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

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'V 4 President, Howard Hueston 'became Secretary, and Charles Squires took hold of the purse strings. PHYSICAL EDUCATION 'CLASSES STARTED What groans and moans arose when this news was broken! For a while the chief subject of conversation was sore muscles and aching backs, but after a while we started to enjoy our new course and worked proudly to give la demonstration to show the people of New Milford what we were doing. The two outstanding memfbers of our class were Joan Gale and Dick Weiss 'who surprised us all with their professional tumbling. STUDENTS LEARN WHAT TO DO UNTIL 'DHE DOCTOR COMES During our Sophomore year the war outlook was gloomy, no one knew What we might be called upon to face so the study of First Aid be-came a necessity. Classes, under the direc- tion of Mr. Roberts, were started and all students were required to attend. We all had a lot of fun bandaging each other and practicing artificial respiration. SOPHOMORES ENTERTAIN WELDON HIGH SCHOOL We received a letter from the Sophomore Class olf Weldon Hi-gh saying they would 'like to visit us. There was great excitement preparing for them, wondering what thy would be like, planning dancing and refreshments. The following Saturday night we Went to Buck Rock for a debate, but instead of debating, we danced. AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS TAKEN H The war was really hitting home. We were having lblackouts and practice daylight air raids. We all lined the halls, listening to music and dancing. or went to the assembly Where gymnastics took place under the direction of Mrs. Clark. Although most of us realized the seriousness of these practice raids, they did make an enjoyalble break in 'the school routine. SOPHOMORES WIN INTRAMTURAL CHAMPIONSHIP The Sophomore boys Won the 1943 intramural championship for basketball. We were proud to think we had beaten the bigger upper classmen. .TUNIORS ELECT PNUL OSBORN FOR SECOND TERM Assisting Paul were Kent Johnson, vice-president, Lillian Fredlund. secretary, and Howard Hueston, treasurer. .VUNIORS ENTERTAIN AT .SOCIAL Yes, the juniors entertained, but they entertained very few. A basketball game at Litch- field drew more of our students than our social did. .TUNTIORAS HOLD THEIR FIRST FORMAL The guests coming through the gang plank entered the assembly which represent-ed the inside of a ship, the U. S. S. Promenade. Life preservers and port holes gave a nautical touch. The music of George Beardsley, the bright blue and gold streamers and the many colored evening dresses added gaiety. Some of this changed after intermission, when, much to the disgust of some fpeople, many Seniors came back attired in dungarees and overalls! NWEW MILFORD HIGH SCHOOL WINS LEAGUE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP It 'was an exciting .season with hard-lfought games and close scores. The Juniors who helped make this victory possible were Johnson, Feller, Carson, Judson, Kwvasniewski, Lynch, Pace and Osborn. l OSBORN GETS HIS LETTERS IN FOUR .SPORTS We were certainly proud 'of our president when he received his letters in football, 'basket- balll, baseball and track. He, as :far as we can 'find out, is the first boy in the history of the high school to achieve this honor. SENIORJS AT 'LAST ' ' It .seemed as though it would never come, but here we were in our Senior year at last. Our class elections fproved that Paul Osfborn would be our third term president with Margot Hedden as vice-president, and Benson Pace as secretary. Richard Lynch took over the mon-ey situation and did a good job of it as we can all testify. He never let us 'forget our financial obligations! h - FOOTBALL SEASON A SUCCESS ' We won the Housatonic League championship with an undefeated season. The final game on Thanksgiving Day with Bethel was the most exciting of the season. It was close all the way through and in the last few minutes, Johnson made a. spectacular pass to Benny Pace, who caught it over the goal line to tie the game. The whole first team was made up

