Newington High School - Sequin Yearbook (Newington, CT)

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Class Will To Whom It May Concern : Know ye nil. that we, the graduating class of nineteen hundred and fifty, of Newington High School, town of Newington, State of Connecticut, being of sound mind atid body, do hereby declare this our last will and testament bequeathing these possessions that are lawfully ours: To: Mr. Allen, we leave an enthusiastic P.D. Class. Mr. Bowes, we leave peace and quiet. Mr. Church, we leave more girls. Miss Clark, we leave a more enthusiastic gym class. Mr. Comeau, we leave more storage space. Mrs. Comeau, we leave less complicated problems for her Algebra II class. Miss Downie, we leave appreciation for her kindness and friendliness. Miss Glass, we leave sweet air for her experiments. Mr. Goweii, we leave a warmer Senior Science room. Mr. Hendershot, we leave a new high school. Miss Holleran, we leave the complete works of Shakespeare. Mr. Ide, we leave a full-time secretary. Miss Jamer, we leave a larger Honor Society. Miss Kelly, we leave our thanks and appreciation for supervision of the Sequin. Mrs. McMann, we leave more blackboards for her drawings. Mrs. Maud Murphy, we leave some extra seating plans. Miss Norell, we leave a dictionary. Mrs. O’Donnell, we leave a bigger library. Mr. Paskevitch, we leave a new car. Mr. Roberts, we leave a baby sitter so that he can attend the social functions. Miss Rice, we leave hopes of a small geometry class. Miss Steeves, we leave two weeks' vacation at Springfield College. Mrs. Thayer, we leave more efficient office messengers. Mrs. Lindroth, we leave a healthy student body. Eunice Bates leaves the typing room. Claire Bausola leaves her cheerleading partner. Lucy (Jallicchio. Beverly Blinn leaves the Student Council a new president. Lorraine leaves with a blushing face. Margaret Daniels leaves her job in Grant’s to Adella Gillette. Shirley Dawson leaves her artistic ability to Jeyrl Ludington. Dorothy Eddy leaves her leadership to Billy Carlson. Margaret Galbraith leaves good-naturedly. Lois Hall leaves Gloria Gallas alone. June Hamilton leaves her seat in the hot-rod to anyone with daring. Mildred Hollis leaves her naturally curly hair to Rose Marie Pellegatto. Betty-Lou Johnson leaves her pretty blond hair to Joan Johnson. Clara Kornak leaves her undone homework to Maxine Person. Dolores LaClair leaves on a double date. Anne Laskowski leaves the mirror in the girls’ room to (jenny Rudek. Andrea Mahan leaves her position as Mr. Robert’s baby sitter to her sister, Kay. Shirley Norton leaves quietly. Dorothy Olisky leaves her “golden silence” to Barbara Mitchell. The 1950 Sequin 21

