 2; Teach- er’s Secretary 4; Dance Com- mittees 1, 2, 3, 4; F.H.A. 4; Sport Club 4; Volleyball 1, 2, 4; Assemblies 2. Ambition: Nurse 27 JOHN RYBCZYK Johnny” 14 Burr Avenue There's mischief in this man Basketball 1; Photography Club 3� 4; Driver Training 3. Ambition: Business college I SEBASTIAN SALAFIA ”Seb” 87 Center Street The world will go on and on —but I'll never interfere Italian Club 1; Art Club 4; Po lice Force 3. Ambition: College CONCETTO SANZARO Conce” 66 Hillside Avenue The more mischief, the better sport Ambition: Contractor EMANUEL SBONA Manny” 29 Ferry Street He that hath knowledge spareth his words Radio Program 2; Italian Club 2, 3; Fire Squad 3; Dance Com- mittee 3; Art Club 4. Ambition: College JOAN SCHAEFER Jo” 54 Lawn Avenue The glass of fashion and the mold of form” Tiger Tales 2, 3; Cauldron; National Honor Society 4; Junior Classical League 4; Bowling 4; PI ay makers 2; French Club 3; Sport Club 4; Radio Programs 1, 2, 3; Dance Committees 1, 2, 3, 4; Teach- er’s Secretary 4. Ambition: College JEAN SCHONDORF Jeanie” 17 Warwick Street If music be the fruit of love, play on Band Council; All State Band 4; Orchestra 3, 4; Dance Com- mittees 1, 2, 3, 4; Cauldron. Ambition: College IRENE SHEA Perry” 70 Carpet Street She looks on life with quiet eyes Rifle 1; Playmakers 2, 3; Tiger Tales 4; Art Club 4. Ambition: Art school JOYCE SMITH Smitty” 25 Timber Hill Road Cromwell Tis better to be small and shine, than to be tall and cast a shadow” Baton Corps 1, 2, 3, 4; Radio Programs 2; Assemblies 2, 3; Dance Committees 2, 3, 4; G.S.L. Representative 3; Driver Training 3; Mayor-for-a-Day Program 3; Cauldron; National Honor Society 4; Teacher’s Sec- retary 4; Sport Clul 4. Ambition: Secretary 28 RICHARD SMITH Dick” 227 Pine Street With an eye to see life’s sunniest side” Ambition: Certified public accountant Tl. WILLIAM SMITH Smitty 138 Spring Street Quiet be may seem, but one can never tell” Police Force 3; Art Club 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3; Student Government 1; Rifle 1. Ambition: Undecided KATHERINE SNEED Kathy 59 South Street Virtue is bold and goodness never fearful” Volleyball 3, 4; Basketball 1,2, 3, 4; Dance Committees 1, 2, 3, 4; F.H.A. 1. Ambition: Beautician WILLIAM SNEED ''Bill” 59 South Street He who says little goes a long way” Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Stu- dent Government 1, 3; Police Force 2, 3. Ambition: Undecided JANE SPAETH Janie” 45 Lawn Avenue Quiet at first—but look again” Badminton 1; Tennis 1, 2, 3, 4; Volleyball 1, 2, 3; Mayor-for-a- Day 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Radio Programs 1, 2, 3, 4; Dance Committees 1, 2, 3, 4; Rifle 1, 2, 3, 4; Assemblies 2, 3; Tiger Tales 2, 3, 4; National Honor Society 3, 4; Cauldron; Sport Club 4; Junior Classical League 4. Ambition: College WILLIAM SUMMERS Bill 231 Pine Street The majority is always right, and I guess Tm the majority” Orchestra 3, 4; Cross Coun- try 2, 4; Track 1, 3; Swimming 1,2. Ambition: College PHYLLIS SUNDELL Phyl” Evergreen Road Cromwell A pretty lady on her way, always smiling, always gay” Tumbling 1; Bowling 1; F.H.A. 1; Driver Training 3; Sport Club 4; Teacher’s Secre- tary 4; Cauldron. Ambition: Secretary LOUISE SWANSON Lou” 1 Lincoln Street Cromwell It’s her manner and her smile that make her so worth while” Badminton 1; Basketball 1; G.S.L. Representative 1, 4; F. H.A. 1; Radio Programs 1,2; G. A.A. Room Representative 2; Rifle 2; Dance Committee 2, 4; Girls’ State 3; Tiger Tales 4. Ambition: Nursing 29 LORETTA TAYLOR Lorry” Nooks Hill Road Cromwell Silence is golden Ambition: Housewife THOMAS TAYLOR ”Tiz” 81 Grand Street Love is better than fame Football 