Newington High School - Sequin Yearbook (Newington, CT)

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CAN YOU IMAGINE? Can yon imagine......... 1. Winnie Bolles with straight hair? 2. Jack Newton minus his ambition ? 3. Helen Conners six feet tall? 4. Barbara McCarthy with nothing to say? 5. Shirley Rosenblatt forgetting her lines? 6. Sheila Spooner being unpleasant ? 7. Gloria Martin with short blond hair? 8. Bob Gilbert without freckles? 9. Barbara Rice disliking music ? 10. Arthur Treiber getting a zero? 11. John Namnoun without a corny joke? 12. Leslie Whitham wide awake ? 13. The Newington Theater without Jennie Kornak? 14. Vincent Morrell raising the roof? 15. Betty Ann 1 lanson not blushing? 16. Jean Mitchell singing bass ? 17. Russ Nugent disliking sports? 18. Ronald I lutchinson never tardy? 19. Senior Class Meeting with imperfect order? 20. Caroline Peckham cutting gym ? 21. Gloria Holmberg not vacationing in Canada? 22. Eugene Milczanowski dancing? 23. Judy St. John with black hair? 24. Alice Jacob getting a late pass? 25. Mary Rast with an infallible argument? 26. George Gotawala going steady? 27. The Scribe without Janet Baker? 28. Elaine Jackson five by five? 29. 201 having its office messenger on time? 30. Henry Jesionka with perfect attendance? 31. Anyone but Ed Carey as Class Treasurer? 32. Home Room 103 in absolute silence? 33. Barbara Skotnars without Decorating Committee worries? 34. Lou Morgan as Class Athlete? 28 The 1948 Sequin

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POST GRADUATES ROBERT MENCARINI “Bob” Hard work leads to success” “Bob” came to our school in the senior year to take a postgraduate course in preparation for college entrance. His quiet ways did not hide from us his true ability. We all wish him a bright and successful future. Dramatic Club 4. LUIS TORREGROSA MAESTBE “Lu” “Do but set the example yourself, and I will folloie” When Lu” came to Newington from Madrid. Spain, he immediately set an example with his courtesy and likeable personality. His remarkable ability to learn and to remember amazed us all. Our class is fortunate to number him among its members. Dramatic Club 4: Sequin 4; Mixed Chorus 4; Glee Club 4; Scribe 4. The 1948 Sequin 27

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WHAT'S IN A NAME What a Gloria s day! What a Mary Ian.' The Pa ( cams bright and Simnic. A crowd is gathering at the Mexican Rose (cnblatt) Holla to watch Anne Marie light the bull in her new pair of Jean s. Neither kith Norkin will miss this gala event. Every Tribe or clan is rushing like mad to get a seat. Rice and confetti are thrown into the streets as Anne Marie passes. Ha soul a every Neia gent, is as Car -free as a r An bin. Each mother is trying to get her Mac Clean. All the Hansom Jack s Got a u-ala in the water to wash the dirt down Ca drain. Allan all, the men are so boisterous and carousing that soon they won’t be able to tell IVoj toe from tvics. Look over there. See? There is Mac, Carty ing her Neto Ions of Waffles to town, as she often does. She Wit bar ry them in the Rich yard of a Baker's sub-Urban Home berg to use as fertilizer for the Korn ak. Rut hack to the procession. Is that a HcnryaWy cackling? That means the light is almost on. But something is amiss. There are no men in the parade. This is not Norma 1. There’s a lad turning the Conner of a side street past a drug store where Laiercncc is selling Pecks- of White-ham. Let's ask him what has gone wrong. “Thay-er, can you tell us where all the Men zel are today?” The fellow is pointing toward Metro’s and walking in. So! The Morrell of this story is: When Anne Marie fights the bull it is more fun to play Kimball machines. The 1948 Sequin 29