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

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WALTER TISDALE TISSY Nas y Arr Corps Class Offrcer Pres IV Iootball II III Soccer IV Basketball IV Alrplane II Photography II Lyme Light IV Intramurals I II III IV Student Councr' IV Trssy one of our Hamburg boys wrll long be remembered for hrs brg feet and appetrte I-Irs sersatnlrty has made htm a leader rn both sports and socral ex ents and one of the best lrlced boys rn the school Hrs characterrzatlon of Miss Am errca at the Wlmat s lf Hop wall long be remem bered We are sure Txssy will succeed rn whateser freld he choses and wrsh hrm all the luck possible JANET STANHOPE U S C N C Glee Clubl II III IV Intramuralsl II III IV anet ns one of those light hearted mdnxduals who gets along so well wlth exeryone She has partlclpated rn sports exery year and the glee club would be lost wrthout her anet as yet has not decxded what her future work wrll be but we know through her cooperatne sprrxt she wrll go far ID thls world KW '-ar.

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Class Hzslory THRU THESE PORTALS FRESI-IMAN YEAR Early one September mornmg rn 1940 there conyerged on the beautrful edlflce called Old Lyme School a group of yery green but yery determmed youngsters Wandering almlessly around the corridors they soon learned they were to depart to Room 27 rn the newly added wmg In Room 27 they found many old frlends and a number of new ones Seycn of our new students lrke therr ancestors had descended upon us from a reglon farther north called Hamburg Thus group mcluded Ruth Maynard ulrette Crowley Beatrnce W'elch Walter Tls dale Allan Pllmpton Arthur OConner and Fred Czrkowsky Durmg the course of the year we also added Carmen Lopez Gran McGee and Blll Brown After a strenuous breaklng rn week for both the faculty and the students they fmally settled down to elect therr class offrcers They mcluded Presldent Helen Martm V1cePres1 dent Orrin Champlain Secretary Barbara Bro That year the students of Old Lyme High had the pleasure of recenmg mstructron from a most mterestmg faculty mcludmg Mrs Dem mg Mlss Walsh Miss Whlttler Miss Mrnard Miss Stokes Mr Hyelm Mr Dane and Mr ulnlan and Mr Thorp our new prrnclpal superlntendent Our home room teacher and advisor that year was Mr Dme Soclally speaking the Freshmen that year had many dances the St Patrlck s dance stand mg out as most promment When the Drama tics Club presented ane Eyre three of our most drstxngulshed Freshmen appeared rn the cast namely Vlrglnla Muller Helen Martm and Mary Spenrs In the field of sports we were represented by Mlke Traskos Kcn Lougee erry Rlce oe Mclxernan Art O Conner and Lee Halyburtou The football team won two of four games but the basketball team weakened by the loss of Kwasnxewskl and Kung won only one of thlr teen games The baseball team dld a llttle bet ter though and won four of twelve games It was thxs year that a new system of clubs was established that met durmg extra curricular perrods They were the Student Councrl Pho tography Radno Home Fconomncs Lettermans Glee Drlyers and Dramatlcs Clubs Our Stud ent Councll members that year were Orrm Champlaln and Helen Martm Thrs new sys tem proy ed both mterestlng and lnstructrve to all the students All rn all thc Ireshmen contrlbuted much to thc school and enjoyed many of its benefits SOPHOMORE YEAR In September 1941 a yery greatly decreased number of Sophomores doggedly retraced thenr foot steps back to school Absent from the class were Barbara Atwood Blll Brown Orrm Cham plarn Iared Czrkowsky Lee Griswold ulxette Crowley Beatrlce Welch and Carmen Lopez Later rn the year due to thelr lust for adven ture and patr10t1c splrxt to defend thelr country we lost fue of our most well known boys to the armed forces They were Mike Traskos Bob Spelrs lmmy Bean erry Rxce and Ken Lougee Thrs year we had the pleasure of haung Mxss Kutz as our home room teacher and ad yrsor Our home room was 26 The class offx cers that year mcluded President Mike Tras kos Vlce president Bob Sperrs Secretary Bar bara Brodeur and Treasurer Ey erett Bonfoey The faculty that year retalned only Mlss Walsh and Mr Dane but were supplemented by Miss Kutz Miss Charpentrer M155 Symonds Mlss Handy Mr Hayes Mr Wordell and Mr Cole 'Ihe latter was succeeded by Mr Scott and later by Mr Kryger Our Student Councll members were Charles Muller and Helen Martm The socral event sponsored by the Sopho more s mcluded the Inltlatron Wrnter XX'onder land and St Patrick dance and the Whats lt Hop All were fmanclal and soclal successes When the Glee Club presented The Sunbonnet Glrl an operetta by johnson A Morgan Helen Martm a well known Sophomore appeared ln the tntle role supported by a cast practically composed of Sophomores I V . ' ' ' v r , ' y 1 ' ' ' 7 7 7 7 'J 5 Y . . I I y I y . ' , ' 6. 7 Y - . 5 'H T ' Y. 7 . I , , . 7 7 1 I . , , , , . . , , . - Y., My . Y . - T 5 3 1 nl ' ' ll ' 7' 3 ' . 1 - . , , ' ' O . , , I . . , , , , . J . . , , . deurg and Treasurer, Allan Plnmpton. . . . 7 I - .- ' ' Y . . . , . . . . - , ' , , a 1 x 1 . ' ' ' 4 - - 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' a ' v ' I Y , A - 7 9 ' Q 7 ' 1 ' V ' ' ' ' I , . 2 . , . . . Y Y A 4 3 1 7 l . , , . , . , . I , . ' ' . . Y . i I I . , 4 7 I Y ' . I Y - ' , , I , ,l x ' ' ' I Y ,U A l I . , , , . , , , I U ' 9 7 ,y , l , . 7 n