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Class Prophecy Time: 1960 Place: Newington, Connecticut After many years away from school, we returned to the newly-built Newington High School. As we enter the north door, we are met by classmate. Betty-Lou Johnson, head of the Commercial Department, and June Hamilton, head of the English Department. As we walk down the hall, we see Mr. Bowes outside the office talking to the school nurse, Jean Sills. Eleanor Stamm, school secretary, is busy working in the office. k As the lunch hell rings, we leave the high school. We stop to eat at Eddie Baranski’s new diner, recently designed and built by Russell Turgeon. As we walk in, we are met by Manager Joe Alfano and Hostess Gladys Stillman, who show us to our table, where Ann Laskow-ski brings us the menu. Looking around our new surroundings, we find several of our classmates, Warren Nyborg, Bill Nelson, and Jerry Flaherty, seated around the piano listening to the music of Richie Hall. After finishing our meal, we bid farewell to our former classmates, and leave for the gas station around the corner. We see the sign, “Howie Jackson’s Service Station, Manager Richie Patz.” After chief mechanic Dick Pe-tano wipes off our windshield, we leave for the Newington Theatre. We buy our tickets from cashier Eunice Bates. Our tickets are taken at the door by Bushy Grabowski. As we enter the inside lobby, we see Steve Arre. the officer now on duty. We are ushered to our seats by Assistant Manager Janet Reckert. We happen to sit next to Claire Bausola, Dolores LaClair, and Sophie Soltys, who tell us that Cliff Ehlert and Dick Heywood are now licensed projector operators and are running the camera for tonight’s performance. Following the film, we hear a short rendition of organ music by Lois Hall. The show opens with the dancing team of George DiPace and Dorothy Eddy, who dance to the music of Milly Hollis, Heinz Jaeger, and Kenneth Doolittle. Master of ceremonies, Allan Carlson, introduces the Barber Shop Quartet consisting of A1 Ginn, George Oswell, Johnny Kuhlman. and Russ Machol. A comedy debate on Highway Safety by Alan Rowland and Eddy Myers follows. Clara Kornak does her now famous impersonation of Rudolph “the blue-nosed” Samek. The show closes with a grand finale which includes all the cast. The costumes were designed by Shirley Dawson, and Shirley Norton was wardrobe mistress. ()n our way out of the theatre, we meet Manager Alice Sespaniak, who tells us that Wally Schultz has just opened his new drug store next door. We stop there for sodas and see Lorraine Blinn behind the counter. At a corner table Alison Stevens is seated, talking to Bobby Westermeyer and Jack Gallup. A short distance behind them is Steve Dallas at the pin ball machine. Peggy Daniels stops in for a candy bar on her way to work in Jimmy Keane’s Law Office, which has just opened on the floor above. As we leave the drug store to see Jimmy, we notice familiar names on the doors of the new office building. There are Ray Bolles and Joe Sar-thory, Insurance Agents; Andrea Mahan, ()ccttpational Therapist; and Dick Waterman’s Travel Agency. It seems Jimmy employs a number of our former classmates. Seated at typewriters are Peggy Galbraith, Dottie Olisky, Peggy O’Connell, and Beverly Blinn. Jimmy informs us that Elina Parker is now an executive for a New York business concern. After seeing all our classmates, we leave them and reminisce on the many changes ten years have brought. We conclude that our class has been most successful. 26 The 1950 Sequin

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT (Continued) Margaret O’Connell leaves as fast as she can go. Elnia Parker leaves her scout activities to Joan Carlin. Janet Reckert leaves Mr. Bowes’ office. Alice Sespaniak leaves her gym suit to Geraldine I’atz. Jean Sills leaves for nursing. Sophie Soltys leaves the drum corps to Charlotte Kasmer. Alison Stevens leaves with W alter Schultz. Eleanor Stamm leaves her argyle socks to he finished by Audrey Athearn. Gladys Stillman leaves for the Midget Auto Races. Barbara Westermeyer leaves her cute hair-do to Ann Caldwell. Stephen Arre leaves to join Bernard McQueeny. Joseph Alfano leaves his home runs on the American Legion Team to Joe llaberl. Edward Baranski leave Miss Glass with a quiet homeroom. Stephen Gallas Allan Carlson takes his blue shirt with him. John Collins leaves on tiptoe. George DiPace leaves his New Britain girls to his brother, Bob. Kenneth Doolittle takes his drumming with him. Clifford Ehlert leaves his cooking to anyone who’ll eat it. Jerry Flaherty, we leave a tube of Ipana for that smile. Jack Gallup takes Barbara Westermeyer with him. Alfred iinn leaves his butch haircut to Pat Flaherty. John Kuhlman leaves his masquerade attire to Richard I'ittsinger. Clifford Grabowski leaves his magazine subscriptions to next year’s highest seller. Richard Hall leaves his musical talents to Richard Smith. Richard Heywood leaves his red hair to Jimmy Stewart. Howard Jackson leaves in a new Hudson. Heinz Jaeger leaves his witty remarks to David McLean. James Keane leaves for Yale. Russell Machol leaves the tutdoor Theatre. Edward Myers takes his golf clubs with him. William Nelson leaves his defense of the Yankees to Tommy Keena. Warren Nyborg leaves his unsaid words to Norman Turgeon. George Oswell leaves his naps in class to Douglas Gallup. Richard Patz leaves the traffic duty to Warren Mason. Alan Rowland leaves his hot-rod to Edward Callahan. Rudolph Samek leaves his clowning to Edward Speck. Joseph Sarthory leaves his basketball ability to Arthur O'Connell. Russell Turgeon slips away silently. W alter Schultz leaves his job at Nelson’s Drug Store to Bruzzie Chevalier. Donald Waterman leaves on a tour around the world. (Signed and Sealed) Mildred Hollis, Clara Kornak,and Genieve Ruder. 28 The 1950 Sequin