Plainfield High School - Hermiad Yearbook (Central Village, CT)

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- CLASS SUPERLATIVES - Best looking Cutest N eatest Best dressed Wittiest Most ambitious Most studious Class shiek Best personality Most athletic Best actress and actor Most likely to succeed Most dependable Most respected Best dancer Most original Most musical Most sensible Most cheerful Best Mixer Chatterbox Most popular Best sport Class man and woman hater Biggest eater Class pessimist Class optimist Most bashful Biggest flirt Most Innocent Lady and gentleman Ideal Plainfieldite Class Romeo and Juliet GIRL Patricia Burton Patricia Coffey Mary Lasnier Cynthia Bessette Fernande Bouthillier Emily Lathrop Emily Lathrop Fernande Bouthillier Margaret McGee Fernande Bouthillier Emily Lathrop Cynthia Bessette Pauline Marchesseault Alice Harton Fernande Bouthillier Emily Lathrop Emily Lathrop Alice Harton Fernande Bouthillier Fernande Bouthillier Fernande Bouthillier Fernande Bouthillier Ruth Gallup Lucille Tetreault Mary Butler Mildred Ihloff Mary Butler Lucille J ette Fernande Bouthillier Bernice Miller 125.- BOY William Congdon David Osiper Edmond Seney Edmond Seney Richard Rossi Edmond Seney Paul Salois Edmond Seney Edmond Seney David Osiper Richard Rossi Edmond Seney George Osiper Edmond Seney Edmond Seney Richard Rossi Howard Curry George Osiper Richard Rossi Richard Rossi Richard Rossi Edmond Seney William Bellavance Louis Arsenault Alfred Cilcius Robert Gulino Richard Rossi Paul Salois Alfred Cilcius Louis Arseneault Edmond Seney Edmond Seney Henry Fillmore

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IN RETROSPECT Remember when as bashful Freshmen We wandered in a daze. Remember how the lordly Seniors Had all their whims and ways. Remember our numerous errors As we traveled to and fro. Members of the Student Council Had to tell us where to go. Initiation, our dance and our first senior crush, And how we managed to survive that mad noon hour rush. Memories, memories, dreams of times so tough. Poor Freshmen . . . but we loved it. Remember when as dashing Sophomores We thought that we were Hin . And the fellows ached on the football field To fight and fight to win. In English we had much to fear For Julius Caesar came that year. Our brains were crammed with frivolous things, We had no time for ancient Kings. We also learned, day by day, That sleeping in clas-ses did not pay. For we got detention, like as not. Poor Sophomores .... but we loved it. Remember when as lofty Juniors We exerted all our charm To make great big successes of Our Junior Play, our Junior Prom. Remember the wheels we painted For our springtime Calico Hopg How the fellows got rambunctious And we couldn't make 'em stop. Remember Mr. Davis and the Magazine Campaign, How we sold and sold subscriptions Till we thought we'd go insane. Poor Juniors .... but we loved it. Remember when as lordly Seniors We strolled apart from the crowd. We were the elite of P. H. S. No wonder we were proud! We laughed with our Senior Play cast, We worked like Trojans all! We frolicked on our Class Trip And loved our Senior Ball. Now the time has come to part, We smile but still there's sorrow. Our motto in mind for'er shall be, As Youth is, so is tomorrow. Plainfield High .... How we loved it.

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- CLASS HISTORY . YOU ARE THERE Time-September 5, 1945 Place-Plainfield High School Scene-a milling throng-112 strong-has just invaded the erstwhile silent halls of this famed institution of learning. The of- fice doors open wide and Miss Armstrong advances to disperse this suddenly subdued band to Rooms 3, 4, and 5. Within a few days, the whole bewilder- ing business of being a freshman becomes increasingly simple, and the daily pat- tern of this life for the next four years emerges. The first memorable event of the year is the half-awaited, half-feared Freshman In- itiation. Of course, the bruises have now faded, but the memory of this Initiation Day will linger long. After being subjected to the dire humiliation of bowing low in the presence of upper-classmen, of toting tons and tons of their books, of being made to look as unattractive as possible to the op- posite sex, the lordly Seniors have climaxed this fateful day with the Freshmenis first high school dance. Now, as duly accepted members of Plain- field High School, they are ready to in- augurate class activities, the first of which is the election of class officers. On the ap- pointed day the auditorium walls resound with the clatter of the assembled group, who soon quiet to the voices of Miss Goy- ette and Miss Mathews, the class advisors. Although the first class meeting is char- acterized by the usual lack of parliamen- tary procedure, a wise choice of class of- ficers is made resulting in the election of Edmond Seney, as president, Beatrice Beausoleil, as vice-president, Harry Phil- ips, as secretary and James King, as treas- urer. The fine spirit of cooperation, charact- eristic of this class, is first displayed at the Freshman Frolic on May 3rd, which prom- ises a most enjoyable evening to everyone who attends. Summer months are upon us and I ask you to travel hastily over these vacation days with me and in September again meet these important personages. As Sophomores, with the stigma of lowly Freshmen a thing of the past, the ninety- seven members of the class of 49 again pursue the path of knowledge. This year, befitting their advanced status, they con- duct a more formal class meeting, at which they elect the following: Edmond Seney, re- tained as President, Charles Brodeur, vice- presidentg Patricia Burton, secretary and Gilbert Dailey, treasurer. Mr. Eichner, a newcomer to Plainfield High, is chosen to replace Miss Mathews, who has resigned. The year, on the whole, passes unevent- fully, but come Spring, plans begin to bur- geon for the annual class social. So, we find ourselves once more in the auditor- ium. But what a different atmosphere per- vades on this evening of May 9, for, in the soft glow of the bridge lamps placed about the room may be seen the couples swaying to the rhythmic strains of the Melody Makersf' At last intermission arrives, and the artistic abilities of our talented Soph- omores are displayed. Will time ever erase the memory of this colossal production- the appreciation of which is undoubtedly enhanced by the stimulating punch, freely imbibed by all. fThe cornerstone of the class's wealth is hereby firmly establishedj Once more time marches on and the hap- py, carefree, vacation days quickly speed by. September 1947, the crowded corridors resound anew with the tread of many busy feet, carrying the poised and confident Juniors who are a far cry from the bewild- ered Freshmen of two short years ago. There is much to be done this year and class elections are quickly disposed of. The class president is Edmond Seney again- surprised? the rest of the class isn't. The sarne pattern is observed as in the previous elections, for although the boys are in the minority, through some quirk of electoral caprice, they obtain a majority of the of- fices, Frederick Dorr is the vice-president, Patricia Burton is the secretary and Wil- liam Congdon is treasurer. The histrionic talents of this versatile class is successfully displayed on October 7, when the heart-rending drama The Valiant is presented. The audience is moved in turn to laughter and then to tears by the real- -261