Pomfret School - Griffin Yearbook (Pomfret, CT)

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1954 volume:

SIXTIETH PRIZE DAY EXERCISES EI! I' f tbfh 1 J 5 nlre 'C 00 une , PCDMFRET SCI-IOCDL 1954 GRIFFIN Page luo DEDICATION There as a saynng that all good men come out on top and such ss the case wlth Roman: Whether has famous recedrng halr llne as due to no one has ever been able to decnde We do know however that In the past three years we have learn ed to respect and admure thus nnan who has so ably served us as teacher coach college admlsslons advlsor and above all trlend Therefore we the class ot l954, sincerely dedicate thus book to joseph K Mulnor mental prowess or to his ability to lead calisthenics A DAY AT Df'NkAEDIfT I KJIVII IX if 1 -iz ,ff 1 -Mx' 'S--i ii 7 ' ,. , ,A ' ,f ,cw ' I iw 'fx ,M .M A, ,N A ,A 1. xx , ,. MRM xxx s 4 3 EX xx , 6. . -nf' , C 4 ? ! F' 1' f-5. .K 1 . 3 'L sf' z Q 4-3' ig A S K5 x . ,KS Q. , ge .r 3 l , . X , , 9 -, 3.0.5 4 -.Af 5 '-3, f 5 Q 4 ,gf A , - . il 1 1 ? A I , 'W' 'fi' . ,. 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By midterm elections, Pomfret foundit- self engaged in a new method of electing council representatives and a school-wide party system. Everyone wished success to Left to Right i Back: Nl. du Pont, lVlr. Lazea Payson, Mr. Richardson, M. Lewis, Front Row: the council, and was actively interested in the elections. When the political campaign had finish- ed and the smoke of battle had lifted, Pom- fret found itself with all but two council positions changed. Once the new board was seated, however, the party system evapor- ated. Members of the august body tried valiantly to bring it into play, but they found again that theory was easier than practice. During the remainder of the year there was great interest in the work of the coun- cil and although much was left undone. the vitality and marked increase in general participation on the part of the school seemed to promise great things for an- other year. r, O'Conner, Lamnatos, Eshbaugh, Williams. 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A , ' . 1 ,Hz ,. ww, ,gig I AW! ' x ,Q -,K-'v L. I pififk? Q. gk, x . fp. .Q .. - Us is . .x V X , Y well? .A A 'AA 'tl Although the Red and Black had eight returning lettermen, with a completely veteran backfield in l-lard, Patterson, Cole and O'Connor, the usually reliable crystal gazers found themselves at a loss for words when asked what the i953 football season held in store, At the end of its first game Pomfret left the field at Washington still looking for its first victory over the Maroon and Silver since l95O. To be sure there was a great difference between this year and last, but poor blocking and a passing attack without one completion spelt the differ- ence in a game that Pomfret could have wont The score was i3-O. After a week of strenuous drill, Kings- wood was Pomfret's guest in the second battle of the gridiron campaign, After a dismal first half in which a scrappy but undermanned Wyvern almost scored, Pom- fret took a new lease on life in the third quarter. After fullback Cole had set it up, Dave Patterson swept right end for fifteen yards and the game. Despite a desperate last period threat bv Captain Kone and the visitors, Pomfret left the field with a 6-O win in their hip pockets, The less said about the St. Georges game the better. Even with a quick 7-O lead due to Cole's early score, Pomfret was hit and hit hard by a team that simply wanted to win more than they did, The visiting Dragons scored twice in the second period on long runs, and added insult to injury with an insurance tally in the last quarter. Pomfret showed signs of life as in the first quarter, but St. Ceorges was out to make up for last year's loss, and simply would not be denied. The final score read i9-7. The game at Croton showed that the Red and Black still was plagued by the old bugaboo of poor pass defense. At no time during the entire afternoon did Pomfret make a real bid for paydirt, and only some of the most savage tackling in a long time by Captain Warner discouraged the Groton backs from enlarging the 6-O score. November l-4 found the Red and Black playing Westminster in the tightest game of the year. Pomfret out fought the surpris- ed lvlinsters but the game ended at I2-7 giving the home team its third straight win against the visitors. The season ended on a victorious note with the 7-O defeat of Salisbury, Although a Z and 4 record is not outstanding, the spirit of the team was high throughout the whole season. 7 17 Q5 f ....,.. Left to Rightf Front Row: O'Conner NV Lewis O Brian Walck l-larris Warner apt V cu Pont Strandesf l-latch, Coleii. Burrcwsf Seconl Row C ach Mansf eld Nich D Patterson Bragd n Hare . Hudson. F, Williams, B Robbins. a r uri Gu On D RO F C a h 'Ne Third Rowg Wingate. 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A - T- 2 Q1 W3 ' M' ' M ' ' . ir 4 ,-.5 -qd.d:3,.ifL K 7, ,V V. , 7 s .W A f , , 'L iv- M, I , ' ff :A Q M ,, Q4 K I i Front Row Left to Rught Quarruer Wheele Langman Second Row Pratt .sjtq Q13 4 1 Burgess Ayer Foehl Straus Capt R Patterson Cluthe ter Putnam Van Schauk Pattruck Seymour W jackson Lamnatos Paune Greenman Cooper Knox Back Row Brown Asst Coach Cameron Carleton Bergman Baune Baurd Mcluone Feusner Crouse D Baker A Morgan W Cooper Hamulton Spuva Hoff Weaver Anderson Coach Ruchardson Denote letterman the next game agaunst Monson Academy lnot to be confused wuth Monson Hughl Pomfret agaun battled uts foes to an over tume penod Thus tume though neuther team was able to score and the game end at a l l tue On October I7 the and Black booters journeyed to Suffueld After two tughtly played games the team seemed to crack up Unnecessary penaltues and poor playung on the part of Pomfret brought the team uts second defeat 3 l The