1; Track 1, 2; Basket- ball 2, 3, 4; Police Force 3; Ra- dio Programs 3; Mayor-for-a- Day Program 2,3; Dance Com- mittees 1, 2, 3, 4; Student Gov- ernment 2. Ambition: Public accountant RALPH TOMASSONE Raff” West Street, Cromwell '7 come to school to eat my lunch Police Force 3: Fire Depart- ment 3; Dance Committees 2, 3. Ambition: X-Ray technician MICHAEL TREBBE Mike” 45 Crescent Street You look wise. Pray correct that error Football 1,2; Police Force 2, 3; Fire Squad 3; Mayor-for-a-Day Program 3, 4; Swimming 1, 2, 3,4; Dance Committees 1, 2, 3, 4; Slate Committee 4. Ambition: College ELIZABETH TRINGALI Betty” 35 Rapallo Avenue And still the wonder grew that one little head could carry all she knew Tiger Tales 2, 3, 4; French Club 3, 4; Quartet 3, 4; G.S.L. 2, 3, 4; Student Government 1, 2; Mayor-for-a-Day 1, 2, 3, 4; Bowling 1; National Honor Society 3, 4; Girls’ State 3; All State Chorus 4; Class Secretary 4. Ambition: College ANTHONY VARRICCHIO Tony” Nooks Hill Road Cromwell Nothing worries him; Nothing hurries him Rifle 1; Radio Programs 2; Dance Committees 3. Ambition: Undecided GEORGENE WALDIE George” Court Street Cromwell I have but one heart and it’s taken Bowling 1, 2; Tumbling 1, 2; Basketball 1, 2, 3; Radio Pro- grams 1, 3, 4; Cauldron; Art Club 4; Dance Committees 1, 2, 3, 4. Ambition: College DAVID WATROUS Dave West Street, Cromwell Quiet he may seem, but who can tell? Ambition: Draftsman 30 i DON WESTERBERG Cowboy 116 College Street Lord what fools these mortals be” Audio-Visual Aids 1, 2, 4; Class Vice-President 1; Base- ball 1; Basketball 1; Mayor-for a Day Program 3,4; Radio Pro- gram 4. Ambition: See the world RICHARD WHALEN Dick 15 Catherine Street Cromwell Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow there’s no school” Rifle 1, 2; Baseball 1; Photo- graphy Club 3, 4; Tiger Tales 4; Dance Committees 3. Ambition State police JOHN WIERNASZ Jack” 60 Hubbard Street ''Happy am I, from care Vm free” Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Football 2, 3, 4; Baseball 3, 4. Ambition: Professional baseball CONSTANE YAGLOWSKI Connie” West Street Cromwell ''All musical people seem to be happy” Dramatic Club I. Ambition: X-Ray technician 31 HOWARD PARSONS Howard 400 Washington Street ”Return of the Native!” Freshman Literary Club, Sec- retary Treasurer; Personality Club 3; Camera Club 3; In- ternational Relations Club 3, 4; Biology Club 3, 4. Ambition: Music 32 STUDIES 34 36 37 _AVw� Ys forking nson Style! the tYP tUer'' Andets°n'- ooi °’ to'0® THE ART CLUB Pattavina, Ciaburri, Cashman, Magnano. The Art Club was first established this year and officers were elected. They are as follows: Joseph Magnano, president; Emanuel Pattavino, vice-president; Barbara Ciaburri, secretary; Shaun Cashman, treasurer. The members en- deavor to develop appreciation and understand- ing of art by participating in the various projects of the club. The members enjoy a combination of work and play in their desire to learn more about art. Any student who is a member of Art I or Art II is welcome to participate in this club. The club has enjoyed a very successful year, under the direction of Mr. Sweeney. 42 AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS CLUB Standing: Spaeth, Shearer, Palmer, Holmes, Westerberg, Kabatznick. Seated: Maselli; Hubbard, Spada, LaBarge. The Audio-Visual Aids Club is composed of twenty boys to assist in the showing of film strips, the handling of radio broadcasts and pub- lic address systems, and the lighting of stage equipment. The purpose of this organization is to free the teachers of handling the equipment, so that his or her time may be used to teach. The leader and instructor of the group is Bill Hub- bard, with Mr. John Dunn serving as faculty adviser. FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA Standing: Russell, Mr. Masley, Robinson, Hedlund, Moore, Goodrich, Briggs, Ogorzalek. Kneeling: Anderson, Anderson, Leary, Woodings, Kelly. 