Putnam High School - Clipper Yearbook (Putnam, CT)

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28 THE BLUE AND WHITE undefeated baseball team. Our activities for the year were dancing, homemaking, and aeronautics. The latter was an introduction into the adventure of flying and proved to be very informative. Our main problem was to raise enough money for the S.A.A. After much controversy, we decided to have a Spring Dance. The dance was held in the gym with appropriate decorations in keeping with the season. The year seemed to have flown by, and to our amazement and pleasure it was June again. Believe it or not, We would be juniors in the fall. And this ends the first half of our class history and the second chapter of our book. APPRECIATION J eanneite Lussier Turning over a few pages, we came to Part Ill, our junior year. Our first thought was just one more year and as an after-thought-Yes, after this one. Our home rooms were five and two, with our class advisors, Miss Segerberg and Mr. Pedley as our supervisors. There was a change that took place in the appreciation of being juniors. Most of us were working harder in school, and we were beginning really to grow up. The officers elected for the year were President-Robert Bell, Vice-President: Doryce Leaderg Treasurer, George Pappasg and Secretary, Elinor Joslin. Robert Bell left us to go to another school and Loren Dubois was elected to take his place. The main activities for the year were dancing, homemaking, and military training. In October we started our magazine campaign. With assistance from Miss Segerberg and Mr. Pedley, we finished with a total of over fifteen hundred dollars. For outstanding salesmanship, James Nelson and Robert Jennings were awarded wrist watches. Room five were the super salesmen and for a compli- ment, room two gave them a party in the gym. Miss Segerberg and Mr. Pedley were also given gifts in appreciation of their assistance. During our junior year we received our class rings. What joy! At last we could forsee the day when we would be seniors. Would this day ever come? To our surprise it is here, and we are about to leave all those happy days behind. When 1945 was ushered in we immediately began preparations for the Junior Prom. Frank Rowan was elected general chairman and our spectacular event was to take place on April 13th. Upon this day a very sad event occurred, the death of President Roosevelt. Out of respect for our president, the dance was postponed until the following Monday. There were proms before, and proms after, but we will always have the warmest spot in our hearts for our own junior prom. In sports, the colors go to Leonard Normand, James Nelson and Arthur Maloney for football, and in basketball to Tauno Kaskela and James Nelson. As usual, spring brought many day-dreaming hours in school, and before

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YEAR BOOK 1946 27 that four years could have flown by so quickly. Our home room teachers were Miss Johnson in charge of Room 4, Miss McCulloch in charge of Room 6, and Mr. Dupre in charge of Room 2. After a few weeks we were well acquainted with new schedules and other student activities. We soon had a class meeting and selected the following officers: President-Robert Bell Vice-President-Russell Richmond Treasurer-Doryce Leader Secretary-Elinor Joslin The first large project we undertook was to sell wax paper for the S. A. A. Like meager beavers we solicited from house to house and to our surprise com- pleted a successful enterprise. At school our main activities were dancing, and the homemaking and science clubs. With the close of the year we were unhappy to learn of the departure of some of our teachers. Miss Corkum, Mrs. Carley, Mr. Heins and Mr. Danckert would not be with us in the fall. During the school year our advisors were Miss Johnson, Miss McCulloch and Mr. Dupre. We wish to take this opportunity to thank them for their help during our first venture as high school students. June finally arrived and after saying goodbye to classmates and friends, the freshman class departed for a long awaited vacation. Our Hinitiationn was finished. APPLICATION Arlene Osborn In the fall we returned as sophomore, fully determined to carry on the good work we had begun. Our first class meeting was held September 22, 1943. The purpose was to elect our class officers. Robert Bell was elected President, Arlene Osborn, vice- president, Frank Rowan, Chairman of Ways and Means Committee and Elinor Joslin, secretary. The first project we undertook was a Barn Dance which was held' in the gym. The decorations were very attractive with the completed appearance similar to a barn. With the help of Miss Hayes, Miss Hooper and Miss Hanan, our class advisors, the dance was enjoyed by all and proved to be a financial success. 1 Two members of our class were elected to the Student Council: Doryce Leader and George Pappas. In the field of sports Leonard Normand was a bright spot on the football field and in basketball our representatives were William Wheaton, Tauno Kaskela, Richard Blackmar, and James Nelson. When spring rolled around. our class could boast of two stars, Tauno Kaskela and James Nelson on thc

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YEAR BOOK 1946 29 long we were leaving for summer vacation. In the fall we would be seniors at Putnam High School! REALIZATION Blanche Waters And now we can turn to the part entitled Realization We were actually seniors! Each day we realized that we were just one day nearer our goal - Graduation. We determined, however, to make our last year the best of all so that, in years to come, we would look back upon it as the rarest of all memories. As seniors we were given the privilege of having Room 3 as our home room. Our home room teachers and class advisors were Miss Hogan and Miss Hope. In the middle of the year Miss Johnson replaced Miss Hogan who left on a leave of absence. At our first class meeting we elected our class officers for the year. President - Loren Dubois Vice President - Alex Saitas Secretary - Elinor Joslin Treasurer - William Wheaton At once, we started plans to raise money for our trip to Washington and for this project the following activities were carried through splendidly by each member of the class. A senior Football Frolic was held in the gym on September 28th with Frank Rowan as general chairman. An interesting event took place at this dance when the cheer leaders gave a tremendous cheer for the football squad. Immediately following this activity we decided to sell Christmas Cards and the sale amounted to 301 boxes. At this point we needed new ideas for raising money and it was decided that each member of the class should save a dollar a week for the class trip. The class elected Alberta Lord to be treasurer for the girls and Russell Richmond to be treasurer for the boys. Our next undertaking was the selling of one thousand Putnam Pins, which we did with little effort. We were beginning to realize that everyone was being cooperative to help us for our trip. As time went on we decided to have another dance and this was called a Cafe Dance. The hall was beautifully decorated with real and paper colored balloons. We had a wonderful floor show with the musical members of our class demonstrating their talents. After these projects had been completed we were sorry to have Miss Hogan leave us to go to Florida. We were very grateful for all Miss Hogan did for us as a Senior Class advisor. Continuing with our activities another Dance was held in the gym on Jan- uary llth. At this dance we elected a junior girl, Anita Loos, as our Snow Queen for 1946, and her attendants were Dorothy Chenette and June Miller. We then decided upon another card selling project. This time we sold two