Wulberham game on dance weekend was next on the schedule lt was a fuercely contested game However thus tume Pom fret was outplayed by a superuor team and went down to defeat 3 l In a return match wuth Monson Hugh Pomfret pulled up uts socks and started on the come back traul The score of thus game was 3 2 un favor of the Red and Black Tom Langman s two goals and Ruck Cluthes sungle tally gave the soccer team uts furst wun over Monson sunce they have been on the soccer roster as well as the teams furst wun of the season ln the two remaunung games agaunst Kungswood and Avon Old Farms Langman Cluthe Foehl and ter Wheele all dented the twunes to pace Pomfret to 3 l and 3 2 vuctorues A new occurrence on the soccer fueld thus year was the organuzatuon of some V games by the new assustant coach Mr Brown Although the team s record was not overly umpressuve ut gave a chance to many of the up and comung substututes vvho had not played un a varsuty game to get some actual experuence The 3 3 l record of the varsuty us not any world beatung season however after only two years as a mayor sport the soccer team has shown utself to be defunutely here to stay Congratulatuons are un order to Coach Pete Ruchardson at the end of hus second year of mentorung the team and to Captaun Brad Straus who was an unspuratuon throughout the whole season Vruqf ulznu fu 1 ul . I ,P 'A X G 9, I X . , A H ' lf . 17 ft 1 X K 'l ' .,-4 , ,X ' , ' t M g A aff.. 44 1 5 ' t - , . Iv, V -tl? P ,fx - ' 1 .af V ' l ' ', E... -1-V ', ' . -uv r f ur' ' - , ' . if - J' ' , V ' l 35.25 1 o--V I Z vi ed - A , Red Varsity Basketball Although the basketball team was sure that its future lay in behind-the-back pass- es and hook shots, they finally yielded to the cry of, All right you guys, three linesl , and thus the l953-54 hoopsters plunged into another campaign. This year produced a few victories. a lot of laughs. and a laboring of Hymn Number l65. known to those who were fortunate enough to travel with the team as . , and Holy Ghost. The claim to fame of our basketeers is that they are the highest scoring team since records were inaugurated with the arrival of Coach Mansfield in l943. They accumulated 7l2 points in fifteen games for an average of 475 per contest but. unfortunately, were plagued by a porous defense which saw an even greater number of markers poured through their own strings. As for the record, let's just say that they reversed last year's good 9-6 slate. Despite a fine group of shooters, the club was materially hampered by a lack of height and a poor defense. i C e Schaeffer Tower. Capt.. Strandes. Elsas Back Row: The zenith of the teams fortunes was reached at mid-season when a pressing man to man defense surprised Griswold High School and Avon Old Farms and en- abled us to score two upset victories. Our loyal rooters, led by Elmo, Jr. Pesh. and tne hockey team, saw some tine visiting teams and individual players led by Tabor Academys powerhouse, lim O'Connor, and Tourtellottes Ted Vriga. The most cele- brated and appreciated visitor of the sea- son, however, was Avons 6' lO captain, Walkerg he was uncomfortable on our floor until we opened up the sky-light so he didn't have to stoop. Pivot's gentle but persuasive nudgings kept the big boy from getting out of the back-court while lay ran between his legs stealing the ball away from the astounded behemoth as he did so, Captain Pete Tower learned that the world did not end with every Pomfret de- feat. He developed a sportsmanlike rather than a tense attitude which strengthened his character and led us in the right direc- tion. Uberimus Cole was Mr. constant of the attack. Although we were all disappointed to hear that, due to a statistical miscalcula- tion, his shooting percentage was not .709 as first announced at the lettermen's din- ner, his driving legs, push shot and ref bounding gave us our strongest lift. lay l.et's Play All Our Games At Home Elsas was the crowds favorite. Blessed with the keenest of all our keen eyes, his shots and his ability to steal the ball away from the big wheels of the opposing teams brought the biggest roars of the season from the balcony. Heinie i'Iohnston Strandes wondered what would happen if he took more than his one outside shot per game and found that he could sink that long, odd. one hander almost at will. Pomfret's athletics should be indeed rosy within a few years. junior Pivots Schaef- fer turned in a fine job at center. doing most of what rebounding we did. and scor- ing the third highest number of points per season on record. Rick Cluthe and Hank Wingate were our fourth form lettermen Rick has loads of natural athle- tic talent while Hanks serious. determined approach to the game sets a wonderful example We wish V954-55 the best of luck and leave to them three lines. The Pomfret hockey team of l954 fin- ished its season with three wins, two losses, and two ties for the schools first winning season on the ice in many years The record, however, was compiled by playing average schoolboy teams which shows the Red and Black to be a team not so strong as some believe it to have been. On january l3, after but six days of organized practice under Coach jay Milnor, a more experienced North Providence team played on our territory. With only minutes to go, defenceman Vic du Pont scored and salvaged the game at l-l, Three days later the Red and Black met a completely outclassed St. Ceorge's team, again on home ice, and snowed them under 5-O. jipper Warner, Captain Brooks Rob- bins. Sandy Young, du Pont and Fred Wil- liams all scored in a contest which hardly proved a test of Pomfret's hockey abilities. Page tin iffy-tim ,,'d.q, East Providence visited next on january IS, and, mainly because they failed to bring their first line and defense, were swamped 4-O. Chuck Hudson, Robbins and