44 The F.F.A. is a national organization of high school boys. With their adviser, Mr. Masley, and President Tom Kelly, they hold meetings every week in the Agriculture Room, and learn mod- ern farming and building methods. As their project for the year, the boys raise livestock. FUTURE HOMEMAKERS OF AMERICA Standing: Ciaburri, Coughlin, CoFrancesco, Hamlin, Hurford, Murray, Kelly, McClellan. Seated: Druin, Jansak, Aubin, Atkins, Ellsworth, Farland. The Future Homemakers of America is the national organization of pupils studying home- making in junior and senior high schools of the United States. Through its many activities in the school and community, the F.H. A. has gained much prestige for itself. The F.H.A. meets during activity periods un- der the able direction of Miss Matteson and Miss Chadwick. The advisers have made this club more appealing to the girls. This year honors were bestowed upon our F.H.A. when Betty Atkins was elected state historian and Helen Aubin as state chairman. This is the first time M.H.S. has received such an honor. The officers are Helen Aubin, president; Connie LoGuidice, vice-president; Mary Tillotta, secretary; and Eleanor Mathewson, treasurer. 45 GIRLS’ STUDENT LEAGUE Standing: Shekosky, Schaefer, Carlson, Natalie, Neil, DeGroff. Seated: Waylock, Tremblay, Milardo, Tringali. The Girls’ Student League is an organization to which every girl belongs. This organization has an executive board, consisting of Lorraine Tremblay, president; Betty Tringali, director of service; Marie Milardo, director of socials; Elea- nor Waylock, secretary; Elaine Shekosky, news reporter; Linda DeGroff, pianist; Barbara Carl- son, senior representative; Jean Neil, junior rep- resentative; Rose Ann Natalie, sophomore rep- resentative; Susan Schafer, freshman representa- tive. The girls, with the help of their adviser, Miss Wigmore, assist in such community pro- jects as the Junior Red Cross Drive and the Community Chest Drive. The G.S.L. helps build good Americans and at the same time promotes friendship. The May Dance highlights its social activities. « 46 THE JUNIOR CLASSICAL LEAGUE Third Row: Kelly, Walker, Moore, Waldmann, Misenti, Jones, Poliner, Levson, Faci'us, Cannata, Shekosky. Second Row: Spaeth, Tringali, Schaefer, Anderson, Hubbard, Jurczak, Pierce, Bowers, Guglielmino, Lenda. First Row: Kamins, Coughlin, Woods, Spaeth, Miss Nejako, Waylock, Martin, Zilmanis, Masejeda. This year marked the beginning of the Junior Classical League, a group made up of Latin stu- dents from all classes and under the supervision of Miss Nejako, assisted by Miss Riorden, Miss Kinirey, and Miss Wigmore. J.C.L. meetings, during which some students got together and conversed in Latin, while others read Roman plays, and still others read about past civilizations, were held on the third Thurs- day of every month. The club elected Elenor Waylock, president; Jane Spaeth, vice-president; and Judy Woods, secretary-treasurer. This year the Junior Classical League took part in an Ides of March program, visited the Planetarium in April, and at the end of the year held a Roman Banquet. 