New Milford High School - Schaghticoke Yearbook (New Milford, CT)

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this notice, “Any girls interested in playing football meet in lab.” Notices about the music for socials by Johnny Grey’s amplifier developed into “Swing and sway with Johnny Grey.” The two greatest social events in our Junior year were the Junior Prom and the Dramatic Club play. The prom has always been the big social event of the year and it was the first event in which just about all the class had a part. Before the prom it was necessary to choose class colors which would be used in decorating the hall. The colors we selected were blue and white. Everyone had a happy time and it was a decided help to our treasury. By this time many of the class were members of the Dramatic Club. The club gave a very interesting operetta, Pinafore,” and a one-act play, “Two Crooks and a Lady.” At an assembly they presented a memorable one-act comedy, “The Red Lamp.” Our boys have always made a fine showing in athletics and they have a record we have every right to be proud of. Just think of the fun the coach is going to have next year with basketball, for all the main team graduates this year! The boys on the team were Francis McNiff, John Petersen, Francis Nicola, “Ki-yi” Dourland, Carl Brutz, Ted Duda, Richard Onorato, John Grace, Gilbert Osborne, and “Fog” Castle. Some of these boys coached teams made up of other students and formed the Nut League. There were the Walnuts,” “Butternuts,” “Hazel Nuts” and such. This gave many boys experience in the game and it was fun too. As Juniors we were honored in receiving the interclass basketball trophy. This year after the boys had been awarded the Housatonic Valley League trophy, they played the usual round of tournament games in Hartford. They lasted the preliminaries and played one game in the tournament. Francis McNiff was chosen all-state center for schools of our size. The girls struggled to be recognized and were when they won the Housatonic Valley League trophy. They too were champs. Polly Camp and Jean Prince, the captain, were the only ones on the team from this class, and they both deserve much credit for the team’s success. This year marked the first year in many years that the high school has had a football team. Mr. Williamson and Mr. Douglas did the coaching. Again the line-up was mostly made up of Senior boys. Baseball started in full swing with “Ki-yi” Dourland, Herb Kennedy, and Gib Osborne as the star pitchers from this class. Each year of our school life seems more enjoyable than the one before—but the climax to it all is the Senior year. This last year was so outstanding and such fun that the first three years seem very remote. At the beginning of this year we mighty Seniors strutted to classes very aloof and bored with those minute beings called “underclassmen.” Lessons were just one of those things that had to be put up with, but what a good time we did have! The Senior Prom was planned and executed with pomp and ceremony that awed the other classes, and we as Seniors enjoyed this superiority. Again the class had to be different by decorating the hall with every color of crepe paper that we could buy. After the Prom we looked forward to the Senior Play. The Senior Play is the big event of the year in that every one takes part. Each one of the class is either ushering, in the play, or on one of the numerous committees. The boys triumphed again in “A Pair of Sixes.” Harry Cohen and “Fog” Castle were the leading characters with a supporting cast of five boys and only four girls. As all classes we have had our share of work. Before the plays, the proms, the socials and the food sales, the most important thing in our lives was to make each event a success. All details and plans were magnified until the affair was over and then it just became one of the notches in our maze of memories. This school has in four years changed us from children to thoughtful young men and women and has prepared some of us for desired careers. Many of the class after graduation will secure positions while others will study in a wide variety of schools; but always, no matter where they are, they remember with reverence the years in High School and this class of 1938.

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Truman Warren Castle Hi-Y 1; Dramatic Club 1-2-3-4; Dramatic Club Play 2-3; Prom Committee 3-4; Student Council 3; Winter Sports Club Committee 3-4; Winter Sports Club 3-4; Senior Play Cast 4. “A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest (?) men.” Jean Alice Prince Tri-Y Club 1-2; Assembly Program 2; Dramatic Club 2-3-4; Basketball 3-4; Winter Sports Club 3-4; Social Committee 3-4; Prom Committee 3-4; Food Sale Committee 4; Candy 4; Senior Play Cast 4; Pin and Ring Committee 4; Year Book Committee 4. “Holmes-sweet-Holmes.” Herbert Kennedy Emblem 1; Baseball 3-4; Senior Play Committee 4. “Ready, Willing and Able.” Katherine Charlotte Hose or d Social Committee 1-2-3-4; Basketball 1-2-3; Tri-Y Treasurer 3; Tri-Y 1-2-3; Emblems 1-2; Class Secretary 2; Dramatic Club 2-3-4; Tennis 2-3; Student Council 2; Winter Sports Club 3-4; Assembly Program 3-4; Prom Committee 3-4; Food Sale 4; Play Committee 4; Usherette 4; Candy 4; Pin and Ring Committee 4; Printing Committee 4; Dramatic Club Play 4. “A capable head and a willing hand.” John Patrick Grace Social Committee 1-2-3-4; Basketball 2-3-4; Track 2; Assembly Program 2-3; Prom Committee 3-4; Class Treasurer 3; Winter Sports Club 3-4; Year Book Committee 4; Senior Play Cast 4. He should have smooth sailing for his chief interest is a Schooner.” Carl Edmund Brutz Class Basketball 1-2-3-4; Assembly Program 1-2-3-4; Social Committee 1-2-3-4; Emblem 3; Drum Corp 1-2-3-4; Basketball 2-3-4; Baseball 2-4; Tennis 3; Prom Committee 3-4; Winter Sports Club 3-4; Football 4; Decorating Committee 1 -2-3-4. “Youth was ever full of sport.” Kois Mae PiErsall Social Committee 1-2-3; Home Economics Club 1-2; Food Sales Committee 3; Tri-Y Club 8-4; Winter Sports Club Committee 3-4; Assembly Program 4; Prom Committee 4; Usherette 4. “Always a good word and pleasing smile for everybody.” Harry Cohen Assembly 1-2-3-4; School Paper 1; Social Committee 1-3-4; High School Orchestra 1-2-3-4; Hi-Y 1-2-3; Track 2; Emblems 2-3; Dramatic Club 2-3-4; Magazine Campaign Manager 3-4; Winter Sports Club 3-4; Senior Play Cast 4; Home Room Committee 4; Prom Committee 4; Dramatic Club Play Cast 4; Nut League 4; Student Council 4. “No point is too small to argue.” Catherine Ellen Hulton Social Committee 3; Usherette 4; Music 3-4. “Music soothes the ruffled heart.” John Petersen Basketball 1-8-4; Baseball 2-3-4; Class Secretary 1; Prom Committee 3. “ 'Camping’ is his favorite pastime.”