Williams were the scorers, as Hoag regis- tered his second shutout is as many games. On january 23, Pomfret met its first real test as St. Marks invaded from Southboro. Pomfret was able to tie it up in the third stanza on Warner's goal, but the superior passwork and conditioning of the Markers told the tale. The five minute overtime saw Church of the visitors score his second goal and give his team a 2-l triumph, A week later the Red and Black enter- tained LaSalle High School, the school that later won the Rhode lsland title, and shut them out 4-O, However, goalie Hoag had little trouble, as the visitors left their seniors at home and in general played poor- ly. Bill Foehl, Em Hare, du Pont and Rob- bins were the scorers. The Red and Black journeyed to Wall nngford on February 6 to meet Choate on nts new artnfucal hockey rank Pomfret spent most of the flrst two pernods floppnng on the new :ce and mvsyudgnng rebounds en abllng the home team to score four tumes The game had all the earmarks of a rout untll the thurd frame when Pomfret began to cllck as Warner and Robbuns scored nn quvck successuon Although the strange ness of the homemade :ce can be blamed nn part for the 5 2 defeat Choate was better condutuoned and they mlght have given Pomfret a hard time even on the Red and Blacks own nnk One week hence Pomfret traveled to Slmsbury to take on nts archruval Westmnn gun. ster whuch was the favored team However the vlsltors were led by goalae Hoag who wsth 37 saves managed to hold off the more scrappy home team and end up wath a scoreless tue Hockey letters were awarded to the lnne men who were Captaun Robbnns Hudson fencemen du Pont and Warner and to goalle Hoag Specual nod should go to hlgh scorer Robbuns du Pont Young Hoag and especially to Warner for glvlng thenr ut most un every game Also lay Mllnor should be hlghly commended for the Improvement an the records of the past three years whuch as posntuve evndence of has great job as coach Frcnt Row Left to Rught Hudson V du Pont B Robblns Capt I Warner Hoag Back Row Payson Mgr Young Wnllnams Hare Foehl Coach Mnlnor ye fufnty th Y Q o 'X' . C U y l , l 0 e yy Y y at t Q I I, A , , Young, Hare, Foehl, and Williamsg de-l l'u ' H - ru' Varsity Baseball Despite an over-abundance of fielding errors and a lack of effective pitchers, the l954 Pomfret baseball team managed to achieve a 6-4 record, With Coach Mans- field again befuddling the opposition with his strategy and veteran hurler Pete Stran- des compiling an exceptional 5 and two mark, the Red and Black played well on most occasions, However they were hurt at other times by erratic fielding and weak hitting. The season opened on April l4, on Pom- fret's home field, with a contest against Tourtellotte l-ligh. Although the visitors pounded starter Em l-lare for seven early runs, Brooks Robbins and Strandes held the Tigers down to only two runs in the later innings. This helped greatly as the home- team scored six runs in the eighth to win, lOe9, The game was highly satisfying con- sidering Pomfrets lack of practice. Four days later the Red and Black played host to a strong Burrillville outfit and the result was one which the home side later tried to forget With Lefty Robbins being battered for l4 runs in the first four inn' ings. it was too late when Strandes came Ilgr fi! fi fi!-fwfr' on in the fifth to quiet down the opposition, and the final score tallied a grim I8-5. Pomfret took the field on April Zl de- termined to make up for the Burrillville slaughter, and a 3-l win against visiting Stafford l-ligh was the result. After giving up one run in the second frame Em l-lare settled down and set the stage for a Griffin victory. This was made possible by Dave Patterson's two-run single in the fifth, and, just to make sure, Strandes entered in the same inning and calmly shut out Stafford the rest of the way. Next came Pomfret's first Saturday game of the year against Portsmouth Priory again at home. Aided by ten runs on seven hits and seven errors in the first three innings, the Criffins coasted to an ll-6 win with Strandes going the route for his second de- cision, The half way mark of the season found the lVlannymen blasting away at Salis- bury, Again it was Strandes who pitched the Red and Black to a 7-4 victory On May 5 the Pomfret Bombers started what looked for awhile to be a disasterous looslng streak Mary E Wells l-llgh started It off by edgnng the home team 6 4 Through thus game and the next two wlth Putnam Hugh and St Marks Pomfret was plagued wnth errors and a fallure to hut the ball Try as they mnght the Red and Black just couldn t seem to get together The re Sult was a loss of 6 5 to Putnam and an overwhelmlng l3 4 defeat by the Markers By thus tame the team realized that some thnng had to be done On May l9 Pomfret returned to the wnnnung column by beatlng Providence Country Day 4 2 l-lavlng won a game agann the team seemed to pull to gether once more May 22 found the Red and Black playing nts last game agalnst Westmlnster at Snmsbury At flrst the game was closely contested but un the fnfth unn :ng Patterson came through wrth a three run homer Although Strandes started run nung unto trouble nn the seventh lnnlng he had enough of a lead to pull hlmself through ln the nrnth nnnlng Pete found hnmself agann and fanned all three of the frustrated Munsters for a 4 I vlctory and a happrly ended season Front Row Left to Rlght l Warner ran es oe at T wer Sl Sec no ROW Asst CO8Cl'1 Mllrwr Schaeffer Z D Patterson Coach Mar-held T rc Rcx l-l rc Balent ne Mgr Cluthe ya Vi 'mg' Q ' qfkdvgf . ',' Y ' 1 ul! ' 1 V, ' . 4 - an , Y '72 f f 7' 1' 1 ' 5' 1 'V K I ,ff f J: .sr S A ,A k v V - f ,t r 1 1 Q Y -.w,gyJ,f' -fy! ,J .gldC' 1 4 1 ww Lau ts- .. , ,,,, 4 . ,, , ' ', M -I H M 1.4! , gp , ...f 4f af -as 'Y'- L I VL, 0 W N ,.V ,M , ' , ,- ' , Aft' . '-4.7-1.5, ' P Q' b ' f . 