47 NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Standing- Summers, Donohue, Jascot, McAllister, Stergos, Hargreaves, Darling, DiMauro, Pessom, Carta. Seated: Blake, Spaeth, Hartigan, Franklin, Gallo. Kneeling: Smith, Agnew, Jurczak, Tringali, Johnson, Hahn, Airo. Absent from picture: Schaefer, Swanson, Tremblay, Larson. The M.H.S. Chapter of the National Honor Society has been active since 1934. In order to qualify for membership, a student must keep his average at 85 or better during his high school years. He must also have shown evidence of leadership, character, and service to the school. Elections to the organization are held in the fall and the spring of each year. The induction cere- mony takes place each spring. The keystone, signifying knowledge, and the flaming torch, representing the light of learning, are the inspir- ing symbols of the society. This year’s officers are Joe Hartigan, president; Jane Spaeth, vice- president; Joan Franklin, secretary; and Joan Gallo, treasurer. 48 PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB Standing: Rybczyk, Baskin, Dunn. Kabatznick. Seated: Whalen, Franklin, Goldberg. The Photography Club was organized two years ago to provide opportunities for students interested in photography. The officers elected for 1953-1954 were Gerald Franklin, president; Jerry Goldberg, vice-president; John Rybczyk, secretary; Dick Whalen, chairman of the pro- gram committee. Many activities were planned to help the members learn about photography. The club took pictures at various social events, football, basketball, and other sports. Some of the sched- uled programs were guest speakers and the show- ing of slides for the Eastman Kodak Company. 49 RADIO AMATEUR CLUB Standing: Doherty, Kosicki. Sitting: Mr. DeNunzio, Scribner, Gaik. The Radio Amateur Club is a new club or- ganized by Mr. DeNunzio this year. Mr. De Nunzio, who is a licensed operator, has received his call letters, which are WIUMN. The club meets in the Industrial Arts Room every Tues- day during activity period, with an attendance of ten boys. The club is yet in its infancy; how- ever it hopes that M.H.S. will have its own radio amateur station. If the boys pass a certain test, they may receive call letters. These stations can be of great importance to the City of Middle- town, because in case of emergency here in town, members can contact and communicate with other stations and receive help. This year they have begun their study of radio code and theo- ries. The Radio Amateur Club is opened to every- one, girls or boys, provided they are citizens of the United States. 50 SPANISH CLUB Standing: Mr. Tucci, Chamis, Misenti, Schaefer, Sowinski, Young, Delegan, Woods, Duran. Seated: Bride, Binkowski, Cornish, Goldberg, Tynan, Gallito, Cornell. Under the capable direction of Mr. Tucci, the Spanish Club, which meets once a month on the second Thursday, has been very active this year. The club elected Jerry Goldberg as president; James Cannata, vice-president; Feme Johnson, secretary; and David Cornish, treasurer. One of their many activities was a trip to New York City to visit the Spanish Museum. During their meetings they presented skits, played Spanish games, gave oral reports on Spanish culture or history, and planned for their annual assembly. 51 TIGER TALES Third Row: Lardizzone, Spaeth, Landau, Miceli. Ruimerman, Walker, Anderson, Poliner, Moore, Fillmore, Hubbard, Horton, Ryan, King. Second Row: Baskin, Gondek, Blake, DiClemente, Gallo, Pierce, Guiliano, Martin, Shea, Appellof, Coughlin, Woods, Summers. First Row: Jones, Waldmann, Whalen, Schaefer, Jurczak, McAllister, Tringali, Swanson, Larson, Smith, Misenti. Once again the student paper of Middletown High has completed a year of successful publi- cation. This year, Tiger Tales,” a semi-monthly publication, has been enlarged to give its readers more news of student activities, school events, editorials and sports. Another new feature of the school newspaper is the column called Letter to the Editor.” This gave everyone an oppor- tunity to express his opinion about our school. Betty Tringali, our editor-in-chief, worked suc- cessfully during the year with her staffs, which are under the supervision of the following facul- ty advisers from the English Department: Mr. Walker, Miss Trinkaus, Miss Woodington, Miss Drennan, Miss Wigmore, and Miss Fanska. 