Portland High School - Gypsy Yearbook (Portland, CT)

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JUDITH TURNER udy reliable loyes to 7 type friendly enthus good listener giggle! argumentatiye future amb t 0 marriage pa tial to a 4 Soto capable art student a of the thing i f 1 '- it Ci' CLASS HISTORY FRESHMAN YEAR Our freshman year which began on September 9 1955 is one vue shall never forget Our class officers veere lohn Hodg president Paul Ghent yice president oan DeGraff secretary and Gloria Lapadula treasurer Iohn Smedick Ioseph Murphy and Thomas Hadden were our Student Council representatives In November as part of our initiation vie polished shoes for the seniors cleaned their lockers and bowed to them when yer me met them Later in the year vie attended our hrst high school formal dance the Santa Claus Ball sponsored by the Girls Club SOPHOMORE YEAR The officers we elected this year were Paul Ghent president' Gloria Lapadula vice- president' Exelyn Maher secretary' Andrea osephson treasurer' and jack Hodge and Frank Kazeroid Student Council representatives. This was an eventful year for us. We vselcomed a neva superintendent Mr. Walter Pulsifer. Gail Miles judy Turner Es Brosseau and Elly Mays became majorettes' and Art Herrick began playing varsity basketball. In December, the gym was transformed into a Winter Wonderland' for the Santa Claus Ball. In the spring, the Girls Club sponsored a sports banquet for all the athletic teams in the school. At this time the boys received their aviards. JUNIOR YEAR This was an important year in our high school careers. Our biggest thrill was the arrival of our class rings in October. Also in October our class had a hayride followed by a party at Barbara Munn's house. Members of our class who participated in the local American Legion Oratorical Contest were jack Hodge, Andrea josephson, ROBERT UNIKEWICZ rosy cheeks Bo me and my Chevie ready for a good time good looking bright eyes sense of humor lucky always with three letter man Dick and Ray Yeh? are always in his wa Rock n Roll fan Where re without Paul Leo we going? not a worry in the Where are the world Work? Never heard V' -'k

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ARLENE WOODWARD Sweet and gentle a smile for everyone enviable curls nimble with the thimble typing whiz willing worker good natured sparkling eyes truer friend is hard to find I C plans nursing Variety is the spice of life Xl! Fvclyn Maher William Harris and Harvey Auster Evelyn Maher won this contest und went on to mn the county contest and later competed in the state contest Pat Limpini joe Murphy jackie Emond and Harvey Auster went to the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Conference in New York for three days as representatives of the Prattler As a fund raising venture our class sold greeting cards and writing paper The last social event of the school year was the unior Senior Prom which had as its theme A japanese Tea Garden SENIOR YEAR Leading us through our last and most important year were Paul Ghent president' Evelyn Maher vice-president' Marie Chiabrero secretary' and ohn Anderson treasurer. We sponsored a number of successful fund-raising projects. The annual Magazine drixe led by Pat Zampini and ack Hodge netted us approximately 81600. Pats team raised the most money, and acks team entertained them at a picnic at Hurd Park. The top salesmen in the drive were Frank Kazeroid Terry uigley David Umba and john Klauzenberg. Christmas seemed a bit gayer this year because gifts were wrapped in the attractive Christmas paper which we sold. Selling candy to students was another business venture of ours. After a Halloween party at Gail Miles' house we got up at 4:00 a.m. to wash windows a traditional senior good-will project. In February we started rehearsals for our class play 'The Hidden Enemy presented in April. The proceeds from all of these projects helped to finance our long anticipated Washington trip. The hnal activities of the class will include our class banquet. at which time our vearbooks will be distributed, and the junior-Senior Prom. On une 14, we shall become alumni of Portland High School. Our four years at Portland High School are years we shall always remember. ZLOTNICK crew cut fanatic Dodger fan pet peeve Giant ans Parlez vous Francais' seldom seen but often heard Harve n Sigh Ill ruin ya 'tl' U !