'S - ww . - ' 'w,L.,, 'M A , T I ,, 5 A-'gt , -rf., 1,1 -2 ,t Q 'EQ up 5-A N L Sv -' f ' vq ' - as ':? 'qi - 32,4 -'f T- -+ -sg. mn ,r.:..e4P ,4,s3 'Q,, il' coming along fast, an absolute requisite for May. On the other hand advance re- ports of the boys from the Charles indicated that we would certainly be up against real competition. The result of that hectic, rainy, alumni-crowded day was a clean sweep for Brown C7 Nichols, three places for Pomfret, and three shows for the lvlark- ers. All Pomfret crews rowed well, but were soundly thrashed by the fine Brown G Nichols crews, the first boat of which tied the course recordl Morale wise Appleton and his boats re- bounded from this defeat with alacrity, but from this point onward in the season the first two shells were plagued by .9 4- f'a-9 in in-fy.. grippe. In two weeks l-lard, Eshbaugh, Lewis. and Appleton were all laid up for periods of four to five days. The results of this were telling, The Worcester Re- getta was participated in but not contested by the Pomfret crews, The following week Pomfret was swept clean by her friendly rivals at South Kent. ln retrospect the season was a rewarding one, but in an unconventional sense. The rewards had to be found in the day to day enjoyment and spirit found on the bus, in the boathouse, and out on the water. lt is a real credit to the l954 crew squad that these rewards were sensed by each of its members Leogue Footboll League football this year was highlighted by a record number of participants, sixty- nine, great enthusiasm, and the best Ionian -Achean series in years, Mr, Francis again taught the juniors the fundamentals of blocking, tackling, and the single wing, Outstanding in his group were Tony Abry, Rozy Rozendahl, Fred Pyror, and pass-catching end Charlie Till- Princeton buck lateral series, the Michigan reverses, and strong Pomfret weak side at- tack. The climax of the playing season was reached against a luckless St. Georges eleven that was so unfortunate as to play before a Pomfret dance weekend crowd of feminine inspiration, Before the reserves could take over, Young, l-loag and company had rolled up 25 points against l2. 9 , .. ,A 1 1. W Front Row- Left to Right: Mclieown, Beard, Young, Stons, Rhodes, Von Suber, Back Row: Wagner, Croft, Franzius, Caulk, W. Wil- liams, Lasell, R, Belknap, Smith, Coach Marble. Front Row 1- Left to Right: Faunstock, Brough, l-luss. Forester, Shepard. Lord. Back Row: Coach Parquette, Loeb, Stewart, P, Borden, Schaeffer, Crace, Morse, Lightfoot, Coulden. inghast. Though the team lost to a surprise ingly big and rough Rectory eleven, the boys did show that they had come to re- spect the game of football. With the Senior group Mr. Parquette and Mr, Marble. capitalizing on the versatility of Sugar Lasell, Sandy Young, Pivots Schaeffer. and Steve Sharp, fashioned a single wing offense complete with the But for Pomfret the real football did not begin until the League series, In three hard fought, hard played games, no de- cision was reached, The first went to the Ionian with Lasell snatching one in the end zone. The second went Achean as Shepard and Fahnestock clicked. And the third saw an undermanned Achean squad led by l-luss hold the bigger lonians to a draw. Pfllfff' f1l'i',ifH-,ifi7i League Basketball League basketball has continually been one of Pomfret's more didactic activities, lts requirements are actually very simple to fullfill, and none have been turned away yet, Whether or not it is just plain natural ability to put a ball in a basket, which is slightly off the ground, is soon discovered Seniors from the Varsity, each of a different league, coach the players for a week to get them ready for the coming series. They usually divide the two leagues into two dif- ferent teams. The first team consists of. on the whole, those who are quite capable of winning for their league and who seem by the coaches. Naturally, there are many who struggle along and have to exert a little more effort, and some who simply flick their wrists and plop the ball in for two points, But all seem to attain that quality of spirit, which is often lacking in other sports. Every year at the near-end of basketball season, there are a series of games played between the lonians and Achaeans. Two Page thirty Front Row - Left to Right: Spiva, Bergman, Crouse, Kemble, Yacubian, P. Park- er. Back Row: Wagner, von Saber, Fields, Eshbaugh. McKeown, Straus, Coach Strandes. Front Rowe Left to Right: Hamilton, Rose, Thoron, Brough, Griffin. Second Row: Taylor, Morse, lackson, Grace, P. Borden, Forester. Back Row: Miller, Watson Grant, Cioulden, Weaver, Coach Sheaffe r. to be the unanimous choice of themselves. The second team is made-up essentially of the slow-learning boy who is definitely a ringer for future years on the first team, The winner gets credit for the yearly competition. Aside from the fact that League Basket- ball sounds like a hoax, the education learn- ed from it can never be found anywhere else. Lecigue l lockey Front Row: Work, Pryor, l. hdorgan, Brune, PeH, Vol- kening, Boyce. Second Row: Croft, Ballentine, Turner, Lasell, Harris, I. Cooper, lvl, Lewis, Hatch, A. Morgan. Back Row: Patrick, Abry, Cadeton, hAernl, Fahnstock, Stewart, Walck, W, Wil- hams. VanSchmk, Rhodes T. Belknap, Baine. A record number of boys turned out for League Hockey, As a result the squad was divided into two groups, the younger and lighter boys working with lvlr. Hawkins and lvlr. Morris, the older and more exper- ienced players with Mr, Cole. A welcomed change in the physical layout was a slightly larger league rink and an area outside the rink which was kept cleared for the use of initiates, The weather throughout the season was average for a Pomtret winters This pro- duced the usual number of aching