52 SPORTS BASEBALL Third Row: Romano, Bartolotta, Malone, Wiernasz, Tine, Coach Leggett. Second Row: DiMauro, Anderson, Spada, Baratta, Cartelli, Cahill, Carlson. First Row: Ververis, Darling, Dineen, Hartigan, Misenti, Fredericks, Russo. The 1953 baseball team began its season un- der the capable direction of its coach, Sidney Leggett. The team, captained by Joe Hartigan, practiced every day and looked promising; but because of the number of inexperienced players, the team won only two games and had ten de- feats. However, the boys’ spirit was not damp- ened by these losses, and they are looking for- ward to a very favorable season this year. 4 54 BASKETBALL Standing: Dooley, Carlson, Sneed, McKnight, Lessor. Kneeling: Darling, McKenna, Marino, Misenti, Dittman. BOYS BASKETBALL This year’s basketball team was mostly an all senior varsity led by Captain Bill Sneed. The team played an eighteen-game schedule, and of this, ten games were played against Class A schools, where they met stiff competition. The remaining eight games were played against Class B schools. The team played fifteen games, of which they won two: Manchester 66 to 63 and Southington 54 to 44. The first game with Woodrow Wilson ended in a defeat over M.H.S., 48 to 61. The team placed fourth in the C.C.I.L. competition. Despite their defeats, the ream worked hard and is hoping for a better season next year. 55 BATON CORPS Standing: Ames, Krauth, Dawson, Trebbe, Smith, J.; Jacobson, McCormack, Astle, Conroy. Kneeling: DeMauro, Smith, B.; Lord, Pattavina. Strut and Smile! ”—That was the typical com- mand given the majorettes before their many performances at all sports events. This year the Baton Corps has participated in several parades, the Eastern States Competition; and in January, 1954, they sponsored a dance, Requestfully Yours.” These accomplishments were due to the capable direction and guidance of Mr. Forrest C. Harvey, their instructor, and Miss Margery Woodington, their adviser. The officers of this year’s corps are Joyce Smith, president; Flo Pattavina, vice-president; Pat Astle, secretary; and Dorothy DeMauro, treasurer. 56 BOWLING CLUB Fifth Row: Scofield, Astle, Coughlin, Hurford, McGraw, Jacobson, Bergan, Farad, Traskis, Waldman, McAllister, Martin, Anderson, Shekosky. Fourth Row: Rice, Robins, LaBella, Lord Dembrowski, Conroy, Gugliemino, Varrato, Pattavina, Dolce, Russell, Palmieri, Druin, Cannata. Third Row: Jezouit, Bowers, Farland, Jones, Jurczak, Bonvino, Lenda, Guiliano, Annino, DiModica, Romegialli. Second Row: Decker, Rasmussen, DiMauro, Merenda, Airo, Bellabuona, Adorno, Guiffrida, Caroll. First Row: LoGuidice, Schaefer, Landau, Popalardo, Branciforte, Rame. Among the various activities carried on at Middletown High School is the Girls’ Bowling Club, und£r the supervision of Miss D’Apice. This club has an excellent membership of sixty girls, who meet at the Y.M.C.A. every Thursday afternoon for practice. Some of the activities planned by the club for the year are bowling playdays, sports days, and their annual Christmas Party. Each year they attend the Ice Capades at the New Haven Arena. The officers are as fol- lows: Doris Donvino, president; Eleanor Jurc- zak, vice-president; Patsy Jones, secretary; Anne Lenda, treasurer. 