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

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THE CLASS OF ’54 WE WERE THERE WHEN — The chemistry class went to Fairfield, the French class went to Canada, the Agriculture and Home Economics classes went to the Springfield Fair, the Problems class visited the Queen Mary, the U. S. History class went to prison. WE WERE THERE WHEN — Wes Schultz and Carleton Chase discussed cars, Anne Miller designed clothes, Martha Ewing drew cartoons, Cliff Burnett flirted, Veronica Barnes cheered school teams to victory, Donna Corey danced, Steve Auerbach punned, Susan Waller became engaged, Tommy Fogarty called Class Night Committee meetings, Ken Anderson exercised his leg with a pail of stones. WE WERE THERE WHEN — Report cards came out, the Dramatic Club put on a Christmas play, the Projectionist Club members were confronted with broken film, the Spanish Club had a fiesta, the French students sang Christmas carols, we produced our Senior Essays and Ann Ognan wrote a poem, we acted as Elder Statesmen in the 1954 Student Council Elections. FRESHMAN SOPHOMORE JUNIOR SENIOR ADVISOR Miss Northrop Miss Northrop Mr. Wiser Miss Weaver PRESIDENT W. Bradbury A. Winters K. Anderson C. Fitch VICE PRESIDENT K. Anderson W. Bradbury D. Woods C. Burnett SECRETARY C. Burnett C. Burnett C. Burnett E. Schimpf TREASURER F. Tryonoviech M. Ewing E. Schimpf M. O'Connor K. Kallenbach STUDENT COUNCIL A. Winters K. Anderson D. Campbell N. Moore REPRESENTATIVES F. Tryonoviech W. Bradbury E. Schimpf V. Barnes S. Wolinski V. Barnes M. Hall A. Miller S. Wolinski HISTORIAN: RUTH DUBE

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MILESTONES OF WE WERE THERE WHEN — Mr. Lynch banged his meter stick, Miss Keeler collected money, Mr. Graham told a joke and Miss Salvio laughed at it, Mr. Wiser cheered, Mr. Kenny mimicked, Miss Weaver talked French, Mr. Devin blushed, Mr. Williamson announced “equal length periods.” WE WERE THERE WHEN — The girls’ softball team won the 1 953 championship, Eileen Carlson made a homerun, Kenny Anderson made three varsity sports, Steve Bulova — as goalee in the soccer game with Watertown — stopped a ball bv lumping it and deflecting it over the top of the goal. WE WERE THERE WHEN — Betty Schimpf, Anne Miller, Ken Anderson, Bob Burden and Wes Schultz were chosen to go to Girls’ State and Boys’ State, Veronica Barnes was crowned Queen of our Dutch Polonaise Junior Prom, Kenny Anderson and Karen Kallenbach were King and Queen of our Harbor Lights Senior Prom, we lost the magazine campaign in oui Sophomore year and had real fun putting on the Jamboree. WE WERE THERE WHEN — A school TV set was voted down, Kenny Anderson was elected Student Council President in a hectic campaign, Dot Campbell and Maureen O’Connor became Vice-President and Treasurer of Student Council, we beat the class of 53 in an Assembly debate, Nancy Moore won an oratorical contest, we chose LOST HORIZON for our Senior Play, we rehearsed graduation exercises. 24

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BEQUESTS OF I, MARY ANN WAGER, leave to all a treasure chest of knowledge to which 1 had not the key. I, CARLTON FITCH, leave my seat in Physics class to anyone stupid enough to take it. I, FAITH FERGUSON, leave, to catch up with New Milford Oil Company’s cutest and most dashing employee. I, RONNIE LEAVENWORTH, leave the girls in Washington to Tommy Kennel and Eddie Orzech. I, ELEANOR KNOWLES, leave my job as secretary to Mr. White to some lucky Junior Girl. I, DONNA COREY, leave my sincere appreciation for love, life, and laughter to Sally Bennett. I, MARY JANE CARRIER, leave my look of innocence to Suzan Brutz. I, KAREN KALLENBACH, leave my way with the boys to “Sis” Gawel. We, STEVE A. and STEVE B., leave------confused!! I, KAY TUZ, leave my place on the Honor Roll to my brothers, Frank and Richie. I, PHYLLIS KNOX, leave my bell-ringing job to Nancy Lingle. I, NANCY MOORE, leave my memory for details to Enid Greenhaus. I, JOSEPH MICHALEK, leave all my mistakes in math problems to Mr. Fullerton. We, CAROLYN SCHULTZ and JUDY MILLER, leave our places at Dolan’s magazine counter to Pat Went and Barbara Anderson. I, ROSE CHUDADA, leave wearing my shoes. I, SYLVIA WOLINSKI, leave my fights with Mr. Smith to anyone big enough to handle him. I, ROBERT BURDEN, leave my job as chauffeur to the Problems of Democracy class to Paul Douskey. I, DAVID CLARK, leave half of my great interest in radio announcing to Bob Stone, and keep the other half myself. I, VERONICA BARNES, leave my place in the cheering squad to someone who will enjoy it as much as I have. I, WANDA WILLIAMS, leave my seat in Room 22 to Gloria Johnson. I, ANNE MILLER, leave my little red book to Cindy Keith. I, RUTH DUBE, leave my taste in sachels to the littlest girl in the Junior class. I, JANE WOODIN, leave my talent for being late to Beverly Villane. I, SUSAN WALLER, leave my marks in Home Economics to Lois Rogers. I, WESLEY SCHULTZ, leave my knowledge of Model A’s to Eddie Schultz. I, DIANNE WOODS, leave my love and appreciation of New Milford High School to Sibbie Merritt. I, GEORGIA BOOTH, leave with my diamond to catch up with the guy who gave it to me. L, MARGIE HIPP, leave my bashfulness to Donnie Peet. 26