backs and weary legs from snow removal, and much complaining about warm days which kept everyone off the ice. Unfortunately, a treakish warm spell during the last two weeks in February forced a cancellation of the League Series traditionally held at this time. Prior to what was to have been the League Series, the more experienced skat- ers were divided into two teams, The Rangers and The Bruins , The series was tight, but through the inspired leadership and all-round play of Chester Sugar La- sell, The Rangers emerged with a slight edge. Warden Williams was the spirited captain ot The Bruins . An important tac- tor in the series was the lack of a regular Bruin goalie, while on the other hand. a potential varsity player, Tony Abry, was a standout in the Ranger nets. Other players from both teams who excelled were seniors Dirk Van Shaik, Ben Appleton, Lex Morgan, and Marty Ballantine and the following boys from the lower forms, who may soon be varsity material? left Lord. Fred Pryor, Dick Fahnstock, Fred Rhodes, lim Lyons, and C. Pell. Although others were scheduled, only one outside game with Rectory School was actually played off. lt is hoped that even more outside games can be scheduled tor the Leagues in the future. Prigr fliirtil-riiir League Baseball With a crop of young rookies and a hard core of returning veterans, League Coaches Marble and Parquette looked forward to a close baseball series. While the games did prove closer than last year's. the Marble-led lonians swept the series in four straight games. The first game was marked by the sloppy play of both teams. The l's won 9-8. t-luss. pitchers proved wild as l9 runs were scored on only a total of 6 hits. The lonians came out with the deciding run, winning lO-9, Lyons and l-luss again faced each other in the third and best game of the series Curve ball artist Lyons scattered 2 hits to give up a lone tally while the big bats of Patterson, Elsas and Bragdon collected 8 hits and 4 runs. I-Am l the starting A pitcher, had scattered six hits and went into the last inning with a two run lead. A pair of errors put runners on and they eventually scored even though only one hit was made. Rookie lim Lyons had to be relieved by lay Elsas who took the win, ln the second contest Pete l-lallowell started for the lonians while Butch Griffin toed the rubber for the Big Black . Both Page thirty-two Front Row- Lett to Right: Grant, Baine, l-luss. Boyce, Goulden. Back Row: Griffin. Forester, Watkins, Lord, Baird. Front Row: P, Parker, Yo- cubian, Fields, Elsas, Vol- kening, Beard, Lyons. Back Row: Gaston, Rosendahl, R Hoyt. Bragdon, Baine, Franz- ius, Coach Marble. ln the final game the Ionian Sluggers really unloaded against wavering Achaean l-luss. ln a disasterous second inning they collected 7 of their lO runs on 9 hits. Brag- don smashed out a triple and a homer, while Hallowell added another round trip- per to the barrage. Behind the comfortable lO run lead. Lyons proceeded to handcuff the frustrated Acheans with beautiful no- hit pitching to clinch the series. ,c ul f, fly' . 1 L, , iv' me W ,,,.. 2 , ,sf Q asf., '7 fq ?l1f f if 4' Qi-:ff 'Q .sus 4 N 1 3 5 , 'il I ,, Nl 4 I , Z 2 V 94. f - lv 0 if cr 'Q Y. 4 Q U f 'I . 4 . f 2 N V? V0 ' ,W 'I Q . V! wwf' f ,..:.....M., f M ,'k, w DW -.A s J X 3 1-.. ec '42 9, n 7 A C ful Y X,- 4L I , ' Q- ' , , wg I It s 'Y',z 'vu vi b W:-'mr' ,L , b,? fn ' 3. -. Y Tuck Shop it vig P o s f O f f i c e C O TTI IT1. l'f1f,f V11 ff' H+---... -W... , Levi Y fx PY F XVI!! HC l953-54 was another banner year for Pomfret's newspaper, The Pontefract. In the Columbia Scholastic Press Association contest the Ponty' received 924 of a pos- sible IOOO points Although this was a 32 point drop from Tom Lumbards top rat ing of last year it still earned the paper a first place certificate among school pub lications in the East The Ponty received special mention for its make up and choice of editorial ma terial while its headlines were acclaimed as second to none The paper was called down on writing style a fault it is hoped not attributable to Pomfrets English De partment Yet the past year s accomplishment can not be measured by numerical value alone For the six boys fortunate to hold down the top positions on the paper the year was an educational experience unsurpassed by any other Living journalism was felt by all from top to bottom from the editorial writers to those writing the 90 word Baby Born features For Ben, Russ, Chet and Luke in the editorial department and Dave and Marty on the business side it was eat, sleep and live Pontefract a good part of every month. Literally this was so in the dreams of this sextet the Ponte loomed a black cloud of trouble at the dinner table there was al ways some business popping up and us ually it was Mr Garfield demanding more columns for the beloved Alumni Notes on the playing field there was for ever some tryout asking how to count headlines or who in Putnam could be shook for at least a two inch ad Even during study hours the editors lived Ponty for more often than not it seemed to them that they were past ing cutting or rewriting between 7 30 and O O i2 OO o Confusion misbalance and acute patience often reigned within the pencil marked green walls of the Ponty room But through all this the editors somehow at sometime produced a full compliment of newspapers for the school the parents and the alumni to read and fuss about lwtwd 00' M. -an C' 14ALngYslInN 'Qi' I TlvPnknAhmfnfNv 3 rbi til EW if! 