57 CHEERLEADING Standing: CoFrancesco, Alessi, Lewandowski, Cannata, Emme. Kneeling: Milardo, Bonvino, French, Magnano, Aubin. Yea-rah, rah, Team!” is a familiar cry to all those who watch the cheerleaders in action. This and many other cheers were led by our energetic cheerleaders of ’54. Under the capable leader- ship of Marie Milardo, captain, and Doris Bon- vino, co-captain, these girls were seen inspiring the team on to victory. Dressed in their white skirts and sweaters for football and their black skirts and white sweaters for basketball, all ten girls put everything they had into encouraging our Tigers to win. « 58 CROSS COUNTRY Second Row: Darling, Coughlin, Dittman, Golnik, Briggs, Hull, Coach Bozoian. First Row: Shea, Langley, Carta, Armstrong, Turro, Crampton. Under the supervision of Coach A. Merton Bozoian, Captain Guy Carta continued his fine performances of previous years; but his squad was unable to keep pace, being composed mostly of sophomores. The team did manage to defeat Bristol to finish third in the C.C.I.L. However, it dropped to 13th place in the State Meet but ex- pects to do a lot better next year with a more ex- perienced group of harriers. Of six returning lettermen, four will be juniors, one a sophomore, and the other a senior. The squad will definitely be stronger and will, no doubt, give a good ac- count of itself. 59 FOOTBALL TEAM Fourth Row: Coach Fillback, Morassini, LaMalfa, Kabatznick, Luckhart, Anderson, Bartolotta, Patta- vina, Cartelli, Shearer, Fielding, Johnson, Tine. Third Row: Cashman, Duval, Hurd, Misenti, Wiernasz, Koch, Mierzejewski, Boothroyd, Colonghi, Schaefer, Delegan, Coach DeNunzio. Second Row: Jascot, Fredericks, Nielsen, Stetson, McKnight, DiMauro, Cashman, Dooley, Chester, Smith. First Row: Waylock, Cantwell, Andrew, Vereen, King, McCarthy, Byrd. Under the capable leadership of Captain Jack DiMauro, the football team of ’53” was con- fronted with a difficult schedule and managed to win three games, tie two, and lose two. After a win from West Hartford, the Tigers fell back and lost to Manchester, but in the next game M.H.S. trounced Meriden, 60-6. As their win- ning streak continued, the Tigers overtook Fitch and tied Windham and Bristol. They then gave way and were defeated by the Wilson Wildcats. GIRLS’ RIFLE CLUB Standing: Woods, MacDowell, Hopper, Mr. Lent, Eastman, McGraw, Prue. Seated: Blake, Spaeth, Robida, Nelson. The Girls’ Rifle Club is composed of girls interested in the sport of shooting. They meet every Friday afternoon at the Middlefield Rifle Range, where they receive instruction on the proper methods of handling, sighting, and shoot- ing a gun. This year, members won medals from the National Rifle Association for their averages in shooting. Competition is provided by matches with schools such as Hamden, Meriden, and Wind- ham. The season is climaxed with a state meet in New Haven. Here rifle teams from all over Connecticut compete to determine the team and individual state champions. 61 GIRLS’ BASKETBALL Nelson, Hamlin, Franklin, Ryan, Spaeth, Miceli, DiMauro, Pattavina, Lewandowski, Doolan, Amato, Bystrek, DiMauro, Marino, Gondek, Agnew, Ciaburri, CoFrancesco. During gym classes the girls are taught bas- ketball fundamentals. From this stem the intra- mural games held on Tuesdays and Thursdays during activity period. The teams are composed of girls from all four classes; and competition is held among freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and senors. Every class team plays with the other three at least twice in the season. The two teams obtaining the highest number of wins compete against each other for first place. The girls on the winning team are awarded chennille letters, and the members of