Old Lyme High School - Lymen Yearbook (Old Lyme, CT)

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CLASS PROPHECY Scene Census O ce Washzngton D C 1950 Tuo o :mls are talkzng to one another Sloan Well Brown how dld you fare today Broun Pretty good Sloan but a tough day tough-coyered the Old Lyme area Sloan Good' ls your report complete and ac curate? Broun As well as can be expected Sloan Lets have lf Broun Well tt seemed good to renew old ac quamtances I went to school wtth most of these people you know I remember ean DeWolf Jeanne vuth the lnght brown hanr we used to call her ean vowed she would dle an old mard yet I vrsrted her today and found her surrounded by several offsprmg accompanxed by a docile man she called her husband I couldn t quite understand why she never married Tom Bonettr I went to the old residence of Charles Appleby I learned hes a blg shot lawyer rn New York Cnty He handled an outstandmg case just the other day Of all the possrbrlmes for a clnent Shnrley Larson a real prrma donna was the de fendant Shirley was so nmpressed by Mr Apple by s skxll that they haye eloped Doug Bramble of all thmgs has bought out all the property rnghts of Library Lane and has an lmmense chxcken farm Doug was such a fowl creature anyway Of course there can be no doubt as to who his yufc IS Helen Bull by all means After seyeral calls I yyent to the drug store badly m need of a sedatnye In a few moments I declded I would need another for through the door came four husky young men m auators regalna jack Spears jlcl-t Barley Wlalt Dean and Vs'alt Mazer After the usual remtmscences I queued them as to what they were domg for a lrvelxhood and found that the four of them have formed a prtvate alrcraft corporation or at least a reasonable facsxmxle of one Mr Spelrs acts m the engtneernng capacxty and desxgns the planes Walt Mazer llres them over to England where the war IS stnll progresslng at fever pntch Mr Barley acts as Walts chief mechamc and Walt Dean heads the ground crew Incxdentally jack Spenrs has reverted back to an old tlme flame and ns mar rted to Paula Zimmerman Eventually I returned to my work and peered rn at the local beauty shop as I went by It ns under the capable management of Grnny Havens who was then operating on Miss Eleanor May nard on leave of absence from Hollywood where she has been makmg one htt prcture after another Ellxe s been marrled three txmes She always took prxde rn belng able to count ten anyway Contmunng on my way I was startled by a ter rrfrc clatter and lookmg up I saw George Kmg nn the cab of an enormous cross country tranler truck Dorxs Kotzan hrs blushmg brxde of sxx months perched upon the seat was takmg a joy ride with htm I stopped rn at the nearest A 8t P store for a can of tobacco and was confronted by a tall lanky gentleman jnm Noyes makmg the rounds of his large cham store system Asklng jxm what had become of Sammy Green I learned that Sam was dtstmgulshxng hxmself ln the Ambulance Corps overseas and was already the recrpxent of two drstnnguxshed service medals Furthermg my mquest I found that Barbara Monroe was playing housewxfe to Leon Machntk and was qunte thrrlled over tts mtrxcacxes Chnck Wood and Tommy Bonettx are lncreasmg thetr mcomes by then: mgenunty at the plant of Pratt 84 Whxtney -' m ,v 1 1 ' 'I ' V M . l ' .. , , - , ,Q ' . , V 'l 9 9 ,Q ' ' v I D . D 3 1 9 9 . - . ' v ' 1 V '. , ' , - ' ' - , , i . J Tu - r- 8 8 1 ' ,I ' , , . . I s q , , , . . . , I . v ' Charlie has outgrown Old Lyme, though, I guess. . . . ' , 1 1 ! . . . . . ' . 7 . I . . . , . . . , 7 S v 3 ' . . . 7 V ' I - 9 ' 7 . . 7 . . - . Y 9 I Y. Y . s - Q I . , . V. . It 1 1 V , . . I 5 I K y , . y . K I I I . , ' I , 7 I ,' , Y . . . . . ' , . t H - , 1 , . , , . . . . I

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Upon returnlng m September 1940 to assume the role of juniors the noble group found that they had lost several members 1' hey were Robert Kennedy Donald Harris Leonard Stanton and Robert Northrop fWalter Tschudy a new stu dent left nn October J Among the new faces that year were Genevieve Flrgeleskx Walt Mazer and Randolph Brown Tommy Bonettx yomed the class ln February of 1941 In 1940 the junnors were greeted by a change ln the admmnstratlon Mr Thorp became super mtendent and assumed all admmlstratlve offices Mr Dane and Mr Qumlan our first coach were added to the faculty The unlors had the pleasure of havmg Mr Sokol as homeroom teacher and adviser The class ofiicers mcluded Sam Green presndent Edythe Grnflith vnce president Charles Appleby secre tary and George Klng treasurer Through the efforts of Mnss Walsh a perma nent school paper The Lyme Light was nn augurated Members of the junxor Class who were m a great measure responsxble for the suc cess of the paper were jean DeWolf Shxrley Larson Randy Brown Edythe Grlffith Barbara Monroe Vxrglrxa Havens and Eleanor Maynard Socnal affanrs sponsored by the juniors mcluded a Sports Dance 1n December and the junxor Prom Both were successes especnally the Prom umor class influence was also prevalent nn the play jane Eyre presented by the Dramatlcs Club In purchasing thexr class rmgs the juniors set the standard for future classes to follow by se lectmg a crest which was adopted as the standard for rmgs of all future classes A system of clubs was started m extra currncular pernod It mcluded the Student Councnl Photog raphy Radio Home Economics Lettermens Glee Drnvers Dramatlcs and Newspaper Clubs Thns sy stem proved both mterestmg and mstructlve to all students The Student Councnl