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WrN!rams, Hare, 1, Warner, Sec., ee U Mr, Brown, Drrector, Ayer, Ourhe, Owen, Dommack, Foehl, Weaver, Second Row Parrrck, duPOr1T, Quarruer, Storrs, Burgess, Sprva, Turner, Parker, O'Br:ar1, R, Belknap, Payson, Carleton, Mclarme. Back Row Paine, Seymour, Pres, Hatch, Hard, HaVIoweNl, Crdt, Z. D Patterson, Eshbaugh, Barron, W Lewrs, Metcabf, Wnngafe, Nrchfflg, Hgymf-, Hgrfhry Tower, Brough, Straus I' , mf' P r ri 5 TTI gg - ' i ' 4 CI I C S O C I 9 T From Row - - Left to Rrghr: Burgess, How, O'Brrarw, Sec, NN. Lewrg, Pres, E, Parker Smgc Mgr, Vcane, Cscper, Back Row: Pawrve, NVWW3rvs, Kvigszncrx, Hgrrvlrcfy NV ',',qffg5, Y Drecrlr, Pierwl, Srewarr, Carlersrw, Mwler, Beard l'rry, rjffffg-1 ,,, .3 7 ' - ww 0 W Q i W 14,4 L Q wx.- Til' '.,u. ll l R I 'un V x I Q ' if P251 'H I r ' , ,IU J. H I , 'I A X ' ' v ' 5.51 1 - K A Q 1' E53 u V' 1 ' fi! if '- vga n ,I f ' Ax A . I X 1 X Qs 1'-ff' L. ' Q 1 5 'X 4.x qi ite' gi' ' . -' .-ff 'V , Y .ef f A! -, -xr 1 f D ?g :kg V' if xlzf-1, .,.1f I 9? 1 6 i ' . x-Gm.. O I W1 if 1 Q '7 Vg PE' -s n 'N K -0 il 7 'K I I 'sk ' pf --W -- ff V V , . ff, YI ' U -cy . 'fi ,. Mfr: 1,-1 '7 Nl Q -e m , , l 'WL il . .KJ . , T '45 ' ,v' 4-. ' V4 sua. ' .lsn-Q 'fry . 4. K f 4 A ,f,A, . - Wgrk... ...., .. ' x Ap a.' 'xv -3 ' SENICDRS BENJAMIN B. APPLETON Puppie, Dappie Entered II Form Acbaean Council IV, V, Dorm Asst. VI, Vestry IV, V, VI, Chapel Boy IV, Clee Club III, I-leadwaiter V, VI, Dance Comm. V, Pres. VI, Griffin VI, Post Office VI, Movie Comm. II, III, IV, V, VI, A. A. Official V. Pres. VI, Wood Key IV, V, VI, Metal Key VI, Crew V, Com- modore Vl, Achaean IV, V, Pres. V Long Island N Y Colgate MARTIN DENNIS BALLANTINE Bal Marty Entered IV Form Achaean Dorm Asst VI Ponty Advertising and Circulation Mgr Post Office VI Sports Mgr Baseball Wood Key IV VI Baseball Mgr VI Mendlwam N I Princeton ELMER IOSEPH COLE IR Mo Uberrimus Elmo Boondocks Entered IV Form Acbaean Comm V I-Ieadvvaiter V VI Literary Society V Ponty V VI Bannernight Comm V Football 52 53 Basket ball 53 54 Baseball 52 53 Capt 54 Harvard Club of Conn V Woodstock Conn Yale Page forty szf I I Council V, Pres. VI, Dorm Asst. VI, Choir VI, Actions IOHN H. DAVIE, IR. Hlawn.. 4 Entered VI Form Ionian I Q Wrestling Instructor VI Wynnewood, Pa. Wesleyan Victor M du Pont Coon Fatboy Entered lll Form Iowan Dorm Asst VI C-un Club III IV Post Offnce V VI Tuck Shop V Head VI Newsweek Metal Key V VI Football 5I 52 53 Hockey 52 53 54 Crew 53 4 Middleburg Vlrglnla Cornell IASON MORSE ELSAS IR Ia Els Entered IV Form lonlan V Carmval Comm IV V VI Bannernlght Comm V VI N Y Tlmes VI Wood Key V VI Basketball VI 53 54 Spanish Honor IV V Track Committee Head VI Basketball I V IV V Varslty VI Tenms Doubles Champ V Barber Commlttee Head V 29 East 64th St New York N Y Trlnlty Page for ty sm cn 1 ' D5 Y, Dorm Asst. Vlg Mem. Soc. VI, Pres.g Affiliation Comm. . ' . 1 . S ' I . 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T. in, ' , ' ji Key Illg Football '52, '533 Hockey Squad '51, '52g Base- WILLIAM MORRIS IACKSON a Bull BII m GEORGE K HATCH Rnghteous Georg Entered Il Form Ionnan Council II Ill IV VI Dorm Asst VI Glee Club Vl Mem Soc VI Gruftun VI Ponty V VI Wood Key III V Football 52 53 Form Pres ll III lI65 Flfth Avenue New York 29 N Y Harvard Entered III Form Achaean Dorm Asst VI Dorm Comm V Choer VI Records Comm IV Gruttrn VI PontyV VI Soccer IV VI Pres IV Form 230 Woodside Drive Hewlett Long Island N Y Amherst Antony Lamnatos Tony Entered VI Form Ionvan Councrl VI Chonr VI Luterary Soc VI Soccer VI Amerlcan Field Servlce International Scholarshnps Crlcket Club Agnas Paraskevls 5 Pensten Athens Greece Page forty nme e YIY! 'I Y I. . lx, , lyu I . . . 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Vlg EDWARD CARROLL PARKER IR Harvey Entered II Form Achaean ee Club S3 S4 Cnour 49 SO Drama IC oc 52 54 Stage Mgr 54 Assust 52 53 Crew Mgr 53 S4 A A A Oftuclal 52 S4 Wood Key SI Metal Key 53 54 lvlovle Proyectlonlst 53 54 Route 2 Metamora Muchlgan Unuversuty of lvluchugan RUSSELL PAYSON Wuthell Russ Pays Entered IV Form Achaean Council VI Clee Club IV V VI Cnour IV V Pres VI Llterary Soc VI Ponty Ivlanagmg Copy Editor VI Lubrary Comm V Pres VI Camera Club IV Treas V VI Bank V VI Affrluatlon Comm VI Sport Mgr Hockey VI Cum Laude Soc V VI Hockey IV Fnrst Sclwolastuc Prize IV V Amerucan Field Servuce International Sum mer Scholarshup V Independent Conservative Party VI Crucket Club VI I73 Coolldge Hull Cambrldge 38 Mass Harvard l I-I LIVINGSTON SCHWARTZ I ll Duke Entered Form 52 Ionian Dorm Asst VI Dance Comm VI Llterary Soc Ed In Chuef PontyV VI Crew 53 54 Syosset Long Island N Y Wulllams Page jzfty fun I I , , I I I . I I S CI I I I I - I I I . I I ' , . , . ' , . I I . . 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VI g Wood Key Vlg Baseball V, Vlg Basket! tl , , , I r . CI ' . ' 3 ' ' , '54: 'ff' ' 3, '54s sol f I ', ,'53' ' I .ff 0 PETER PUTNAM TOWER Pete Entered V Form Ionian Dorm Asst VI Clee Club Vl Choir VI Basketball V VI Captain VI Baseball V VI 2nd Scholastic V Sydney P Clark Trophy V Class Scholarship VI A A Council VI I8 Benton St Wellesley Mass ROBERT HENRY DIEDERIK VAN SCHAIK Dirk Entered lll Form Achaean VVI Tarrell Hill Cavendish Vermont Princeton HENRY Z WALCK IR Choulie Entered IV Form Acbaean Wood Key V VI Metal Key V VI Football 52 53 Shop Comm 86 Woodedge Road Plandome N Y Page fifty jon Choir Vlg Griffin Vlg Post Office V, Vlg Crew-Minor IONATHAN P. WARNER Iipper, Fatboy Entered III Form Ionian Dorm. Asst, VI, Clee Club, IV, V, VI, Choir V, VI, Octet, IV, V, Mem. Soc. VI, Dance Comm, VI, Gun Club Ill, IV, Post Office V, VI, Carnival Comm, IV, V, VI, A, A. Secy. VI, Wood Key IV, V, VI, Football '50, '5l, '52, '53 ICaptl, Hockey '52, '53, '541 Baseball '54 Farmington, Conn. Hamilton WARDEN M WILLIAMS Ceneral Mrs Williams Ward Entered II Form Ionian Dorm Asst 54 Vestry Warden 53 54 Clee Club 52 Choir 50 Dance Comm 54 Dramatic Soc 54 Wood Key 52 53 54 Ijunior Letterl Crew 53 54 C-ood Hope Farm Old Chatham N Y Colorado College J fl!! Tuck Shop '531 '54, Movie Comm' '5I, '52, '53, '54, Pfllf' 'I'lg-fiiu' 5 'r h F o r m ront Row tt to ngt Pa rs n D Robbins Hare HuSS Owen are Grant Langrnan Gaston becond Row Domunrck Young OConner Hudson Pratt Stewart Benednct Foeht Mtler Weaver Hamulton Tnurd Row uarruer Haynes Wagner E P Bordon Sharp Tayior Metcatt H Warner Hard Fourth Row Schaeffer Esnbaugn Wt Inms Burrow I Cooper Front Row Ltt to Rtgnt Loeb Putnam Hadtey Crrc rne C uk Patruck M Ba r Storrs Ayer Carteton Roe Ber man Anderson Thurd Row Fannstocgk Bragdon Barton rx the Ee na Creenman ctnstoc a e rtn Row Nrcnc P ters Wt eat-3 M du Pont Hott Smut lllqf T1 F --Le H' Z, D. tte o , 1, ,,,, F ' .' QQ Q Q I . ' , V 'e, . V , v . 