the losing teams receive emblems. In addition to this, individual and team awards are presented at the annual awards assembly. « 62 GIRLS’ SPORTS CLUB Jurczak, LoGuidice, Bascetta, DiMauro. The purpose of the Girls’ Sports Club is to arrange intra-murals and play days with other high schools. On the night before Thanksgiving, this club sponsors its annual dance. Helping to sell the tickets and to make the dance a success are the representatives from each section room. A meeting is held once a month for all mem- bers. The officers are Rose DiMauro, president; Eleanor Jurczak, vice-president; Betty Bascetta, secretary; and Josie LoGuidice, treasurer. The club is advised by Mrs. Jean Gagnon. 63 BOYS RIFLE TEAM Standing: Schilke, Putnins, Sowinski, Mr. Tucci. Seated: Wisneski, Woods, DiTomasso. This year's Boys’ rifle team, captained by Benny DiTomasso and expertly coached by Mr. Tucci, participated in twenty matches, including six C.C.I.L. meets, the C.C.I.L. Tournament, and a state meet. The squad also competed in the Connecticut Secondary School Rifle League, which included matches with Hamden, Staples High, Hill House, Notre Dame, and Loomis. Woodrow Wilson was trounced by the score of 881-842; Manchester, Windham, Notre Dame, and Torrington were among the other teams who met defeat at the hands of the M.H.S. Shooters. 64 SWIMMING TEAM Standing: Armstrong, Stanek, Summers, Cotonghi, Stubbins, Pessoni, Manager Baskin, Coach Leggett Seated: Ferraguto, DiMauro, Trebbe, Magnano, Byland, Citron. Kneeling: Lull, Edelberg, Doherty Chamberlain. This year the M.H.S. swimming team, coached by Sidney Leggett, consisted of fourteen boys. Early in December, Joe Magnano and Ron By- land, two seniors, were elected co-captains for the season. Practice sessions were held at the Y.M.C.A. pool after school several days a week. Among the teams with which the M.H.S. Mer- men competed were Portland, Hartford Public, Buckley, Sacred Heart, Crosby, Torrington, Windham, Manchester, Bristol, and Meriden. At the end of the year, boys who have made fifteen points receive letters; others receive numerals. 65 TENNIS Standing: Goodrich, Ferraguto, Goldberg, Gross, Coach Arnold. Kneeling: DiMauro, Damberg, Marchese, Edelburg, Baskin. The tennis team is composed of a regular five- man team which participates in most of the matches at home and all the matches away. All together the team consists of about twenty boys, who are divided into two groups, the varsity and the jayvees. The team has two coaches, one for each group, and holds two sessions a day. The team plays a regular schedule, which is com- posed of C.C.I.L. teams. The team captain is elected before the first match. Each year three or four boys are chosen by the coach to participate in the state tournament at Wesleyan. « 66 TRACK Standing: Coach Bezoin, Chester, McCormack, Delegan, Jascot, Schaefer, Salemi, Hull, Citron, Lock- hart, Summers, Armstrong, Stanek. Kneeling: McKnight, Leonard, Perruccio, Sneed, Dooley, Hurd, Carta. The 1953 track team deserves much credit. The boys had an undefeated season. They won the state indoor title for the third time in suc- cession, and also tied for the state outdoor title. They then won the C.C.I.L. championship for the first time for M.H.S. They finished first at the University of Connecticut relays, and quali- fied four boys for the New England meet at Boston. Jack McKnight broke the record for the high school shotput, and Dick Dooley set two school records in the 440 and the discus. The boys elected Jack McKnight and Dick Dooley co-captains for 1954. 67 Most Dependable JANE SPAETH JOE HARTIGAN Done Most for M.H.S. 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