mcluded David Hoag Barbara Davy Harry Champion Barbara Slattery Orrin Champlain Helen Martin Mal colm Bramble Glorla Boyorquez Vernon Wood Cecnly Champlaxn Ellnott Ressler and Ann Spexrs The football team won 2 of 4 games whlle the basketball team weakened by the loss of Kmg and Kw asmewskx won only 1 of 13 games How evcr the baseball team dad a little bctter and won 1 of 17 games Scholastxcally and socnally 1940 41 was a good year The juniors had firmly established their place in school When the group convened m Scptcmber 1941 to take IIS place as leader of thc school the ab sence of one of the most dxstmgunshed members of the class Cecily Champlain was noted Harold Fratus was mxssmg also New addmons and replacements to the faculty mcluded Mnss Kutz Miss Charpenuer Mnss Sym onds Mxss Handy Mr Cole Mr Hayes and Mr Wordell Mr Cole departed at Chrxstmas vaca non and was succeeded by Mr Scott and later by Mr Kryger The Semor Class was honored by the appoint ment of Mr Wordell as thenr advnser and home room teacher The class officers mcluded Sam Green presldent Edy the Grlflith vnce presx dent Randy Brown secretary and jean DeWolf treasurer In order to tram young men for defense yobs a trade school was opened 1n Essex Thns was at tended by several Semors In lme wlth Clvxlnan Defense classes ln fire fighting and nursing were mtroduced for Semor boys and girls respectively One of the great achnevements whlch the Semors accompllshed was the procurement of Semor Prlvlleges which allowed Semors to leave school at noon and at 2 15 and to arrnve nn school at a later time than that required of under classmen Socially speakmg the Semors were actnve They gave a Halloween Dance and the annual Semor play The Arrlval of Kitty Evndences of Semor lnfluence were seen nn the operetta The Sun sale of Chrxstmas cards penclls and banners was sponsored by the Semors In the lme of sports Old Lyme had nmproved Although the football team was undefeated and thereby won th'e Shore Lune Conference Tourna ment the basketball team won only 6 of 21 games The first team was composed four fifths of Semors The greatest achievement of the Semor Class was their yearbook Although xt was stxll nn the makmg when thus artncle was wrxtten we are sure nt wnll be a tremendous success For four years teachers and fellow students have been plagued by the Class of 42 Now at long last the class IS preparing to leave Old Lv me Hugh and embark upon the sea of lnfe This class will never be forgotten as long as Old Lyme Hugh stands Thexr spnrnt wall be ever present helping future graduating classes over the obstacles of hugh school life on September 6 1958 will never dxe lnstead nt will shme more brxghtly as a memorial to their four year battlc agunst the forces of cducatlon The flame which they kindled CHARLES APPLEBv ! 7 7 9 9 ' . , . - if 9 1 v . . . , - 1 u 4 . u s - . l , , , 9 9 9 l ' v . . , , . 0 9 7 9 J - . 3 1 S s 4 S , s i 9 ' . 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Upon retrospectxon I found the person of Dnck Lee to be ommously mrsstng and on mquxry learned that Dnck had bought out half mterest rn the Barnum Barley Cxrcus Oh well handsome Rxchard always yowed that lf he couldn t run a ranch he would do the next best thtng to It Haymg accounted for most of my old class mates I was bound I should determme the where abouts of Bllly Bugbee Edy the Grnifxth Maryorxe Peck and Genevreve Frrgeleskx After many fruntless mquxrres I finally learned that Bxlly IS PROPHECY ON In the year 1930 I made a trxp to the natlon s capital xncludmg a v1s1t to the Senate There I found a heated debate bemg staged be tween Senator Longnose from Calnfornra and a Senator Brown from New York There was somethmg famnlrar 1n that and I tell you gen tlemen that remmded me of a hxgh school class mate Randy Brown The debate was now a roachm the fever 8 pomt Mr Brown advocated a plan whereby the future eneratnons could be s ared the mlsfortune S of txre ratnonmg Accordmg to Senator Brown xt resolved around thts xngennous plan of action to replace the automobrle wxth the horse ln an Edie IS atured ln the splendid white regalla of the Red Cross nurse on duty ln Hawau Genny ns busy poundmg the keys for some executxve ln Chncago and Marge IS cursrng her husband for not havmg donned a tle before commencnng dmner after a trresome day s work on thenr Vermont farm Sloan Well mdeed that ts a full report Broun Yes Sloan a full report and a gratn fymg one But such polgnant memorxes of my youth when I had all my haxr has surely gotten me down Im off for a week at Warm Sprmgs' THE PROPHET swer to the mqunry as to what horses have that cars haven t Mr Brown flew mto a verbal rage declarmg that xt :sn t a questnon of what a horse has that a car has not but rather what a horse does not have that a car has Senator Brown elab orated on the ponnt that nf horses supplant cars there wrll be no necessnty for txres rf there IS no necessxty for txres there wrll be no necessrty for ratronmg Senator Brown s address was so con vmcmg that the Senate rmmedrately passed the proposal and thanks to Mr Brown there wxll be no more automobxles but rather we shall revert to the old horse and carnage VIRGINIA HAVENS . . . , . . . as V . Y . . . , - . . i , v , . . . , . . l -' , I , I . ' , l x 9 a .' , . - 1 . Y 7 V . , . . , 7 V. . .. , Y V actively engaged as a professional photographcrg RANDOLPH BROWN. - . . , . . 3 . , . . . . t . , . . , 1 a , . . . . ,, . ' I . , V , ' V. . . . . . ! !! ' ' , ' 1 V 1 V. a 9 , , , . . . , i l . . V 7 ' 7 . I ' 0 9 1 7 - , I