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' .Uff!f'S'- Front Row Left to Rnght Boyce Volkenung Hewes KembaNI P Parker Shepard Forester Rosendahl Wood Second Row Pryor T Betknap Thoron Banne Turner Abry Pell Baurd McKeown Thurd Row Rhodes Lord Hatlowell Croft Watkins Lughtfoot Coulden Fourth Row Kingsbury Grace Nwelds Borden Von Saher Franzuus Front R w t t 1 n r n n r y Coba ck Row 1 Lew nghaest Br ogh Ly n UI Page jzjty eught ln Memorlom DANIEL D BARKER When we at Pomfret thunk of the two words leadershup and fruendshup and then try to embody them unto one person we are compelled to thunk of Danuel Barker lt was a great shock to all of us on our return from Sprung vacatuon to fund that he had unexpectedly dued of a heart attack should suddenly cease to be was extremely hard for all of us to belueve Although he has physucally passed away the memory of Dan Barker' wull remaun aluve for all of us as an unspuratuon that us not easuly forgotten That a man so active, needed, and well liked Foculty Davud C Twuchell AB Wnlllams MA Yale Headmaster Albert M Nagy AB MA Montclair State Teachers Mathematics Carl P Swnnnerton AB EdM Harvard Scnence Levangs H Somers AB Yale Mathematncs Iohn P Downnng AB Cornell Buslness Manager Wlllram S Parquette SB Harvard Englnsh Wnlluam H Crawford lr AB Harvard STB General Theologucal Sem :nary Chaplann Wendell D Mansfield BPE Sprungtneld College New York Unuverslty Athletic Director Davnd L Francns AB Wnllnams MA Unlverslty of Chicago Latnn English C Russell Stranger AB Bowdoun MA Brown French Charles Hopkrns AB Brown Unaversnty Englush Ira Hawklns AB Wlllnams College Latun French Robert A Lazear AB Ohuo Wes leyan MA Ohuo State Hnstory oseph K Mrlnor r AB Prnnce ton Hustory Peter Rlchardson S B M I T Scuence Peter Marble AB Harvard MA Yale Englush Thomas Morrus AB MA Boston College Latnn Danlel D Barker AB Harvard M A Muddlebury German French Wyatt Cartueld AB Yale English Marcel I Marcotte A B Western Reserve S T B Angel :cum French Spanush Charles D Cole AB Prnnceton Art David W Brown AB Yale Muslc Page jzfty une 1 I' . ,.,,rv1.A. Sensor Addresses BENIAMIN B APPLETON Brookvulle Road Ierucho Long Island MARTIN D BALLANTINE Corey Lane Mendham N ELMERI COLE IR Woodstock Conn IOHN H DAVIE IR l33l Medford Road Wynnewood Pa VICTOR M du PONT Mlddleburg Va IASON M ELSAS IR 9 East 64th St New York ZI N Y DAVID C FEISNER IR 370 Falrvlew Ave Orange N I IAMES FINLEY 34th St N Washmgton 7 442 Brook St Provrdence R GEORGE K HATCH II65 Flfth Ave New York 29 N Y WILLIAM M IACKSON 230 Woodslde Drrve Hewlett Long Island N Y ANTONY L LAIVINATOS Aguas Paraskevns 5 Pernsterl Athens Greece CHESTER K LASELL Quaker Rndge Greenwuch Conn wINsLow LEwls IR R D 34 Norrnstown Pa EDWARD E MAYER Dalton Pa Page szfty ALEXIS MORGAN I73 IVIaln St Andover Mass WILLLIAM H OBRIEN III Pomfret Center Conn IOHN A PAINE ZO Tavlstock Road West Croydon Surrey England EDWARD C PARKER IR Old Orchards Route :Ii'2 East Brocker Road Metamora Mnchngan RUSSELL PAYSON I73 Coolndge Hull Cambrudge 38 Mass H LIVINGSTON SCI-IWARTZ Muttontown Road Syosset Long Island DAVID L SEYMOUR I3O East 67th St New York Cnty Zl N 309 Grant Ave N ey IO N I BRADFORD P STRAUS 930 Park Ave New York N PETER P TOWER I8 Benton St Wellesley Mass ROBERT H D va SCHAIK Tarbell Hull Cavendush Vt HENRY Z WALCK IR 86 Woodedge Road Plandome N Y IONATHAN P WARNER I49 Mann St Farmungton Conn WARDEN M WILLIAMS Old Chatham N Y . A I. ' I 1518 ,, . W. . I ' , DC. I ' Y- BENIAMIN P. HARRIS, III PETER STRANDES ' ' I, utl , , I. , A . . T1 Acknowledgements The Crittin Board wishes to express its indebtedness and gratitude to all those whose contributions have made possible the publication ot this book. Especially to: Mr. Cole and Mr, Crawford. our faculty advisors, without whose advice this book could never have been. Mr. Peter Curwit for his overall counseling. Detord Dechert to whom we owe most ot our photographic rnaterial. Will Stewart, Phil Spiva. and Mike Putnann, who contributed innumerable candids. A vertising I I I Pngw s PEVNER S DRUG STORE Prescrlphon Drugglst 130 Maln St Putnam Conn Telephone 8 21790 Open 1 A M to 10 P M Dd1lX A Walgreen Agency Drug Store WOOD SHAW OPTICAL CO PUTIN AM CONN THE PATRIOT PRESS N PLTIN ANI COININ Pg fyt CONIPI INIFINTQ OF GROVE STREET GREEN HOUSES Flowels fo1 all Occaslons 914 Glove Street PUTIN AM CONNFCTICLT Geolge C Laun Prop GERARDI S SELF SERVICE MARKET F01 Hlgheet Quahtx Foods 1 Groxe St Putnam Conn COMPLIMENTS OF EDWIN JACKSON INC 159 E 54 St INLVI YORK CITE mnunmnnnnnmnmmnmeummunummmuuu E E 1 I : : A 4 A 4 L E E 1: 5 E . : : 1 4 e a c Q E ' : : T ' I I v J 1 : E 9 ' 0 E ' nnnun:lnmrunnnuunmuuumnumunnnnmunnn I , 0 E unnunnunmmmmnmnmnumnnnnumnmmnn n . : E r v : : I . . . . 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MORSE HARDWARE 80 Umon Square PUTINAM CONN THE FEDERAL PACKING CO NC Hotels Restaul ants and Instltutlons 149 155 State Stleet NFVS HAVEN 6 CONN qtelnuax Knabe and Steak Planos Hammond O1gans WATKINS BROTHERS N 241 Asylum St HARTFORD CONIL LESTER LANIN Orchestras OPTIMUM IIN NILSICA School College Dances Debutan te Pczrtzes Weclclzng Receptzon 6' B 5208 COWIPLIMENTS OF ROBITAILLE LIQUOR STORE PLTNAM CONNECTIC LT E M NILES COMPANY Purveyors of Fine Food Since 1876 '70 New Fdliellll Hall Nlalket Boston P g t 11 - I 49 O E 5 1 1 5 5 1 A 2 . E E 1771 way. Co. 5--' 2 1 .................................................................... E 5 A r Y 1 J ' E E E E , L f Wllllllllllllllll : ? ................. , ., 2 Purveyors to y Q L E E I 0 - X - E 5 , , 1 . 