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

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Class elections went off smoothly this year , with only one change in officer s. Pat King took over as Secretary, Jim White remained President, Mike as Veep, and Nancy, Treasurer. With Mr. Went pushing us, we came in second in the Magazine Campaign, which meant a much needed addition to our treasury. This year we joined with the Seniors to try something new—a Junior-Senior social. It was a huge success. During the Spring our only topic of conversation was our prom, which was held May 5. We all worked hard on it for weeks beforehand and felt quite proud when we finished the decorating. The Yale-Collegiate Orchestra played for us and the climax of the evening was the crowning of our class Queen, Ruth Day. The only drawback was the fact that financially it was not a success. September 6, 1950, meant the beginning of the last 180 days. It seemed impossible that only three years before we had entered those doors so timidly. Our first class meeting was quite a shock to everyone -- we ACTED like Seniors! When we held elections Pat remained as Secretary and Nancy as Treasurer. John Ploski took over the Presidency, and Jim Wells became Vice-President. To justify Mr. Went’s faith in us, we walked away with top honors in the Magazine Campaign-which meant a sizable addition to our treasury. Hardly had that ended when we were up to our ears in the Senior Play-Through the efforts of all, including many outside the class, “Dear Ruth was very successful. As this goes to press, we are looking forward to our Senior Dance, May 4, Class Night, June 15, and Graduation, June 17. Through the combined efforts of all the Seniors these events will be assured successes. When we depart from N.M.H.S. we will leave behind the Trophy Case—our Senior project. We hope that the classes that follow will take good care of this Trophy Case, for attached to it will be many pleasant memories. Thinking of all these things eases the pain of graduation and takes some of the frightening air from it. “Pomp and Circumstance , here we come! 29

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It hardly seems possible that graduation will soon be something behind us. “Pomp and Circumstance sounds terrifying at this point, and although we are overwhelmed at the prospect of graduation, we’re just a little frightened too. This feeling is different from the scared feeling we experienced on September 3, 1947, when we first entered New Milford High School as Freshmen. After a few weeks during which we practically made games out of finding the right rooms and of going around the right cops in the halls, we held our first class meeting. How well we remember that first class meeting--when the boys took over the class. Since there was dissension in the ranks of the girls, the boys managed to hold all of the offices. Mike Burdick ran the show, Jim Wells helped him, Ed Keeler was Secretary, and Jim White, Treasurer. Mr. Malonis took the task of advising our class and rumor has it that we wore him out, for he left N.M.H.S. at the end of that year. In April we, the little shots of the school, did our small part to put on a social for the Senior High. An almost unheard of thing occurred at this social -—we, the Freshmen, made money! Coming back to school in September 1948 as Sophomores, we felt much more at ease and quite tempted to look down on the young Freshmen. At our first class meeting we elected the same people, but we shifted some of them around. Jim White became President, Mike Burdick became Veep, Ed Keeler remained as Secretary, and Jim Wells became Treasurer. When Jim left in January, Nancy Lathrope took over the job of collecting money. We elected Mr. Went as class advisor, a job which he has retained for three years. By the time we came back in September 1949, we really felt as if we knew our way around. Upper classmen—wow!!! 28

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 Will nb We fit a ment ' We, the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-One, being of as sound a mind as vve ever are and will be, do make, publish, and declare this to be our Last Will and Testament. I, Mike Burdick, leave my ability to sign excuses to Ted Adams. I, Richard Owen, leave my car to anyone who can drive it. I, Ed Easton, left I We, Sally Ann Borgstrom and Joan Carrier, leave our locker to five or six unfortunate Juniors. I, Shirley McHan, leave taking everything with me. I, Kenny Tobin, leave my walk to Fritz Kubacki. I, Nancy Couch, leave my shorthand marks to Doris Squires. I, Charles Hungerford, leave as silently as I came. I, Lois Robinson, leave to follow Kenny. I, Nancy Wells, leave my license to anyone who can drive my car. I, Bob Carlson, leave my habit of being late to anyone lazy enough to acquire it. I, Kenneth Grant, leave a certain Junior to be left alone. I, Joan Morris, leave N.M.H.S. to the next new Senior from O.B.H.S. I, Charlie Brutz, leave my Sears and Roebuck license to Gordan Dike. I, Pat Adams, leave my height to my sister, Janet. We, John Ploski and Jim Wells, leave shoulder to shoulder. I, Irene Steck, leave my good times in Miss Gallo’s room to everyone. I, Minnie Cronin, leave taking off for Alabama. I, Doris Logan, leave my dirty desk to some Junior who is able to clean it out. I, Mary McCarroll, leave at last. I, Jimmy Buchanan, leave my ability to come home with all four fenders on the car to Bill Crowley. I, Henry Wolinski, leave my blush to Mr. Hague. I, Frances Tencza, leave my bashful ways to Audrey Vosburgh. I, Robert Vosburgh, leave, taking Priscilla with me. I, Jean Blantin, leave my understanding of Commercial Arithmetic to next year's class. I, Charlie Roth, leave--wishing Jane were going with me. We, Mary Lou Moore and Alberta Villane, leave our ability to beat the Nine O’clock Bell for four years to anyone in need of it. I, Howard Altermatt, leave after struggling through four hectic years. We, Georgia Beatty and Yvonne Gero, leave our jokes to Miss Rakowski. I, Joe Dellea, leave taking my memories with me. I, John Roger, leave my strength to Calvin Strong. I, Lowell Davenport, leave my privilege of being late for school every morning to anyone that sleeps over. ■ ..iiu 30