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HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1945 B11 HELEN ANDERSON To each person the history of the class means something a little different. All of us will remember the many friends we have made, the happy hours we have spent, the little touches of comedy or sadness, of excitement and ,boredom that made up our daily lives. If this history were told in the form of headlines, it might go like this: UNUSUALLY LARGE FRESHMAN VC-LAJSS ENTERS NEW MILFORD HIGH .SCHOOL 108 Freshmen entered New Milford High School in September, 1941. Xve Started the year oil' with an assembly where we learned of the school's one rule. Oli, joy, just one rule! But we soon 'found out about the many regulations, a distinction hard for Freshmen to grasp. After the usual struggle to find our classes and to get adjusted to school life, we held our first important meeting as a class and elected our officers: Kit Carson, President 5 Louise Nelson, Vice-presidentg Harold Murphy, .Secretaryg and Lillian Fredlund, Treasurer. FERDINAND AMUSES Our Fresh-man social featured Ferdinand the Bulll, represented by Richard Morey and Benson Pace, Freddy Michalek, standing over the sleeping Ferdinand holding an umlbrella with corks hanging from it, was the cork tree. Ferdinand became quite active when the bumblebee, Leo Hulton, stung him. Most of the rest of the class took a lively part as pica- dors and matadors. We were quite cocky for Freshmen for we dared to imitate some of the Seniors. Four or five boys standing on each other's shoulders were needed to represent tall John Carson, the Senior class npresident. SN EAK ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR The Sunday the Japs ,attacked Pearl Harbor is one which we will never forget. From then on alll our school life was colored by the war. For days we hung about the radios, watched enviously 'while the older boys enlisted, and finally settled down to a life suddenly and sometimes frighteningly different. WILL THEY EVER LEARN? That's what everyone wondered as they watched our untiring efforts to learn to dance. Most of us did after much effort and we were delighted at our new skill which made high school life so much more enjoyable. A dancing class for beginners was part of our school routine. MANY FRESHMEN PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS Nothing bashffirl about our Freshman class! Boys and girls flocked to try out for every sport. George Thompson, Edwin Emmons, Norma Lathrope, Dot Traver and Pat Hulton went out for basketball 5 Charles Peyron, for track 5 Kit Carson, Harold Judson, Eddie Emmons, Bill Peck, Howard Hueston, and Peter Franklin, for footfballg Howard Hueston, Peter Frank- lin and Kit Carson, for baseball. Red-headed Pete Franklin made an extremely lively man- ager for baseball. His great contribution was to razz the other side untiringly. He was a good substitute for a perpetual motion machine. FPESHMEN SCORE IN DRAMATLCS ' Not only were the Freshm-en active in athletics but also in dramatics. VVe chuckled to see Eddie Drzal as the grandfather, Leo Hulton as the bashful beau and Jo Anne Kinig as the object -of his adoration in Mildred Is My Name. The Freshman Dramatic Club amused the assemlbly with a rip-snorting melodrama, Fireman Save My Child. Kit 1Carson with a long black moustache played the wicked villain and Louise Nelson looked sweet and demure as the blushing heroine. THE LCE CiR.E-AIM-WHERE WAS IT? A The Freshmen were pretty excited 5 their first year was over and they were having a picnic at the Town Park. Everything went fine until it was time to eat. All gathered around and then someone discovered that the ice cream was missing. Finally a tea-cher located it. Some bright boys had decided to see if they could get away with more th-an their fair share, but the rest of the class discouraged that! SOPHOMORE ELECTIONS HELD Elections were held and Paul Osborn became President, Louise Nelson continued as Vice- ,HJ

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of Seniors with Kit Carson as manager. Seniors on the team were Lynch, Pace, Osborn, Peck, Johnson, Pitchard, Peyron, Weiss, J udson, Franklin, and Emmons. THE N INTH GUEST DRAWS RECORD AUDIENCES What bustle and excitement getting ready for this thrilling mystery! Almost the entire Senior class hammered, sawed, scrubbed, painted, cut and sewed under the direction of Mrs. William Sloan to create the beautiful modernistic penthouse that was the set. How the audience jumped -when the lights flashed from the electrified door and chair, when the guns went off and when Kit Carson and Kent Johnson staged a thrilling :fight with their figures silhouetted in the blue light! There were ticklish moments when blank-s were duds and when Paul Rhoades, who was supposed to be a corpse, almost choked trying to hold back an attack of coughing. MESS MERVVIN GIVES PARTY FOR SENIOR GLASS Miss Merwin said in a rash moment that if the Seniors would sell 500 tickets before the play, she would give the whole class a party. It was quite a party! Joe WVanwick penformed on the drums 3 Ricky Lynch sang An Irish Lullaby, and the quartet gave Michael Finni- ga.n.', The house shook when records were played fortissimo at the same time as Donald Thomas played Boogie Woogie chords on the piano and Joe really went to town on the drums. We fwonlt forget the cookies, especially the fbrownies, and that boiling hot cocoa. SENIOR PROM CELEBRATES ST. PATRICK'S DAY In honor of St. Patrick the hall was decorated with green and white streamers, big and little shamrocks and green pipes. Something new was introduced as the school queen, Eugenia Lewis, was crowned in a colorful ceremony. The crown was a halo of white roses. George Beardsley and his onchestra provided the music. PUTTING OUT THE YEAR BOOK OCCUPIES MANY SENIORS Under the direction of Mrs. Quist with Lois Place as editor and Bill Peck as assistant editor, most of the class worked to put out the important Yeanbook. NEW MILFORD BASEBALL TEAM UNDEFEATED, WINS 14 STRAIGHT GAMES AND LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP! What a baseball season! We will remember many an exciting game, especially the championship game against Washington played at Litchfield. The ,Seniors who have played on the team are Paul Osiborn, Stanley Kiwasnierwski, Ricky Lynch, Bob Feller, and Vincent Lucas. WAR HITS HOME We, as 'a class, have felt the strain of war throughout our four years of high school. As Freshmen we saw the beginning 3 as Seniors we saw V-E day and as we leave and march. into the world we'r-e hoping for V-Day. During these four years many of our boys have en- listed and during this year we have lost James Volinski to the Merchant Marines, and Joe DeCosa and James Armstrong to the Navy, and Kit Carson to the Marines. Many of the others are awaiting orders. LARGE CLASS GRADUATES FROM NEW MILFORD HIGH SCHOOL This is itg this is what we've been waiting for-graduation! Tonight we're all wondering, wondering what.it is going to be like and realizing that from now on what hap- pens to us is our own responsibility. As we leave we wish to express our sincere appreciation to Mr. Knox, Mr. Williamson, and to our teachers who have guided us through these past years. We also wish all of our classmates entering the service the best of luck and God-speed home.