5 A , A . E E ' . ' ' ' 2 . -, ' - I - v . . - . , 1 1 .. . A , . I C. , f L . : : IIIllIllIIllIIllIIIIlllIIIllllllIllIIIllIIllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllll - - IIHII Illlllll a e sir CONII I INIPN IS OI Pomfref Spurs? Shoppe CONIPI INIENTQ OF C D ROBBINS 8. Investments RAWLEY PLUMBING H4 mid St SUPPLY INC PUTNAM CONN COMPI IMILNTS OF A FRIEND Pg 121 NEWARK N J Hlllldlllg Boats To Help Hulld Manhood GEORGE PECOCK C Bo SI' ATTLE 5 XX ASH CONIPLINIEN TS OF General Supply Co PLTNANI CONN . , . 4. 5 . J I I. I 55 E E CO0 mumIInIInIun-InInIIuIIummu-mn-ummm E 1 V xv 1 Q Q I , . . I 1 1 ' . . ' E 5 v ' ' I ' E IIlllllIllllIlllIllIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllll : : U - .-......................................... s ' ' . . - E : K E 5 . . : . 5 2 J , 5 : I. 7. x 111 1 1 E Q , , J . ' E 5 K J , . E ' .-.................................................... I I A 1 A E E n 2 Q v Y iv v 5 E A . , , . . . sif . -., ' CLOTHES AND ACCESSORIES WITH A REPUTATION FOR CORRECTNESS Rogers Peets Umxersxtv Shop for College Undergraduates and Older Schoolboss and Boss Department for Younger Students are rceognnzed on xmportant Eastern campuses as out standnnglx correet and dependable sources of supply Clothes and Aeeessornes from head to foot for cxery ocea sron of gencrxl dress sport and waeatlon wear We UN IVERSITY SHOP 471 A PENNY SAVED? A Penny s worth of Insurance well placed May mean S5 To S500 saved If s a Gamble You may not get The penny back DESPARD 81 CO. ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE Page surly selen I I 4 ' 1 ,. Q v . 1 C 1 e R 1 ' ' - , ,.,. it V L Y' i . r u i. eff l E X' f.'1u'r,rpnrlrfmlu' ulffl rrgumf in 4'oulra4l nnfvrr Q ' fur ll1u:.'ri...m :mu fmllrflml by Ruger! Perl fur rmuu nf lfn' lam!-knmux Sl'lmulx,Cll1I1r and 4 utlrrr' Orlgufzizullrfzlr. ..is runfially irlrllml. 4 0 ln New York: 600 Fifth Ave. .ll -Hill! St. ' I-iflh Aw. .at -Hu Sl. X Warren St. .lt Broadway Anal in Buxton: 'l4I'Cl'!1Ol1l St. nt llromficld Sl. o 1 - I qv mr Compliments un-ummuumuun-uuunmunuinmm-mnmuumm...-ImmmnInn-'lm'-muuvummumu.mmmmum:11n1-1.InIIH..lummmll-.muumumml.mmm Ulm-4.-U. Twenty-nine Alumni e I 1InHIHnuumIInAnm.IIImmIummmnmmmmmummmnannulIuInuIInIIIH-1llI.HH.IInUmmII1-IIHmmI1IInanI..IIHumnnn1muuHummI1UIInmm.-I.-H-mlm...,mmm 1 COMPLIMENTS OF C FEISNER CONTAINERS CORRUGATED FIBRE SHIPPING CONTAINERS ORANGE, NEW JERSEY FROM THE FOURTH FORM BEST WISHES 7 X WN f 42 f f 5225 f If lf ff! 2' fffyy A A WM 5 in Aff! ZQW, ff f W M A 9 :ff -fsffji 'R 52 C-V!-iff? X LJ Qf ff-,, fi' HP f -Li?-' ff-,Q M! X W It MPN L, QLTN f f .le i 07 Best Washes From The Class Of 57 on the Long Road Ahead Page sm enty tu 0 43 X 1 I Y 1 A X ,- -' J J ' V xx X Z I f f , , . A , X , 1 , - ,, f f' ff . 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Co INC North Grosvenor Dale Conn D BLUMENTHAL Sporting Goods PQMFRET CQNN 128 Menu Street fAcxoss from Tovm H1115 DANIELSON CONNECTICUT Tel Ddmelson PRescott 42505 H B CUSHMAN COMPANY Noltheln W6qtCh6St61 Real Estate smce 1926 BEDFORD HII 1 S N X Bedford V111f1ge 4 3628 11OIBROO1x H CLSHNIAN BLATRIC1' M cosmux HRS 'IHONI-XS XX XNHIT-XII WIIII-XXI k1 N1B11' NIR? IOLIJON S WAINWRIGHT GOOD I LCK Thls IN dedlcxted to those mzstels ot thls fme lflgtltll CARDINAI B tl0H and to ou1 pumg pal ents who bx XXOIC1 deed and p xtlence got Us out of hele on our ww u to a bettel hfe God haxe melcx on our souls 8 He helps those who walt Card Boosters B 111 mtme P1 x on D C Fenner JI Ywcublfm Loeb Hzdlex Page setenly three 5 E sl 0 5 E E . 1 . ' : 5 : f f f - 5 E ...mm U..1.11..U-I.1.m-m...--mmI-1.H...nm..................-1 A 5 E ' E 5 E 0 E 5 : f ' E v ' : E E E E ' ' 2 5 5 E . . 1 E E I 9 f : 5 E . 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'4 To the Closs of1954: THE GOAL YOU PICK ns only os tough os you Think If IS THINK STRAIGHT TALK STRAIGHT And never wover In your DETERMINATION 'ro get oheod Sincere wishes from A Frlend COMPLIMENTQ OF wlNTERToN PRINTING coMPANY MODERN H PUTNAM CQNNETICUT VI EQTVI OOD NFVI JFRSEX 'l.l.W.t' d -18 PRINTERS Sz STATIONERS 36 Hi side Avenue T Discord your old posses slons ond help o hondl Good Luck to All copped person To work ond eo rn of From The Second Form GOGD WILL INDUSTRIES OF NEW YORK C ongmtulf1t1ng those wx ho survlx ed the Com pllments of ORDEAL from Ego 'md Mego e A Frlend D0 Llttle Bros Martin 'md Iewls Swlll 81 RICO LA POINTES JEWELERS 10 Pomfret Street PUTNAM CONN P g ty sez E E a E E . Q - - IIlllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllIINIllllllllllllllllllillllllllll ---mu-mr--HIn-mmmmrmum..rr---mum-nm. 5 E . - : , , f 1 . 5 E . ' V s E E 2 E 1 I E Y c 7 . E 5 th E E . : E . . - - f : : L 1 A 5 E v P - IllIlllllllllllIIIIllllllIllIlllllllllllllllllllill nr-mmI-.mm--mrmmm-m - , . Umuur sincere gocmd wishes to the graduating Qllalss The New Haven GO RE A ARRIVE RESTED TAKE THE NEW HAVEN RAILROAD Best Wishes To THe Class of 19511 From The Class of1955 I,211ul1ct I hmm 911 1111111 xx U IJom1111ck I' ilu xhb 1111111 Imhl 1 C, xx on H 11111111111 H 1111 Hfrlg. H R 111122 Hudxon P Jdckqolu Hein ilf I 111gn12111 'XI1lle1 N101 N9 0Co111111 7 7 Patten 1 Onan 1 1 Q 111101 Hula: s I nqr rrqhfg Roh 1111Q 811211 p Schfu 1121 Stew ut H VS1111e1 XR 1gne1 1211101 P XX 11 11 N NN Lax L1 H 0111131 E. I ' -1 5 IT .. xx. E -I. f' rmlwl' '2 2' IC: 2 15-21111 D. '2.'t 2 ' 2 ' H21111 us: Ilii' ef A '2 ' .2 ' e' ,.T. 2 1'.'o1 5 xx. P1211 112 I J. U. li11.' IS. I' . Q K' .Z Q '. V2 my I A '